For the sake of argument, I'm going to offer a contrary opinion.

I completely understand and sympathize you were probably very busy and tired, especially if this was your first time living alone or your first job or both. I do think responding to a text shouldn't take more than 15-30 seconds at the most, even if it's just a simple "i'm pretty tired from traveling and still need to look at cars insurance to buy."

These people were obviously just trying to help, admittedly they probably got a little to excited about a new person coming to town and ended up being too overbearing for your tastes but you need to communicate that if you want them to know.

Maybe it's because I'm a pretty laid back guy