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[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I’m getting really annoyed by these articles about saint Hidalgo. Resident parking ie for people who live within the city parish limit won’t be subject to these new prices. But it is the people with really high income who live in the 8e and 16e who drive around Paris in Range Rovers and Audi Q7, alone in their cars, not the cleaning people from La Courneuve and Saint Denis who works in the offices and uses the RER B to commute to work. Not your regular office people as they either commute or bike to the office. And for those of us who decide to move further away from the first ring of surburb, we do have cars but use public transit if we need to go to Paris, either for work or leisure as it’s a lot faster and far less expensive.

It’s just a damn smoke screen as Parisians won’t be affected.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Translation for non-Parisians:

  • Hidalgo is the current mayor of Paris, who has an (arguably false?) reputation for promoting urbanist policies
  • 6e and 18e refer to two districts («arrondissement») in Paris populated by rich people
  • RER B is a transit line connecting central Paris with Parisian suburbs
[–] andrew_bidlaw 3 points 8 months ago

Thank you. As a non-parisian dude, I wanted to ask that, and your comment was just in time to answer my curiosity.

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