[jaredklewis]

He's not "painting" a picture. He's citing statistics. You've countered with an anecdote.

Of course data is not perfect, and there are often issues with methodology, data quality, or analysis the data. Even so, I usually find data more persuasive than anecdotes.

[david38]

Statistics is exactly how people paint. Surely you’ve heard “there’s, damn lies, and statistics”?