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Ha! didn't notice the snark on my first read. What can I say? Just come here and take a walk ;) EDIT: no need to take a plane... if you need some proof, look

Ha! didn't notice the snark on my first read. What can I say? Just come here and take a walk ;) EDIT: no need to take a plane... if you need some proof, look at this google maps/street view link: https://goo.gl/maps/iDirDFH16d8xMvwx9 https://goo.gl/maps/iDirDFH16d8xMvwx9 All the things that you mention on your "snarky" message can be indeed found on the couple of pedestrian streets that you see here. Except for the cinema, but there is a theatre (now closed due to covid). If you want a cinema you need to walk less than 2km to the one in the next town.

jfengel 6y ago
How are those local stores holding up against online delivery? I can't see Amazon displacing the boulangerie, patisserie, charcuterie, boucherie, etc. in those small towns. But I could easily see people being willing to order their socks and hammers and such online. I love those little towns and have dreamed of retiring to one. (One thing I need to figure out how to say in French is "How is the Internet there?"... though I suppose these days I could even get one of those nearly-dead little villages they sell so cheaply and bring a Starlink.)
- enriquto 6y ago
  this is not really a "little town", it is well inside paris metro, the largest urban area in continental europe, home to 10 million people, and a major technology hub. You'll have your internet here.
hannasm 6y ago
> walk less than 2km to the one in the next town I think the distance between rural towns is generally more like 5-10km each direction in the parts of the US I am familiar with. 2km through a densely populated urban area is very different from 10km through the countryside too.
- enriquto 6y ago
  Sure. Point is that any isolated urban nucleus of 30.000 people is very compact and already has everything that you need inside a small radius. You can live there without a car.

jfengel 6y ago

How are those local stores holding up against online delivery? I can't see Amazon displacing the boulangerie, patisserie, charcuterie, boucherie, etc. in those small towns. But I could easily see people being willing to order their socks and hammers and such online. I love those little towns and have dreamed of retiring to one. (One thing I need to figure out how to say in French is "How is the Internet there?"... though I suppose these days I could even get one of those nearly-dead little villages they sell so cheaply and bring a Starlink.)

enriquto 6y ago
this is not really a "little town", it is well inside paris metro, the largest urban area in continental europe, home to 10 million people, and a major technology hub. You'll have your internet here.

hannasm 6y ago

> walk less than 2km to the one in the next town I think the distance between rural towns is generally more like 5-10km each direction in the parts of the US I am familiar with. 2km through a densely populated urban area is very different from 10km through the countryside too.

enriquto 6y ago
Sure. Point is that any isolated urban nucleus of 30.000 people is very compact and already has everything that you need inside a small radius. You can live there without a car.