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Aosta Valley Autonomus Region
- adv0r 5y agowhy is this on hacker news? In italy we do have 5 autonomous regions apart from Val D'Aosta (Sardegna, Sicilia, Trentino Alto-Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia)
- davidw 5y agoMy first thought when seeing this was "E allora?!" Italy's regions are pretty interesting in their linguistic and cultural variety, I guess. The broad range of languages spoken is fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Italy#/media/File:Linguistic_map_of_Italy_-_Legend.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Italy#/media/File...
- gattilorenz 5y ago> Trentino Alto-Adige An autonomous region that only contains two small autonomous provinces (the only two autonomous provinces of Italy), with big differences between the two
- runjake 5y agoBecause it's interesting. Evidently, others agree otherwise it would not have been upvoted to the front page. Perhaps, it's because a large portion of the HN audience is in America, where autonomous regions are more or less alien to our understanding? Edit: Puerto Rico, the Native American reservations and a bunch of islands. I'm ready for vacation, folks. Thanks for the corrections. This article is still neat, though.
- bobthepanda 5y agoThere is an analogue that exist in the US; the Native American reservations. Most Americans would prefer not to think about them too much.
- kgwgk 5y agoYou have autonomous states, [edited out: A mild oath of exasperation, annoyance, frustration, anger, or surprise]. And Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- atdrummond 5y agoThis strikes me as an unnecessarily antagonistic reply.
- runjake 5y agoFWIW, I'm the parent he was replying to and I was fine with and appreciative of his correction. It seemed the appropriate amount of antagonism, given my error.
- dang 5y agoPlease edit swipes out of your posts to HN. We're trying to avoid that kind of thing here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mmarq 5y agoAutonomous regions (regioni a statuto speciale) have much less prerogatives than American states. They receive more transfers from the central government and can legislate on some limited matters. Imagine Kentucky receiving twice the fiscal transfers of Ohio and being able to legislate on fishing and museums, while Ohio can’t. That’s the gist of it.
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- giuliomagnifico 5y agoAhah I was expecting more hype in see an article about Molise =)
- cwwc 5y agoSome cool spots here for sure.. and interesting geopolotics: https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-alpine-border-melts-and-leaves-a-pasta-restaurant-in-switzerlandmaybe-11582134089 https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-alpine-border-melts-and-...
- Stevvo 5y agoGreat views, great skiing, great food. Prices are high and economic opportunities low. Piedmonte is far more affordable with all of the benefits of Aosta valley, and the bonus you can work in Turin or even commute to Milan.
- whoisburbansky 5y agoTurns out the city in the state of Georgia is named after this region. I don't know much about the city, except that a handful of friends from my university days are from it, so I was surprised, to say the least, to see this pop up on HN. Haven't thought about the city in years. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdosta,_Georgia#:~:text=Troup%20had%20named%20it%20after%20the%20Aosta%20Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdosta,_Georgia#:~:text=Trou....
- a_chris 5y agoAosta Valley is a really bad place to live in: people are not friendly, food is not so good compared to other regions and job opportunities are very low
- riffraff 5y agoI guess it really depends on your tastes, I have a couple friends who moved there because they loved the mountains and nature, and got jobs pretty easily (in IT and in Healthcare). I think food is quite nice too, but obviously it's completely personal.
- mmarq 5y agoNorthern Europe, as in the place where people can’t cook, starts a few kilometres north of Modena. ;)
- Lucasoato 5y agoHold my pearà!
- bogomipz 5y agoFor food, off the top of my head there is the famous Fontina cheese, Carbonade Valdostana – a delicious beef stew, Vapelenentse soup and of course Fonduta. And for sweets there is tegole. Aosta also has great viticulture. It has Europe's highest vineyards and a wonderful indigenous grape called Prie Blanc as well as wonderful petit rouge is grown there. Aosta wines are often spectacular and worth seeking out. Besides this there is amazing scenery and great skiing close by.
- dougmwne 5y agoSince there isn’t much of a topic here to get sidetracked from… HN community, has anyone here looked into getting a second home or entirely moving to Italy? Any experiences to be shared? I have the ability, but wonder if anyone has any success stories or high recommendations.
- apignotti 5y agoItalian here, living abroad. If you plan to move, you'll need to learn the language unfortunately. I think the average English knowledge of the population has significantly improved over the last ~10 years, but dealing with bureaucracy (with its own special/weird language) still requires some level of understanding of written Italian. In terms of quality-of-life I'd recommend Tuscany, but as an expat Milan might be the best choice. Good luck.
- R0b0t1 5y agoI asked parent's question to an Italian and got basically the same thing but with the rider that tech jobs in Italy are few and far between and generally not desirable. Can you comment on that? Maybe parent was hoping for a visa surfing situation, I dunno.
- dougmwne 5y agoI understand that the good jobs are generally only in Milan and that the cost of living there is not good in comparison to local salaries. Not an issue for me personally, though I understand it’s a major issue in the country.
- mmarq 5y agoMilan being the exception, tech jobs in Italy are generally bad and low paid. Large consultancies tend to work on government projects (often useless or extremely boring), smaller companies still make websites for the baker down the road for 500€. If you are lucky, at the end of your career you may earn more or less what a 23 year old German or Briton earn on their first job. It is totally normal to look for experienced developers and offer 20K euros per annum.
- fbn79 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogne_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogne_case
- 1_player 5y agoThere's more to Valle D'Aosta than a random murder, even though it's been exploited so much by the Italian media for so long everybody still knows about it.
- davide_benato 5y agointeresting to see this on hn. I grew up there. It's the smallest region in Italy with roughly 130k people living there. It's always surprising to meet people abroad why come from Aosta. Even fellow Italians often tell me I'm the only one they have ever met who's from this tiny little region.
- ebruchez 5y agoI come from the other side of the mountains in Switzerland. Aosta is an occasional destination people on that side. There is great local food, a cute town, and of course the beautiful scenery.