Should Northern Italy get its independence?

[Apexnexius]

Catalonia in Spain was not allowed to be independent.

But what about Northern Italy. Should they be allowed to form their own country - free from Southern Italy?

Your opinion?

[Lemur]

meow. meo(no) idk. I'm from america, you think I'm educated in this. Just don't start a blood-shed over this.

[76561199690943274]

Meh. Everyone wants the world to return to when there were only City-states. Every City was a separate "country".

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Whatever happens, big-cartography always wins. (Thats my conspiracy theory and I'm sticking to it)

[kbiz]

Like the Bolzano Alps area? Or including Milan?

[Apexnexius]

Publicado originalmente por kbiz:

Like the Bolzano Alps area? Or including Milan?

Firenze (Florence) and everything north of Tuscany.

[volusat]

yes

[kbiz]

Publicado originalmente por Apexnexius:

Publicado originalmente por kbiz:

Like the Bolzano Alps area? Or including Milan?

Firenze (Florence) and everything north of Tuscany.

What's the argument for independence?

I would not like to see Italy split in two.

[Punished Rusty Shackleford]

the red vs. white sauce debate is really heating up I see.

[Grendalcat]

Can they afford to? Meaning is the economy of Northern Italy able to support its people, without money from the rest of Italy?

[Steve]

You mean Austria? They're already independent.

[xBCxRangers]

It's still going on i see, after more than a thousand years. As an Italian American with my brethren from southern Italy, this needs to stop.

[Apexnexius]

Publicado originalmente por kbiz:

Publicado originalmente por Apexnexius:

Firenze (Florence) and everything north of Tuscany.

What's the argument for independence?

I would not like to see Italy split in two.

Northern Italy is wealthier, more industrialized, more educated, less religious than Southern Italy. Northern Italy is "subsidizing" the southern parts.

Without Southern Italy the north would prosper even more (that's the argument).

+ Other Cultural differences

[xBCxRangers]

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You mean Austria? They're already independent.

Ah, Staten Italy. Nunzio. Best pie in the city until they shut.

[Xero_Daxter]

I think the United States should divide. All the blue states are their own country and all the red states are their own country.

[Simulacrum]

There really isn't a strong separatist sentiment anymore, at least not in northern Italy. Even the largest part for northern Italy independence (Lega Nord) has shifted its focus away from independence demands. This idea is politically irrelevant and I wouldn't say it's any way comparable to Catalonia desires for independence.

Publicado originalmente por Grendalcat:

Can they afford to? Meaning is the economy of Northern Italy able to support its people, without money from the rest of Italy?

Northern Italy has always been the economically strongest region of Italy, the south historically is less economically strong and more agrarian. That's part of why so much of the Italian diaspora is southern Italians