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If you’re thinking of moving to Italy, it can be helpful to get an idea about the cost of living. Although prices might seem lower, salaries are lower as well. Come along with us as we evaluate the cost of groceries, housing, utilities, entertainment and healthcare.
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I want to move to Greece. It’s a country that speaks to me. I must have lived there in a previous life.
My advice is to live in both countries, if you can,.
Yes! Our plan is to retire with our US salaries then move to Italy!
You can get Parmalat in America.
We moved to Abruzzo……housing is cheaper here. remodeling may give you sticker shock unless you have remodeled in the U.S. very reasonable. most cheap housing will need some remodeling. Completely rewiring our house for between 3 and 4 thousand. That is pretty cheap actually. We are buying three beds and three mattresses for about 5 grand. ….but they are top quality and made in italy, beautiful, quality, custom fabrics, and the mattresses are clouds. but there is cheap Ikea stuff here too! I'll say it….food, wine, bottled water, cheese, meat, produce is cheap to me, and way better than most products in U.S. tomatoes here taste homegrown, and you can find some favorite wines for less than 8 euro. eating out is great. Got a great deal on a new car. gas prices suck. car insurance for first timers is outrageous, but locals pay not too much. Going for residency……save yourself some time and headache…..hire a translator, especially because things do not go that smoothly in Italy. There will be phone calls to be made, and a translator will save your life. More important than the "therapy" they mentioned. I do not have any idea how things work outside of Abruzzo/Molise, but we are living in an authentic bubble (italians come here for vacation), and things close down during the day, and hardly any english spoken here…..I love it here.
Wow italy food soo expensive?
We complain in Latvia the prices has gone crazy high but it is 2-3x cheaper in Latvia than in Italy.
Utilities, i pay 400€ per monty for gas heating and 200€ for electricity, 20€ trash, 50€ water, 50€ internet and 100€property tax so minimum utiluties is around 800€
I'm English, I've lived in the US,just outside Boston, in Venezuela , Colombia , Brazil, and I have friends and family all over the world, and I've travelled to every continent, except Asia. I love England, and I love Italy. Both have their plusses and minusses, but for me the key is that we have a work-life balance that is way more important to me. In the US, you may make a lot of money, higher salaries , but you dont have a life. You work long hours, your vacation time is minimal, you can't get sick or risk your salary, your job. US is a dog eat dog lifestyle. And… The US is a dangerous place. Guns and hate rule. I wouldnt feel safe, for myself but especially for my children. Gun violence is just too prevalent. Americans are used to it, I guess, but looking in from the outside… nah, you can have your high salaries & long work hours, hate and fear, while I have an apperitivo in the evening with friends, and watch the children play round the fountain in the square in front of me.
Italians ,and more and more Brits now, know the benefits of balancing work with life. I wouldn't live anywhere else, so I live in England and spend as much time as I can in italy. Work-!ife balance. It's simple really.
Omg my electricity is $150 each month at least in the U.S😢
Great video❤
Don't need too many documents for the cat because the USA is a second listed country which makes the move easier. i moved my two dogs from korea and that's a third listed country and that was a lot of documents and paperwork and expense but still that 5 month process was fairly simple. Then we got the pet passport so i could take them all over Europe, but then the UK Brexited so my dogs had to change from British citizens to italians (wish it was that easy for me!!!)
Also, buying in the supermarket is also more expensive and you talk about the origin of the fruits and vegetables being from italy, but that's rapidly changing because of trade deals. Making friends or good relationships with people that grow those things (farmer's market or ortoleria) and eating in season will inevitably make the grocery shop a lot cheaper because they'll always give you deals (especially if you buy and ask for no receipt! 😜) Same goes with the bread. Bakeries usually close around lunchtime, if you get there before they close they sell the bread that's left for cheap because they can't sell it the next day. The same with olive oil. i buy mine from a guy who is actually a mechanic for agricultural machines in the north west of sardinia, (where the best olive oil is imho!) and he just goes into a room in the back of his house and comes out with the most divine olive oil, the supermarket taste does not compare!!
For houses, i now have to leave Sardinia and i've been looking at buying houses. the cheapest place that fits my requirements is Genova. i'm looking to live near to a city , but have that countryside feel, and also the beach is a requirement. Genova fits all of those, has everything i miss about living in Verona, and everything i love about living in Sardinia. Apartments with gardens, which i need because i now have 3 cats, cost between 40,000-60,000 euro. Now, these houses are structurally sound, but maybe haven't been remodelled inside since the 80's so everything inside looks old, but the kitchen and bathroom works. So everything is functional, but maybe not beautiful, but if you have a small budget like mine, you can remodel each room to your taste as and when you have the money to. but 50,000k house to buy comes out with mortgage of like less tha 200 euro per month including taxes and insurance which really isn't bad!
But of course, you only discover these kinds of things and cheaper way to live if you've lived here a while and made connections.
Passeggiata (hope i spelled that correctly), the evening stroll. We visited Italy, it was our first time, so we chose a guided tour. Our guide explained the passeggiata to us (we're American living in NC) and it sounds like such a wonderful custom. Finish work and then take a deep breath and relax a little, take a little walk, have an appertivo and then go enjoy your dinner. Granted, these were all in the cities where each neighborhood had a town square. So different than here in the US, where we're constantly running somewhere, rushing through dinner, on to the next thing. That was years ago and i still dream about the food…even the smallest little place you just run across has the most incredible food. The carbonara in Rome, a fabulous squid ink pasta with seafood in Venice (i would travel back for that dish alone)…and the pastry. Granted, you can't compare a vacation to actually living there, but i wouldn't mind trying LOL. Thank you both for always taking us along in your adventures. Love you ❤
Wow houses are high in the north, in my mums village they around 20k for a apartment and 30-60k for a house
Very interesting, yeah the meat is almost the same for 4 chicken breasts 15.00 American. I buy organic groceries so my bill is a bit higher. I remember milk in a carton lol living in Europe. I am not a fan of pasteurized milk, I like raw milk so I am guessing that would be the fresh milk? I would buy and get multiples and freeze the extra. 😄 Good tip about the houses! People get stuck with a house they can not sell? Oh my gosh, that would be awful. It literally makes it not worthwhile to venture too far from the major cities if you need to keep your investment a worthwhile investment either as a rental money maker or even as a house to cash out on or pass on. That is wild. I love that Alessio takes a little moment out of each day to crap on the French🇫🇷🤣. As a person of Spanish descent I approve his message.
Oh man, where I am is a summer destination (in between Roma & Napoli) so the Spritz are 8 euros! Insane, right?
Alessio you are wrong about salaries… A factory worker earns 1300/1500€… A teacher 1600/2000 €, a clerk 1600/1800 €, all young people I know, just graduated, earn 1600/1800. Everybody in December is paid double, and many people in June too ( so it is 1600x 14).. Always talking net..
15.78 lb for chicken breast?!?
I LOVE how there is SO MUCH LESS plastic packaging!!!
Don't forget the safety, in Italy no shootings. No guns. Same as here in the Netherlands. You can walk in evening.
I'm not italian, I'm french and expat'd on different continents. I love France. But if at some point I had to leave France and loose it's citizenship, I would desperately apply for italian. My father spent a few years in Milano as a banker and I cannot remember something as close to the Paris (I was born there) way of life as Milano, not even London or NYC. It's not a matter of wealthness, some areas are better endowed but the sophistication and elegance in the 7/24 life are at another level. Just give it a try.
Prices are cheap but jobs are scarce too. Even though if I had a native Italian as husband I would move there in a heartbeat ❤
Have you (anyone) looked at Lucca? I was only there part of a day but really like the feel and surroundings.
Your meats probably aren’t injected with junk liquid either!
But with the flour can’t you buy it in bulk? Like for a bakery??
The average salary in Italy is around $34K US. The average salary in the U.S. is around $67K. It is a good time to go to Italy for us.
You can sometimes find shelf stable milk in America. The most common brand name I'm familiar with is, ironically, Parmalat – "Milk from Parma"!
I am bringing my siblings and a cousin to Friuli in September 2025. We will visit our ancestral home and surrounding area and what remaining relatives we have left there. Thanks for your videos. I'm sharing this one and I hope they love Friuli as much as I do. Mandi Mandi
I don’t understand where are you living in Italy
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