🇮🇹 MOVING TO ITALY IN 2024? THESE 6 CITIES ARE YOUR BEST OPTIONS 🤫

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:57 5th place
02:10 4th place
03:00 Where to find the info about moving to Italy
04:30 3rd place
05:35 2nd place
07:08 1st place
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Hi! I’m Valeria - a writer, content creator, and the visionary behind Dramatically Expatic. With a background in TV, where I hosted my own program (think a bit more formal than my current KZbin adventures), I now thrive on the dynamic and creative freedom of the web. As an expat in Italy for eight years and counting, I hold a BA in Theatre and Film Studies and an MSc in Media Organisation from the University of Bologna. I have always had a huge passion for discovering new places, having traveled all around the world since I was a child, so there were no second thoughts when searching for my niche. Here I share my best advice on visiting Italy, budget travel tips to Italy, and all things living in Italy entails!
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[@Lucas52581]

After exploring Italy for the last 2 years I finally moved to Verona. Just a beautiful mid size city with a lot of history and extremely well connected to the rest of the country to continue exploring

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

Verona is magical, one of my favourite places, too!

[@muddymarine]

My wife and I lived in Verona in 1960-3 when our father’s were stationed there with the U.S. Army. We have returned there over the years to renew our joy and the magic of having lived here. It is such a wonderful city as is the nearby Lago de Garda where we have spent many wonderful hours. My wife and I are both planning another visit there this year.

[@muddymarine]

My wife and I lived in Verona in 1960-3 when our father’s were stationed there with the U.S. Army. We have returned there over the years to renew our joy and the magic of having lived here. It is such a wonderful city as is the nearby Lago de Garda where we have spent many wonderful hours. My wife and I are both planning another visit there this year.

[@joecutro7318]

Great video, thank you! I plan to move/retire part-time to Southern Italy as the weather is milder and I plan to spend the shoulder seasons and winter there and the US in summers. Sicily is my spot. Also helps that Southern Italy has great tax breaks should I decide to establish residency.

[@marybethlosch6641]

You should put the city names on the video screen.

[@colettewithlove]

Grazie Mille! I'll be moving in 2 years however I will be visiting in the Fall. I already have Cremona on my list, I'm glad to add Bologna on neighbourhoods to check out! This video was very helpful.

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

Thank you, I'm really glad it was helpful ❤️

[@agtyu]

​@@DramaticallyExpatichi, where are you from?

[@MsWarriordiva]

Spell out the towns' names for us non-Italians. I've mostly looked at smaller towns, under 20,000 people & as small as 5,000. I want to be able to walk to most amenities, grocery stores, pharmacy, Dr ofc, gym facilities/swim pool, vet, restaurants, & post office. I had planned to buy vs rent & have leaned toward Umbria & Tuscany, but looked at Marche, Abrezzo, & even Piedmont.

[@broragnarok146]

say "please"... might make a difference

[@GEN_X_]

It boggles my mind that the names were purposely left out of the chapters and the video segments completely. This is KZbin Video 101

[@AntonioTorcoli]

In Tuscany have a look to the following towns: Barga Pietrasanta, Volterra,San Gimignano , Colle Val d'Elsa, Cortona, Siena, Montepulciano , Pitigliano. In Umbria if Perugia is to big for you check Spello, Gubbio Orvieto, Todi, Assisi. Marche, Abruzzi and Molise are much cheaper and wilder but equally beautiful. Good luck!

[@RobinSentell]

I plan to move to Italy in about 5 years. Bologna has been on my mind but I have to visit it again. I don’t want to live anywhere where I can’t live in centro or very close to centro. I have lived in NYC my whole life and commuting long distances is tiresome. Bologna is near perfect but it will all depend on the cost to rent, especially if it’s skyrocketing.

[@ConanNYC]

I agree. I'm hoping to retire in Italy in another 10 years but I'm thinking in the center of Torino or maybe Genoa.

[@Roberto-ee3pc]

Complimenti per i tuoi video, davvero belli. Volevo solo dirti che questa classifica è stilata in base a certi requisiti che sarebbe utile conoscere. La mia personale è un po' diversa e include, oltre a Bologna, Padova, Verona, Ferrara, Mantova, ecc.

[@CantaresEscueladeCanto]

I cant believe this! We are from Argentina (my husband and i) and we are planing into moving to Udine! ❤ thank you very much for this.

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

Thank you and best of luck! ❤️

[@nancydiaz8086]

Hi I appreciate this video and the information you spoke about, but can you spell or put the names of the cities you were speaking about, that would be so helpful! thanks.

[@ramawatar9423]

Nice

[@easynails123]

planning to move to Italy looking at Verona, treviso, rapallo, and Lucca!

[@YogaBlissDance]

There are so many wonderful towns in Italy.

[@mege5238]

Treviso seems great!

[@mege5238]

Thinking about moving to Abruzzo region, namely Sulmona.

[@kseniiamiroshnychenko1514]

Hello! Thanks a lot for the information! Do you know anything about Scalea? I wonder why the property there is comparativelly cheap. Looks suspicious.

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

Thank you! Sadly, I don't know much about the place, but maybe you could try to find local expat groups on Facebook where people could help you?

[@kseniiamiroshnychenko1514]

@@DramaticallyExpatic thanks for the advice

[@ronaldpeters8751]

Check out "Super savvy travelers" youtube channel. She has a lot of stuff about that area

[@kseniiamiroshnychenko1514]

Thank you so much, @@ronaldpeters8751

[@joannedagsvik9543]

Buongiorno …. What do you think are the best cities or towns to move to to apply for Italian citizenship by descent? I’m more interested in southern Italy.

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

Hi, I don't think it will anyhow influence the application process to be honest, I'd just go with the place that fits your needs most!

[@bengisu314]

what about rome?

[@Paul-eo9to]

what about Padova, any good?

[@AnnaFrancescaCelestino]

Can someone spell the 5 places mentioned in the video please? Thank you. (I've got Bologna :)

[@GEN_X_]

Haha i know right? I think #4 was Aosta in Northern Italy.

[@andresoares2110]

What do you do there? Do you work online?

[@taraldstein7165]

I'm planning on staying in southern Italy for 6 months nex winter. We are looking for a small coastal town with train connection, around or south of Napoli. And the rent has to be cheap. It's a shame no southern cities made it to the list.

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

I haven't been much to that part except for Napoli, Sorrento and the Amalfi coast (and I could totally recommend you Sorrento!), but have you also thought about the other side of the peninsula, i.e. Puglia?

[@taraldstein7165]

@@DramaticallyExpatic Yes, we are interested in Puglia too.

[@alemassa6632]

Agree with Sorrento, it's very beautiful.

[@sophiatruman6101]

Please put up captions for the city names. With the exception of Bologna, I couldn't understand where you were speaking of. Couldn't even get closed captions to pick up the city names.

[@matteosalani]

5 Bergamo and Brescia 4 Aosta 3 Trento 2 Bologna 1 Udine - to be honest many others should be in the list comparable to those five.

[@barbaragreppi]

Io sono di Brescia, e qui vivo bene....c'e tutto e buoni servizi...e citta' pulita!!! La classifica e' soggettiva, dipende da uno cosa cerca .io andrei a vivere a Torino, a Milano no...x esempio!❤️credo di capire perche' il Sole 24 ore non ha messo citta' del Sud...qui non si tratta solo di bellezza artistica o paesaggistica, ma di qualita' di vita e di opportunita' lavorativa ecc...e da questo punto di vista, il quotidiano che si occupa molto di economia ha stilato una classifica giusta e logica .. 🥰il nord traina come da sempre...e a livello museale e gestione del patrimonio, x quello che ho visto girando il Paese fino a Napoli, ha una marcia in piu'...quello che ha lo valorizza al meglio, al sud ho visto siti meravigliosi tenuti malissimo, al limite dell'imbarazzante.... 🤔

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

Brescia è davvero bella ❤️

[@davebanko4759]

I personally like Salento, Puglia! ;)

[@barbaragreppi]

Salento non e' citta'....😆

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

It's definitely a wonderful area ❤️

[@davebanko4759]

@@barbaragreppi Ma ci sono tanti paesi e città meravigliose in cui vivere nel Salento. ;)

[@barbaragreppi]

@@davebanko4759 e' così in tutta Italia... 😆, ma qui si parla di citta', non di paesini. Restiamo sul tema del video 😀

[@YogaBlissDance]

I'm not Italian and even I was like....no city in the SOUTH? Reallly...come on. Yes there might be less infrastructure but surely in fact there are wonderful towns/cities...clearly a shortsighted list by the newspaper.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

I took a DNA test last year and ironically discovered even with blonde hair, blue eyes and olive skin that I’m 20% southern Italian and Greek.😂 I’m wanting to get out of the USA for several reasons and it’s because it’s not the country that it was when I was growing up in the 1970s or 1980s and crime is bad and the drugs are terrible and just we can’t have a peaceful administration when there are no wars going on; and then there’s another president is elected and over the past three years it’s been nothing but more in massive inflation & WARS.. crime is out of control, and the drugs are atrocious because of the southern border

[@GEN_X_]

I prefer Southern Italy over Northern Italy.

[@GEN_X_]

@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 If you've ever been to Southern Italy, the Italians are more blonde haired and blue eyed. I spent a couple weeks there years ago and was surprised myself that it was so tropical and so many blonde haired Italians.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

@@GEN_X_ thank you so much for that information! I’ve never known people from south Italy to have white hair, and I but I thought perhaps northern Italy. I think it’s interesting and I was rather surprised when I did get my heritage DNA test back because I knew of my dad’s family and my mother’s was completely English. The interesting thing is I’ve always had all of the skin and my daughter being 30% Swedish from her dad & 20% English from me and my mom’s family and then for whatever reason she didn’t get the DNA from southern Italy & Greece, but my son did, and he was born with white hair like me and blue eyes, and he has olive skin. His hair is gotten a little darker with age and my daughters hair is very very dark blonde or light brown but she’s got pinkish color skin like her daddy .

[@GEN_X_]

@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 No problem! I would definitely recommend Southern Italy. The food is spicier, the weather is more tropical, its more laid back, people are nicer and they look more like you! haha. I also have very blue eyes but from my family's German heritage. The only thing I would be worried about living in southern Italy is all the big earthquakes in Central and Southern Italy. Northern Italy doesn't really have that problem.

[@Sagi56668]

Udine? A very weird choice. Did they say why? What are the parameters?

[@DramaticallyExpatic]

I was pretty surprised by this choice too, to be honest!

[@Sagi56668]

@@DramaticallyExpatic nothing to do there 😂

[@user-fh7js6ik9j]

👍👍👍💖💖💖

[@arrownymous3940]

How do I spell number 4?

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

Quattro?

[@arrownymous3940]

@@BoadiceanRevenge 🤣🤣🤣

[@matteosalani]

5 Bergamo and Brescia 4 Aosta 3 Trento 2 Bologna 1 Udine - to be honest many others should be in the list comparable to those five.

[@valentinaodesskaya4186]

👍👍💘💘💘

[@Giovis968]

San benedetto del tronto the best place of italy.❤

[@nursecc8826]

Can i get a list of the names?

[@matteosalani]

5 Bergamo and Brescia 4 Aosta 3 Trento 2 Bologna 1 Udine - to be honest many others should be in the list comparable to those five.

[@H-ex5du]

The cities are: Bergamo, Brescia, Aosta, Trento, Bologna, Udine. Not that I really agree with the ranking. Bologna, Bergamo, and Brescia all have notorious air pollution issues.

[@rouxbea2]

Thank you!!!

[@matteosalani]

Agree. I live in Lombardia region and sometimes would like to escape because of the pollution (and mosquitos).

[@Agg1E91]

Unfortunately, 2024's best city to live in will likely be 2025's worst city to live in, especially if it's on the smaller side.

[@GEN_X_]

I don't agree with this list at all. I find Southern Italy to be far more interesting and enjoyable. .

[@josephbrownlee1842]

Hey that's what I'm hearing and I've never been in Italy, but I plan on visiting g Palermo in Sicily which sounds like the spot for me and my fiance more laid back but we will see.

[@attilassimcorner5277]

None city exist in Italy to move there, Italy is dying, they economy is falling apart.....

[@user-cl5hr1xo1l]

,,In the long run...we are all dead" John Maynard Keynes

[@fabianpatrizio2865]

Bologna is also communist - just saying :)