Yes - my wife, and children, although the children have dual Italian-US citizenship. We live in Padova.
> or have you attempted to start a business in Italy?
Are you crazy? Do you have any idea how much that costs?
In Oregon, it costs $100 to create an LLC, the equivalent of an Srl, and you can do everything online.
It is easier these days to start a company in Italy, thanks, in some small part, to my efforts:
http://www.governo.it/Notizie/Presidenza/dettaglio.asp?d=690...
But it's still very difficult compared to most places in the US, UK or even many other European countries.
I agree with you that there are a lot of stereotypes, but Italy having awful bureaucracy and a bad judicial system is pretty much a fact.
Like I said though, the positive thing in all this is that the problems are all things that can be fixed if more people apply themselves rather than simply complaining.
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