Malta: an island of secrets and lies
Personally, Malta is a great country but the political part is complicated and makes it hard to expect good but controversial change, ex: attempts to lower the number of cars on the road. If someone tries that, they might do some good but it's very likely to make a lot people unhappy and everyone knows everyone, voting for political parties goes for generations (15-16 year olds chanting for Labour party because their parents and grandparents did that -- even though they can't even vote yet). Hard and drastic changes are needed but you won't get reelected if you do that...<p>Apart from that, the occasional xenophobia and selfishness is visible.<p>From a dev perspective, iGaming (online gambling) is booming and raising the prices of rent making it more difficult for locals. Poor get poorer, eh..?<p>Source: Living in Malta for almost 2 years now.<p>P.S. The trick is not to read too many news, not having interest in politics, enjoying the weather and ignoring crappy people.