Why is France so beautiful? (travel, Vienna, Parisians, life)

[Pokitobounto]

Originally Posted by forgotten username

A few weeks ago I met some friends, and they introduced me to a guy who was with them. Then they told him I was French.

"oh, Paris ? Where ?
-I'm not from Paris I'm sorry..."

Yup, happened to me in Korea too lol

[Winterfall8324]

People who complain France (Paris) is to conjested, dirty, or polluted need to visit Carcassonne France.

[Pokitobounto]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

People who complain France (Paris) is to conjested, dirty, or polluted need to visit Carcassonne France.

Paris is heterogenous, ok considering the ultra density. RER is dirty af, metro passable most of the time.
But yes, congested and polluted, clearly.

[Winterfall8324]

My one worry for France is Calais, they need to clean it up.

[botticelli]

Originally Posted by forgotten username

And Marseille is a village ?

Marseille has 1.7M people, not a village, but hardly a "big city" either.

[forgotten username]

Originally Posted by botticelli

Marseille has 1.7M people, not a village, but hardly a "big city" either.

by that definition there aren't too many big cities in Europe then

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by botticelli

Marseille has 1.7M people, not a village, but hardly a "big city" either.

Relative to China, no. But relative to the US and Europe, yes it is.

[botticelli]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

Relative to China, no. But relative to the US and Europe, yes it is.

No, I am not talking about China... my hometown has 1.6 million people, and very few outside the province (not even the country) would know about its name.

I am not talking about North America either, where a city with 1 million people on paper actually feels like a deserted village with a so-called downtown few people lives in with a couple of retail streets among a massive sea of 2 story homes.

I am talking Europe. Spain, Germany and Italy and even the UK has several cities that are larger than Lyon/Marseilles.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by botticelli

No, I am not talking about China... my hometown has 1.6 million people, and very few outside the province (not even the country) would know about its name.

I am not talking about North America either, where a city with 1 million people on paper actually feels like a deserted village with a so-called downtown few people lives in with a couple of retail streets among a massive sea of 2 story homes.

I am talking Europe. Spain, Germany and Italy and even the UK has several cities that are larger than Lyon/Marseilles.

Think about it like this then, Marseilles has more people than Barcelona (which is obviously a big city)

[Winterfall8324]

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