Your experience here is a bit anecdotal and might say a bit about what your frame of reference for what it means to be &quot;hispanic&quot;.<p>But of course, I don&#x27;t know you, so feel free to ignore my point :D<p>However, if you walk around the (objectively affluent) La Cantera mall in San Antonio, you&#x27;ll hear maybe 1&#x2F;3 of the conversations in Spanish.<p>About 30% of the folks in Texas speak Spanish, so if you&#x27;re in Texas you&#x27;re in a hispanic area by definition....what you&#x27;re describing are areas where people are or aren&#x27;t willing to pander to folks who aren&#x27;t bilingual.<p>I don&#x27;t know if that describes a line between affluence and poverty though.  It&#x27;s possible, though I&#x27;m not sure if I believe it.