An 'Impossible City': Author Simon Kuper on the reality of life in Paris • FRANCE 24 English

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Paris is a city of huge positives but also negatives. That's the view of the author of a new book on what he calls an "Impossible City". Simon Kuper, a journalist for The Financial Times, describes in the book how the French capital is not at all simply the picture-postcard city we tend to think of. While 2 million people live in central Paris, another 10 million live in the banlieues, or suburbs. Kuper says he's hopeful that plans to open 68 new metro stations will connect the two parts of the metropolis better. He spoke to us in Perspective.
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@PhilippeMartinez-lo2ze

I have lived in Paris city center most of my youth. In the 5th Arrondissement. People do not realize how poor it was, dirty and dingy back in the 70's and 80's. It has become completely gentrified.

@SFSDFR75

I absolutely loved this interview and plan to buy the book right away.

@shawnodonahue1680

I’d far rather live in Paris than in the States… McMansions, immense violence, racism, cheap developments, cars and petrol rule above all else, a lack of caring for anyone but one’s self (let alone your neighbor or the environment). I’ve spend a lot of time in Paris and France, looking forward to leaving the States and making that move permanent.

@polishtheday

I’ve lived in Vancouver and am now in Montreal, in places with creaking floorboards where I can hear my neighbours’ conversations as they walk by on the street and have no idea why people are bothered by this. I’d probably like Paris because I hate empty streets and am bothered by cars.

@Bellasie1 21 күн бұрын

Sorry, but saying Paris "tries" to be on par with London or New York is as insulting as it is false... It is one of the top cultural capitals of the world