So, here I take the opportunity to say things to English speakers who fantasize about Paris city of love city of light!!!!
Bullshit!
Apart from the tourist areas, it's a shitty city, dirty, dangerous, badly ranked in the world in terms of “quality of life”, and where 50% of the population is single because people are so closed off from each other, and finally crazy real estate prices, you'd have to be an oil emir to be able to live in a normal-sized apartment !
Besides, I can't stand Haussmann architecture. Almost no greenery !!!
I’m french, I was born in Paris, but thank God I don't live there, it would even be a step backwards to live there.
As a friend of mine says: Paris is good for a good restaurant or a theatre show !
This town is scary when you get right down to it.
Paris is losing around 10,000 inhabitants a year due to a lack of quality of life.
Paris lives on a false reputation I suppose linked to the 19th century, when London was Victorian and prudish and Paris libertine.
There are few intimate neighbourhoods in Paris like those in London, Amsterdam or Montréal.
In short, it's like a car brand that used to be good but is going downhill: the quality is gone, but the reputation remains!
But that's all over now.
After the illusion of the Olympics, the mess is slowly coming back …
Bref, Paris n’est pas ma tasse de thé du tout ! (In short, Paris isn't my cup of tea at all !)
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