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<blockquote data-quote="MANic" data-source="post: 1189582" data-attributes="member: 12317">Absolutely agree with the comments, that throwing a &quot;bitchfit&quot; is the most idiotic response, however, the language issue does irk me.In recent years my locality has been overtaken by recent immigrants of substantively similar ethnicities/race. I now leave my home for grocery shopping&nbsp; and barely hear any English and believe me it can be an depressing and alienating experience...My dad, who is conversant in some of these languages, posed the question the other &quot;where are all our people?&quot;I think that's just the issue. Public spaces are being slowly controlled by immigrants to the exclusion of locals (largely due to their large numbers) - ironic given these institutions are products of the work of locals. I recall reading about an academic finding that locals in mass immigration hotspots tend to introversion and keep to themselves due to feelings of alienation. Absolutely true.When my grandparents left their homeland they made a commitment to integrate into their new society (at least ostensibly if not adopt identical ideologies) through language and mannerisms and that should be the bare minimum.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MANic, post: 1189582, member: 12317"] Absolutely agree with the comments, that throwing a "bitchfit" is the most idiotic response, however, the language issue does irk me. In recent years my locality has been overtaken by recent immigrants of substantively similar ethnicities/race. I now leave my home for grocery shopping and barely hear any English and believe me it can be an depressing and alienating experience... My dad, who is conversant in some of these languages, posed the question the other "where are all our people?" I think that's just the issue. Public spaces are being slowly controlled by immigrants to the exclusion of locals (largely due to their large numbers) - ironic given these institutions are products of the work of locals. I recall reading about an academic finding that locals in mass immigration hotspots tend to introversion and keep to themselves due to feelings of alienation. Absolutely true. When my grandparents left their homeland they made a commitment to integrate into their new society (at least ostensibly if not adopt identical ideologies) through language and mannerisms and that should be the bare minimum. [/QUOTE]

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