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  • Battipaglia is a town in the south west region of Campania in Italy. It is plagued by social problems caused by unemployment and crime. Sadly, it is not a unique example in a country that struggles to keep afloat.
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  • The  stadium was supposed to be the pride of the city. It has hardly ever operated as a stadium. Today is just left to degrade as everything else.
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  • Centro Astalli Sud is in Grumo Nevano located in the outskirts of Napoli, south of Italy. The centre hosts male asylum seekers mainly coming from Africa.
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  • Alongside drugs and criminality prostitutionn is a rising concern. Whereas before was confined to the outskirts of the towns nowadays it is operating in the town centres.
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  • Children and teenagers do not have places to play and the ones that are available have not been maintained for years.
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  • Many homes and buildings are not populated because illegally built.
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  • Young people are left out by any government spending.. No in fractures to assist them. Battipaglia has no cinema, theatre or safe sporting grounds. Campania has a very high percetage of drug addicts.
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  • For Italians the main square of a city is the fulcrum. This is the place where to leisure, to host events and to proudly show off a work of art and so on. Today many of the squares like the one in Battipaglia has only signs of urban decay and neglect.
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  • "I am not laughing and I am not forgetting" a protest bill poster against the local political party.
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  • De Amicis primary school was closed down because of lack of funding. This was the main primary school in the centre of town.
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  • A clinic whose employees have not been paid for 15 months has closed down.
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  • Today some of the town hall offices are in a disused stadium
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  • Since the 1981 earthquake Battipaglia home office hasn't had a permanent address. The money which were sent from the central government disappeared..
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  • Playgrounds show signs of complete neglect.
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  • In the last few years the region of Campania has hit headlines for its inability to manage waste in the hands of the Camorra lucrative business.
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  • A subway that is another example of a useless construction. A lot of money is spent on useless constructions  as a cover of large sum of money. Most of this constructions are left unfinished.
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  • Nowadays there are not many families that live as farmers.
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  • Town lives are poor with high unemployment and hardly anything for the young poeple to aspire to.
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  • Despite the hight unemployment and the derelict scenario of farming land, there are extraordinary businness for the well off population.
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  • Once a thriving farming community, today Bivio S.Cecilia is evolving around a town centre built for the seasonal workers.
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  • A child playing along a farming land.
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  • In contrast with the derelict scenario of the traditional farming, many families have built extraordinary 'Hollywood' style homes on the lands left by their ancestors.
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  • Cosimo, one of the few people that are still cultivating their land.
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  • Many families that once were living from farming have left and it is a common site to see un farmed land.
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  • Although most people may have difficulty in finding work and there is a lack of social services, wedding celebration are very pompous and extravagant.
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  • Many homes have asbestos roof tiling. People have little knowledge of the asbestos danger to health neither is the local government enforcing regulations regarding its use.
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  • The town of Battipaglia in the South of Italy has been put on a standstill by police, military, security personnel because one of the leading figures of Forza Italia (right party) was having a meeting at Battipaglia's Town Hall. The local population has sent petitions for the meeting to be cancelled but their request denied.
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  • RO.DO.PA Residence Battipaglia in the South of Italy used to be a residential holiday hotel. Today, it is home of 200 African refugees.
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