Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Venice : village of geezers
There are some myths about this city that are totally false and some ideas that are misleading...
They are pretty obvious for me but sometimes when I talked with people I realized reality is different.
The first one is about this city's size. To consider Venice a city is a matter of choice, maybe faith: with its 55 thousand inhabitants it'd be easier to put it among the big villages' category.
This feature is not that bad in itself but it's important to notice that less than a century ago the venetian population was more than the double...
And this is half of the true...the other half is the ageing of people living in here...the ageing of the European population is a common phenomenon for the whole continent but here it's getting tough...Last saturday, Ocotber the 22nd, the most famous local newspaper, IL GAZZETTINO, contained an article about this issue. It reported that in Cannaregio, the most populated Sestriere - district - of the city, almost 9 thousands out of the 13 thousands inhabitants living there are, at least, 45 years old...
And the trend is scaring...fortunately there are some students that live here....they represent some fresh air in this gloomy landscape and a resource....then there are the tourists but that's another story...
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My comments will be the first! Sorry that I won't write about the topic.. I just want to tell you Marco that was very good idea to create this blog! I hope I will have constant information about you!
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