social isolation in america

I'm not very serious about moving to a spanish speaking country like mexico or costa rica because if i was, i'd be trying to learn the language. I'm not because i don't have much aptitude for it and because therefore it seems like drudgery, plus i'm very uncertain re. whether i surreally want to leave the u.s.. 

i have been watching a few videos on youtube about expat life in costa rica and one of the things that's struck me is how friendly the natives apparently are there. To me, this is in marked contrast to my experience of america, but that's probably due in part to my own internal alienation.

the other night i watched part of a sensationalist true story, the kind that corporate lamestream tv seems to love, no doubt in part because sensational true stories are attention grabbers (also, the ones the tv networks like to showcase involve individuals behaving atrociously, criminally, involving the police, who by contrast appear to be the 'good guys', and one thing i've become hyper- aware of since becoming a 'conspiracy theorist' is that corporate media appears to bend over backwards to portray law enforcement in a positive light, while minimizing and rationalizing away their own atrocious abuses of power).

this story involved a very religious mormon mother who had gained an internet following for the videos she posted advocating 'tough love' parenting. Turns out she was horribly abusing her 2 youngest children, apparently in an attempt in her sick mind to keep them away from 'evil' or to discipline them. She was keeping them tied up, virtual prisoners in their own home, with inadequate food and water. Somehow her 12 year old son escaped and emaciated, went over and rang the doorbell of a neighbor.

this neighbor had surveillance camera by his door which recorded audio, so one could hear the interaction between him and the boy who sought his help. The boy meekly asked if he would do a couple of favors for him. After a brief pause, this neighbor, a grown man, replied with apparent annoyance 'what do u want'?.

to me, this exchange is rather emblematic of how socially isolated and consequently unempathetic americans, or at least many of us, have become towards one another. Here's this kid in rather obvious distress asking for help and his neighbor is not immediately sympathetic, but rather openly hostile.

i've become very used to being alone. in a way i like it because i've attained the view that my fellow americans (and probably, by extension, sheeple in general) are generally quite stupid and unrelatable to me, But in another deeper way, this way of life is pretty lonely and unsatisfying. This makes me wonder if i might fare better socially outside the u.s., but i'm also inclined to think that i probably won't, and that i would in fact miss this american culture where it's quite normal and ok to not know one's neighbors.

i'd love to know what's your take on this issue?