I am an Italian social worker who lives in England. I have been living in this
country for 2 years now, and I can certainly say that our cultural values are very
different. In Italy we love to eat healthy food, and we have a slightly different
concept of friendship, which impacts the way we approach to the other person. Italians are
less polite and less respectful than English people, and also a lot of us love to complain
all the time about anything, while British people generally (only?) complain about the
weather. We are generally louder than English people and more direct. Our music,
dancing, and other arts are more developed and play a more important role for the community in
which we live. Overall, I can't live in Italy, because I sometimes find people’s way of
thinking to be corrupted and dodgy. However, I might spend my retirement
back home. Who knows...