As a native of Southern California that has lived on the east coast (D.C. area) for the last 10 years, I can believe that we Californians are worse offenders of this; but I think a more accurate generalization might be that this is a behavior of American millennials. I’ve seen this a lot on the east coast and I think it’s more of a generational thing i.e. the lack of follow-through on suggested plans.
I’d be interested if this an anglo-millenial thing or if you see it across millennials in the Global North. I’ve just always imagine that French and Dutch people, for example, do the same thing.
Might correlate with other sorts of prosocial behaviour (though there may also be specific norms about meetings). Below is a Science wallet return study, “Civic honesty around the globe”. Could also look at surveys of social trust.
As a native of Southern California that has lived on the east coast (D.C. area) for the last 10 years, I can believe that we Californians are worse offenders of this; but I think a more accurate generalization might be that this is a behavior of American millennials. I’ve seen this a lot on the east coast and I think it’s more of a generational thing i.e. the lack of follow-through on suggested plans.
I’d be interested if this an anglo-millenial thing or if you see it across millennials in the Global North. I’ve just always imagine that French and Dutch people, for example, do the same thing.
Might correlate with other sorts of prosocial behaviour (though there may also be specific norms about meetings). Below is a Science wallet return study, “Civic honesty around the globe”. Could also look at surveys of social trust.