( CNN ) -- The United States , land of freedom and opportunity , is also the land of scowling faces and folded arms , according to a new poll . Travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler has unveiled the results of its annual readers ' choice survey . More than 46,000 readers gave their opinions last year on everything from favorite airlines to best hotels and friendliest and unfriendliest cities . It 's the latter category that might cause the most surprises , with U.S. cities dominating the `` unfriendly '' list . Newark , New Jersey , is the unfriendliest city in the world according to the survey . `` Newark is best known for being the site of an airport near New York , and for many of our readers , that 's the only reason to stop there , '' says Conde Nast Traveler . In total , five U.S. cities were voted into the top 10 unfriendly cities list and eight made the top 20 . Oakland , California ( third ) , `` has an image problem and a split personality '' according to a reader who answered the survey . New Haven , Connecticut ( seventh ) , home of Yale University , is the city of `` rude , unfriendly folks ; '' Detroit ( eighth ) was called the `` armpit of the world '' by one reader and Atlantic City , New Jersey ( ninth ) , was dismissed as a `` pale shadow of Las Vegas . '' Other cities in the list include Islamabad in Pakistan ( second least friendly ) , Luanda in Angola ( fourth ) , Kuwait City ( fifth ) Lome in Togo ( sixth ) and Tangier in Morocco ( tenth ) . What do you think ? Tell us about your own friendly or unfriendly travel experiences in the comments section below . Conde Nast Traveler stresses that its rankings are inspired by factors including location , political perception , size and language barriers , and do n't necessarily correspond to rude behavior of locals . But enough badmouthing . The survey also announces the friendliest cities in the world . Florianopolis , the island city in Brazil , is the world 's friendliest city according to the poll . Hobart in Tasmania followed in second place and Thimpu in Bhutan wrapped up the top three . One U.S. city made it into the top 10 friendliest cities -- Charleston , South Carolina . Standing fifth in the global list , Charleston was also voted the friendliest city in the United States in a previous poll . The world 's unfriendliest cities . 20 . Caracas , Venezuela . 19 . Bethlehem , Palestine . 18 . Casablanca , Morocco . 17 . Wilmington , Delaware . 16 . Moscow . 15 . Riyadh , Saudi Arabia . 14 . Shenzhen , China . 13 . Albany , New York . 12 . Los Angeles . 11 . Guangzhou , China . 10 . Tangier , Morocco . 9 . Atlantic City , New Jersey . 8 . Detroit . 7 . New Haven , Connecticut . 6 . Lome , Togo . 5 . Kuwait City . 4 . Luanda , Angola . 3 . Oakland , California . 2 . Islamabad , Pakistan . 1 . Newark , New Jersey . The world 's friendliest cities . 20 . Cork , Ireland . 20 . Asheville , North Carolina . 18 . Edinburgh , Scotland . 16.Savannah , Georgia . 16 . Auckland , New Zealand . 14 . Victoria , British Columbia . 14 . Galena , Illinois . 13 . Dublin , Ireland . 12 . Christchurch , New Zealand . 11 . Chiang Mai , Thailand . 9 . Ubud , Bali , Indonesia . 9 . Kilkenny , Ireland . 8 . Mandalay , Myanmar . 6 . Margaret River , Australia . 6 . Paro , Bhutan . 5 . Charleston , South Carolina . 4 . Queenstown , New Zealand . 3 . Thimpu , Bhutan . 2 . Hobart , Tasmania . 1 . Florianopolis , Brazil . Also on CNN : 20 biggest travel mistakes .
Conde Nast Traveler unveils friendliest and unfriendliest cities list . The magazine says it is based on a survey of more than 1,000 people in the U.S. who have lived there for at least two years. Travelers feel most welcomed in Brazil 's island city of Florianopolis . Detroit called `` armpit of the world ''