[superheel]

That's the common case in many parts of the world. Maybe its because youre american, and many people think that they would impress a foreigner if they speak to them in their language. We had a Japanese neighbor, he talks to my uncle in Tagalog but my uncle replies english, how funny. Maybe as time goes, its either you or them will give up, maybe youll end up talking in English to them, or they end up talking Japanese to you.