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Bergamo is the city with the most singles in Italy

Italy, a country of single. And most of them are concentrated in the North. This emerges from a cross-comparison of the latter Istat data with a survey carried out by Meetic. According to the 2022 Istat annual report, the overtaking has occurred to date: in Italy, which has always been devoted to the idea of ​​the traditional family, singles outnumber couples with children. The former represent 33.2% of Italians, the latter 31.2%. And not only that, still time about twenty years, according to Istat there will be more couples without children than those with children.

By cross-referencing these data with those of thesurvey carried out by CINT for Meetic in December 2022 on a sample of 806 Italian singles aged between 18 and 64, it also appears that most of these singles are located in Northern Italy.

Let’s take a closer look at the data from this research, then commented by an expert. And if you think that Milan is the most single city in Italy, you are very wrong.

City of singles: the podium is the prerogative of Northern Italy

Let’s start with a necessary premise: the search for true love is still ahead of the wishes of Italian singles: the 57% claims to have strengthened the longing for a serious story in 2023. And it sure looks like it’s cities in Northern Italy to be the most active when looking for a partner. This is confirmed by the data of the Meetic report, which reveals the top ten cities with the highest number of singles members of Meetic in relation to the number of inhabitants: a ranking that reserves many surprises.

Contrary to expectations, in fact, it is not Milan that stands out among the first places: the so-called “city of singles” it is only 17th out of 20. To conquer the first position it was instead Bergamo, second step of the podium a Varese, bronze medal in Como, all Lombard cities. The surprises aren’t finished yet: despite the stereotype that predicts that in the south the inhabitants are more fiery and passionate, the first city in the south that appears in the ranking is only at the seventh place and it is Salerno. The fourth, fifth and sixth place they are still occupied by northern provinces, respectively Treviso, Brescia and Vicenza. They close the ranking Padua, Florence and Perugia, respectively in eighth, ninth and tenth place of the ranking.

Singles from Italy: the most active are in Rome, Milan and Turin

However, Milan returns to conquer the first places, appearing among the busiest cities, second only to Rome: there won’t be as many singles as in Bergamo, but certainly the Milanese are looking for true love with more commitment than the people of Bergamo.

And they are also more enterprising and outgoing: Milanese singles are in fact al second place also with regards to voice notes on profile. One more possibility to allow one’s voice to be heard, literally, in which, however are overtaken by the Turinese, that seem all on their own, and instead…

The cities of singles: the expert’s comment

«These data must also be analyzed in the light of some considerations – explains the doctor Marcia Welcome, psychotherapist expert in relationships – First of all, actually in the North there is more singleness, but also more openness to this kind of means: Apps are not only used to find a partner, but also just for intercept new acquaintances with the same interests, to make friends. A way of using apps that is already widely cleared abroad, while in Italy it is struggling to take root, perhaps also due to a cultural heritage or the prejudices that cloak apps, intended only as tools for picking up.

My speech must also be included in a broader one concerning that of lonelinessa phenomenon that has been accentuated with the pandemic.

Also, what I also notice among my patients is that some have a rejection of apps due to a sense of inadequacy: how to use it, what should I do, what should I say, how should I approach it… This greatly limits a serene use of the medium.

Finally, the tendency not to settle: for the afraid to commit, issue after issue is collected. The tendency is to say: I wait a little longer to see if someone better arrives, then the moment of taking charge of the relationship is postponed. It is necessary to analyze case by case: in some, it is to be encouraged not to grant the exclusivity immediately, precisely in order not to be attached, and above all dating more people allows you to hone your safety skillsdeveloping their interpersonal skills.

And if exactly why I want to commit myself very seriously and I know what I want, I don’t want to settle? “There is also this case study. And in this case, we are talking about awareness».

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Source: Vanity Fair

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