Isn't it fascinating that in the late 1800s/early 1900s, people were packing up and leaving beautiful places like these to cross the ocean, sometimes with no idea where they'd ultimately end up (not infrequently an urban slum at first). Of course, most were motivated by the promise of a better life, which was heavily marketed by steamship companies looking to maximize revenues, as my great grandparents from southern Italy told us.
While watching Season 2 of The White Lotus that took place in Sicily, I was thinking about how it's now a sexy tourist destination but back then paesans were fleeing the island en masse.
