Moving Into Venice: The Motivations to Move into Venice for Expats, Remote Workers, Returnees, and Retirees

Mahoney, John; Dunn, Olivia; Chockalingam, Nithya; Berthiaume, Joseph

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Moving Into Venice: The Motivations to Move into Venice for Expats, Remote Workers, Returnees, and Retirees

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Venice has been facing severe depopulation since the end of World War II, prompting a need for understanding factors encouraging settlement. This project addresses this concern, aiming to assist SerenDPT in its mission of repopulating the city. We achieved our goal by conducting semi-structured interviews with expats, remote workers, returnees, and retirees with a focus on factors that attracted them, enabled them to stay, and challenges they faced. Work emerged as the primary neabling factor, while the human-paced lifestyle was the primary motivation for individuals to stay. Mass tourism surfaced as a significant nuisance and housing as a real challenge. The report concludes with actionable recommendations for attracting new residents to contribute to sustainable repopulation efforts in Venice.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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