Is it true that Northern Italians hate Southern Italians?

Hate: no. Hold prejudice against: yes. Kind of. Maybe? The difference is becoming less and less pronounced, while the sense of regional/provincial belonging that is usual in Italians is often becoming less prevalent. read more

Northern Italy is very industrial and fairly wealthy. Southern Italy remains poor and undeveloped. A lot of the tax dollars go to the South and the Northerners feel that those in the South need to organize things better and increasing their economic base. read more

Very similar to the differences between the Northeastern and Southern United States. The food is different. read more

Northern Italians and Southern Italians even if everybody likes to deny it, are still different in SOME ways, they look different, have different habits, different accents, sometimes different languages/dialects too. But I wouldn’t say that Northerners hate people from the South. read more