Familiare che non sei. La fuga dalle grandi città: viverla in itinere, pensarla ex post

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has, among other elements, emphasized a condition of precariousness and uncertainty within big cities. One effect of this unveiling were the escapes, the exodus that took place almost with the same intensity – obviously graded by size of the centers and states – in each nation where the epidemic wave was detected and the containment measures of the lockdown were been introduced. This short article keeps track of what has appeared in the media and what has been word of mouth about the escape from big cities as a result of the lockdown. Furthermore, it offers food for thought on this phenomenon with reference to what happened in Italy and above all by introducing southern dimension in the perspective of these returns. Most of the returned are students, temporary workers, members of families separated by work reasons. The speed with which these people went back makes one think and pushes ourselves to wonder – even if it would be more appropriate to ask them – if now that lockdown is over they will go back to the North or to choose to stay in own countries of origin.