Returning to this post and my common theme of the obliviousness of a certain class of Americans to what's in front of them, including their neighbors and neighborhoods. An Eastern European immigrant cafe owner said simply with a shrug: "They're lying." First to themselves, and then to everyone else.
It's that simple. She says it's not worth hating them, but I can't help it.

I've added something to the previous post. It's related.