What is wrong in America?

I truly agree. I was raised with proper manners and when I moved to Florida I continued practicing them until every time I tried saying "Hi, how are you" To anyone on the streets or on the bus or anywhere people would look at me like I was crazy and I am ashamed to say that I stopped for a while because I was angry at people's behavior. Now that I have matured some, I started again and I still get a strange look once in a while but I take it now in a different way. I just assume they are Shocked!! to see someone nice. :)

I don't think that the behavior you see represents the entire country. I've lived in many places and, yes, people can be more rude and unpleasant in some areas but I've also met some of the nicest people in the world, mostly in the south but also in the north. I think the lesser populated areas are more friendly, the small towns with the more down to earth people who still think family values are important.

My dear blueheron, this is not only the attitude of Americans only. This is a worldwide trade and I think it is because Moral and Values has gone missing from our day to day life. The music that are being sing and the shows which are making are having a bad influence on today's society. I remember growing up we use to say Good morning, afternoon, evening, excuse me, thank you etc. If there was an elder or a pregnant woman on the bus we give them our seat. Today's society is a dog eat dog world and we need to go back to the earlier days. America took out God out of the country until 9/11 they started to say God again. Their saying God Bless America was an anthem in school but it was missing for along time. We need to make those movies maker and song writer realize that they need to have good pictures/music and not these craps that they are dishing out. Until them it the world will continue like how it is now. what we need to do as an individual is to do the things that we were taught and do not watch others.