NYC Home of "Ground Zero"- Treatment Towards Veterans?

I've lived from coast to coast and visited most of the in-between. I've come to notice quite the pronounced difference in how I've been looked at and treated from state to state, once my war veteran status was known. Oddly enough, I have come to find that the worst I've been treated by police and civilian alike, believe it or not, out of all places is New York City. YES, NYC!!! The very place where it all started. The home of "Ground Zero". I don't know about you, but that is something worth taking a good look at.