She and her husband were forced out of her home in an urban cleansing operation. Their apartment building and many others like it were torn down to make room for more sunlight in the city, on the theory that sunlight destroys disease. In their new apartment, rents are higher. The family has to make do with less. Gennaro and Nunziata would laugh at the idea of traveling.
Emigration is one thing they know something about, however.
Nunziata 's sister and her husband left for Buenos Aires during the epidemic. At the same time, Gennaro's brother and his wife left for New York. The family knows their siblings arrived safely, but they know little about their new life in the Americas. Click here for the bigger picture . Today According to United Nations statistics, modern-day Italy has the lowest birthrate in the developed world.