Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars

Post by satvikpendem » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

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How's your French? Sounds like a flippant question, but I hear Parisians are not that... tolerant of even bad French speakers, let alone non-speakers. That stereotype has kept me from visiting, let alone living there, despite it probably being my dream city in every other respect. I'm in my mid 40s, and learning a new (spoken) language has become extremely difficult. I spent 2 years trying to learn German a while bac…

It’s probably more similar to Japan in terms of cultural tolerance. I heard the same story years ago and only recently visited (just after the Paris Olympics). I usually try to learn some of the basics of the language before visiting but was incredibly busy and didn’t this trip. I had no issues and I was all over Paris. People were very reasonable, and translation apps/services helped me plenty, but for the most part…

Post by troupo » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

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Here's a helpful comparison https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/opel-astra-1998-cou...

Not so helpful; the cars are from two different generations at two different price points. Try https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/bentley-flying-spur...

Post by fsckboy » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC

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This article has such a weird framing. It keeps repeating how the cleaner air is so good for tourists. But tourists visiting Paris for a week don’t get the majority of the benefit from cleaner air. The Parisian residents living there throughout the year do. Maybe because it’s CNN, an American outlet, they’re focused on the “tourist”, but these benefits have mostly accrued to Parisians. Also, the 4% increase in traffi…

Post by orochimaaru » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC

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What do you think about all those videos on how dangerous Paris is? Having made the move, would you say that those stem from real experiences and are organic or would you say that it was an organized campaign for some political reason? Or maybe something else? Trump keeps saying that they want to prevent USA becoming a dangerous place like Europe, even said that recently and the Irish president disagreed with him. As…

> What do you think about all those videos on how dangerous Paris is? The question to ask is why those videos are being made. Paris, as other people have pointed out, has a much lower homicide rate than big US cities. However for pickpocketing, paris is notorious. But getting actual stats that are comparable is difficult.

Post by tw-20260303-001 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC

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as a former pedestrian only and bike rider for the last 5 years, we really do have to admit that bike riders can be real assholes. whether or not the level of injury is the same, it definitely feels an unwarranted physical threat to have a biker shoot past you from behind or run you down in the crosswalk.

Do we have to admit that in this sub-thread? Your sentiment is better placed where we are not currently deriding the absurd take that "both can kill you easily". There is no recovery to be had here. > whether or not the level of injury is the same It is not the same.