Southern inner suburbs of Paris : part 4

[Minato Ku]

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My others photo threads.

Southern inner suburbs of Paris : part 1 2
Southwestern inner suburbs of Paris, part 1 2 3 4
Central Paris : around Avenue de l'Opera
Central Paris : Montparnasse, part 1 2 3
Central Paris : Around avenue d'Italie, Part 1 2 3
Western suburbs : Versailles
Western inner suburbs : La Defense, part 1 2
Central Paris : Champs Elysee
Central Paris : The heart of Paris, part 1 2

[CrooklynDodger]

I see France but I don't see any French people.

[Nantais]

Originally Posted by CrooklynDodger

I see France but I don't see any French people.

Being French myself, I would be curious to know what you consider "French". I am sure you're an expert about "Frenchness".
I wonder if you actually realize how much bigoted and stupid you sound with this kind of comment.

[Minato Ku]

I would also know, how is a french for you ?

[rs913]

I would also know, how is a french for you ?

Ignore him, most of us are aware that France is a multi-ethnic country like the USA, and that you can't identify whether someone is "French" based on outward appearance.

Nice pictures! This is a side of Paris many of us haven't seen.

[Minato Ku]

Thanks

[Chelsea Spy]

yes, great pictures of some of Paris' less touristy and very urban areas... fantastique! merci! xx

[Grumpy]

What is U/C on pics 1 & 30 ?

[Fabb]

^I see high rises that stop abruptly after the "périph". And I keep thinking : why ? (and also : why are they so bland ?)

[Minato Ku]

These high-rises are the Paris main china-town (Porte d'Italie), high-rises residencial buildings are quite rare in southern inner suburbs but are very frequent in southern inner Paris. These high-rises are not public housings but normal appartements for middle and upper middle class.

Grumpy : It is a complex with library, commercial center, offices and residencial building.

[Fabb]

Originally Posted by Minato Ku

These high-rises are not public housings but normal appartements for middle and upper middle class.

But they were initially built as social housing, weren't they ?

[Minato Ku]

Not at all, these were initially built as upper middle class housings, but this project was not successfull. Chinese and east asian bought these appartements at little price.
Nowady this district become trendy and it is not easy to find an appartements here.

[Tony]

But I still wouldn't consider them to be "upper-middle class". At least they didn't seem like it while I was there. I would say lower-middle class is more like it.

[Minato Ku]

I said middle class and upper middle class, of course there is lower middle class since this district is very socialy diverse (and chinese have bought appartement at little price in the 70's), there is also some public housing buildings but these are not the high towers.

Paris is socially diverse city it is not easy to see the difference between the middle and upper middle class, I could say that the only difference is the income.

[Fabb]

I guess that the most affluent residents live in towers closer to the Place d'Italie.