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Where Italy's Immigrants Actually Live: 12 Maps
6.9 million residents in Italy were born abroad: one in eight. Here is where they are, town by town.
Sep 4
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Antonio Cangiano
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10 Things I Hate About Italy
Bureaucracy, wages, envy, and seven other things Italy genuinely gets wrong.
Sep 2
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August 2026
15 Things I Only Started Loving About Italy After I Left
My take on things that, in hindsight, are great about Italy. They were always there, just invisible because ordinary.
Aug 31
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where Italians Are Happiest: 8 Maps of Life, Trust, and Fear
I analyzed Italy’s happiness data. Bolzano comes first. Enna comes second. Naples comes last. The rest of the map is even stranger than that.
Aug 28
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where to Live in Calabria: Only Four Towns Pass the Filter
I ran my usual relocation filters across Calabria’s 404 municipalities. Only four towns survive.
Aug 26
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Antonio Cangiano
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Airports in Italy
An overview of Italy's airports, from the intercontinental hubs down to the small, regional ones that thin out in winter.
Aug 24
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Antonio Cangiano
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Why Italy Is Bad at Soccer but Great at Every Other Sport
Why Italy got bad at soccer despite throwing massive money at it, while poorly compensated athletes in the pool and on the track won 23 European golds…
Aug 21
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Antonio Cangiano
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How Necessity Built Matera, the Trulli, and the Trabocchi
How poverty, tax dodging, and fear of the sea shaped Matera, the trulli in Alberobello, and the trabocchi in Abruzzo.
Aug 19
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Antonio Cangiano
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The Italy Tourists Don't Go To
Italy doesn't have a tourism problem. It has a concentration problem. Istat data on all 7,896 municipalities.
Aug 17
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Antonio Cangiano
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Do You Need a Car in Italy? Getting Around Without a Car
For many, driving in Italy is more trouble than it’s worth. Learn why and how to reach the small towns without a car.
Aug 14
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where to Live in Liguria
Liguria has 234 comuni. Run our livability filters and most get screened out. These are the nine towns worth considering.
Aug 12
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Antonio Cangiano
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Italy’s Air, Region by Region
The ranking of Italian cities by air quality that everyone quotes was retired in July. The new one puts Milano second to last in Europe.
Aug 10
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Antonio Cangiano
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