Well said Jim!
We are unfortunately judged by the behavior of the worst of us. There was a sax player who used to show up just before curtain in the theatre district and play loud, ruining the performance of folks who had the corner first. When some of us tried to explain the customs to him, he got aggressive. All the buskers got kicked of the theatre district streets for the rest of the season! Keep it clean and keep it polite! The only exception is in districts where there is more expectation of profanity. In Washington Square park, there was a gay sword swallower who used to make some double-entendre jokes in his patter. It went over the heads of most kids in the audience, and in the west village, (New York) it is an environment which is more tolerant of that sort of joke.
Cheers, Larry