If it wasn't for the spread of pizzarias in the Italian-American community in the EARLY part of the 20th century and the rise in popularity of pizza outside that community after WWII, pizza would still be a virtually unknown, regionaly Italian specialty. Thus, the fact that pizza is so popular outside Naples is not because of Naples or Italians in Italy but because of Americans. If you live outside Italy and eat pizza, it's not because of the Italians, it's because of Americans. No pizza is not an American dish, it clearly originated in Italy and Naples specifically and credit should be given where it's due. However, the roll of the American pizza culture and industry in the spread of pizza globally is completely ignored in this article. At least there's not some Brit on here claiming that they invented it as they do with most other things! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.39.232.190 (talk) 15:18, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

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