Dukes up for a bridge-and-tunnel battle.

Perhaps unsurprising to many, tropical paradise Hawaii has been crowned the friendliest state in America, according to a recent study.

But in a head-tilting move, New York was deemed the third-friendliest behind second-place finisher … New Jersey?

“I’ve never met anyone nice from New Jersey,” Keith Toliver, 74, pointedly told The Post — with a smile — while passing through Penn Station this week. He was among those The Post randomly polled about the scandalous finding from bespoke travel site Journeyscape , which analyzed Reddit posts, the number of visitors from overseas, LGBTQ+ equality and “happiness” scores from WalletHub.

“I think New York is a better place to be,” the native New Yorker added.

“New York gets a bad rap,” said New Jersey

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