Naples Crisis - Italy

Italy slides into chaos

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Behind Naples' glossy facade of aristocratic heritage and cosmopolitan culture lies a city plagued by criminality and a dwindling economy. Heavily reliant on tourism, the locals are feeling the strain.

Mayor Luigi de Magistris is convinced that Naples "is one of the most beautiful cities in the world", yet his authority barely stretches the length of the city. Instead the Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra, is running the numerous ghettos as a state within a state. In many areas, "protection money not taxes is the motto". In a downward spiral, many fear that it will deter much-needed visitors. "Naples survives largely on tourism". Now the locals are pulling together and doing everything they can to preserve their fragile economy; from rubbish collectors, to artists, to politicians and the aristocracy. "Naples will show its beauty to the world again. We are working on it".

October 2011

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[AnahaRocard]

To all of the bad and racist comments : go and fuck your mothers.

If you don't like Southern Italy, don't talk about it.

And go to hell !

But don't think your people is the smartest and your country the luckiest.

Crisis worsens everywhere little by little.

Even Germany will have big problems.

[ludicer]

@coinageboy It's called a tan.

[flipsidebznor]

I grew up in Napoli <3 the city of Gangsta great food and music <3

[Deentan]

@TheEuropeanDream hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­h. Do you really belive that? come over to naples and speak shit about italians, I would give u max 3min before u get a bullet in your head =)

[YurrahAlHadi]

@Jiannamarie1 Right even tho being whit is suppose to be great. I am not racist but I would that being tan or darker skinned is what everyone is trying to go for although, its suppose to be "bad" to be of a darker complexion. I do not understand why ppl on here say degrading stuff also. What's the point? Its just making you look bad.

[MakiD2010]

Bellissima Napoli...no matter how bad it can get there, if you're born there you'll enjoy it...I wanna move back there

[UnknownDude007]

@TheEuropeanDream Is that why a Romanian is always dead a long one of the streets in Italy 24/7, yeah no one want you in any country cuase you people are scum and are shit. Go back to your shit country mate.

[marlbore85]

@kriso122 where do you live?? In paradise?? Fuck you!!

[RevelationGJS]

@TheEuropeanDream Romanians are garbage,nothing but a bunch of gypsies and scum bags. they go to italy cause their country has nothing.

[TheEuropeanDream]

we,Romanians,have conquered Italy..There are 4 millions of Romanians settled in Italy..

Italy belongs to Romanians..hahaha

Soon,my people will kill al the italians and we all will move to Italy.

yeah...

we will change the name of your country...Your country will be named Romania 2 !

Thats because you allowed us to enter your country,to work there,to live there..now,there are even romanian Mayors in small italian  cities.soon,the president of Italy will be from Romania..

i cant wait to rule Italy

[kidcalabria]

Journeyman Pics, at 2.40 Barracco all of a sudden is the woman's first name when only seconds before it was clearly said it was the family's surname & her husband's name was even shown on screen?

Naples's a wonderful city, unfortunately plagued by the local Mafia (the Camorra) & many other problems, but I find the statement that it's a cosmopolitan city somewhat ludicrous... English's the world's most spoken language & not ONE of those interviewed could speak a word of it, not even Bud Spencer!

[marcdaddy33]

Naples, Florida> Naples, Italy