Totally agree with you, PML!!
Personal space - which includes intrusions on property, noise levels, loud comings and goings and doings in the evening / after dark, even being invited to neighbors' sons' graduation parties where the "young men" grunt when you hand them a gift, and "play" with knives at each others' throats and cut their cake with a machete!!...and on and on - is really a strain on one's peace of mind.

I've experienced this most of my life, living in apartment communities - even renting houses - where people park in your designated space, have parties at 2 am on a weeknight in the hot tub 3 floors below and when you call "Security" - they're just as inconsiderate as they join in on the party!!! and much worse...

Those of us who abide by (at least what used to be commonly recognized as) social norms and courtesies are made to feel that WE are overstepping boundaries. This sense of entitlement and even encouragement by their own parents - in the case of "youth" - is alarming, and by definition doesn't bode well for the future where they will continue this behavior, as many have noted here in the actions of neighbors, drivers, fellow humans.

Another benefit of MayoClinicConnect: supporting each other as we encounter and endure the daily concerns and intrusions and woes of life, be they medical, personal or societal. All for the purpose of peaceful, conscientious coexistence!

Hugs to humanity!