They cannot and will not understand the concept of “per capita”. Only ever being in their town they have no concept of how many people live there, and then watch news that instills “it’s scary” there. I’ve tried every way I can, both for NYC and my city, and they will not understand. I’ve even said “The island of Manhattan has more people than your entire state” and they still don’t get it. Combine all of the people from your rural state, double it, then take all of the crime from your state and compare it against a single borough of that city. They can’t comprehend it.
So one violent crime out of 10x their state’s population and they shit their pants. It’s insanity.
They cannot and will not understand the concept of “per capita”. Only ever being in their town they have no concept of how many people live there, and then watch news that instills “it’s scary” there. I’ve tried every way I can, both for NYC and my city, and they will not understand. I’ve even said “The island of Manhattan has more people than your entire state” and they still don’t get it. Combine all of the people from your rural state, double it, then take all of the crime from your state and compare it against a single borough of that city. They can’t comprehend it.
So one violent crime out of 10x their state’s population and they shit their pants. It’s insanity.