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The journalist is making this bit up, these places are generally well maintained. There are buildings in bad condition in the Paris suburbs but they are not tho
by pyb 11y ago
The journalist is making this bit up, these places are generally well maintained.
There are buildings in bad condition in the Paris suburbs but they are not those pictured in this article.
- mahyarm 11y agoWhy aren't they used? I heard paris has a general unaffordability problem, complete with height restrictions and a museum city planning policy
- Luc 11y agoThey are used. These images are real in the same way a fashion shoot is real.
- pavlov 11y agoExactly. The light in the images gives a hint of how the illusion of emptiness was created. They're all shot early in the morning, waiting for the right moment when nobody is in the frame. I have a book called "Tokyo Nobody" which does the same thing with Tokyo city scenes. It's unsettling because we're so used to seeing the same streets bustling with people.
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- seren 11y agoThis is true for the historical center, not for the suburbs. Most people are leaving outside the Paris city limits anyway (Paris: 2M, whole Paris area: 12 M). And siblings hare already answered, they are still used.