Lenten in NYC

It's hard to be a good Christian in New York City during Lenten or any other time of the year. You bump into idiots all and every day. How can you love or at least respect others when they're just too stupid to be nice? At the same time, a subculture emerges from church goers where friendships can be developed, but the whole city doesn't follow this subculture. In all I guess that living in New York is the ultimate religious test.