If they were littering like that in the early 80s, their community was very much lagging behind the American culture overall. Or maybe it was just the people th

If they were littering like that in the early 80s, their community was very much lagging behind the American culture overall. Or maybe it was just the people they were around literally being trashy. It wasn't, and isn't today, an American thing. Plenty of countries had, and even still do have, casual attitudes about littering.