Florence Is So Beautiful. But Why Does It Also Feel So Hard

Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and it's not necessarily the easiest place to live in full time as a resident either. In this episode, Georgette and Valentina get honest about what the numbers reveal and what they've lived firsthand: soaring rents, disappearing neighbors, artisan shops replaced, and a generation of young Florentines packing their bags.We look at some real data—housing costs, Airbnb saturation, tourist footfall, the wages-vs-rent gap — and then we get personal. What does it feel like to love a city that seems to be pricing out the people who made it worth loving in the first place?But this isn't a rant. We also talk about what's actually working: the communities holding the line, the policy experiments worth watching, and the people who found a way to stay without selling out.If you've ever felt the tension between Florence's beauty and its contradictions — this one's for you