My comments about the area where I live come from having a freakishly good memory and having become an adult around the time it started to hit the fan with the four personal exceptions of my bikes being stolen starting in 1967, only a couple of months after the riot. Not "It may have been better", it was better- the housing project I mentioned in other posts that has been a problem is still there and it's still a problem, but with more shootings/frequent gunfire and an insane amount of shoplifting at the nearby grocery store. People used to live peaceful lives and we didn't lock our doors when I was a kid. The entire police department consisted of seven employees. This is only in the small area near my house but the whole city is having problems and all someone would need to do is search online for Milwaukee crime info but I wouldn't use the online version of the local paper because they only report a small number of crimes.
Nationalism, if wanting people to be the way they were when life was peaceful is hardly a problem. People WERE better in their behavior- why is that a problem for you? Two years ago, more than 6400 cars were stolen in the city of Milwaukee- does that sound like an improvement?
The US used to have people who gave a crap about the country and we had some common goals- now, we have millions sneaking in and caring about themselves but not the country. People bitch about the US but if it's so bad, why do so many want to come here? Look at what's happening in London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and other places in England- big problems with illegals, but I don't see a damned thing about it, just "The US has so much, they SHOULD let everyone in".
GB may not allow guns, but knives are a problem-
The biggest increase in knife crime victims is among young men and boys, official figures show.
www.bbc.com
If people haven't become worse in your area, congratulations!