Paris is the Most Beautiful City in the World

[Sigmund]

Paris is a wonderful city but it is a city and its filled with people. This means there is good and bad. The PR idealizes it because its beautiful but it has the same problems as most every other city on the planet.

Im always amazed at the PR preformed by Hollywood movies. You see beautiful archecture, no litter and almost NO CARS. Europe doesnt look like that. People live here. Funny thing about cars is that in most places they are everywhere...on the sidewalks if not blocked by posts. Towns and cities were designed before cars and in older areas (which is most areas) there is not near enough room for cars to park.

Also there are snooty people and there are nice people and everything in between.

 

[BingBong]

Well don't leave us hanging..


Or did you just watch that opening ceremony?

My last show as an audio tech was with Liza Minnelli in the Moulin Rouge. A couple of days later, I was scraped off the A303 in Somerset with life threatening, life changing injuries. Paris is not to blame, per se, it was merely the end of that life.

 

[Flatfish]

Doesn't beat St Davids in Wales. The UK's smallest city.
There are barely any shops so my wife doesn't spend all day shopping.
Its very close to the beach and some magnificent coastline.
You can visit, see everything, have a coffee and leave in an hour.
Nice cathedral.
No stress driving in rush hour. There is no rush hour.
Its deserted in winter because there are no tourists, every house is a holiday home and the locals can't afford to buy houses.
Its about the only city without KFC, McDonalds, Burger King etc.
No big city problems.




I think I should get a job with the Wales Tourist board

 

[Sigmund]

I prefer smaller places to cities as well. Everyone thinks of Paris when they talk about France but the majority of France is extremely rural and sparcely populated. If you Google the 10 largest cities in France you see the population numbers drop significantly. We have about 9000 in my town and its not considered a village. There are tons of villages with only a few hundred to a thousand. I lock my doors, of course, becuase it only takes one idiot to rip you off. Otherwise, life is pretty quiet.

 

[JOHN72]

As Sigmund rightly says, rural France is fantastic. I have never visited the center of Paris. I remember traveling with my father in the eighties, and it was the best time. France is beautiful. Its villages are beautiful, its coasts, its gastronomy. Now, it has changed a lot, perhaps for the worse, and I am referring to Europe in general.

 

[Sigmund]

Honeslty, I dont think much has changed in rural sections. Of course there are always economic challenges. Also change is the only constant. We are a bunch of old dudes and we always think life was better. My grandfather did, my father did...now I do. Its just easy to think things are bad when they usually are just in flux. That said, Im not arguing..Im just sayin its an easy trap to fall into and its easy to point the finger. I think the biggest problem everywhere is finger pointing at someone who is at fault instead of finding solutions. It happens everywhere...not just Europe.

 

[tbradsim1]

Ported in Toulon, to get our ship fixed in the naval yard, did shore patrol there, then on mu time off motorcycled in the country, with my Cajun French I was able to talk to the farmers, beautiful countryside, my ancestors were from Reine France. Really differt country than Paris.

 

[woodsroad]

“Paris is the Most Beautiful City in the World”

I’m guessing that you’ve never been to Jersey City.

 

[lraisch]

“Paris is the Most Beautiful City in the World”

I’m guessing that you’ve never been to Jersey City.

Never been? Heck, I was born there.

 

[jpberg]

“Paris is the Most Beautiful City in the World”

I’m guessing that you’ve never been to Jersey City.

My first thought was Fort Lee, but okay.

 

[dunnyboy]

Totally agree with @kcghost. The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was the most beautiful and creative I've seen, not even marred by the pouring rain. There were some silly moments—Lady Gaga, Mary Antoinette with a heavy metal accompaniment—but some elements were iconically French and very moving—the French national anthem referenced by kghost and Celine Dionne at the Eiffel Tower. Some of the segments were meant to be humorous—an alligator in the sewers, the Minions. The buildings, bridges and monuments of Paris are spectacular. Yes, Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson added nothing but Mike Tirico was solid, as usual.

 

[jpberg]

Yeah. The trans Last Supper is something that really elevated humanity.

 

[JOHN72]

Yeah. The trans Last Supper is something that really elevated humanity.

It's funny, but they don't dare to make humor with the Muslim religion. The dinner, I thought it was a real piece of crap.

 

[dunnyboy]

I haven't been back to Paris in many years but I've never had anything less than wonderful experiences there.

 

[sablebrush52]

The last time I was in Paris was 1972, and it was an absolutely beautiful city filled with Parisians.

 

[condorlover1]

It's an OK sort of place apart for the fact it is full of French people! I was there in the late 90s and a client took me to a rather smart restaurant and since he spoke "Paris Talk" he ordered me the speciality of the house. It was unfortunately Steak Tartar. I sent it back and asked for it to be cooked. The waiter was horrified and inquired if I was British. When I affirmed the statement he asked me if I wanted my 'Amburger' well done as he tried to hide his disgust!

 

[jpmcwjr]

The City of Paris is awesome, but it's filled with unattractive locals and tourists, with poorly maintained streets and rivers.

The opening ceremonies were lovely except for the boob and crotch grabbing singer and the trans' party mentioned above.

Kinda two topics here.

 

[condorlover1]

Interesting statistics about Frenchmen: They only use 2 bars of soap a year and apparently only change their underwear every other day. Also in 1999 during a fireworks display at Euro Disney Paris the local Parisian army garrison surrendered! Here are further reasons admirably laid out by Edmund Blackadder;

 

[Rossi320]

It might by the beautiful city, i just hate the dicpictin of the last supper .I would never spend my money there

 

[woodsroad]

The last time I was in Paris was 1972, and it was an absolutely beautiful city filled with Parisians.

You can’t have everything, you know.