Commentary on life in Trieste/Italy

Trieste was once a little fisherman's village that reached its maximum growing point with the Austrian domination. The Austrian were giving benefits (low-takes, good homes, etc.) to anyone that immigrated into Trieste. It was the only Austrian port, so it quickly became industrialized. During the years Trieste became a border city and it has been part of many countries. After a revolt for being part for being part of the Italian government (in which some people were killed), Trieste finally became part of Italy in 1954, even if the Friuli is an autonomous region. In the last years people were emigrating from Trieste at the rate of 2,000 per year. This is because the carso limits its expansion and a great chunk of the population is over 50. The bora is a Russian wind that usually hits Trieste even at a rate of 100km per hour. The bad side of the bora is that it can create accidents (a tree falls, etc.) but it also liberates Trieste from smog and its pollution, which is constantly growing. Nowadays Trieste is a commercial city that is based on its port. Its expansion is blocked because the Austrian queen Sissi once donated her huge forest property in the carso to the government of Trieste, on condition that nothing would be built on them so soon another city in the Friuli, Udine, might become the the capital of the province.