Dear Schiavi,
I was in Bolzano for the first time and the city immediately surprised me with some banal but significant details. Absence of graffiti on the walls, in the train station the carriages were clean and even without, for us Milanese now physiological “artistic tags” inside and outside the carriages. I don’t want to be rude by telling you that while driving I have never “stumbled into a pothole”. The cycle paths are protected without risks for cyclists and the public greenery is cared for like a communal garden. In short, for a Milanese away, it was a pleasant surprise but with a touch of sadness thinking about how Milan is today.
Paolo Uniti
Given that the comparison is impractical due to the asymmetry between the two cities, Bolzano has been jockeying with Trento for years for the title of city where people live best in Italy (source Il Sole 24 Ore). Having said that, even with our problems, I wouldn’t trade for Milan.
Differentiated autonomy is law, for the happiness of Salvini, Calderoli etc. But I don’t think this will bring benefits to Lombardy and its inhabitants. It seems to me only a tactical move to renew the dualism between North and South and strengthen the ranks of the “lumbards”.
Mario Davinese
It is not so much a tactical move, but a real reform that risks increasing the confusion that already reigns between the powers of the Regions and the State. Incredible but true: in 2001 it was the centre-left which today opposes the new law that modified Article V of the Constitution by strengthening regional power over healthcare and decentralisation. And the center-right that opposed it yesterday is doing the opposite today. While we wait for the effects (“pay money, see camel”) we are still dealing with another forgotten reform, the one on metropolitan cities. Waiting for the referendum on the premiership. I can end with a laconic mah…
Thefts, robberies, assaults, everything in between. You can’t pretend nothing happened, you need an alarm clock.
Elisa Salomoni
The alarm went off a few months ago. If someone still talks about “perceived insecurity”, we can respond like Amedeo Nazzari in a famous Carosello: “Plague seize it”.
