UK city named unfriendliest place as only 48% of people say 'thank you'

London has been voted the UK’s unfriendliest city due to its lack of small talk - and the fact that almost no one thanks the bus driver. In contrast, Northerners have been voted the friendliest in the UK. The national survey of 2000 people by mineral water brand, Aqua Pura found that 54 per cent of people thought the north of England had the friendliest people, while only 12 per cent of people in the south were thought of as friendly.

When it comes to why Londoners are considered rude, there was a couple of behaviours that people viewed as impolite - such as the fact that less than half of Londoners (48%) thank their taxi driver compared to almost 79 per cent of northern Irish people and 76 per cent of those from the north west. When it comes to manners, there is a clear gender divide with 71 per cent of women always thanking the bus driver when getting off a bus but only 53 per cent of men doing the same. Terri Cooper from Northern mineral water brand Aqua Pura said: “It’s not surprising that Northerners have been voted as the friendliest, we enjoy a good natter on the bus and always thank the bus driver.

” Despite the reputation for being unfriendly, the survey revealed that 23 per cent of Londoners are either always or often up for a chat with strangers on public transport. Those who live in the capital ranked the Elizabeth line as the friendliest, but only four per cent of people voted the Northern line as being friendly. However if the idea of striking up a conver.