You know I'm not a fan of food and even less of my region, but gotta give credit where it's due.
About the stories...most things are exagerated, or better, are things that happen anywhere but they tend to receive a specific label here. I wouldn't feel any safer in London, NY, or Milan.
Oh I know.
Just came as a shock to me at first because I'm a history buff and can only think of Naples for the gold mine it is.... but I easily over look the fact that Italy's economy may press some people to do dumb things regardless of where they live. Other things like merchants over-charging tourist well yeah that happens everywhere.