Would you live in Venice Italy?

[Pokitobounto]

Originally Posted by ABQSunseeker

To my mind, Venice is the most beautiful city in the world, but one of the least appealing to live in. A declining population, almost insurmountable problems (flooding, sinking), ghastly overcrowding with tourists, appallingly expensive, cut off from the mainland.

Yes more or less my impression too...

[erasure]

From what I saw - heck no)))
Way too crowded and too much stinky water between the buildings)))

[Winterfall8324]

Dirty, old, cracked streets, mean people, riots, tiny streets, disgusting water, overcrowded, aging, no infrastructure. I'd rather live in some South American country than Venice.

[red baron]

One of the most overrated cities in the world. I enjoyed my two visits, but a third one would be a waste of time.

[forgotten username]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

Dirty, old, cracked streets, mean people, riots, tiny streets, disgusting water, overcrowded, aging, no infrastructure. I'd rather live in some South American country than Venice.

venice riots ?

[Pokitobounto]

Originally Posted by forgotten username

venice riots ?

Lol I had the same reaction

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by bale002

Of course it all depends on circumstances.

I would live there as an independently wealthy student and/or retiree. I would join certain cultural clubs and get interminably lost in libraries and churches, and gladly sink with them.

I can understand that the casual tourist gets turned off by the smells and the crowds, but, in my view, Venice has a unique place in especially Eastern Mediterranean history and one needs to understand it from that perspective in order to fully appreciate it.

Priceless!

This sums up my feeling. Though if I could afford to live in Venice, I could probably afford to live in a little chalet up in the Alps during the worst of the summer heat and tourists.

[Urania93]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

This sums up my feeling. Though if I could afford to live in Venice, I could probably afford to live in a little chalet up in the Alps during the worst of the summer heat and tourists.

Winter is the season of floods, and in February there are a lot of tourists too because of the Carnival, so it is another season in which it is not easy to fully enjoy to live in the historical part of Venice.
I would suggest you to point directly toward the Alps and forget Venice, up to 1000 m of altitude many towns are livable all year round

[forgotten username]

my advice would be sunny fall days for a visit.

[canoesmith]

When I retire, one of our plans is to VRBO an apartment on a quiet campo/square in Venice (yes, there are quiet areas in Venice) and live like locals for a couple of months. I would never buy there, lord no - but sitting in the sun with a cold beer and a bowl of chips after shopping at a small farmer market - before heading back to the apartment sounds like fun to us. We've been there twice before and loved it. We hope to VRBO our way around the earth!!