“My Away it is not linear, I have done various studies and works. And today I’m happy.” Luciano Canosa He is 48 years old and is a computer scientist: he has been alive for six years SpainTo Valenciaafter i was in Mexico for almost a year. “I left because I didn’t want to see anything anymore Italybecause I hated her. I couldn’t take it anymore Widespread lawlessnessrudeness that mentality limited number of many people”. In Spainfor Luciano, there is “the best compromise in the world in between climatequality of ServicesWork, happiness and friendliness”.
Originally from Matera, Luciano lived in Basilicata until he was 19 years old. After graduating as an accountant, he switched to Cremona Visit to a violin making school. “I wasn’t very good at it, but I wanted to give it my all. I left to return because I loved my city very much and wanted to give it something it didn’t have.” When he returns Matera Luciano no longer finds the same climate. “At that moment I was looking for a better place to live. I’ve changed a thousand times ideaI couldn’t go wrong.”
In June 2003 he left for the Mexico. “I taught Italian in a school and leon, Industrial city with a million inhabitants right in the middle colonial area, where most people devote themselves to making shoes. Life is beautiful there, as is the climate fabulousThey don’t live by the rules and the schemes In this bridle Italy there is freedom and happiness,” he says Lucian. “The state does not exist in Mexico, for better or for worse – he continues -. You can do any job, improvise today cook Morning electricianif you want, and you will not be subjected to a thousand restrictions“. Everything that is essential to livelihood “costs very little”, but if you want something else (car, travel, vacation) then “the costs increase and become prohibitive for many”. THE Services “They don’t work,” public health and schools “are unthinkable,” he adds.
At the end of the first year, “I could have continued – Luciano recalls – but I didn’t earn much”. “Well, after that Marriage, my wife and I decide to return to Italy”. 2009, after the birth of her daughter, Lucian enrolls at the age of 35 Polytechnic of Turinso you can plan one new life abroad. “After six years of crazy and desperate study, I manage to graduate.” In 2017 he is in Spain. “I have already arrived here with a job. The company accepted me, and friendships are gradually being built up for me.”
Today Luciano works as a programmer in a company softwarehas “remarkable” job stability, an “above-average” salary e LinkedIn that “blurs out because they keep offering me alternatives”. Information technology, he says, “has replaced me in a privileged position and repaid me for every sacrifice”. And as the pandemic continues to favor remote work, he says “I could live anywhere now and work remotely forever.”
As for everyday life, a Valencia Public transport is “efficient”, green spaces are “abundant in every neighborhood” and the beaches are “all free”. “Getting around the city is easy and not stressful at all: you can ride your bike anywhere because there are bike lanes on every street that cars never run over.” To parkon the other hand is much more complicated because of the community, “he explained car war and made it almost impossible to park everywhere”. As for the cuisine, which Italians abroad sometimes miss, the Spanish city is not lacking in any of our best-known traditions. “Valencia is full of Italians, there are authentic pizzerias, al Supermarket You will find the same brands of pasta that I find at home, as well as the same coffee. I make the sauce with market tomatoes every year. Well, if I’m really missing something, it’s the bread from Matera,” he smiles. But returning to Italy is not an option. “I don’t even come back for the holidays Christmas you hate Easter. If I still want to move in the future, I might choose to visit other places, even stay for longer periods. But Italy NO”. In five years, Luciano will take Spanish citizenship and be able to do without Italian citizenship. “Since I moved here, I’ve only been here once, for a wedding. And even then, after half an hour, as soon as I was behind the wheel , I wanted to go back to Spain.”