I highly doubt this is true of any country. All countries are full of humans.
Anyone making this claim has a severe sampling problem. If you personally donβt talk to people, you can be under the impression that nobody talks to people. The people that do talk to people can read signs for who wants to talk and they talk to each other.
The false impression is further reinforced if you go outside the country because as a foreigner people are more likely to talk to you, offer help, etc.
Your evidence would be stronger if you were a person who did care to talk to people but found that in a certain country nobody replied.
People are people, but people interact differently depending on the country. Here in France, what we often hear about the USA is that they have very different social norm. The usual story is: someone goes to the USA, they are successful, everyone is nice with them, they have tons of friends, then suddenly something bad happens to the person, and all of their friends disappear/refuse to help. So from that I deduce that people in France in general (at least in my sphere) have less but deeper friendships. That's not a judgment of value of course, but that's one way countries can differ.
Agreed, but to be fair people rarely mean it literally when saying something doesn't exist in their country - it was probably more in the vein of that 'it's uncommon'. There certainly are differences and in some cultures it's a lot more common that people talk to random strangers as compared to others.
I grew up outside of Detroit, MI. Talking to strangers does not seem like much of a thing there. The first time I spent more than a week outside of Michigan was in Oklahoma. I would be walking down the street and people would not just say hello but ask me how I was doing and then actually listen and make conversation. At first I thought they were trying to scam me or something. When they'd approach, I would step back, take a mental inventory of my pockets, and evaluate my surroundings. Eventually I realized they were just being friendly!
People may have a different experience if they are more extroverted, but some places really are friendlier than others.
"talking to strangers is not a thing in my country. Can't say I care for it."
What country is this and how do you ever meet new people?
Are you saying people in your country don't meet strangers at bars, parties, through participation in sports, at dance clubs, or special interest clubs?
Also, while you say you don't care for it, you do realize that you're talking to strangers right now, don't you?
Can't say I care for it.