> In a national opinion poll 48% cites crime as a large/very large problem. Perception of crime is isn’t the same thing as reality. I don’t know what country

> In a national opinion poll 48% cites crime as a large/very large problem. Perception of crime is isn’t the same thing as reality. I don’t know what country you’re in so I can’t speak any further, but just going off of hard data, the US has a much higher violent crime rate than does Western Europe. > according to our local media and parliamentarians, a large and increasing share of the population is falling into poverty, increasingly has to choose between food or heating or sports/music activities for their children Similar vein to above, but also “increasing” means a different thing depending on the starting point. Doubling the poverty rate from 1 to 2% (obviously a made up number here, just making a point) doesn’t mean you’re doing worse than a place that is consistently holding at 10%.