Saturday, February 20, 2010

Modern France

Why is it the best place to live? (I would move there tomorrow if I could.) Share

8 comments:

Alexandra said...

I love it too, and I hope they continue to hold onto their Frenchness with great tenacity.

R J said...

My own preference would be for living in Belgium - if some Belgian employer were to offer me a job, Australia wouldn't see me for dust - but my second choice would undoubtedly be France, which I also had the privilege of revisiting recently. Every second tourist seems to complain about Paris, but even Paris's busiest and noisiest sections (such as the area around the Gare du Nord) seemed like heaven after London's horrors. And as for Toulouse ... if only I could've stayed longer there than just one weekend.

lara77 said...

I am sure every country has positives and negatives. I wonder about a France that a few years ago during a horrible heat wave left many of its older people die in Paris because their children were on vacation. A nation whose true history is still not being told in schools about the savagery of its revolution and its failure to apologize for the genocide of the Vendee. Many French wear the rose colored glasses as many Americans do. I have the feeling that if you are wealthy MANY countries become the best place to live!

elena maria vidal said...

Actually I lived in France on very little money, easier than I could have at home.

Dymphna said...

I think most of what we think about France is myth. There are fat French women and the poor there dont' seem to happy about their situation. The teenaged North African population burn cars on a regular basis and openly hate Jews. It's not Sabrina or Gigi anymore.

elena maria vidal said...

Yes, I would not go into certain parts of Paris just like I would not go into certain parts of D.C. or L.A.

Julygirl said...

Australia, particularly New South Wales where Sydney is located, is quite an agreeable place to live, weather wise, economy wise, and the people are friendly and sociable.

elena maria vidal said...

If I can't get to France then my second choice is Maine.