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S.Peelman said:
Tough question.

From an outsider's point of view, it often seems like a crime-ridden place...


Years ago met someone who immigrated from South Africa and they said they anticipated shoot outs and robberies would be common due to mix of news and film portrayal of the US.  It took him 6 months of nothing happening around him or anyone he met to realize it is actually a pretty boring place.

I am not dismissing the issues we have, but I find people within a any country tend to contextualize statistics with personal experiences.