Chuckle, what does this question have to do with travel, now if you decided you were moving because you were unhappy where you live and wanted information on another area to live in then perhaps you would get some answers.

I have some friends in that area and they are very friendly toward me and when we are out they extend the same friendly attitude to strangers as they do with me.

I think give it more time. Continue your upbeat persona. You may not change the world but you could make someone's day with your smile.

Good luck!
Happy Holiday's ;-)

I'm here on project for work-I've had the blessing of travel around the US for 6-12mo stints so I get to meet lots of people and experience each city's "culture". I consider myself a tourist for the time-being :)

Hi - I haven't been there but have heard the same from re-locators to my own city - and we're supposed to be "Minnesota Nice"! :O)

Good advice from John: just keep paying the friendly forward and it'll come back to you. Three months may seem like an eternity but it's really not so very long. Maybe it would help to get involved in something with people of similar interests? Do you have any interests that you might like to share with a group of like-minded individuals?

Coffeeshops seem to be a place where nice people often hang out: I've "met" lots of of nice folks in ours - probably because they're places where people often go to relax and unload the stress of jobs and chores and whatnot. Give that a shot?

BTW, for all the rumors out there about New Yorkers, I didn't find the locals in Manhattan to be rude or unfriendly at all; just generally in a hurry (by necessity: life can be demanding).

That's too bad, I've never had a bad experience with people from White Plains; not even as a rude look or passing comment. For your part, are you friendly and welcoming to people of White Plains?

Give it another chance.

The water.

Maybe IBM stock is down?

Bill