Alive, yes, but struggling weakly for wellness. I have had occasion to observe that location has some say in this. For instance, large communities tend to a live and let live attitude unless something bad happens. Then they bunch up and reform as a community for a time. Small communities tend toward a brotherhood sisterhood outlook overall, but do a lot of gossip.
I lived in a community where people moved about in their own bubbles, pretty much oblivious to most outside their immediate personal sphere. I won’t say where, but I blame their behavior on the fact it is a community largely dependant on tourist trade. My daughter, now a tween, grew up in that community, knowing no other. She was constantly embarrassed that I would politely greet all we encountered as I walked her to and from school each day. When I first began, the beginning of her kindergarten year, people looked at me like “What’s YOUR game?”, though some fumbled back a weak “Hello”. As time went on, some responded, some nodded, most at least made eye contact. There was a little boy I had greeted with “Good morning, sir”, who never missed an opportunity thereafter to greet me… he really liked those “Sirs”. Some mothers would return a pointed “Good morning”, looking at their own children to see if they were getting it. All the while, my daughter begged me to quit my habit.
Some people amused themselves by trying to beat me to the moment. One man didn’t know any english, but each day he tried to say “Good morning” well. He started taking pride in his results and even if he was across the street when he saw me he’d call out his greeting. I count my day of total success as being a morning into my third year of greeting the school. I was approaching a crosswalk, coming towards me was coming a woman and her children. The baby in her stroller grasped the safety bar across the front of his stroller, and pulled himself into a partial standing position. His eyes bugged out like he had a mean gas bubble. He shouted out a baby, “Mornging!”, and sat back smiling. I returned with a very enthusiastic, “And good morning to you!”
My point, it’s there, but some communities need humanity CPR to revive it.
@Katniss, I am sending out 100 hugs to you. I hope it helps.