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Paris has an especially exceptional transit system. When you leave your current city, consider another city that once hosted the Olympics recently. They tend to

• on_and_off 7y ago
  >Paris has an especially exceptional transit system True but so does the other large European cities I have lived in / visited. Heck, even the smaller (compared to Paris) French city I studied in has a better public transportation system than SF. >When you leave your current city, consider another city that once hosted the Olympics recently That sounds like a good rule of thumb, thanks, I will keep it in mind :) Although I don't think there is a real cause/effect relation for Paris. The city has had a good public transport system for a very long time. It probably helps that it is a very touristic city, but even non touristic places have a good subway support (although some lines really need to be modernized). And to be clear, I don't have a pro-Paris bias. Some other cities like Berlin seem to be way more pro-active in the direction of a car free city.