I live in a city near Naples and I’ve honestly to say that the problem is only for the city of Naples that doesn’t rappresent the whole cities of South-Italy.
Near Naples there many amazing and interesting cities like :

Castellammare di Stabia (80000 peoples)
Sorrento
Amalfi
Positano
Salerno
In these places you’ll never find theves or something else and the people know how to speak English and others foreign langueges because we’re more used to receive the tourists with our wonderfull beaches , our history ,our clubs and our good food.
The next time come and see these cities and you’ll never forget your holiday!

Anyway, six years later, for personal reasons, I have to either fly into Naples or take a train that requires me to switch train at the Stazione Centrale. I have explored various neighborhoods of the city, around the train station, the city center, bad neighborhoods, Surrento, etc. However, I still dislike and cannot get used to the lack of respect for public property, the dirtiness and the messiness. Sure it’s better than Congo or most parts of India, still, I don’t see how they can be even close to a European city as part of the EU.

Regardless, while I would watch my back as I would in any other cities. I wouldn’t hesitate to take all the photos I want. Heck, I even turned down a good offer at a good IT company just because I didn’t care to live there.

I didn’t live in Naples, I still don’t and I wouldn’t in the futuer. However, even as a visitor, I only got used to passing through the biggest city in southern Italy.

I’m a journalist writing for the local Neapolitan section of the major Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Currently working on travel blogs about Naples. We wonder whether you could send some little personal data about yourself (such as where are you from, age, profession), so to include your report in our article.

Sincerely Yours,

Luigi Mosca
lui.mos@tiscali.it