> The US murder rate isn't normally distributed Neither are the murder rates in other countries. > It's highly concentrated in a few hotspots Same here. > w

> The US murder rate isn't normally distributed Neither are the murder rates in other countries. > It's highly concentrated in a few hotspots Same here. > with most of the country living in areas with European murder rates. Nope. You need to compare the non-hotspot areas of the US with the non-hotspot areas of Europe. And you'll see the same difference as before.