Granted, it is a beautiful place to see. But would you wish to live there? I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed my times in Manhattan, Paris, and London, but among those three the only one I think I would enjoy living in would be the last (and only assuming a mid six figure income).
A German TV movie series based on an American-born writer's cop novels set in Venice, Italy. Subtitled, of course.
I lived there for a week in the winter and a week in the summer for 10 years and it wasn’t bad at all. It is actually pretty low key as far as tourist destinations go and the place empties out in the evening so you can actually get into a restaurant at night. It is not a major city like you seem to think.