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The Top 20 Rudest Cities in America are...

Okay, so if you didn't hear (because who reads print magazines these days, amirite?), Los Angeles was ranked by Travel + Leisure as being the rudest city in America. No, not New York—Los Angeles. Let's hear it for traffic on the 405!

The feature comes as part of T+L's annual "Favorite Cities Survey," which asks readers to rank 35 cities on 54 features, "including affordable hotels, great restaurants, romance potential, and the overall personality of the locals." Los Angeles even managed to pass Las Vegas with its stoney-faced bouncers, Dallas with its hardcore conservatives and Boston with its die-hard sports fans. Rest assured, however, that New York still claims pride of place at #2, although we beg to disagree that it even should go that high on the list. If only everyone would just walk faster...

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What's Your Comfy-in-Coach Secret?

Normally, we would just ignore any helpful tips aimed at making a flight in coach more comfortable. How much better is it going to get with a miniscule seat pitch in a middle seat? Anyone who promises a spa-like experience in economy is puffed up with more hot air than a SkyRest.

Yet there must be a better way to prepare yourself for a spine-bending trip in the air besides picking your seat and "pack[ing] your own entertainment." (Does anyone flying today not know to bring something to do? Really?) We will concur with the eye mask though -- it's dorky, but nothing works better when you're trying to sleep on a plane brighter than Virgin America's nightclub decor.

When it comes to making your next flight at least tolerable, what's your favorite trick?

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