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I wondered if you could reclaim some land near the city but off to one side and put some low office buildings and modern apartments or something, and get some n

I wondered if you could reclaim some land near the city but off to one side and put some low office buildings and modern apartments or something, and get some natural traffic in the area there for the food and atmosphere. This is a city that was living and constantly renewed to the state of the art that is now halted and frozen in time. That's an expensive proposition to maintain, plus the environmental situation there is worsening[1] which will be very difficult to rectify. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/venice-floods-pictures-tourists-wade-through-cafes-saint-marks-square-2021-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/venice-floods-pictures-touri...

dfadsadsf 4y ago
They did and that place is called Mestre - right next to Venice on mainland. Lots of space and reasonable housing. I think the main problem with living in Venice is that the only jobs available are in services and those do not pay enough to compete in housing with tourists. So attracting remote workers and retirees is the only reasonable play. One note on population drop - you would expect it even without tourists. 50 years ago Italy was poor and families had many kids crammed into small apts. No one lives like that now - anything less than 1bdrm/kid is cruelty. Considering virtually no new housing in Venice in last 100 years (no land), drop in population is expected.
- amrocha 4y ago
  idk where you got the idea that having kids share a bedroom is cruelty
  - superchroma 4y ago
    I think he's commenting on public perception rather than making factual assertions.
nickff 4y ago
The newly reclaimed land would by definition not be part of the Historic City of Venice. The commune contains a significant amount of land on the Italian peninsula, and many people who work in the Historic City live there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice#Local_and_regional_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice#Local_and_regional_gove...

dfadsadsf 4y ago

They did and that place is called Mestre - right next to Venice on mainland. Lots of space and reasonable housing. I think the main problem with living in Venice is that the only jobs available are in services and those do not pay enough to compete in housing with tourists. So attracting remote workers and retirees is the only reasonable play. One note on population drop - you would expect it even without tourists. 50 years ago Italy was poor and families had many kids crammed into small apts. No one lives like that now - anything less than 1bdrm/kid is cruelty. Considering virtually no new housing in Venice in last 100 years (no land), drop in population is expected.

amrocha 4y ago
idk where you got the idea that having kids share a bedroom is cruelty
- superchroma 4y ago
  I think he's commenting on public perception rather than making factual assertions.

nickff 4y ago

The newly reclaimed land would by definition not be part of the Historic City of Venice. The commune contains a significant amount of land on the Italian peninsula, and many people who work in the Historic City live there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice#Local_and_regional_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice#Local_and_regional_gove...