Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
But Paris is a proper city - it's supposed have grime amongst the glamour (like London). The other two you mention are as fake as Disneyland - you can see why they appeal to tasteless people who like to think they are among the "elite" because they can click their fingers and have someone bring them some cheese and chips or some other ****. In Paris or London you have to work to find the best
I agree absolutely, but in the last couple of years Paris (and Rome) have been changed by a large number of, shall we say, refugees, who often behave quite poorly.

My last visits to Paris and Rome were both blighted by a degree of squalor I have never seen before.