[thatjoeoverthr]

Regarding growing incivility. I moved from the US to Poland around ‘05. Not long ago I went to the US, Bay Area, for the first time in ten years, on a business trip for my employer. I didn’t expect such a culture shock but the incivility was striking. Every day I would run into absolutely savage behavior while just commuting or getting food. I wasn’t sure what to make of it and this here is the first time I’ve seen Americans discussing civility.

[bitcharmer]

It also might be that once in Europe you started soaking in our values and standards and today behaviours common in USA you might see in a different light.

I moved out of Poland to the UK many years ago and have the exact same experience as you. I'm a very different person now and many things I had thought were normal I now do not accept.