Connected Cultures

Methodology: The study surveyed 3,024 U.S. adults in October 2026 to explore where Americans are most likely to form close friendships across cultural and language boundaries. Responses were aggregated to identify the U.S. cities and neighborhoods where cross-cultural friendships appear most common, while also exploring attitudes toward whether advances in AI translation could help strengthen social connections across language barriers in the future. The survey sample was balanced across key demographic groups, including age, gender and region, to provide a broad representation of U.S. adults.