The mayor of Reggio Calabria entrusted to a post on social media, Giuseppe Falcomatàto comment on the ranking published by Il Sole-24 Ore on the quality of life in the Italian provinces. “This morning I read the ranking from Il Sole – writes Falcomatà, mayor of the Democratic Party – on the quality of life in the Italian provinces where our provincial territory, therefore the 97 municipalities that are part of it, ranks 107th, last». Furthermore, the municipal administrator defines some parameters of the ranking as “very curious, such as the “loneliness index”, the consumption of depression drugs, rather than the “argumentativeness index”.
“Others – continues Giuseppe Falcomatà – I didn’t know could affect the quality of life of a province, I’m thinking of the index relating to the number of municipal administrators under forty years old or the average age at childbirth”. In the continuation of his long post , the mayor of Reggio draws the attention of his followers to «some indices on which we should reflect more: I am thinking of the index relating to the risk of hydrogeological instability, the percentage of healthcare and hospital migrations, the rate of youth migration, to the number of km for local public transport, to the data relating to business and work. Things on which the municipalities not only can do little but will be unable to do anything if the reform on differentiated autonomy passes which will condemn us to last on these issues. always. If there is a reading to give to these data, however, I believe that it must involve everyone in a battle to defend the territory and not personal or party interests. We continue on the path we have taken. Despite the difficulties of recent years, due to external events, we are working on a city that is changing – concludes Giuseppe Falcomatà – and the results are there for all to see, beyond any indicator resulting from the creativity of some pollster”