Politeness - Extinct in Asia?

There has been much talk recently revolving around the World Politeness Survey conducted by Reader's Digest. The results of the findings were pretty shocking - at least to me.

It ranked New York as bagging the top place in the politeness survey, and Mumbai the last. Singapore came in 30. I was actually surprised we didn't rank lower. I think Singaporeans are rude to the point of being barbaric - I've lived here for over 30 years and still managed to be surprised by some form of rudeness every so often.

Apparently, they performed 3 tests in determining the results of the survey. 1. if people opened doors for others, 2. if people helped someone who had dropped their documents, and 3. If shop assistants thanked customers after a purchase. Both Paris and London came in 15th. How did YOUR city do? I don't know. Check it out for yourself.