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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I recall when I lived in Italy, it's as the pp said. There is a big North-South divide with the north being more wealthy, cosmopolitan, educated and industrialized (sound familiar?). Whereas the caricature of the South is toothless peasants. Rome is technically in the South but they don't admit that. The Mafia is all over but the stronghold is Naples. All the Italians in Florence told me to never, under any circumstances, go there but from what I have heard, that's a big exaggeration.[/quote] This is it exactly. I also lived in Italy- in Milan. The people I knew were very well educated and exacting, and tended to make fun of people from southern Italy. Education expectations are different, accents are different, wardrobes are different, appearances tend to be different. The US equivalent is like people from Boston/NYC/DC making fun of southern rednecks.[/quote]
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