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banlieue = subburbs. Paris == 1M intra muros (~15km radius from notre dame) subburbs == 12M (~40km) BAC = Brigade Anti Criminalité (Anti Crime Unit) But everyb

• jnbiche 12y ago
  >banlieue = subburbs. Yeah, but you have to explain that subburbs are not the same in France as in the U.S. Here, subburbs are generally where educated, middle-class people go to live (although that is changing in some places). In France, the "banlieu" subburbs are what we would call the "inner-city". Speaking colloquially, the ghetto. Big difference, and just translating "banlieu" as "subburb" does not explain this.