Originally it was going to be “over the last twenty years” but I decided to be more flexible.
A lot of discussions about how society has changed or how the world is different always circle around to smartphones, social media, “no one talks to each other in person, they’re on their phones always” and the like.
Outside of those topics, what else has changed, by your perception?
More aggressive driving. Statistics even support it so it’s not just an anecdotal thing.
the population of the u.s. has increased by almost 100,000,000 since 1990. that’s a lot more assholes on the road
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/USA/united-states/population
Bigger cars, wider roads, more lanes, more noise, longer commutes
Brighter lights
I’ve noticed that too. I also noticed a very large uptick after Covid and things opened back up. It seems like people genuinely forgot tact, decency, and rules. It’s weird because Covid wasn’t THAT long that we were locked down.