How Empty are the Streets of Paris?
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After covering a lot of the UK in my series the Death of the High Street, I knew I had to get to another country to see if the major cities there are in the same shape.
I was expecting for there to be far more empty shops than I found. There were still a lot empty, but it took me longer than normal to find them, and the streets in Paris just seem to have more life in them with every row filled with apartments above.
People before hand kept telling me that Paris is dirty, and that I was going to be dissapointed. But I found it to be the complete opposite. I found that it was actually an incredibly beautiful city full of interesting things and nice people.
I was also impressed by how many book shops there were everywhere, not just book shops but people selling interesting looking books on the street.
The Eiffel Tower sucked though, unless you like 3 hour queues, dont bother...
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I’ve got some good ideas for videos but you already have a guy in Blackpool. But does he know the history? The history Blackpool has is not much but it’s interesting.
it's so boss how well they match your outfit
Congrats on your 100k subs.....
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hey david enjoyed watching your video on paris but was very dissapointed in how untidy and how much graffiti was everywhere. what has happened to this once beautiful city? also on a personal note if you can tone down the swearing it would be nice. but i hope that you can get your hair cut soon matey. i look forward to your next video. take it eazi.
That street with the trees made you comment on feeling like wanting to be in a city. Though the trees obviously play a significant part, the absence of cars driving up and down there is worth mentioning.
Noticed so ,anyone the streets have concrete or metal bollards lining the streets & avenues.
Left me wondering....... where are all the cars? When I was younger, Paris was always known for its horrendously bad traffic!
@@DMWBN3 Two words. Mayor Hidalgo. She is transforming Paris by trying to save it from the car which was choking the city to death. Paris has extremely ambitious plans to move away from the personal motor vehicle by massively improving cycling and public transport infrastructure.
Interesting you call it a ‘retail crisis’ I think it’s more of a long term and permanent shift, a crisis is something that eventually ends. This is forever.
We need a seismic shift. It is clearly not sensible when business rents are too high for people to enter or remain in retail and there is something fundamentally wrong when the landlords seem happier to have their property empty than to take the devaluation. I don't know if that is because they can take it as a tax write off or what but there always appear to be people who want to sell in street markets they just can't afford to move up to bricks and mortar premises and that is leaving our cities with hollow empty hearts. This isn't something that can be fixed on a local level by our cash strapped local government that is being squeezed into insolvency by Westminster. It has become a national crisis as the centre has pulled more and more power to itself while taking no responsibility for our streets and urban environments. Any city needs some empty properties to let for new businesses to take up, the key factor is the speed of take up for those opportunities and in the UK there are large swathes of commercial property that are crumbling before anyone arrives to run a business. That doesn't seem to be happening in such a widespread and consistent manner in the US, it certainly isn't happening to anything like the same extent in Paris. I don't believe it is because British people have decided they don't want to see or touch things before they buy them or are too lazy to drive to the shops. It is a matter of the legal environment, how commercial property is owned and taxed.
@@nicka3697 sorry spelling mistakes i feel silly now, i type to fast but there we go.
@@nicka3697 click and collect may help, being bored with online shopping and sending things back maybe another factor to keep it going on, investment has been put into some towns and citys, but no way near enough to see many places fail.
@@nicka3697 i feel shops will never fade out, but high streets are about to change for good, we need more retail back on the high streets, lower the rent make people feel more safe again, get rid of drunks as well they ara a pain in the arse and lowlifes that ruin our high streets, to many chavs, delivery idiots on bikes as well, we need the decent back on our high streets, i doubt it will ever go and feel investment will safe it, as that is why out of town places are doing very well.
@@nicka3697 just tax land
Looks like Paris has a lot less bookies than your average UK city
i get the feeling Parisians don't like to bet as much and that they are more tight with money so stands to reason why they don't want to part with their own shit. However I suppose their higher tax rate might have something to do with that.
There’s a lot less gambling degenerates in Paris.😮
France has a very different betting and horse racing system. The UK is unique in that regard
@@richardpiva3892 i think its because we are on the decline so much in britain that it makes more gamblers and paris isn't on the decline as much so they have less
They don't have bookies in France, the gambling is all state controlled. A National Lottery, and if you bet on the horses it is called PMU (Pari Mutuel Urbain- Pari means bet) and happens in cafes on a special lottery style terminal.
There are plenty that bet on the horses, it is all state controlled though. No slot machines except illegal ones and in Casinos, and with one exception all the Casinos have to be at least 40km from Paris and in a town with a Spa. Enghien-les-Bains is the closest to Paris.
Napoleon didn't like gambling.
Love your channel, Turnip! I live in Washington State, in an affluent area outside of Seattle and despite it being one of the most expensive places in the country, there are an abundance of boarded up shops here too, I recently walked around a shopping center which caters to the wealthy residents of that city and noticed multiple shops boarded up. Even worse is downtown Seattle, it’s hard to put into words how bad it is there, majority of shops closed and boarded up, the ones that are open are subjected to rampant crime. Also, I was in Hawaii last week and could not believe the amount of closed shops in some of the tourist areas, one shopping center had about a 20% occupancy rate - to be honest it felt depressing walking through and seeing almost the entire building vacant. So nowhere seems immune from the decline of the high street. Keep up the great content, cheers.
Amsterdam where i live is not so bad but provincial cities a disaster. Is it fair to say that internet shopping and also the financial decline of the middle class has destroyed city life ?
@@louisdewit4429is the city life consists only of shops?
@@dmytrorubanov3340 - Shops invite people to hit the streets. It then attracts restaurants, coffeeshops …. liveliness.
Without shops the town is death.
Very interesting video ! I am Parisian born and bred, and Paris is a lovely place at time but noisy and dirty. What you have seen is pre-Olympic Games Paris, cleaned and improved, just a facade on a sunny day (lucky you !). Also as far as what you think were flats, just be aware that many are actually offices : GPs, attorneys, marketing companies, etc ;)
Have you any tips,where a first time visitor should stay,or should avoid,..Thank you.
@@johnlavery6116 Hi John. I usually recommend the Montparnasse area (the black tower you see in the video). It's not the most touristy but has excellent transport links through Paris and plenty of affordable restaurants. Best to avoid the area around and north of Gare du Nord. The Vincennes area (east of Paris) is also very safe and great with RER A direct connection to Disneyland if you plan to go there (avoid the Disneyland hotels which are VERY expensive).
Hello Carole...Thank you for your reply,that seems like pretty good advice. and I shall take it on board...Take care!
The consistent element is rising inequality, the poor are getting poorer, the middle class are being asset stripped by the wealthy and those wealthy people just keep on getting richer. You go to wealthy towns in the UK and their high streets are full of shoppers. People say it's the Internet, which has had an impact, however the richer an area the most they spend online yet their town centres are buzzing, even with pints starting at £5. You can map poverty straight onto vacancy on the High street.
Paris may have rich residents, but the tourists are drying up as they are being squeezed back home and inequality in France is getting worse.
@darrenguest2170 American here, and I often wonder the same thing. People go through fast food drive thrus spending $30+ for 2 people, it's insane. My home is paid off, and even so I massively feel the squeeze of skyrocketing prices everywhere. I can only assume that a lot of folks are probably in deep debt unless they're already very wealthy to begin with 🤷♀️
@@Peterpanic-c3h £9 a pint where i am and im not London based
So I live in a reasonably wealthy London Suburb (Bromley). And it is doing better, much better than Slough or Croydon but it is very much on the same trajectory. When large shops like Alders and C&A closed in the past other companies came in such as Primark or Next. That's not happening anymore. Debenhams is empty hidden behind permanent display boards in the main shopping centre. There are many more examples and smaller units too take much longer to fill or stay empty. The centre is shrinking, there are more pubs closing and restaurants failing at a rate that is ever increasing. The problem is endemic and while wealthier locations have some insulation it is only slowing the decline. If rows of shops are empty in Covent Garden it cannot be true to say the wealthy areas are safe. You have to look at the whole tax and ownership system for commercial property and stop propping up landlords in ways that allow and indeed encourage them to keep empty property empty while maintaining their personal affluent lifestyles.
@@spinstercatladya lot live in debt and think its normal and they probably have no ifea what their income and outgoings really are, many people i know seem to live with their head in the clouds, as long as the credit line is still ongoing they think they're fine
Which cities? He did an ep somewhere in London and the only difference between there and the North was that London had prettier boards. Not saying you aren't correct, but would love to know which cities you're referring to. I agree with the rest though. (i.e. eat the rich.)
the reason paris is more "aesthetically pleasing" and welcoming to walk around in is because of the lower amount of cars. its somewhat obvious once you realize that one factor means everything. a city like paris or london simply doesnt need many cars and should therefore prioritize other modes of transport to reap the overwhelming benefits.
Was there last few days for the first time. Walked 25 miles. Very vibrant and bustling. Annoyingly it is more beautiful than London. They got to keep all their old buildings. Still feels very much like France too. I even saw a woman walk past in a stripy top eating a baguette. Slightly jealous overall
Thank you for this video. I love your British tours and as a Frenchman I love this french shops tour even more
"lovely bit of bush!" 👏
"what's this big long thing here!" Non🤚
@@AallthewaytoZ2I know!, grab Eleanor and get a room! 😂
I haven't been to Paris for many years but the center is nicer than London is now. However some of the arrondissements, suburbs of Paris is piss poor and left behind. London central is grubbier than Paris central.
It's because poor people are not allowed to live in central Paris. They have to live out beyond the Periphique in the bannlieus. They come in to work,or beg,or hang out in groups,it's not that poor people are legally barred from being in Paris (except during the Olympics) they are priced out in economic ways.
@@janebaker966 ...arriving in gangs at Les Halles for pickpocketing and dealing missions, creating a scene. Remember them well.
It might have been said already but loads of book shops, helped by Amazon being banned from selling books in France.
Nobody has said that yet. Very interesting thank you 👍👍
I agree Amazon should be banned..and people need to stop using it..and that Bezos guy..oh I ha.te. him
@@TigerBoyX15 He's long gone - now retired but I'm sure getting $$$$ by the day from his stock in a business that has pretty much destroyed towns
@@TigerBoyX15 I will use what I like and what is convenient for me, thanks all the same.
@@TigerBoyX15 I'm not a big fan of Amazon, I rarely order stuff from there because I prefer to shop in person, but I don't think banning it is the right thing to do. Let people choose what they want to use.
Congrats to 100 K subs! Keep up the good work!
I just been going through your videos. I was born in the UK, lived in North Cray/Sidcup then we immigrated to New Zealand. At age 13yr we went back for 6mths Bromley area. I remember feeling so overwhelmed by the busy streets...so many people. Seeing the UK so damaged is sad. I am totally blown away by the amount of shops closed down, and the boards that are put up to "hide", let alone the houses that have painted doors on them to look better! But, I just wanted to say, that NZ is having similar, not as fast as over your side of the world. We have major housing crisis, many homeless, smaller towns have suffered, but we also have large retailers struggling to stay a float, another large store announced closing this week. This is a world wide problem for sure! Our health system is broken, its nothing to wait 10hrs in A n E, people have died from our poor system. This is a world wide crisis! The countries are struggling with their IMF payments etc. There is a huge shift - "you will own nothing, you will have goods delivered by drones, you will be happy" isnt that the UN slogan?? Thank you for videos, very eye opening, sad, but important.
level of shop defense systems is incredible
You need to take the metro up to the gare du nord, barbes, stalingrad, or gare de l'est and have a nice stroll around there, and I think the comments section would be very different.
Ha ha ha!!!
Pourquoi faire ça ?
it's much more lively and inhabited there, so I don't really get your point, lol
@@highspirit7590Parceque "gauloise6640" déteste les arabes.
The first indication of problems appears with the absence of people on the streets. Then it is the slow/empty retail shops, then it is the closed shops/businesses, that indicates the reality.
I am in the states and it is really bad here with major cities and states being systematically destroyed by its local governments. The claims of people working from home is a LIE that is and has been used/said around the world... If people were working, they would still have to shop, do banking, vacation, buy clothing/shoes, do home/apartment repairs, go to restaurants, to movies/beaches/amusement parks etc... NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING!!! Supermarkets closing down, banks closed down, commercial spaces empty, city and state parks empty, once popular streets and window shopping empty indicates a DEEP DEPRESSION... and people are walking around clueless.
I stayed in Paris for three months last spring 2023. I must say it looks so clean in your video from my experience. I enjoy most large cities for a little time but I always long back to my house by a lake here in Sweden. I always preferred nature and animals and waking up to birds chirping early in the morning more than sirens. Thanks for the video.
I was in Paris in January and noticed quite a few vacant shops. Driving back to Calais, we took a diversion and came across the biggest Amazon Warehouse I’ve ever seen. Great video.
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Look forward to this episode abroad.. been to Paris many times hunting the antique markets..
Big congrats on the silver plaque, David! 🎉
In Luxembourg (the country), loads of empty stores are in the city center of Luxembourg City, the capital. And it IS the financial hub of Europe, like London is to the UK.
@14:30 the artist in the background playing (of the protest) is Damien Saez.
Fyi, Paris (France in general) protests everything and anything (always in disagreement with their government) so much; they become very unproductive and literally get nothing done.
Some districts just outside the central areas of Paris like Saint Denis, Aubervillers and Bobigny are very deprived and contain a lot of boarded and closed businesses but it seems its even happening in the arrondissements of Central Paris as well as some of the banlieus.
I've been in England for the last 25 years... I still don't understand why English people love to portrait England as the cespit of Europe. I'm not impressed with how our host somewhat makes it looks like Paris is better than London... You won't see a french trashing their own culture... Even if it's not very brilliant 😂
Poverty with exquisite aesthetics
As you probably noticed but didn't mention out loud, Paris (and France generally) depends much more than the UK does on small owner-operated shops (such as your door handle shop) rather than endless branded chains, so shopping streets tend to be less dependent on large conglomerates deciding to take their business online - or indeed to be as susceptible to dips in the market the way Wilko, Debenhams or House of Fraser were. And even chains tend to be smaller boutiques rather than huge behemoths we have here. Of course large ones exist (you just missed a huge C&A and IKEA on the other side of the Tour St Jacques (the tower in the little park you showed) but even so there's a much bigger selection of fashion brands and indeed small service places. Even the Parisian department stores like Printemps, Galeries Lafayette or BHV (next to where you were) are attractive venues in their own right. And of course as you noticed, the French read a heck of a lot, and new & used book shops are absolutely everywhere. If you'd crossed the river and gone into the Latin Quarter you'd be surrounded by them. In particular, finding a second hand book shop in a British high street is really hard - other than charity shops. But French shops specialising in buying books off folk and selling them on are a very long tradition, of which the kiosks on the river walls are just a tiny part.
After WW2 the French refused to adopt the USA economic suggestions that would bring big profits at the detriment to people's lives. The French put people first,and Their people at the top of the queue.
They're starting to be a thing again, although yes, competing with the charity shops makes for a tough business environment.
Glad to see that you've been into O'CD rue Pierre Lescot, I enjoy this Cd/Dvd/Vinyl shop when I am in Paris. Your videos in Nottingham were also interesting, I used to live in Beeston during my Erasmus year in 2019 and I think it is sad that George Center is now closed
I think the fact that alot of europe are happy to live in the center of towns and cities in a real community helps them alot. Flat/ apartment culture is just a lot more prominent and is actually a lot more functional. Where as the UK has taken an American aproach to property ownership believing suburbs (houses) are better (they're not) and living/ owning a flat is a step down. It also leads to overuse of personal vehicles that shouldn't be needed if you could actually just live a short walk away from everything you would need.
Some people hate to live in town's and cities, I'm one of them
Some love their garden's, and don't want to live on top of each other. Others love the freedom their own transport gives them. The British have always preferred house's and privacy to flat's. They prefer less crime too .
Nothing like owning your own house or condo. Way better than renting.
Everywhere used to be a 15 minuite city, there used to be nothing but 15 minuites cities. Before cars and supermarkets centeralised everything every tiny little village had a shoemaker, a hatmaker, a butcher, a fishmongers. The idea behind 15 minuites cities is not some anti-car left wing idea - It's about conserving traditional ways of living @joanmatchett8100
@@mark8337 Love renting. Dont have to pay for repairs, can up and move to a new country or place without very much hassle.
@@joanmatchett8100the British are unique in the fact they have a garden culture , not just food, but flowers too.
It is because they were imitating the country house gardens .
This isn’t found anywhere else.
Also “an Englishman’s home is his castle” is a popular term used , but not elsewhere .
Renting an apartment is a European thing .
The British like freedom to drive also, maybe as the country is so small compared with European ones.
It's been nearly twenty years since I was in Paris. There is noticably fewer people on the streets which now seem to be mostly pedestrianised. Cars used to be chocka and there was life and buzz on the streets. Little Citroens everywhere! The big question though, was the cheese really aged?
Paris is a beautiful place to visit. Great culture, food and architecture.
I loved your enthusiasm about the double decker trains. 😅 We got them in Hungary now as well, and they are awesome.
Good content,you should do more of the major cities in western Europe to compare the retail situation.
"I will complain in my local paper" had my dying !🤣🤣🤣🤣
More than happy to show you around Douglas, if you ever visit the Isle of Man.
Yes that Nottingham video was fun. You need a third visit that is focussed on the excellent pubs in the area. The monolithic black tower you saw from the Eiffel Tower is the Tour Montparnasse. I used to work around there and the area is actually quite nice. It's often said that the best views in Paris are from the Tour Montparnasse - because they do not feature the Tour Montparnasse. The thing that bugs me most is that it doesn't line up with the grid of the street plan and is slightly off-centre. It really affects my OCD.
That UA-cam money is starting to kick in now mate. Well done, u definitely deserve it. Keep up the good work. Huddersfield
Paris is a cafe city where people can sit comfortably with a coffee and read a book or write a card or letter without that nuisance background muzak or rock music which is on in every single cafe or coffee bar in the UK . Now in the UK there is this nuisance music as background even if you are in the waiting room at the GP or the dentist and even at the hospital in a ward where I was having a treatment. It drives me NUTS! But in Paris you can get a break from it and its just the background of the conversation of the French people chatting ,and the hum of the street and maybe the hiss of the coffee machine etc.(Of course there are bars and cafes for music if people want that , just its not all carbon copy everywhere!) Book shops are great and there is a famous university. The Sorbonne. Those riverside bookstalls sell antique books and magazines and have done so since the 19th Century.Ithink it wasn't the right time of year to go up the Eiffel tower. It looked too crowded. I went many years ago when there were no long queues and no masses of tourists up on the levels up top. It was actually quite romantic. Anywhere is spoiled if too busy.
Yes, timing it to ascend for sunset is the best time to go, depending on the time of year the queue is way shorter too (also found the 2nd level much lesser crowded, makes sense as top is most popular but smaller). Piped muzak, like they're afraid of a quiet environment, I hate it.
Dude. I reckon you’ll be 250 by the end of the year. And 500k subs next year! Keep up the good work
love the direction this channel is going in
That’s interesting. In the English town where I live, they have been regenerating our previously pitiful high street by converting former office space into apartments. It’s still fairly quiet at night though, due to the new residents not appreciating noisy venues at night, but the high street seems more lived in now.
Perhaps, a similar scheme might save other high streets/cities?
Would love if you came to Ireland to do a video on Belfast or Derry. There's also towns like Coleraine which has a nearly derelict shopping centre
It got pretty bad around 2022 with the combination of post-pandemic economy and rising energy prices from the Russian invasion. I saw a lot of storefronts close up around my neighborhood. But once the shock leveled out the doors started opening again.
You'll see more closed shops a bit up north in areas that are being gentrified, as places close due to rising rents and changing neighborhoods. It's only temporary though as new places will open up to the new people, and the rent control policies make it so the change isn't so drastic. As you said there's a lot of foot traffic so it's hard to have a place become truly desolate. The mixed-use development is everywhere. There's only a few places that feel like they are solely for commercial zoning. La Défense has emptied out since it's an American style financial district and remote work has killed it, but that's outside Paris city limits.
Some people here are mentioning the rougher and dirtier neighborhoods. They _are_ rougher and dirtier but if your interest is declining retail you'll find those areas are also doing ok. Some worse than others. Like the most stressful part of biking around Barbès/La Chapelle for me is not cause it's dangerous but because there's so many people around the little markets, thrift stores, and hole in the wall food places. Same is kind of true for parts of the suburbs. Not destinations I'd recommend but when I am there the central areas at least are bustling.
Cherrypicked city tour. Visit the Banlieues preferably at night.
Its great fun.
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You're doing a great job. Thank you so much for your videos.
Seeing other cities from Europe would be very interesting.
I like double decker trains too 😎 Earlier this year I went on a couple of these trains in Sydney NSW 🇦🇺
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I love the Idea of all those apartments, people living above the stores. Very Cool.
The best view of Paris is from the top of the Tour Montparnasse.
Thankfully, you can't see the Tour Montparnasse from its roof terrace.
Central Paris was redeveloped between 1853 and 1870 by Georges-Eugene Haussmann. He was a city prefect - not an architect. Under the instruction of Napoleon III he flattened central Paris. All those wide avenues and lovely apartments are his legacy.
60% of the apartments in Paris are Haussmann apartments.
It's the city equivalent of Poundbury.
The French won't thank me for saying that.
Hitler did not want the architecture of Paris destroyed - unlike the architecture of London.
Haussmann left virtually nothing of Medieval Paris.
Napoleon III took on the Prussians after they had annexed Alsace - Lorraine (bloody German expansionism again!) and was defeated at the battle of Sedan, held captive and forced to abdicate.
He chose exile in England at Camden Place in Chiselhurst and died there on 9th January 1873.
One migrant and his family that we were more than happy to accommodate.
Enjoyed this. Good video. Thanks.
Great vid - I like you coming over the channel to check out things in other European countries. As others said, this def has a Monday vibe when a lot of shops are closed for the day. Living in Brussels here, but I think Paris is doing really well retail wise... you should go see the French towns though. You have these huge American style retail centres or 'zones commerciales', with the huge French supermarkets: Carrefour, Intermarche etc.
Literally on the edge of the town with the town centre totally dead, with only the butcher and boulangerie seemingly doing ok. The contrast is mad, and even worse than the UK (in my opinion).
One thing I noticed was not only the cleanliness but did you see any homeless ?.
They've been unceromonially booted out for the Olympics
Oh of course..makes sense now
There are a lot of homeless and hidden debauchery but they keep them away from the major touristic spots.
@@falafel4618Like what happened in the UK during lockdown?
Homeless miraculously all found accomodation, even in London
Watching that reminded me so much of a local town I lived in and where my grandparents lived also..I have memories of it being clean there were a few trees in the highstreet no empty shops lovely bars hotels and restaurants now it's a complete shithole.
I went to Vienna a few years ago and was amazed at the architecture and the amount of independent shops, restaurants and cafes, I doubt they have much in the way of business rates.
But also unlike Britain, people in Paris and Vienna are not brain-dead. The small independents stay open because people CHOOSE to spend their money with them, rather than Amazon or Tesco. Brits need to wake the f*ck up!
You should have gone up the Arc de Triomphe instead of Eiffel tower- smaller queues, cheaper and better views! Btw Norwich is a lovely city for history and is not doing badly and imo is very underrated
It is ..keep it to yourself..🌹
Been to Norwich long ago. Yes, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
Hi mate. As a Yorkshireman you might already know that my hometown, Bradford, is currently undergoing some extensive refurb. It's kinda trying to adopt the European model of city centre living with a lot of green space. Hopefully that'll get the centre buzzing again cause it's been neglected for years.
Watching you from Paris 😃
This was a fun vlog! Had me laughing a few times.. especially when it turns out you prefer a tiny chimney to the Eiffel Tower.. 🤣 Hope you and Eleanor enjoyed the fondue at least..
11:08 😆 Whaaaaat? You wouldn't even return to Slough for the chimney, David? I even wrote you an ode on that vlog.. 🤭
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_"Depressing, disheartening..."_ - then, *"WOW!"* 😍
Said Turnip whilst wand'ring through Slough..
A brick chimney he'd spied
Punching tall, full of pride!
He thinks the town's *wonderful* now!
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Good sponsor for your vlog abroad..
Babbel could be next.. Great job, excellent presentation as always.. really enjoyed it, thanks and huge congrats on 100K! 👍🍻
Oh yeah to be fair I loved the poem as well, that was another great thing to come from Slough.
And thanks 😀 it’s a nice little achievement and obviously massive appreciation to you and all the support for the early days 👍
@@wanderingturnip I have so enjoyed watching this channel grow, David.. I'm so grateful for all the diversity and interesting vlogs which are always _BRILLIANT!_ 😁 *THANK YOU!* You deserve every success! 👏👍
Hi David ,would it be possible to compare the property prices of apartments or flats compared to uk citys.
Regarding the zebra crossings in Paris (France), the law which states you must yield for a pedestrian was only made in 2018!😅 So this is all new for the French drivers before it was the responsibility of the pedestrian to make it safely over to the other side.
😂😂 makes sense
I'm not sure if you're getting a fair view of Paris, all the "slums" are in the suburbs of Paris, it very much differs from London. They have many different racial problems, similar to London, but it's hard to compare both cities. Maybe talk to more people from Paris to get a better perspective? Love your videos, but I think this one needs a bit more research.
This video was a comparison of my London high street video. Which was in the centre, not the ‘slums’
Thanks @wanderingturnip for this video ! About the retail crisis in France I think you should go to other cities such as Lyon, Lille, Nantes or Toulouse, even town like Chartres or Orleans. Because these smaller cities have more closed/To let ("à louer") retail facilities than Paris, despite the housing being more affordable.
Hi mate, actually, "à louer" means : "to rent", and CGT is a union.
Yes Paris is nothing like London...Paris is beautiful !!
Was. It’s a shadow of what it was over 20 years since I moved her. Hildago has ruined it.
Where he started walking was a posher area, and not a commercial area but museum, galleries and administrative buildings so quite normal he doesn’t find much closed. Another thing is Paris is very segregated people who live in the ´city’ are the rich the set up of the city is there are two ring roads, creating the inner city and then the suburbs everything outside the périphérique is not Paris it’s generally cheaper and shitty gettos, they do a good job of keeping the povvos out of view. Plus lost of businesses work out of ´appartement’, so when he says it’s appartements above the shops, it could be a mix of both. All the jobs I’ve done the stairwell/courtyard was shared a mix of residential and business. Lots of big French brands have gone into receivership just in the past year. The way of life is a very different set up here in France to the UK.
Don’t go up the Eiffel Tower. Go up the Montparnasse tower then you can see the Eiffel Tower from high up. I think 95% at least, but it’s probably more, of Parisians have never been up the Eiffel Tower.
Anyway… all that to say Paris is not what it used to be😢 sadly, mostly due to government policy’s.
Edit: sorry that was a bit of a long rant. It’s just a subject close to my heart. And the more the video progressed the more I (felt i😢) ´needed’ to say. It’s funny how a person’s vision of things can be very different based on their experience and view point.
TBF I prefer the tube (when I have to take it instead of bus) to the Metro - the MEtro is a bit too old school....
London has beauty and quirky charm and history too.
I love the double decker trains too
Bear in mind that the landlords of retail space are also to blame. If they lower their rent, retail shops can make ends meet.
Le Navet Errant!
I DON'T do Amazon, ever. Great job !
Such a great video, as always!! If you'd ever come down to Italy, I'd be more than happy to be your tour guide in Torino. It's a great case study to look at how cities have changed in Europe, especially due to the passage from industry-based to service-based economy, and having lived in others European cities for years (Glasgow and Barcelona) my perspective on it has definitely changed. Cheers and congrats for the 100k, well deserved:)
Same retail decline in the U.S.
Heartbreaking
100k I knew you would even back at day one first couple of videos looking at chimneys and walls..
buzzing for you I’ve been checking on the numbers going up from day one been exciting chuffed for you mate well done 👍🏼
Loving the bags and jacket combo 😂 actually does look good
Ah thanks so much pal, really appreciate that. Lots more to come hopefully 😃😃😃
Your not looking at the real Paris.only a tiny part of it.
Paris is almost as or maybe even more expensive for rental prices than London, commercial and living, very hard to live or do business there
In Sydney the centre of the city after 10pm has died. Still trying to recover after lockdown . Long lunch in the street and other initiatives to bring people back. Tree plantings etc. My husband worked with a French company ,
so many visits over the years. Architecture plays a major role in the ambience, not hideous concrete blocks. Will be interesting to see UK again this year, first time after Covid to visit home. Europe has a buzzing nightlife !!! so missing here. Congratulations 🍻 on subscribers.
Find a fondue restaurant in Paris - LOL - Good luck!
Just back from Madrid. Seems to be busy and thriving. There's always bits shut up but it was great.
I agree.
I was there about 7 months ago and I felt the same vibe.
Right-wing regional & local rulers have been there for 35 years... Maybe they have something to do with what you said.
My brother used to live in Paris . The first time I visited him there was a huge crazy protest that we got caught up in. I wondered what the hell was happening but my brother just said 'it must be a friday!'.
I love your stuff, no bullshit or silly music, just good honest facts, what you see is how it is, keep up the top work David 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
❤ Great to see your latest post....on Lovely France... wanted to visit France ... Paris...as a kid in the Seventies for Art and Craft interest ❤...thank you for giving a neutral conclusion and great post... for us never able to afford trips abroad when we were young.... ❤❤
A wandering turnip abroad 😮
Would love to see you in my favorite city of Norwich sometime!
Alot of changes in the city recently and starting to see a slightly scary decline in independent trade which is what makes Norwich so great.
The other difference is the place looks clean and well maintained. The pavements and roads aren’t all broken up, covered in cracked paving slabbed, lose curbs and potholes and overflowing stinking bins, dog toilet all over the pavements, graffiti on every other wall, broken shop windows and bicycles flying past you on the pavement. That’s just the dumb that is Brighton!. Where post 9pm it’s a ghost town because nobody goes out after dark I’m in summer because the place has to much violent crime and isn’t safe!. By looks of things most of the U.K. is a dump like Brighton is!.
Congratulations on the 100k subs mate!! Do a walsall vid :p
Who wants to live in Smart Cities?
Me me me !!!! Love soy beans and jabs
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Come to Stroud on a Saturday, Its awesome, small market town in the Cotswolds but on a weekend changes to a very cosmopolitain vibe. I'd be happy to show you around 😜
The Saturday food market is absolutely fabulous. 2 of my close relatives live there.
@@deniseg-hill1730 yes I'm in Painswick, so lucky to be so close, most Saturdays I go
Mild criticism alert. Please, please don't talk while you're eating/chewing. It's bad manners. Otherwise your candidness and enthusiasm is a pleasure to watch
Great video, loved this. Congrats on 100K! Well desereved.
I think one of the things that surprises me is that, at least whilst you was there, there wasn't cars cars cars everywhere. It looks like its actually good to be a pedestrian there.
And realyl glad you enjoyed Nottingham :)
London did plan a similar layout as Paris, but it was kyboshed by someone. I don't know who.
You picked a good one to start with on your international tour. I have always loved Paris. Has to be one of the greatest cities in the world. And not surprised to see it faring better than UK cities given the population living directly in the city. I have been up the Eiffel tower, twice. The night view is pretty special. But the queue and the crowding are a bit much. Have only been back once in the last 26 years since I moved to Australia.
So your next career is either going to be travel journalist or advert actor. Both probably pay pretty well. I must admit bright orange suitcases certainly show up at the airport.
Should check out Rhyl. Another left behind seaside town in North Wales.
Unfortunately here in England we don’t care about the place you only have to look at all the litter on the floor
UK is in the transformation mode 😊
POSH WAY OF SAYING IT IS EFFED UP 👀👀🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
The streets are dirty, and there is lots of graffitis. Scary to live.
Wow, love your channel. I always hoped you would do Paris. I was blown away when I first went. Charming and very well expressed as always👌👍
Your branding is now on point Mr Turnip. You should have some happy travelling with your new cases. Interesting video and nice to know what’s happening in other countries
it's all of Western Europe.
It's a controlled demolition
@@D_B_Cooper Yep.
@@D_B_Cooper how
How can we have nations with trillions and trillions of national debt .. still all have booming economy there must be a sacrifice made somewhere and that falls on small business.
While the multi million pound companies can operate completely free of the economic constraints that we the general public suffer with.
Some shops are closed not because they're vacant but because that's their closing day.
When you said that Paris has done a really good job of building up in the city, I was a tad confused, as barring the Eiffel Tower and Montparnasse Tower, everything else is lower; which is something I really like about the place. (I actually think there's a height restriction on new builds; sure I've not just made that up).
Cut to a few minutes later and you're up the Eiffel Tower facing Montparnasse Tower, and you get the perspective that actually Paris is a lot less built up than major cities in Britain.
I take your point that they have done a much better job of making the spaces above the highstreets a lot more liveable and aesthetically pleasing. I do love a good tree and Julian balcony!
Great job as always Turnip! Merci beaucoup!
PS: If you get chance, go in the lift at Montparnasse Tower, it's fast as and there is a freaky deaky glass floor at the top that you can walk out onto for those jelly leg vibes; if that's what you're into lol
During my 7-month stint working in Paris in the hospitality sector, I learned that the French generally have a distaste for the English. They become particularly agitated when English speakers attempt to speak French. Paris faces significant challenges with migrant issues, and unfortunately, it's no longer safe for lone females to walk around at night, which is very unfortunate.
Haha! Your donner pizza analogy was bang on. I had similar experience from going up the citadel tower in Cairo
Wait until you see the Paris suburbs 💩
We get similar comments from british tourists that visit Norway. Cruise tourists especially, my town is about 50 000, nothing major. But the centre has a lot of life to it, a pedestrian street that spans most of it, lined with various shops, cafes, restaurants,bars, pubs, independent and chain book shops.
No bookies, as that isn't a thing in Norway, you can buy lottery tickets from any store that sell National Lottery tickets though There are some empty shops, sure, there will always be some of those, but it is far from the overwhelming amount I've seen in your vids .Amazon isn't open here, might be too much of a hassle for them to open within Norway. - But just like Paris, people live in the centre, and shop there. I think that helps a lot.