frustrations have a tendency to ripple trough a society/neighbourhood. Woman A gets pissed off by someone before she gets ticked off and vents her frustrations

frustrations have a tendency to ripple trough a society/neighbourhood. Woman A gets pissed off by someone before she gets ticked off and vents her frustrations on someone else...etc... The buck only stops when someone is laid back (or has enough space in his frustration-venting-buffer). I've seen this countless times in my family and I'm willing to take the bet that there are patches in society where it's just worse then in other patches. maybe there is some critical mass to turn a patch into an unhappy place, or it depends on the structure of the social graphs. anyway, I think frustration has wave-like properties and if you encounter it a lot it might be better to move to a place where people in general are happier.