"Are we worse than other towns ?" "No; not worse, but bad enough.

Over and over again the saying is true, one-half the world does not know how the other half lives.

How can all this misery touch you?
You live in your lovely house out of the town.
When you come in, you drive about, do your shopping, make calls, and go home again.

You never visit the poorest streets.

The people from them never come to you.