Ciao and Benvenuti! You’ve found the home for questions, discussion and discovery around living in Italy affordably. Nancy Steele, a current US resident, began eyeing Italy for retirement in 2019. Since then she’s discovered that her middle income retirement CAN be enough to make her dreams happen in Italy. Together with  friends old and new she’s exploring regions, towns, tips and tricks to building a life in Italy affordably. Join her as she explores Italy’s 7% flat tax and it’s qualifying towns, beautiful regions where the cost of living is low and life is rich. By interviewing experienced expats and experts, she’s clearing the weedy path of misinformation that surrounds Affordable Italy: Living la Dolce Vita on a Bootstring.