April 15, 2022

Towns Named Naples

By roads-rus

I was surprised by the 5 largest towns in Italy. Naples is #3. #1 is, of course, Rome. #2 is Milan. #4 is Turin and #5 is the shocker to me, Palermo.

Ruth & I have been to Italy several times and know and love Milan and Rome especially. Milan is the home of La Scala, the world-famous opera house. I still aspire to see its inside. We love Milan’s cathedral, the largest Gothic one in the world, and its art deco train station. Its 1.4 million people are fashion conscious men and women. It’s no wonder that there are 38 Milans in the world.

There are fewer Naples. The largest Naples in the world is south of Rome and unfortunately known for crime and unemployment. There are basically 11 Naples currently in the USA. I can find all but one of them on maps. The North Carolina Naples is the exception. The largest Naples in the USA is in Florida near Fort Meyers. About 20,000 people live there, and it has spawned 2 communities with more than 5,000 people each, Naples Manor and Naples Park. The Naples in California is an island in the Long Beach area with a population of more than 2,000.

There are definite Towns Named Naples in South Dakota, Maine, Kentucky, Illinois, and Idaho. The Naples I’m most familiar with are the ones in Idaho near Bonner Springs and the one in Illinois on the Illinois River north of St. Louis.

Hank

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Since the beginning, I've had to avoid writing about the downside of travel in order to sell more than 100 articles. Just because something negative happened doesn't mean your trip was ruined. But tell that to publishers who are into 5-star cruise and tropical beach fantasies. I want to tell what happened on my way to the beach, and it may not have been all that pleasant. My number one rule of the road is...today's disaster is tomorrow's great story. My travel experiences have appeared in about twenty magazines and newspapers. I've been in all 50 states more than once and more than 50 countries. Ruth and I love to travel internationally--Japan, Canada, China, Argentina, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, etc. Within the next 2 years we will have visited all of the European countries. But our favorite destination is Australia. Ruth and I have been there 9 times. I've written a book about Australia's Outback, ALONE NEAR ALICE, which is available through both Amazon & Barnes & Noble. My first fictional work, MOVING FORWARD, GETTING NOWHERE, has recently been posted on Amazon. It's a contemporary, hopefully funny re-telling of The Odyssey. View all posts by roads-rus
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