dantheman
Bah humbug
Sorry to hear that. It starts with the family and grows with the kids, of that I have no doubt. Dont get me started on eroding family values.
Being that I live in the northeast US, there are a lot of people moving in with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and origins. I'm in the proverbial melting pot, which on a whole is one of the strengths of the area. I do a fair bit of cleaning up when I hit the parks & ponds, so its not pristine. I do notice that the tendency to litter varies depending upon which national or ethic area we are in. For example, and I'll risk an alarmist calling me a bigot, I have noticed that areas predominated by japanese or indian/pakistani are quite consciencous, whereas those from russians, albanians & koreans tend to be less so. Socioeconomically, those areas in wealthier neighborhoods are "cleaner" of minor litter than those not. Based on annecdotal observations obviously, but it'd be neat to have someone do a more controlled scientific study on this.
Which ethnic groups eat the wildfowl more?
(http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=223615 )