French Political Folly
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That´s barbés. The worst part of Paris. Nobody should go near that area. Clichy is also bad. But not as bad. Clichy was called the area to shit. Le voila qui chie. (there he shits). was a expression used to describe Clichy (qui chie). The place to take a dump.
Wealthiest part of Paris is not even Saint Germain. Which is the one I like the most. Ile de Saint Louis also nice with art.
Saint Cloud is the richest area. Where old nobles still have their private mansions (Hotel particuliere) etc. I have distant people who own shit there. It´s a boring area. But well kept.
The problem with Paris it´s cold (you have months without seeing a small patch of blue sky) and far from the beach. Security is not a problem. Unless you are an idiot. It´s not Rio.
Paris still as the marks of the guillotine. They were never paved on top.
We might have to revive them with all this digital ID bullshit.
Sarkozy an ex france president entered jail last week I think. And the sovereign rating have been slashed. Give it a couple of months and it might be a good time to buy real estate.
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French Algiers and Oran looked less African than this.
Paris is so afraid of terrorism that they're cancelling New Year's Eve concert on Champs-Elysee.
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New Year's Eve 2026 on the Champs-Elysées: Concert canceled for security reasons
The concert planned for New Year's Eve 2026 on the Champs-Elysées has been canceled for security reasons. The fireworks display will go ahead as planned.
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In 2025, desire to leave France reached an all-time high
According to a Gallup study published on Monday, confidence in French institutions has plummeted this year, while the desire to leave France has only grown. Euronews spoke with several French expatriates and prospective expats about their experiences.
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In 2025, desire to leave France reached an all-time high
According to a Gallup study published on Monday, confidence in French institutions has plummeted this year, while the desire to leave France has only grown. Euronews spoke with several French expatriates and prospective expats about their experiences.
Almost a third of people living in France want to leave? Is this real? And here I am wishing I could be over there "in the old world". It looks pretty nice in those small villages.
Have you actually been to France in the past year or two?
No. Last time I was there was about 12 years ago. Now that I say that out loud it sounds like a long time ago! I remember it being very nice. Paris was ok, but I really enjoyed some of the smaller villages in southern France.
Have you? Or can anyone speak to this? @magoo ?
Last time I was there was 2018, and only to Paris. At that time, you had to drive through the outer rings of Paris to reach the city center, and those areas were like 3rd world slums. The city center was still nice, and I walked around late without any problems.
From news reports, I believe it has gotten far worse. Also, I think the problems extend over much of the country, through all the 2nd tier cities, and even into smaller cities and towns.
I see. I have a feeling that the center of 1st tier cities in France and Europe (and Britain) are essentially becoming theme-parks with everything surrounding the center being slums.
Marseille has always been a dump, now half of it is a no-go zone. Lyon used to be quite nice but in the last 5 to 10 years it has deteriorated massively. I was in Strasbourg last year and it was still okay for the most part but you can also see the migrant population swelling there. And yes, even a lot of the smaller cities such as Avignon have migrant problems.
The countryside and smaller towns are still really nice, safe, and white. But that doesn't really matter because power is concentrated in the cities. If the cities fall you can say goodbye. And even people living rurally have to submit to the central government.
This map of mosques basically tells you which areas are better and worse. Darker the green the more you avoid. Inside cities it´s the same. If you google map and start seeing arab signs. It´s not good area. Avoid arab places. They are all shit.
It´s snowing in Paris at the moment. Definitely not for me. We used to shove each others heads in the snow. Where I felt the coldest weather ever in France was Amiens. The cathedral is beautiful. But the cold. It´s unbearable. Anything bellow 10º except in ski areas are not for me.
The food is still incredible. You have french food. Second close italian food. And the rest is shit. I wanted to eat a gallete des rois. But can´t due to excesses in Christmas. But I really want to buy one anyway. When I was a kid in middle of morning you would get an incredible pain au chocolat and milk from school. I sometimes put a bar of chocolat in the middle of a bread.
I´ve been looking into some real estate and at least big houses outside Paris are coming down. When my kids are grown up my goal is to buy a small boutique hotel in the south and live there in the summer. June July, August and September.
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Yes, French food is unrivaled. And every dish tastes completely different, there is so much variety. You rarely go to a restaurant there and hate it. In America I've eaten at so many places where it's just nasty and they cover it up by adding too much salt, spice, sugar or grease.
If you go to Germany for example, everything tastes the same and you get sick of it after a few days. I think only a few national cuisines come close to France in terms of quality and diversity. Maybe Italy, Turkey, Japan, Greece and the Levant and that's about it.