economic. adj. 1. (Economics) of or relating to an economy, economics, or finance: economic development; economic theories. 2. (Commerce) Brit capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable: the firm is barely economic.
By 1890, the North Square area was known as Little Italy. The population of Italian immigrants in the North End grew steadily until reaching its peak, in 1930, of 44,000 (99.9% of the neighborhood's total population).
The Amalfi Coast, south of Naples, is still a magnet for wealthy Russians and romantic Americans. Yet Naples itself is a tourist wasteland, and the rest of southern Italy is largely vacationer-free. Only 13 percent of tourists who come to Italy go to the Mezzogiorno, as the south is known.