#12: The Loss of Young Blood
Young couples, students, and workers increasingly move to Mestre or other mainland areas because the historic center is too expensive, inconvenient, or simply impossible to live in. That creates a demographic spiral: fewer young residents, fewer families, fewer schools, fewer local services, less normal life. A city without young people starts feeling preserved rather than lived in. Venice needs more than visitors. It needs birthdays, school runs, bad first dates, and neighbors.
