Is italy an expensive place to live in?

Question

i want to continue my opera over in italy and i was wondering how much will it cost me for...

housing

food

i am from australia so they currency in italy would be like $1 = .60 euro

Answer 1

Considering your options for “Opera”, Italy is quite reasonable compared to London and Paris, it’s on a par with Vienna, Berlin or Munich and Madrid. Don’t be discouraged by the comments of my fellow “sufferers” of the current “tax happy” Government. It has definitely got worse in the last 18 months, but the general index hasn’t slided that much. You got some good tips from Nora. If it’s a professional choice then you’d have to go to Milan, but I much prefer Rome, nicer atmosphere to live in; there again Venice and Florence also have excellent Opera houses and are cheaper than the previous towns.

Come over, you’ll like it. My little Sis graduated with the Rome Opera ballet, made a career out of it, went all over the world  before she married.

ps the exchange rate is correct, my learned friend above did not see the  dot   .60, not 60,00.

Answer 2

I'm italian and I still live here. I can say only that the living cost over here is very expensive. An average salary is about 1000-1200, but there are a lot of people that earn exactly less than 1000 euro a month.

Buy food here is also expensive.

Answer 3

yes, it is.

We have so many taxes that you can't imagine. the average salary is 1000-1200 euros, and at the end of the month, it's almost impossible to have some money left.

just to give you some examples:

housing = expensive, even in a little town. my father was trying to buy a little house (90 squares meters) in a little and not so expensive town. the house cost 148000 euros, he asked a loan to the bank: in the next 20 years, he's going to give to the bank 1100 euros per month (1100X240= 264000 euros). it means 116000 euros of interest. and if you buy a house, you must pay the ICI every year, a tax on your own house. if you prefer to rent a house, it will cost a lot too. in big cities such as Milan and Rome, prices are raising almost without control (a room in a house in Milan will cost about 350 euros per month).

food = actually, when I go to the supermarket I feel almost frustrated. the common behavior is to find some places where there are special discounts, even for food. and if you go out, a pizza, a beer, a slice of cake and a coffe, will cost you about 15 euros. (I work in a resaturant and i know it)

energy = since we haven't got nuclear power plants, we buy almost everything from France because it's cheaper, and we buy also methane gas from Russia. this is a problem because we can't control princes and we aren't independent from them. and nowadays, the fuel cost 1.3 euros/liter.

Answer 4

i am an italian boys (13 years old) and I want to tell you a things

1$ is not 60 euro but 60 cents

ciao  ciao

Answer 5

From what i know, since Italy changed to the Euro, the price of everything has gone up a lot.  So if you were to live in like a big city, things would be more expensive.

Answer 6

Too vague question, Jason! It depends on where you want to live in and what lifestyle you want to follow.

Generally speaking, living in big cities is much more expensive than living in villages, of course. Living in high or middle class neighbourhoods is much more expensive than living in ordinary ones. Eating at one's home is less expensive than eating at restaurants.

Just to give you some examples... If you follow the young Martin Eden's lifestyle, you will spend 500.00 € per month only. If you follow a middle-class lifestyle in a big city, you will need at least 2,000.00 € per month.

Hope this can help!

Answer 7

I LIVE HERE IN ITALY IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE

Answer 8

We found it very expensive to live there. Methane prices are driving all other prices WAY up. BUT, it is Italia and there's always cheaper than expected food (especially pasta & pizza), wine (1 euro per liter at the cooperativo!) and even opera! (Some of the "small town" productions rival the Mets' in my opinion!)

Answer 9

no it is not..Comparing to other countries, because the salaries are higher..I can assure you that Greece is more expensive..

Then it depends on the cities..The south is always cheap, and the most expensive region of Italy is Veneto...

You can find offers, opportunites, but bear in mind that the historic centres of all the cities are always more expensive