Venice: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Mixed · 58Venice gets warm nostalgia and budget-tip praise from visitors, but the content is mostly tourism-flavoured, with little hard evidence about long-term remote work life.
- walkable canals
- nostalgia and beauty
- off-season quiet
- public transport
- budget food tips
- frugal living possible
- overtourism
- high costs for visitors
- lack of depth about residents
- crowds
- confined living conditions
- Venice is beautiful but best enjoyed off season
- Living cheaply there is possible with local habits
- Commenters mostly reminisce rather than describe living there
- Big-name Venice content skews toward tourists, not residents
- Long-term stays seem appealing but unproven in this material
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
I MOVED TO VENICE ITALY
The Wonton Don · 127K views · 2022
What viewers said
“Boat Drinks?”
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“I think you deserve the title of best travel vlogger alive right now”
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“A Frank the Tank pizza window is an absolute gamechanger. Great content Donnie, love the narrative style!”
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“The Wonton Don should be the person everyone listens to when deciding on where to go for vacation!! Do you still have your place in china? Is there a chance you may go back like before the pandemic?”
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“"So yeah, I wasn't that impressed with Carnival, I mean, the most exciting part for me was telling one of the three wisemen he was cancelled." Effin incredible”
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“Donnie - " wow draggin a wagon" Such a beautiful compliment to those Victorian drag monsters”
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“Donnie is barstool gold. He has such an awesome moustache please subscribe to Donnie. Donnie number one!….go back and watch Donnie…3 beer one fanta and hooons! Go shaaaaks!”
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“The move to Venice will absolutely kill content. Sad day. Feel cold”
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“I’d love to see some of this unreleased footage, I miss you, I feel like I lost my border line alcoholic uncle that isn’t racist and I’m just waiting…when will my uncle post again!?”
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“Holy shit it's so nostalgic to me! My dad used to work in Venice (for the oriental art museum, visit it some day!), so he brought us there at least once a month for a good chunk of my life. I have so many happy memories of it, the vaporetti”
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Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.