Advice on where to live?

Right next to Porta Venezia there is a big park, so should be plenty of space for the kids to play.

It is also an area a lot of families live in, so there is a lot of family friendly restaurants and bars.

I would say the big problem with that area is the noise, Corso Venezia is one of the busiest shopping streets, but the area seems faily quiet at night.

My wife, two sons and I relocated here 2 years ago after spending 10 years in NJ, USA. We opted to live outside of Milan, in Monza and chose the British school of Milan for the boys education.

That's a tough one, but my advice would be to live in the city and experience it. We lived in Brussels, Belgium for two years previous to NJ and lived within an expat community close to the British school. Life was easy with ready made friends, but afterwards we felt it was a missed opportunity to learn a language, integrate and experience a different culture. We have found that once our children become involved within a school, we get to meet plenty of other families in the same position as us.

My second piece of advise would be to keep your commute as short as possible as traffic is awful. If you can use public transport then that would be your best option.

Good luck