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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m 55. Life has changed, and not for the better.

I have fond memories of getting all of my Christmas gifts wrapped (for free!) at department stores like Leggett, Miller & Rhodes, Thalheimers, and JC Penney. Sales clerks would ask if they could help you find merchandise, start a dressing room, or bring you another size to try. Yes, lingerie departments had bra fitting ladies. 
A department store is where you went as a newly engaged couple to register for gifts. A staff member would help with your selections and make recommendations. Service was given with a smile and people were polite and courteous. Stores were clean, well-stocked, and organized.

Department stores are just one example, but service was better then in all areas of life.

People were just nicer. Now, much of life has gotten to be a slog. It’s very depressing as someone who remembers how things were not so long ago. I think much is to blame - corporate greed, decline of church attendance, changing demographics [b](diversity really isn’t all that great and hurts communities of all races). 
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I feed sad for the younger generations. [/quote]

You know, some of us who grew up in communities like you fondly remember were suffocating and couldn't wait to get out. (I actually thought the world's major religions were Episcopal, Methodist, Lutheran, and Catholic until maybe junior high).  
I understand that there is something to be said to be able to feel like everyone around you understands you and you understand them. Even in college, sometimes I missed the familiarity of language (not English, but regional English where I grew up) and culture. But there are profound disadvantages as well.

There's an argument that diversity destabilizes cultures and even countries. But for at least 5000 years there have been both insular and cosmopolitan places. The latter enabled the exchange of goods and, more importantly, ideas. 
The "problems" come when different groups become insistently hostile towards each other, keeping in mind that the group with the most power is able to exert systematic power while the weaker groups may be subservient for a long time but eventually rebel. More equality of power is probably the best scenario)
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