Venice was a hard place to find on Second life, most of the places suggested places were confusing in a sense that the terms used were irrelevant.

So instead i went on to find more main stream places such as New York and I landed in Battery Park

Sure enough this was the real battery park:

There was obviously a resemblance, so kudos to whoever designed the park!

So the benefits of having a simulator game is having the advantage of viewing the place first hand if we ever want to visit it in real life. However, how the place is designed in 2nd life may not be what it seems in real life because it may be outdated or worse, intentionally designed wrongly by some mischievous joker.