What makes a city particularly unfriendly?

Be it population, traffic, crime, weather, or a combination of all aforementioned factors, something about the most unfriendly city in Illinois landed it on a list of the most unfriendly cities across the country.

According to a list compiled by MapQuest Travel, the most unfriendly city in all of Illinois is Chicago. Chicago ranked as the fifteenth most unfriendly city in the U.S.

Other cities on the list include Providence, Rhode Island, Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, Maryland, and Las Vegas, Nevada to name only a few.

Here's what MapQuest Travel had to say about the most unfriendly city in the entire state:

"Chicago is full of museums, great restaurants and a spectacular view, but that doesn’t mean the people are friendly towards outsiders. What visitors here will find are people walking with their heads towards the ground, rushing from one thing to the next and an overall vibe of unfriendliness. Perhaps it is due to the high amount of crime that happens, or maybe people are just too busy to start up a conversation. Whatever the reason is, don’t bank on making any new friends in this city, and make sure you buy a map so you don’t have to ask for directions. For a friendlier Chicago head to the neighborhood of Old Town for a root beer float spiked with Stoli and hang out with the locals or get your laughs on at some stand up comedy at Second City."

For a continued list of the most unfriendly cities across America check out MapQuest Travel's full report.

Candace McCollum