tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post4043595177961100049..comments2024-03-08T09:42:28.879+01:00Comments on Burnt by the Tuscan Sun: Tantissime Belle Cose or 8 Reasons why living in Europe is better than living in the USAIrreverent Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-22126056473620604412010-01-27T17:28:37.523+01:002010-01-27T17:28:37.523+01:00I live in Italy one month of each year. Even thoug...I live in Italy one month of each year. Even though I love Italy, there are several things that make me really sad...<br /><br />Some examples are: How dirty places are. I've been to many cities from Milan to Rome to Calabria, and there is just graffiti EVERYWHERE! So sad that many buildings are covered in this. I come from Chicago where we are lucky because our mayor keeps everything super clean! You don't have to worry about seeing trash in almost every street!<br /><br />Italy has a really big garbage problem. The last couple years have been getting bad. Sometimes garbage doesn't get picked up for weeks and it's just everywhere on the streets....<br /><br />I love my Italia, but I feel like the people should care a little more about how they treat their land and keep it clean!<br /><br />Oh, and lets not compare airlines! Alitalia is just getting worse and worse each year. They have very bad customer service!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-83291057937004570732010-01-12T15:18:06.983+01:002010-01-12T15:18:06.983+01:00I agree with the first point, the food in Europe...I agree with the first point, the food in Europe is much better although after a while the lack of ethnic foods got me down.<br />Getting things on credit and knowing the store clerks depends on where you are living, both in the US and in Italy. In Italy I lived in a big city. I never got anything on credit and when I was short a few centissimi the store clerks waited for me to put some item back on the shelf. In the US I live in a smaller suburb town. A gas attendant gave me some extra gas 9I paid him in full thye nedxt day) and the store clerks at some stores all seem to know me and my daughter.I don't think this is a European/US thing but rather a city/smaller town thing.<br />I do think wholeheartedly that the US healthcare system is sick and needs to be changed. While I'm not completely going to throw out any type of universal healthcare or European models, the healthcare in Italy sucks. Most people there who can afford it have some kind of private insurance to back up the public system or just pay privately on their own. Waiting a few months for a bed in a hospital when one has a speck of cancer is more than stress inducing, it could be life ending.Little specks of cancer grow. <br />A very interesting post though. As always your posts have some humor in them. I just think a better title would have been 'Why I think Europe is better than the US'J.Doenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-17250096759619121352010-01-06T04:38:00.431+01:002010-01-06T04:38:00.431+01:00Thanks for sharing! I will tell you that in Italy...Thanks for sharing! I will tell you that in Italy, people still give you things on credit: from the daily cappuccino to the dry cleaners to all kinds of things...it's always a nice treat - makes you have faith in humanity, even in a place where your Amazon orders don't arrive cuz they've been stolen out of the mail!Francesca Magginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-90879277630164478902010-01-04T20:41:14.502+01:002010-01-04T20:41:14.502+01:00Francesca:
Yup, the food is better, especially in ...Francesca:<br />Yup, the food is better, especially in Italy. but if I lived there I'd miss my bacon, toast, bagels and English orange maralade. I'd have to go to at least Holland or London for my food fix.<br /><br />National Health Care, yes we need reform but not this mess the obamanation wants to shove down our throats.<br /><br />Yup, vacations are better there.<br /><br />Handys in Europe are better but we're catching up. I don't need all the stuff out there, thank God.<br /><br /><br />Living Michigan must be a drag com'on out here in the West, no dropped calls and almost immediate phone connections.<br /><br />Remember, distances are short in Europe and rail service great.<br /><br />There was a time when you could take something out of the store on approval without paying for it. That was really knowing your retailer. I think that's a thing of the past.<br /><br />All of the advantages you submitted come at a cost. It's one I'm not willing to pay, the lack of freedom. In England you are a subject of the Queen, in the rest of Europe you are the subject of a Socialist State. You can only do what the government allows you can do. i left England in 1955 for this reason.<br /><br />In the US you are a citizen. Here I have the RIGHT to bear arms. There has an implication far beyond the obvious. You need to think about it.<br /><br />I'll go back and visit it often but I'll live here, thank you.Dave514https://www.blogger.com/profile/08791965245809463319noreply@blogger.com