people say new yorkers are so mean

Well, I beg to differ. Today I was crossing the street at a crosswalk on 13th Street and 6th Avenue and I had to stop dead in the middle of the street to sneeze twice, and THREE people who were passing by said 'bless you' to me. I could be wrong, but the only difference I see in this scenario than if I were in Alabama is if I were in Alabama I probably wouldn't have been crossing the street at a crosswalk...