How to make friends in Venice

it is difficult to find other expats in Venice i have noticed...

I've lived for two years in venice, and I can say it's not too hard to make new friends there, expecially if you're a foreigner ... We Italians have a sort of fascination for foreign people
The only thing you have to do is to hang out on a spring-summer night in Campo Santa Margherita. Is the meeting point for students and youngsters. Everybod is really easy going and everybody is always happy to talk with new people, Maybe a glass of spriz (the're really cheap, around 1,50 - 2 euro in the small bars in Campo Santa Margherita) helps against shyness
But, really, don't be afraid, yust sit where it's crowded, and oftens happens that people will start talking with you
If you are a student, go to the library at Le Zattere. You'll see that, during coffee breaks, it would be really easy to start talking with strangers