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>"even here in America" Not to derail the conversation, byt why the 'even'? 24h-stores seem like an inherently american concept to me (I'm german, so France is right around the corner)
When it comes to opening times of stores, us Germans are way behind everybody else...
I didn't enjoy it as much when I wasn't self employed. I've been working on the other side of the city for many years, about 1 hour either by car or by public transport. Where one works makes all the difference but (this is a tangent) also how one works. I've been working at 10 minutes from my home for a couple of years and it didn't feel much different. I was confined in my office all the day long. It's the normal experience for most of us but it would feel like living in a prison now.
More convenience stores will be needed. Ones with longer hours.
Do Parisian convenience stores close at night? Chinese urban convenience stores don't; even here in the American suburbs CVS is open 24 hours, and so is Safeway.
Not just “Yes, they close at night”, even.
The entire American mentality revolves around everything being available all the time, so it’s really jarring to come over here and see the equivalent of a 7-Eleven closing for two hours at lunchtime, half of Saturday and all of Sunday and Monday, and calling it a night at 7 on other days. And the local versions of Ralph’s, CVS, and Walmart doing the same.
So no, essentially nothing is open at night here. And it has been this way for forever, so it’s built into the culture at the DNA level. You would never consider going grocery shopping at 9pm. One should do such things at the appropriate time.
I am curious if the pickpockets still run rampant all over the tourist areas and subway. Few years back in 3 days: 1. Dad ran into undercover cop who on subway who told him to watch his stuff better :o 2. Got his phone stolen next day on subway, I guess cop was right 3. I witnessed the typical distract, grab and run.. good thing someone threw trip and got the runner to drop his prize 4. Had to deal with 3-4 typical:…
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Because Paris is really small and the large parks are just outside Paris : Bois de Vincennes & Bois de Boulogne are each at least twice the size of Central Park I hope you didn't miss Parc de Buttes Chaumont, Parc Montsouris & my favourite : Cimetière du Père Lachaise (yes, a cemetery ... I recommend going at spring and enjoy how green it is)
Yes yes, I have been to all of those and lived right next to Buttes-Chaumont. But the city in general always felt like it lacked green space. Especially if you make a large circle around Opéra - for 2-3km you really don’t have anything that isn’t small or full of people. That said - Buttes-Chaumont and Le Jardin du Palais Royale are some of my favorite urban parks in the world.
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At 1% interests rate, that's e12.000 a year, e1000 a month. Not bad.
Is it 1% interest rate over there?
I am curious if the pickpockets still run rampant all over the tourist areas and subway. Few years back in 3 days: 1. Dad ran into undercover cop who on subway who told him to watch his stuff better :o 2. Got his phone stolen next day on subway, I guess cop was right 3. I witnessed the typical distract, grab and run.. good thing someone threw trip and got the runner to drop his prize 4. Had to deal with 3-4 typical:…
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Yes yes, I have been to all of those and lived right next to Buttes-Chaumont. But the city in general always felt like it lacked green space. Especially if you make a large circle around Opéra - for 2-3km you really don’t have anything that isn’t small or full of people. That said - Buttes-Chaumont and Le Jardin du Palais Royale are some of my favorite urban parks in the world.
Les Tuileries are less than 1km from the Opera. Parc Monceau is 2km away.