Why Sardinia may soon have no population left | Beyond Borders

A snapshot of one of the world’s most rapidly ageing and shrinking populations. By 2050 the overall population of Sardinia is expected to halve due to ageing, emigration and falling birth rates. We speak to different generations, from the young thinking of leaving the island due to narrow economic prospects, to centenarians in a society which is trying to attract more incomers with cheap housing schemes.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
1:45 Traditional Sardinian singing
2:30 Father and son sheepfarmers
5:07 Town with centenarians
6:54 94-year-old Sardinian
8:19 Local mural artist
9:29 Young and old Sardinians
12:18 Sardinian familiy moving abroad
13:40 English language school
15:04 Kyrgyz shepherds
16:50 €1 Ollolai homes
19:15 Depopulating town
22:05 Sardinian cheesemaker
24:55 Credits

[@ericchristen2623]

We need more farmers, artists, writers, teachers and musicians. And far fewer politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers and accountants...😊

[@SuperBotanica]

we need craftsmen. We have to wait longer and longer for painters, bricklayers, carpenters and electricians. The young people don't want to get their hands dirty anymore

[@JaStvarno]

Artists, writers, musicians? 😂 Sure

[@andyhurrell]

Here in the UK we need more doctors, nurses, care workers, plumbers, electricians, builders, mechanics, lorry drivers - and a better political system, better prisons, better parents, a few million more houses, less schools, less immigrants . . . Speaking as one myself, it had never occurred to me that we also need more artists, writers and musicians.

[@ianstuart5660]

Yes, definitely!

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Who needs?

[@LAM_AUT_ECU]

Some of my ancestors left Sardina over 100 years ago. As far as I know, none of their descendants ever returned, I hope to be the first. I have even been considering retiring there.

[@betelgeuse68]

Spain has many towns disappearing for reasons similar to what's happened in Sardinia and Italy. Last year I traced my father's line back almost 300 years. An ancestor from the province of Cantabria (Northern Spain) left for Mexico in the 2nd half of the 18th century - I still carry his surname. I'm likely going to retire in Spain after having grown up and lived in the United States all my life. Hoping to retire early - in about 3 years.

[@koltoncrane3099]

Betel Your story makes me think of my friend Natalia. Her mom is from Spain. Natalia had olive skin and was very pretty. It’s funny though cause she’s considered white but if her mom had lived in Mexico then she’d be considered Latino and a minority instead of white. It’s not a big deal but my one friend at college highlighted it for me. He said if we both apply to medical school he’ll always have a better chance than me cause his family lived in Mexico so he’s a minority. I said that’s interesting that it’s not to based on merit, but based on a fake race. It’s like Latino should be broken up into white, African American and Native American when students are applying to school or for the census.

[@phi68951]

Another retiree doesn’t help the cause. You need self perpetuating families there

[@thomasauslander3757]

It's interesting similarity with these towns on the other side of the world in Japan..

[@richardsorensen4163]

This is such a cute life goal. Best

[@trekkingcottageapartmentsa4241]

I moved here 20 year's ago from the UK and I can honestly say it was the best decision I have ever made. This is a wonderful place to live if only they realized what they have here.

[@rogerjohnson898]

Wow, that's hopeful & I too, left London a decade ago but yet to find my paradise to "settle down" and after watching this clip, as well as your commend, I might need to consider Sardinia I guess...🙏

[@susanaaragorn8606]

But did you find work there?

[@rosandrio]

please contact me bro id love to go there

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

I moved as well 10 yrs ago . I Live here is stil better than in Poland it won't change in my lifetime .I can live 3 months in Poland and 9 months in the UK .I have my own flat almost paid off but I don't feel like it is mine on on my ground,modern slavery left from victorian times .What do they have here more than in other places? 15 yrs ago I draw plans and I considered moving to Sardenia ,however common sense has won.At the moment you don't see much perspective in the UK

[@PM2022]

Are you on Facebook? I would like to chat with you about this.

[@LilyGazou]

I went to a funeral recently for a woman who was almost 106. Farm life is good for your health. You stay in motion. I would be happy to live there, learn the language , learn more skills. Maybe a Sardinian or two would like to live in Seattle at my place. 😄 Trade places for a year.

[@RiverJames1]

Our friends just moved there over a year ago to Bosa. They have two teenage girls and there are many festivals, restaurants and activities for them. Seems Sardinian is far more than what this report depicts.

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Man Bosa is such a nice little town. I came through and had, unexpectedly, one of the best sandwiches of my life in a little Café there 😂 Shout out to Don Carlo Delicatessen in Bosa 👍 I'm still trying to emulate that sandwich here at home years later.

[@Ponkelina]

Bosa is beautiful and by the sea, where tourists go.. Tourism brings jobs. The reporter is reporting about inland Sardinia.

[@FNA27601]

​@@mysterioanonymous3206 what kind of sandwich was it

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

@@FNA27601 it was a mortadella-burratta-anchovy-rocket sammy with an insanely nice, idk, kind of a pesto I guess. You know, the kind of mortadella you can only really get in Italy. It's like going to the specialty store and buying pricey Italian mortadella but it still doesn't taste quite right kind of deal. It was this weird mixture of the right ingredients in the right quantity with that perfect amount of top secret sauce and it just blends magically into this wholesome meal.

[@strikedn]

Bosa is a tourist spot. Inland there's absolutely nothing to do.

[@mcognito]

I will move to Sardinia soon from the USA. Our healthcare system is very expensive and untrustworthy. Italian health care is rated #2 in the world and very very inexpensive. I have been to a hospital when in Italy before and was impressed. They wouldn’t take my money! I don’t blame the young people for leaving but when they find a mate, they may return? Good luck to all of those who seek peace.

[@pongo1969]

Italy welcomes any good people around the World. Unfortunately the situation is not so "pink" as many foreigners see, but it also depends from the situation they come from. Sardinia is a very nice land, but you'll have to deal with the difficulties of Italian bureaucracy and horrendous taxes. Good luck anyway.

[@strikedn]

You probably don't know that the whole Italian Heath Care system is going down the drain and lots of Italians are forced to take private insurance just to cover basic sanitary needs. And if you live in isolated places like those shown it's even worse. You can't even imagine how many Southern Italians have to move to Nothern Italy to be treated. It's a total shame.

[@cmvdoo]

​So true! ​@@strikedn

[@cmvdoo]

So where did you get the knowledge that Italy has the #2 best health care system in the world..?!? I can tell you from my own & partner's experience (& other Italian family members) that it is not that good. Cheap, yes maybe. But extremely long waits, long distances to cover for a simple examination, bureaucratic, archaic systems & -procedures, inaccessible at times. If you want better or faster care: one can go private, but then you have pay! (me: Northern European living in Italy for a while now).

[@mcognito]

@@cmvdoo The World Health Organization currently ranks Italy #2 behind France. My wife had to get care when we were there about 8 years ago. We went to the emergency room at a hospital and waited about 45 minutes to an hour to be seen initially. Especially came downstairs and then brought my wife upstairs and took Tests. Bloodwork was sent to a lab and we were asked to return later that day. We returned in the mid afternoon and she was handed a prescription and we were not charged! We did have to pay for the prescription :-). we both had dental work done on Sardinia and found it to be just fine.

[@jimmyhvy2277]

It's a Lovely looking place , as a boy raised on a farm it's sad to see it disappear .

[@wernerdanler2742]

To many people in many western countries have been sold on the idea that they must go to university to get a good job and have a good life and raise a family. This is a fallacy that has made universities prosperous, but the graduates do not prosper in many cases because there are not near enough good paying jobs for all of them. The corrupt government of Italy needs to invest heavily in Sardinia and southern Italy to bring industry to these places so the young people can have a future there.

[@Starfish2145]

Young people get bored in these tiny little villages

[@trentblackwell6203]

What’s you talking about the government do it on purpose so they can drive the original population out so they can import a new

[@Malleus_Maleficarum_]

*"western countries" where f**k you think is Sardinia, in the far east? LOL*

[@wernerdanler2742]

@Malleus_Maleficarum_ All European countries are considered Western countries.

[@teddyde6128]

So, people get educated just to make more money? Education exposes us to diverse cultures and ways of thinking. Education helps people develop and improve themselves and their skills, and it helps people learn to understand others and tolerate differences. It enriches lives of the students and their communities and helps them raise their children…and much more..✌🏼

[@libertas5552]

Grass is not always greener on the other side. I personally know 10 people who have returned to their parent's homeland and are very happy there.

[@jamesbuckingham8073]

I was touring Europe on bicycle and spent the winter in Sardinia working on a farm in UTA. The farmers were always trying to work around the EU strict farming rules with doing whatever they needed to do to survive. I seriously think Sardinia and its people will survive just like they did with the EU putting quotes on how much they can produce and sell. The farmers had a work around these rules for $$$ on the side.

[@roxannaramirez929]

I would move there in a heartbeat if I could. Having done the college thing and professional life for over a decade, I find more satisfaction working my garden and being outside when I can.

[@ReedoAce]

Completely agree. 👍

[@pedestre666]

and who is paying the bills

[@BorisBoris-sl1sf]

@@pedestre666Santa Clause. It’s easy to praise the “simple” life of Sardinia while one’s lifestyle is supported by a modern, vibrant economy of London or Berlin.

[@Sal-fn1pm]

I would leave Sweden and move there tomorrow if I knew how.

[@kathymateer]

I spent a week in Sardinia in a wonderful resort. Sardinia is so beautiful with crystal clear waters . I think if the farmers and shepherds would have a program where visitors could stay for free and experience the life of the host, it would spread to others. The economy would grow and goods could be exported to other countries.

[@CrakenFlux]

Not for free, friend....a modest modicum, everyone got to eat, but yeah, this is a marketers paradise.

[@ThomasTomiczek]

How would them staying for free improve the economy?

[@assoztube]

Lol

[@jmpht854]

It's a pity there can't be coordination between the local, regional, and national authorities to develop industries (like a cork processing plant, as mentioned in the video) with local and immigrant labor. If newly arrived families were entered into programs to link with local families, learn the local Sardinian languages as well as Italian, and otherwise root themselves in the local community and its traditions it really could be amazing what old and new could build together. Instead, one euro houses are put on market and everyone hopes for some elderly white person somewhere to come buy it and use it once or twice a year as a holiday house...

[@mirianakovachevic748]

What is good about developing industries and people who polute more than they produce ? It's like saying : let's open landfills everywhere, we'll have jobs and money. Quality is always above quantity.

[@ericchristen2623]

Thank heaven for the artist who paints old folks! ❤

[@adrianvisentin534]

sounds like paradise gained for those remaining. beautiful island!!!!

[@cmvdoo]

It is, I can tell you. Breathtakingly beautiful.

[@ramadamming8498]

Have you ever tried surviving in isolated rural villages with land? It is not sitting around admiring the view that is the thing. As well as when all the cottage industries are basically dead, there is no means apart from self sustaining as much as possible, it becomes pretty much a drudgery for most.

[@ericmyers8005]

We are looking for opportunities in Sardinia to grow food and raise animals.

[@iamterico]

Sardinia has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranean. Cagliari and Alghero are gems! Go visit!

[@antoniousai1989]

Please no, ROFL, we locals can't even afford a rent now, the last thing we need is more BnBs to make rents even more expensive

[@nenem.5165]

People are leaving those precious places in search of city life. But what they don’t know is that these places is where you will find peace of mind and tranquility. The young ones don’t want to live the way their ancestors lived. Mostly farming and simple life. I pray that they keep those areas alive and return to keep the legends of their ancestors alive 🙏

[@loriwojton2237]

Well then, let other people come and live. It's sad. Farming is a hard life. Technology costs money. With prayer and planning this can be fixed.

[@nenem.5165]

@@loriwojton2237 amen.

[@LordVelari]

Somehow, the views of the towns and the countryside of Sardinia are more beautiful than all those cheese tourist videos

[@NGP14]

It is the most exquisite place ❤️🇮🇹🙏

[@dolcelauretta]

Italian governments wanted this. With covid everyone went back to their villages and worked from home. Now, everyone must go back to the office, at least 3 or 4 times per week. Remote work could have been such an easy solution to repopulate countrysides. However, this would have make big cities and real estate lobbies really poor, beacuse they cant exploit the system anymore.

[@assoztube]

Lol what bullsh** u talk

[@Sudulicious]

The future is the internet economy(work or study from home), not in city living. Stop blaming governments, this is a people and societal issue. Honestly I don't find value in Sardinia, there are much better places to live and thrive in Italy, or in the world.

[@marrlena947]

They should stay in Sardinia. Life is better there than 90% of the world. Why leave your family, culture and paradise for some dirty, dangerous city?? People are fleeing the USA, the UK and the Netherlands to go to Italy and Spain. I am one of them. Stay in Sardinia!! You will be much happier and your children too.

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Because you came with a bit of money and can life a leisurely life there. If you relied on the local economy you'd be cleaning hotel rooms or herding sheep buddy. The reason your money goes so far there is because the people live comparatively modest. I been to Sardinia probably 10 times. I've seen this plenty.

[@marrlena947]

@@mysterioanonymous3206 So you think that life is better living in a tiny apartment, paying high prices for bad food, isolated in a cold and rainy city? And don't assume I came with money, I have worked the whole time.

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

@@marrlena947 plenty people make boatloads of money in the city. I know more than just a few that make over 100k, with houses and two cars and holidays all over the planet. Its an insanely prosperous lifestyle. Not saying it's the norm but if you're educated and employed in a good field you can do very well. That's simply much harder if not Impossible in Sardinia. I see why people would try to emulate that.

[@marrlena947]

@@mysterioanonymous3206 That is such a boatload of baloney. Who do you think cleans the streets? Works in the hotels? Washes dishes in restaurants? It's a myth that cities are your gateway to wealth and easy life. Exactly what I suspected. This trash thinking pushed by television that all your dreams come true in the city. More dreams are broken. Women fall into prostitution. Men get into excessive alcohol. Children get neglected. Stop the big city propaganda.

[@anthonyanderson9326]

Explore the world in your 20s and 30s and then return to start a family

[@77eddiebx]

You’ll never know what you have till it’s gone…

[@mabubakar123]

Beautiful place to live close to mother nature. You can hear birds, breeze and bells ringing.

[@OnlyThe1Son]

I guess this is a global problem. farming isnt an easy job. small towns from the late 20th century and 2000s dont offer anything for the young people. so people want to go off and see the world. and small villages, small towns, country towns start to thin out... its just a sign of the times. the land will go back to being land. its ok. Sardinia will survive because the beaches are the main draw card. eventually what will happen is sardinia will see a HUGE influx of foreigners want to live here by the coast, like we see in the canary islands, ibiza, and the spanish islands. greek islands sardinia is next... and then we will wish they didnt come LOL

[@RiverJames1]

I believe you’re right

[@ThomasTomiczek]

You are right, but things change - fast possibly. Farming turns more and more automatic when people have the funds, and we are just a few years from being able to put human robots on the farms. I think some people will buy up land and start more automatic farming. The stuff in development is insane - ai driven tractors, human level robots, drones to do i.e. fruit collection from trees.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

​@@ThomasTomiczekthat automatic farming only works with few crops, large homogenous expanses, not in montains irregular terrains. With time some automation can be integrated but need dedicated farmers. Paying better for healthy food and farmers work and integrating migrant families will do better to save rural areas

[@ThomasTomiczek]

@@susanaaragorn8606 Actually no - much farming only works with large fields effectively. I still have to see small fields of wheat or small vineyards. Also, with human robots coming soon - that will change. In 3 years latest I tell you, you will see robots in some gardens or farms doing the work.

[@andyhurrell]

The answer is (obviously!) to turn Sardinia into a tourist paradise! Yay! Just think how life for native Sardinians would be immeasurably improved if millions of wealthy tourists visited all year round! (BTW, I'm being sarcastic.)

[@burt3907]

Enjoyed watching this immensely, as I have always thought I might one day retire in Sardinia.

[@carlyblankevoort3856]

Beautiful murals by the artist, what a lovely idea!

[@rogerjohnson898]

Wow, that's hopeful & I too, left London a decade ago but yet to find my paradise to "settle down" and after watching this clip, as well as your commend, I might need to consider Sardinia I guess...

[@user-bs3fh7xn2s]

What a fascinating and beautifully produced and presented report. The sort of thing that isn't covered by the normal media.

[@assoztube]

Lol cause you consume no normal

[@khalifajaber4070]

Lovely and informative channel that deserve more views.. good selection of titles. good luck

[@Malleus_Maleficarum_]

*Watching this video seems Sardinia is a rural region inhabited by villagers only. lol. Sardinia has got even two metropolitan cities*

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

"Metropolitan"

[@Malleus_Maleficarum_]

@@mysterioanonymous3206 *Yes metropolitan, your concept of a metropolitan city is probably based on your totally unknowledge of urbanistic science, almost half of sardinian population lives in two mentropolitan cities (800,000 people), the only Cagliari's Metropolitan city has got half million inhabitants. Larger than european capitals such as Oslo and whole countries such as Malta and even Iceland* LOL

[@antoniousai1989]

@@Malleus_Maleficarum_ Oslo is 3 times bigger than Cagliari, and the metropolitan area of Oslo is 3 times bigger, don't make stupid comparisons.

[@GoranCarlsson-hy5qs]

I have ancestors in Sardinia ❤

[@SimonKHoak-ec6cc]

What a beautiful, and alone place.

[@MeisjeMapetitecherie]

Beste jongelui van Sardinië, schone lucht, mooie natuur, gezond voedsel, prachtige polyfone muziek, blijf in Sardinië, zou zo met jullie willen ruilen. Werken moet je overal, waar je ook woond, alles wordt een sleur, grote steden zijn vervuild, vol agressie en zware criminaliteit. Maak een bestaan op Sardinië, begin een internet winkel, met produkten uit de regio, ik hou van de produkten van de drie mooiste eilanden (2 italiaanse en een franse) van de Middellandse zee, ik zal bij jullie kopen. Wie denkt dat de grond groener is aan de andere kant van de grens, komt bedrogen uit, groet uit Nederland

[@connydm729]

Hallo, Ik woon in Belgie en zou hetzelfde zeggen tegen de jonge mensen van Sardinie!! Een zus van mij heeft schoonfamilie in Sardinie. 5 jaar geleden was ik er samen met haar op bezoek, in Sant´ Antioco...en ja de jeugd droomt er van tenminste in het "vaste land" van Italie te wonen en werken... Grtjs, Conny

[@robertjsmith]

One thing I’ve noticed,reality is everywhere.

[@garryparton553]

The is merely an extreme version of what is happening throughout the EU. Overall, it is demographically and economically declining due to an aging population. It will become apparent event to ardent EU supporters by the end of this decade.

[@EileenGoehring-lb8hy]

Looks like a Beautiful country, wish I had the money to live there

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

Engels & Volkers approves this video.

[@Turitea]

You deserve far more subscribers. Well done!

[@marchesiamatteini]

I left Sardinia in 2006. Like me, most of my schoolmates and friends live in northern Italy or other countries in Europe. I go to Sardinia every year on vacation to visit my parents. Maybe when I am old and retired I will go back there to live, who knows.

[@donaldwarriner1640]

So much of the world is enduring an influx of people, strangers to new places and cultures and feeling overwhelmed. Listening to these people it's a bit heartbreaking knowing so many might go and learn and revive some kind of life that would benefit everyone.

[@robinhowells159]

Why not offer to bring Boers from South Africa? They would be happy to escape the murders that they experience on their farms. Excellent farmers they are & would happily blend into that wonderful life.

[@simi55mega]

Just because they have white skin does not mean they will fit right in that place.

[@assoztube]

Lol never heard such Bullsh**

[@alwayslearning7672]

The Boers are White Africans and love South Africa .Besides from a few, they would never leave it and will fight till the last one, just like they've done since 1600's when they set up a colony and trading post in Cape Town.

[@assoztube]

@@alwayslearning7672 generalization over generalization

[@Sudulicious]

Sardinia is barren land, don't compare that to fertile african land. Also South Africa has many trade routes that fulfills the demand of the entire african continent, while with Sardinia you produce in a market that is prone to overproduction(EU subsidies mafia)

[@thomasauslander3757]

It's interesting similarity with these towns on the other side of the world in Japan

[@createa.googleaccount713]

Beyond Sad... it's as if we're currently living in Hell, some kind of Artificial Idiot Hell

[@mughug9616]

Living in Los Angeles, I can tell you that there are many negative trade-offs for all of those lovely things people chase after here. Life is not all peaches and cream plus the grass is not always greener on the other side. So sad to see so many communities and cultures being slowly destroyed while many governments do little to save them. Goverments need to attract big companies to relocate or open facilities in these areas and that will help to start the ball rolling.

[@happychappy7115]

Seems an increasing problem across Mediterranean countries, this exodus of residents for better jobs😢 Im an expat myself so i get the dilemma

[@user-xj4bt3pv3j]

Excellent First Class Production, in light of language, the story remains, of a different path. Bravo on this Production and of course the Topic.

[@mpat100]

Blessings for Sardinia and its residents

[@chrismcdonald9790]

I would love to go there. From Australia going anywhere is tricky. I went to Italy in 2009/2010 and could only stay for 3 months in a 6 month period. There are so many restrictions to stay in these places if you are not from Europe or America. I met an artist from Sardinia at the biennale of chianciano in 2009. He said, "Come and visit him and his family in Sardinia." An artist called Sergio Muntoni I met at the biennale. I wished I had gone to Sardinia it looks beautiful like his traditional paintings 🖼.

[@happycook6737]

Sr. Ena, you will only understand the beauty of Sardinia if you leave. Immediately your heart will want to return.

[@pxl8ted]

Aside from the repetitious and necessary negative commentary upon the obvious state of affairs in Sardinia, and much of Italy, this was interesting and enjoyable.

[@robertkacala]

The mannom the horse was epic picture!!!

[@monicahoward7443]

It's my dream to live there❤

[@carlyblankevoort3856]

Don't leave, youngsters!! City life is NOT fantastic! Country life is beautiful.

[@rhondam3406]

Wow, the interviewer was a real downer!

[@Kaoniao]

Now people have plentiful of opportunities if they are young. But if that changes again, in Sardinia you have enough food for sure.

[@instantlife]

Many small islands build a whole economy on tourism such as Hawaii and Bali. If Sardinia builds their tourist industry, it can support a lot of jobs.

[@markglidden8766]

Seems like a great place to create retirement communities. People from all over the world.

[@ohthankg-dforthebourgeoisi9800]

I don’t understand why they don’t start a luxury vacation town - like a whole town of bed-and-breakfasts with some cafés and restaurants. It’s lovely! Have hiking tours and artists’ retreats. They have so much potential!! Heck!! A retirement community!

[@sabinagatti7978]

Thanks from Poland 💕💕💕

[@ianstuart5660]

With love from Canada!..❤️❤️

[@thomaskauser8978]

I miss the summers!

[@lucyduffyllovelytown2619]

great video viewing from ireland now

[@AustrianPainter14]

The last of the Neolithic farmers

[@avalondreaming1433]

Sardinians are special people. The have the oldest dna in Europe. Otzi the Iceman is related to them. It's extremely important that their endangered culture is saved.

[@nickduxfield4324]

i live in nz 20k from the capital. i’m happy with the simple life, good for my character.

[@sugarpuddin]

Same situation on Nature Island Brain drain, and too simple for young people Terrific for retirees

[@AntonioFerreira-mx1er]

This is the reality of ALL south Europe . The consequence of leaving old folk in charge is allways death

[@Jmanmyson]

They have no idea what they are leaving for- when it's all right there.

[@goombah226]

Such a beautiful island nation. I would love to live in such a place. The USA culture is shallow rooted and rotten to the core. And the Sardinian young folk are leaving to take a ride on the hamster wheel of consumerism? SMH.

[@sarrahlee4118]

❤

[@moiome]

The title is so sensationalistic! The hills of Sardinia might depopulate, but the beautiful coastlines and cities will always have residents and tourists.

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

If ppl could only see the benefit of farming...the commercial & health benefits as well. Social media has its downfall....they brighten our eyes with everything that is not good for us.

[@BorisBoris-sl1sf]

Humans invented agriculture 10000 years ago. That’s where your mind is. We’ve invented some other stuff since then and that’s why people are leaving places like Sardinia. Meeting people who don’t look like them, who have different points of view, business opportunities, a chance to make something out of life. Digging dirt may be your dream life, but don’t speak for the rest of us.

[@Prasad12478]

Where is the cheesemaker located?

[@climate-civilizations]

Most folks around the globe would jump at the chance to trade spots with that lad. He's got everything at his fingertips, so why would he even consider leaving? What's the harm in being a shepherd, anyway? What a missed opportunity!

[@garryparton553]

Suppose the young man wants to get married? Not many opportunities beyond a cousin. Additionally, suppose people want to do something other than herd sheep, not many vocational choices on the island.

[@FNA27601]

​@garryparton553 id rather herd sheep than continue engineering personally. Wish i could trade places with him.

[@climate-civilizations]

@@garryparton553 Oh, because scrubbing pots in a London restaurant is obviously so much more glamorous than tending sheep in the picturesque hills of Sardinia.

[@strikedn]

​@@climate-civilizations I don''t seen any Sardinians here in Northern Italy "scrubbing pots" in Milanese or Venician restaurants. They all have good jobs . And by the way after Brexit, you won't see any of those "Sardinians" slaving away in London restaurants.

[@climate-civilizations]

@@strikedn You'll have to give up on pecorino cheese then. Who's going to make it when you all have good jobs.

[@maciejkulczycki3882]

Struttura e buona :) But what about the mushroom in the walls?

[@michaeldarbyshire1903]

What is the internet connection like in the villages in Sardinia?

[@user-jz9rj3hk1d]

If only a thoughtful billionaire could offer a cork facctory! For starters...

[@js8705]

Well they could make it easier for someone like me to immigrate. I'd live there at a drop of a hat.

[@ianstuart5660]

You don't mind?

[@DonTrell]

ill come do it. sick and tired from living in a mega city - ya the money is nice, but i dont spend it. i can afford to come and do this haha.

[@gr8bkset-524]

Seems strange that there are many that wasn't too immigrate to Europe and Sardinia needs people.

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

What a sad thing. These people abandon their beautiful island, rich in history and culture just to make money, thinking that it is good to be treated like a poor, exiled and strange foreigner on the continent. 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@christofferraby4712]

Many vibrant migrant communities from Cameroon and Liberia could help keep Sardinia alive.

[@a.leehilliard4716]

No

[@louisebb4183]

Really ,they just go where they can get money and no work .

[@LilyGazou]

Hell no

[@schmarotzer85]

Are u kidding? U want them to destroy Sardinia after they destroyed european capitals?

[@Sudulicious]

culturally that would quickly destroy anything authentic there, not the right move...cultural mashups work in metropolitan areas, not good for Sardinia's case

[@Suspended.Solitude]

Well, this is how society is structured. The people who produce essential resources and provides essential work, makes the least, when they should be making the most as they do most of the work. People who sit on their butts, making decisions, are the ones who makes the most and does the least, as they already have great wealth that increases their wealth. At least this sheep farmer is able to buy large areas of land, which will only increase in value, unless of course, there are no people left on that island. And at least they have lots of food everyday, even though it's mostly cheese, bread and meat. That stuff costs a fortune these days. This last year has had the highest increase in grocery prices, or most likely, all time.

[@gnarfgnarf4004]

Don't they have milking machines? Few would accept the tyranny of daily milking nowadays. A young man will not attract a mate if they can never leave the farm. The sheep don't take Christmas or New Year's off.

[@mirianakovachevic748]

Paradise is less people not more. Look at overpopulated countries, they are literally hell.

[@jeanpautot1796]

puerto cervo, molto bene.😎

[@AuntieShineDaily]

I would move there but then I might not be wanted there, I don't have kids. 😅

[@timhammonds2382]

Intrigued why the Sardina sheep wool is deemed worthless 🤔?

[@climate-civilizations]

Their income comes from the cheese. More profitable.

[@antoniousai1989]

Sardinian sheep are selected to produce lots of milk (they produce lots of it), but their wool is itchy as fuck and it was used for external carpets only or heavy coats for winter; today is treated as a byproduct and processed into housing insulant for walls. Some companies collect it and mix it with resins to produce insulating panels similar to mineral wool

[@antoniousai1989]

@@climate-civilizations It's not that, the wool is simply trash. It's extremely itchy. But they produce twice the milk of a normal sheep eating only wild grasses and flowers.

[@floridaman318]

I'll work there for a time!! No pay either i wouls work for the experience.

[@mamajojoful]

Those leaving are mad. They will regret it when climate dynamics change and they will realise what they lost!

[@SteveXNYC]

Happy sardinia

[@billba]

What is their purchasing power like in Sardinia?

[@antoniousai1989]

Like the one in central Italy, a bit more than the south of Italy.

[@christina3maria]

i wonder if inland sicily and corsica are like this too?

[@VicTor-gi7so]

many big city young would gladly trade positions . having experienced big city life. just set up a program .

[@853dlg]

Sardinians are genetically unique people, they are the closest population on earth to "early european farmers" despite speaking an indoeuropean language, genetically they have almost zero indoeuropean heritage so they are almost pure descendants of early european farmers also known as anatolian neolithic farmers

[@ceeemm1901]

So why ain't there no outrageously cheap real estate there then?

[@user-uo7fw5bo1o]

A house in a Mediterranean town for a £1 or $1.25? Who from the UK or the northern United States would pass it up?

[@marcknight4568]

That's true, as we say in USA, when you go somewhere else and ask everyone else to work, then you're truly the bastard's.😢😢😢😊

[@happycook6737]

I'm American and I don't know anyone who says what you are saying!

[@cartoons981]

how would you make rural interesting and desirable enough to prevent it . its easy in age of internet and online shoppings home deliveries etc