Many problems are exaggerated due to the observer, and they are not of the magnitude he claims to be.
The local matters are a typical example of that.
They seem important only to local authorities.
In this field, the distance constitutes an advantage.
With a zoom out, the mere details are no longer distinguished, and only the general lines are obvious.
However what’s interesting is, that sometimes they even encapsulate the solving of the problem.
Ii’s effective as an approach, because it doesn’t longer contain the local noise and the localistic rivalries.
In this way and manner, only a few problems remain, whereas most are merely for local consumption.
The problem is that usually the Mayors are dealing exclusively with them, enhancing Umberto Eco’s point of view regarding their common elements with women.
The paradox of the matter is, that if we were to ask the locals about the problems that they want to solve as they consider them a priority, we will find that these problems don’t even exist.
Therefore, if we were to analyze the situation structurally, we would realize that in actual fact the distance constitutes an advantage.
What’s most important however, is that this distance becomes chronicle, because that’s when the problems of substance appear, which actually deserve to be resolved, as it is them which will change the future as well.