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Urban centers like Milan, Rome, and Florence illustrate Italy's regional disparities. The north hosts more developed cities with robust industries—think Milan's financial and fashion sectors or Turin's manufacturing. The south remains largely underdeveloped, with poverty and unemployment on the rise.
Similarly, California's northern part exemplifies a thriving tech hub (Silicon Valley), while the south struggles with economic decline. Nick draws parallels, noting that Italy’s northern economy is akin to California’s Bay Area, heavily driven by innovation, while the south resembles California's less prosperous regions, hindered by regulation and lack of investment.