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I moved to Italy 5 months ago (and got my Citizenship through my great grandfather). I live in a small town (~4k people). These homes are usually in very bad co
by santiagobasulto 5y ago
I moved to Italy 5 months ago (and got my Citizenship through my great grandfather). I live in a small town (~4k people). These homes are usually in very bad conditions; there's shitty internet and heating.
PS: If you have italian ancestors and are interested in getting your citizenship let me know, I'm writing a blog post with my experience so far :)
- delgaudm 5y ago+1 Interested in hearing about your experience getting citizenship.
- eddieh 5y agoSo what you’re saying is there’s a market for innovative ISPs and HVAC installers?
- metalliqaz 5y agofrom the article it sounds like the market is too small to be profitable
- znpy 5y agoAs an italian whonis very familiar with that kind of situa... good luck with that.
- foota 5y agoAre you going to run into extra-legal problems?
- busyant 5y agoWhat's your contact info? Grazie.
- figers 5y agoMy wife is starting to go through this, would love to learn about your experience and any tips you can share.
- rectang 5y ago> If you have italian ancestors This is key. I was born in Italy, but to American parents living abroad — and I don't have any Italian ancestors. I don't qualify for Italian citizenship, because Italy is jus sanguinis, not jus soli. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli Good job keeping me out, Italy.
- Nitrolo 5y agoHow long have you lived in Italy? If you were born there it seems that three years of stay are enough to qualify for citizenship: https://www.inps.it/pages/standard/51985 https://www.inps.it/pages/standard/51985 Though I'm guessing you've probably spent much more time than me researching this already so this might not apply. Are you back in the US?
- jussoli 5y agoWhy do you feel you should quality for Italian citizenship, just because you happened to be born there?
- alephu5 5y agoWhat could justify citizenship beyond an accident of birth?
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoDeliberate birth?
- jussoli 5y agoSome kind of permanent and meaningful relationship with the country, beyond the fact that your parents happened to be located there when you were delivered.
- mdp2021 5y agoIn some Countries (e.g. the USA) it works that way.
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- walrus01 5y agoFrom what I've read most of the 'homes' are basically a brick/stone shell, one would easily expect to spend 80,000-100,000 (in euros) to make them habitable.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoWhich part of Italy? What's your experience like with the people? How are taxes working out for you (assuming you're a US Citizen)?
- santiagobasulto 5y agoI'm JUST getting started talking to "Comercialisti" (accountants) about taxes so I don't have a full picture yet. People are great. First day we were here they were already inviting us to have launch. It's a small town though.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoI was wondering if you were in the North or South. I read some great things about Turin and Florence and surrounding towns and I wanted to get a perspective from someone who was on the ground.
- mdp2021 5y agoYou can expect the opening paragraphs of the article ("over 30 people stopped to help...") to be in general representative (with large individual variations).
- mgraupner 5y agoMay I ask in which region you live?
- santiagobasulto 5y agoI'm in Piedmont, 20 minutes away from Pian del Re, close to the France boarder (~1.5hr from Turin in the other direction)
- mdp2021 5y agoDo not miss gorging on blueberries and in general the woodland berries of that valley...
- KennyBlanken 5y agoThere's also the prolific government corruption, endemic organized crime, and an aging population which brings a whole suite of sociological problems (conservative politics and social structures, poor social services for anyone not a senior, the younger generation will be unable to support the needs of the retired/elderly generation so economic collapse is inevitable.) Meanwhile the police are driving around in lambos (yes, they're "donated"; the exorbitant maintenance / fuel / tire costs are not.) Whenever a country's young people are not sticking around, that's a sign things are fucked. These people want to "fix" things by attracting people with money, because they don't want to fix the actual problems with their country.
- walrus01 5y agoin the US midwest: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-census-illinois-cities-population-loss-20200608-elh5s7pq7vcjriqnlii6hyaiea-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-census-illin... in the great plains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depopulation_of_the_Great_Plains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depopulation_of_the_Great_Plai...
- crate_barre 5y agoSo what is Italy’s main economy at this point, just tourism? I was also under the impression the a large number of immigrants are moving there to do all the odd jobs.
- register 5y agoItaly is a big exporter of mechatronic products. It is the second ( or third depending on sources) manufacturing economy in Europe just after Germany. Its engineering culture has always been very strong and will stay strong for a long time to come.
- mdp2021 5y agoI suggest you take a look at the "black marble" (Earth at night from space), in the European area. You will see that together with the extended megalopolis Lille-Antwerpen-Liège up to the Bonn-Duisburg-Dortmund aggregations, the most noticeable extended megalopolis is the Padanian valley. It is not tourism to drive that.
- gwf 5y ago> PS: If you have italian ancestors and are interested in getting your citizenship let me know, I'm writing a blog post with my experience so far :) I am very interested in the citizenship process.
- algo_trader 5y agoAre there local tradespeople available to do renovations? My pet rant is that once you are in a rural picturesque location, you get hit with all the regulation, bureaucracy and skill shortages
- feketegy 5y agoAnd I believe you're responsible of renovating these houses.