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This might be kind of "unfair" for under 18 people living in smaller towns or in rural areas: they must have a car or motorbike to do everything, which is expen
by gregoriol 6y ago
This might be kind of "unfair" for under 18 people living in smaller towns or in rural areas: they must have a car or motorbike to do everything, which is expensive (purchase, gas, repair); while transport is not very expensive in Paris to start with (~80€ per month adult price).
- Barrin92 6y agoWhich gives a proper incentive for people to urbanise, which is a good thing. Not to mention that Paris is also one of the principal sources of public revenue to begin with.
- MayeulC 6y ago> which is a good thing Well, no offense, but things aren't that Manichean in my book. There are upsides and downsides to urbanisation. Obviously, public transport is an up in most cases, but there are also a lot of downsides.
- Barrin92 6y agoa lot of rural or provincial towns in Europe are in terminal decline for many reasons, but chief among them demographics. My family comes from a very rural German village. There is no economy, there isn't even a physician any more since the last one retired, everyone commutes over an hour to work in the next big city etc, and this is systemic. Some people may not see it that way because it's always painful to uproot ways of life but I think the case for the prosperity of those regions is virtually impossible to make, and it's getting worse steadily.
- kergonath 6y agoFood and housing is also much cheaper in smaller cities or rural areas. Overall, it costs much more to live in or near Paris, even accounting for free transport.