Shocked by corporate feeling of Milan

[Anonymous]

Felt like I was back on Park Avenue watching all the Office workers commute and wind and dine on the street. Granted it was a Thursday night unlike when I went to Rome and Florence, I noticed the latter two did not have that vibe at all.

Do basically all the hustlers of Italy migrate to Milan? It seems to be the only place with decent jobs and offices of large corporations.

Also, does anyone have experience working in Milan or doing business there? Seems like a big expat community but all the workers I heard were speaking solely Italian so might be hard to integrate

[Anonymous]

Strange that the business capital of Italy is full of businesspeople.

[Anonymous]

It has been my impression, without investigating, that all the business in Italy happened in Milan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strange that the business capital of Italy is full of businesspeople.

[Anonymous]

Milan was always like this. You didn't know?

Why do you feel the need to broadcast your cultural ignorance, OP? Did you think that every single part of Europe is a romantic locale with picturesque ruins?

[Anonymous]

I remember this gut punch during my summer semester in Firenze.

[Anonymous]

Yes, when I was in school in Rome we took the train to Milan when we wanted a dose of "back home" feels.

[Anonymous]

As New Yorkers my family really enjoyed Milan as a segue between the historical cities in Italy that don’t feel like they exist in the 21st century and NYC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Felt like I was back on Park Avenue watching all the Office workers commute and wind and dine on the street. Granted it was a Thursday night unlike when I went to Rome and Florence, I noticed the latter two did not have that vibe at all.

Do basically all the hustlers of Italy migrate to Milan? It seems to be the only place with decent jobs and offices of large corporations.

Also, does anyone have experience working in Milan or doing business there? Seems like a big expat community but all the workers I heard were speaking solely Italian so might be hard to integrate

lol, this is exactly what I felt when watching videos of Milan. besides the Cathedral there was nothing that seemed ancient.

[Anonymous]

Milan is very industrial. Much of the manufacturuing, steel, car productio and similar is from that area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Milan was always like this. You didn't know?

Why do you feel the need to broadcast your cultural ignorance, OP? Did you think that every single part of Europe is a romantic locale with picturesque ruins?

Dear lord. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Milan sustained very heavy bombing during WWII, which is a reason that it doesn’t look as old as other Italian cities.

[Anonymous]

When Americans want to see Europe, they’re mostly thinking of Europe in about 1500. The old towns of Europe are tourist sites & living museums at this point. Financial centers like Milan and the suburbs are more representative of modern European life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Milan sustained very heavy bombing during WWII, which is a reason that it doesn’t look as old as other Italian cities.

I didn’t know this. Thanks for sharing (not OP)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When Americans want to see Europe, they’re mostly thinking of Europe in about 1500. The old towns of Europe are tourist sites & living museums at this point. Financial centers like Milan and the suburbs are more representative of modern European life.

Yeah, I mean it's a country, not a theme park. Of course there's modern buildings and industry, people live there.