I agree with you there -- and the Naples Underground (old cisterns that became bomb shelters) are neat, and Pompeii is an hour away. Those, however, are the sole 3 reasons for going. I tell my friends who visit Italy that if they pass through Naples, you go to Da Michele and get 2 pizzas, check out the underground, take a daytrip to Pompeii, and then get the away from Naples asap.

What about the Museo Nazionale Romano? The Museo di Capodimonte? Castel nuovo? Gothic and Baroque churches? Art nouveau architecture? Ischia and Procida?

You clearly haven't spent nearly enough time exploring, probably because of your preconceptions.

I forgot the Museo Nazionale. There are a lot of interesting things in Naples, but many of those things can be seen in other cities. My dislike of Naples is not a preconception, it is a conception borne from experiences I had in the city.

But thank you for the ad hominem that I "clearly haven't spent nearly enough time exploring".

How is that ad hominem? I don't know anything about your nationality, background or anything else. If I said you clearly hate Naples because you're from Milan that would be ad hominem, but I've reached this conclusion from your words only.

Not really.

they invented pizza there...