Socioeconomic analysis of Italy normally sees a distinction between the wealthier, more industrial Northern half (e.g. cities like Milan) and the poorer, more a

Socioeconomic analysis of Italy normally sees a distinction between the wealthier, more industrial Northern half (e.g. cities like Milan) and the poorer, more agricultural, mafia-troubled Southern half (e.g. Naples) normally including Sicily and Sardinia too. A rough line for the split could be about the latitude of Rome. "Italy's boot" here corresponds to this Southern Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Italy http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/15/world/north-south-divide-in-italy-a-problem-for-europe-too.html http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/15/world/north-south-divide-i...