El MismíZIHmo Calor

Not that it makes it better, but Mexico isn't alone. Don't know about Canada, but the US suffers the same fate.

8/03/2021

@catlover

Because we are here in Z, we are commenting particularly on the local situation.
No doubt that as Z Rob described it:
"alkie culture is generally made up of people who are simply boorish and ill-mannered. We've watched successive generations grow up, each with poorer manners than their predecessors, kids raised by parents with poor manners who raise kids with poorer manners. A vicious cycle ",
as you mentioned, the same/similar conduct occurs in the US, & many other places.
This refers to a certain segment of the "alkie culture", and in no way is a "blanket" statement for all who consume it, be them alcoholics or just casual drinkers.

Exactly.

I'm speaking more to what I've witnessed not just in my lifetime, but especially here in this region of Mexico. There was a time here in Zihuatanejo and the region when young people were respectful, especially to their elders. Then a few thousand outsiders from all social and economic classes (mostly from larger cities) brought their bad habits with them, and our local culture was overwhelmed. First with loud unruly ill-mannered neighbors, then multiplying with their offspring who didn't know any better, and of course more outsiders. Neighbors used to be quite considerate here, and loud unruly people were the exception, not the norm we see today. In Zihuatanejo it used to be quiet at around 10:00 PM. Nowadays that's when all the "party animals" are just warming up. A boombox car in the 70's was not something you could hear blocks away or that rattled your windows and walls. Again, now the norm, which is why many cities have noise ordinances. Heck, we may even have them here, but we don't have (enough) public servants who care or who have the will to enforce them. The result is the apparent lawlessness that I and so many of my neighbors complain about.

Now if I'm mistaken, then I invite any local public official to set me straight. They have always been welcome to respond to me here and elsewhere. No lanzo la piedra para luego ocultar la mano. Yo si respondo por mis palabras y mis acciones.