Rollix, you are indeed incorrect and jaded (molto cinico!) about your views of the South!
In fact it's quiet the opposite from my experience, the South (Apulia in my case) is cheaper, friendlier, less bureaucratic and a healthier place to live than most places in the North! Don't get me wrong I still like
all of Italy but you're prompting me to defend the place I love, il Salento!
All the Northern Italians are very biased this way, but that's fine, we don't need these types spread around Italy!! It's far better you all keep up North, in the traffic, pollution and miserable weather! Fill your boot's with that!
Otherwise I wish s2h and his family the best for their move, Como area is exceptional (to look at and to fly around!) but it's best discovering things for yourself! Getting in a car on your weekends and exploring is better than going purely on advice. One mans heaven is another's hell after all!
I have lived in a few (eight now!) countries around the world and somehow I feel compelled to comment on this otherwise dormant and unhelpful (poco disponibile!) part of PPRUNE but many guys and girls can offer good advise but seem very reluctant to do so for some reason??!
In bocca al lupo s2h!
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