Does the pleasure of living in Italy wear off after awhile?

Question

I've wondered this about people who live in Paris, or my grandparents who live in the sunny Caribbean. If you live in Italy, perhaps the most beautiful country in the world, do you wake up every day and think how lucky you are to live there? Or is the beauty of Rome commonplace and normal to you?

Answer 1

Ciao.. i'm italian, i've found your question very interesting...

I've always lived here (Turin, in the north) so, i can't tell how i'd feel after have spent some years of my life in a foreign country...

But yes, i'm pretty sure that i can tell you that your question has an affermative answer..

of course for the first weeks you would be so incredible happy to live in your dream country, but then i think you'll get used of all of it..

Being an italian I can't tell you if feel lucky living here.. yes, it's true, Italy is considered one of the most beautiful country fo the world, but as every country has its bad sides, just see how is now the political situation (the left government fall down two weeks ago and in april there will be new election, but here all politics think just to themselfes, so, nobody trust them more. left or right..)

so, i've always dreamt to move abroad as soon as i get a degree (i'm 20 y.o.) and of course, i already know that after some months everything will be always the same...

Now i'm happy to live here, i'm happy to be italian and i'm really happy the good consideration that all the rest of the world (except on france, we arent really friend each other =P) has of us...

Well, have fun...

ciao da Torino!!!

Answer 2

I was born there and lived there most of my life, now I live in the States, you know, when you live there it becomes normal, after a while: you have to work  to live, go to the grocery store, do whatever you do where you live now..    

It depends of what kind of life you have,  if friends and family are there with you or away.

I miss my country and I know that if I go there I'll find all my  old friends again.  I never been in Rome, but I think whether you live in Rome or Venice or Milan, as you say after a while it becomes a common place. still beautiful but common.

Answer 3

Rome is fantastic, but for italians there are quite a few problems: no job, expensive rents, little salaries... I have a lot of foreigner frends they live in Rome and they love it,...

Answer 4

as everything inlife my dear! nothing remains attractive or good forever! some creatures like the butterfly, so beautiful and yet its time span is about one day!

Answer 5

I lived there for two years and after a while it just simply becomes where you live.  Oh it will still hit you from time to time but for the most part you go about your life the same way you do now.  How often do you wake up and think that about where you live now?  Also, I live south of Denver and look out to see the snow capped mountains everyday and it is just that an everyday affair now. Sorry but its just human nature.

Answer 6

yes.

it's one thing when you're a foreigner just visiting (for a couple of days, weeks, or even for a year or two) but another when you are born and have spent most of your life there.

as a tourist, your breath my be stolen a few times over and over again, but, as a local, i believe it would just become part of your daily scenery.

ps: i'm flattered that you hold italy in such high regard, but don't be fooled...there are plenty of blemishes around here to go around!

Answer 7

I think no matter where you live, eventually you reach a point where you're numbed to the beauty of the place, and to you it's simply where you live.  I've lived in Utah and Puerto Rico, and both places, after awhile, simply become like every other place I've lived.  Oh, you still feel the charm every now and then, but for the most part you're simply living and concentrating on getting through the days.

I think the best thing to do sometimes is to be a tourist in your own hometown.  Too often people don't see those things in their own towns, because they're busy doing other things.