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Paris, it’s the WORST city in all of France.

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Yes, please don’t come to Paris. It’s crowded enough as it is. Also we’re all very rude.

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I once had a French co-worker tell me that the rest of France would divorce you if they could.

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Paris is 80% people from the rest of the country. Which their former neighbours promply hate as soon as they move there.

It’s traditional.

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My experiences in Rocket League can confirm. People being toxic in chat? Tell them something in chat back – get the “tg” to confirm French. Every goddamn time, always the French that are so rude.

Why? Why are they having such a bad day every day? Play a game to have fun ffs.

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Not to hijack a thread, but what does lemmy consider the BEST place in France? I’d like suggestions.

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8 points

Please don’t hate me: Paris, really.

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6 points

Bretagne

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5 points

the south, I’m told.

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If you want to stay in Germany and hop across the border, Strasbourg and Colmar are both nice towns. Has German influence but you get the benefits of being near the black forest for a 2 for 1 trip.

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4 points

Toulouse is a pretty laid back larger city that is beautiful without being overly touristy

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Lyon. 3rd sized city. Best food of France. 2 rivers. centre of France so close to anything. should have been the capital of France if the kid of one king didn’t die there for some reason, or whatever

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Lyon is pretty great. Depending on the vibe you’re going for, Marseille is also pretty awesome. I’d avoid it in the middle of the summer, but shoulder season down south is amazing. The weather is great, the people are friendly (if you avoid the worst parts of town, like anywhere) and the food is a nice mix of traditional French and Mediterranean cuisine. And make sure to get a flight of Ricard.

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Most places in the south

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La Rochelle, Nantes are both nice from my experience.

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I really liked Paris 🥲 I did go during the end of October though, so that might’ve have been a factor. People still didn’t want to talk to me in French, but they weren’t rude about it.

My favourite place to visit in France was La Rochelle, I feel like I got most of the benefits of visiting Coastal France but without the Marseille/Toulon/Monaco crowds (yes I know, Monaco is not France).

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I’ve been to Paris 3 times, I’m from BC in Canada. April, May and October I went. Had an amazing time every time, people, food, places. It’s one of my favorite cities.

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I also liked Paris and I’ve been there twice in summer. People weren’t actively going out of their way to be unfriendly to us, so this was great compared to the rest of france.

Everyone we asked for help did their best to help us, though we have 0 french knowledge. I had very different experiences elsewhere in France (we quickly learned to only speak to arab people outside Paris, if we needed help, worked fine).

We skipped most touristy places and just had a few relaxing days there both times. So that might also be, why we had a pleasant time in Paris.

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9 points

“Nobody goes there, it’s too crowded”

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6 points

Correct, it’s the worst most popular place

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Done. I’ve been on vacation in France many times, visited many regions and provinces. Never been to Paris.

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