Here's a question for the Americans (mainly) ... are people in New York really as aggressive as the media makes them out to be?

I ask purely because I wonder - I have contact with a lot of people daily as clients, and I have just noticed that of the ones from New York, there does seem to be a higher percentage of aggressive types than there are when looking at people overall.

The media gives one the impression that in New York it is seen as a positive attribute to want to get in to arguments and conflicts, and I have just noticed a correlation. But my 'sample size' is too small to be very meaningful - it could just be coincidence. So I wonder.