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...Apart from that, the occasional xenophobia and selfishness is visible.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..?Source: Living in Malta for almost 2 years now.P.S. The trick is not to read too many news, not having interest in politics, enjoying the weather and ignoring crappy people.