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Another reason you didn't get a response to "how are you" is that the person wasn't that interested to talk to you.
They must have had an a-priori low expectation of the amount of value to be gained by chatting with you. Your redundant "how are you" lowered the average value-per-line of a conversation with you further.
But if they'd had an a-priori high expectation of the amount of value to be gained by chatting with you, they would have responded enthusiastically to "how are you".
This matches my experience. When I don't want to engage in conversation and someone asks "How are you?", I always politely counter with "Fine, thanks" and just carry on whatever I am doing. I assume the same applies for other people.