My city is the largest in the state, but it is one of the less populated states. I grew up in a very large city in a high population state though.
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My city is the largest in the state, but it is one of the less populated states. I grew up in a very large city in a high population state though.
Do you find the same types of behaviors common in both cities?
Sure, it's not everyone and the reactions differ day to day. Most people acknowledge it positively and maybe a 1/3 are apathetic losers.
Sounds about right. For me, among strangers, it seems to be a higher proportion, especially the younger ones. Frankly, I'd just like to understand the reasoning behind not doing something so simple.
It's apathy derived from parents being too busy working to raise the kids. Apathy is growing with each generation.
I can see this being a realistic reason. Manners are often taught by parents, but I'd figure that even common sense should tell someone to acknowledge the person holding open a door lol... Nope, I'm wrong.
Common sense has to be made common in the home to become common. We are not unlike dogs who need to be trained.
At least according to my parents, I was exercising such manners at a very young age without explicitly being taught. Observation and replication of habits in childhood is very powerful.
There are also predictable generational cycles where certain generations are more likely to be disaffected than others.
The cycle makes sense, but it shouldn't exclude basic manners and courtesy. Those can still be taught and practiced.
That all went away when parents started to become combative when the community gets involved in helping raise the kids.Now a days,it doesn't matter what the kid does wrong,if it ain't yours you better step back or the parent will attack you
This is true; community-based raising of children used to be more of a tradition than it is now. The phrase "it takes a village to raise a child" has validity because children pick up habits from their environment, peers, etc.