&quot;I guess I could learn Spanish, but why?&quot;<p>Where are you from in the US? Im from the Atlanta area and bilingual spanish&#x2F;english. Most people I know from georgia, florida, even alabama can at least understand spanish just from being around it so much. I really think to not know spanish you would have to actively try to avoid it - especially if you are young and from the city. In atlanta you can easily live without knowing any english, when friends came from south america we always found people fluent in spanish most native (at Starbucks, McDonalds, Grocery Store, shopping, etc).