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Charlotte Gainsbourg's ‘Heaven Can Wait’

Charlotte Gainsbourg "Heaven Can Wait" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

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The Misadventures of An American in Italy

"An American archaeologist friend here in Rome, where I’m spending my sabbatical, was working for a time in Salerno, in the south of Italy, and found himself annoyed by the thugs who lounged near the main square and approached him, when he intended to park there, offering, for a small fee, to “protect” the car from anyone who might wish to damage it. It was bad enough when he thought it was only he, a foreigner, who was treated to this shake-down, but, as he idly watched one day, my friend realized that the louts were equal-opportunity predators: they made the same offer to local businessmen, little old ladies, factory workers. And worse still, they went about their business within sight of the uniformed carabinieri who stood chatting with each other in front of the police station. My friend expressed his outrage to a Salernitano acquaintance: the nuisance was not an unfamiliar one in America, he complained, but it seemed unaccountable to have it take place under the gaze of the authorities. Look, the acquaintance said to him, with the resignation of a native, everyone has to make a living." (Steven Greenblatt, The New York Review of Books)

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Milano meta turistica? Er, nope (Think IULM)

"A questo si aggiunge che i turisti ritengono che il costo della vita a Milano sia elevato (79%), che il traffico sia insostenibile (65%) e che l’aria sia irrespirabile per via dello smog (63%); queste percentuali scendono rispettivamente al 53%, 19% e 17% per i visitatori potenziali.

Nel complesso però l’83% dei turisti ritiene Milano una città dinamica e i visitatori potenziali considerano la città bella, dinamica e capitale italiana del business. In merito all’esperienza e all’intenzione di viaggio, sebbene un’alta percentuale di turisti ritenga che Milano sia come se l’aspettava (66%), un’ampia fascia, soprattutto di giovani tra i 18 e i 34 anni, è rimasta delusa nelle aspettative. Il segmento più soddisfatto risulta essere quello dei turisti business." (Think IULM)

Interessante analisi sulla percezione di Milano come meta turistica svolta dall'Universita' IULM.

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