Good review. Next time you're in Paris and have a hankering for crepes, I suggest the Montparnasse neighborhood. The train from Bretagne comes into the Montparnasse station, and the les Bretons stayed nearby and opened a bunch of crepes restaurants. A thick slice of ham and a runny egg in a buckwheat crepe is a fond memory. And try the hard cider, delicious.
When I was visiting Paris and learning about it, housing was an issue there. Do they build enough? Hard to believe that within the city proper, at least in the old city core? But I have not been in 15+ years.
I missed Saudi and Morocco but given that the UK's only high speed line is the one from London *to France*, it's teal at best. I'll upgrade them if they ever actually build HS2.
Interesting point about La Defense not being accessible on foot, I was taking the Metro everywhere anyway since I was staying a bit outside Paris proper, but if you're actually close enough to walk places that's gotta be more of a hassle (this is also how I ended up in Massy, I was going to Versailles and the RER connection led through there).
Good review. Next time you're in Paris and have a hankering for crepes, I suggest the Montparnasse neighborhood. The train from Bretagne comes into the Montparnasse station, and the les Bretons stayed nearby and opened a bunch of crepes restaurants. A thick slice of ham and a runny egg in a buckwheat crepe is a fond memory. And try the hard cider, delicious.
When I was visiting Paris and learning about it, housing was an issue there. Do they build enough? Hard to believe that within the city proper, at least in the old city core? But I have not been in 15+ years.
So my impression is that they build a lot on the margins (which have good transit to downtown) and city proper doesn't build much but has high residential density. Going by this it's somewhere around 15% cheaper than London (which is comparable in size overall), but if I'm reading it right that's just city proper, and Paris has more and better connected suburbs. (If you manage to find any good data for the metro area let me know) https://www.mycheapremovals.co.uk/london-vs-paris-living-costs-comparison/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20housing%20is%20statistically%2012,the%20monthly%20rent%20in%20Paris.
The UK, Saudi, and Morocco have high speed rail! The UK is blue.
I missed Saudi and Morocco but given that the UK's only high speed line is the one from London *to France*, it's teal at best. I'll upgrade them if they ever actually build HS2.
Interesting point about La Defense not being accessible on foot, I was taking the Metro everywhere anyway since I was staying a bit outside Paris proper, but if you're actually close enough to walk places that's gotta be more of a hassle (this is also how I ended up in Massy, I was going to Versailles and the RER connection led through there).