Best and Worst Cities in France
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Best and Worst Cities in France
Here are some best of/worst of cities in France from Le Point, 10 jan 2003:<BR><BR>Best/Worse place to find a job: <BR><BR>1) Gap<BR>2) La Roche -sur-Yon<BR>3) Orléans<BR><BR>99) Calais<BR>100) Boulogne-sur-Mer<BR><BR>Worst autoroute security:<BR><BR>97) Cannes<BR>98) Avignon<BR>99) Brive-la-Gaillarde<BR>100) Antibes<BR><BR>Most unsafe city:<BR><BR>96) Toulouse<BR>97) Strasboug<BR>98) Marseille<BR>99) Béziers<BR>100) Lyon<BR><BR>Where to be well taken care of in hospitals, etc.:<BR><BR>1) Lyon <BR>2) Nice<BR>3) Grenoble<BR>4) Toulouse<BR><BR>Best Handicap accessibility:<BR><BR>Monpellier<BR>Grenoble<BR>Tr oyes<BR>Vichy<BR><BR>Richest/Poorest cities:<BR><BR>1) Paris<BR>2) Lyon<BR>3) Aix-en-Provence<BR>4) Antibes<BR><BR>98) Tarbes <BR>99) Boulogne-sur-Mer<BR>100) Calais<BR><BR>Most Expensive living:<BR><BR>96) La Rochelle<BR>97) Nice<BR>98) Cannes<BR>99) Paris<BR>100) Antibes<BR><BR>Most Expensive Rent:<BR><BR>95) Strasbourg<BR>96) Cherbourg<BR>97) Troyes<BR>98) Lille<BR>99) Nancy<BR>100) Paris<BR><BR>Most "Dynamic" City (geography, activities, businesses)<BR><BR>1) Rennes<BR>2) Annecy<BR>3) Vannes<BR>4) Monpellier<BR><BR>Best place for high schoolers/ junior highers education:<BR><BR>1) Bayonne<BR>2) Poitiers<BR>3) Angers<BR>4) Tours<BR><BR>Where to be distracted:<BR><BR>1) Paris<BR>2) Lyon<BR>3) Montpellier<BR>4) Bordeaux<BR><BR>Most agreeable climate:<BR><BR>1) Marseille<BR>2) Montpellier<BR>3) Toulouse<BR>4) Valence<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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I,too, wonder about Lyon as most dangerous; hard to believe. And Strasbourg being up there, too? My daughter lived for a year (college and post-grad) in both cities and felt that they were very safe.
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Most unsafe city:<BR><BR>96) Toulouse<BR>97) Strasboug<BR>98) Marseille<BR>99) Béziers<BR>100) Lyon<BR><BR>I'm puzzled. If the category is "most unsafe", then wouldn't the city at #1 -- whatever it is -- be the most unsafe, with Lyon, at #100, one of the safer cities? <BR>
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Regarding Strasbourg being a unsafe city:<BR>Since a few years it has become a tradition that young men from the poor suburbs surrounding Stradbourg burn a dozens of cars on New Year's eve. Just for fun.
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I feel that Strasbourg is probably one of the worst cities I have ever visited. I walked the whole town, never felt unsafe. There are a few nice sites, but in general it sucks. You would be better off just to cross the Rhine back into Germany. The difference was day and night.
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I agree that Strasbourg is one of the most unattractive cities in France to walk around. We took a city bus to just see the sights and this bus crossed the border into Germany to the city of Kehl. It was amazing to see the difference between the two cities. Kelh so clean and Strasbourg was a mess.
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I scanned that article in Le Point, and the problem is that is isn't worded that way (in terms of safety), it is the Safest Cities (not unsafe), so 1-5 are safest and 95-100 are least safe (BTW Paris was no. 80).<BR><BR>However, it isn't just a measure of crime, it's a variety of indices and the reason Lyon is the worst is mainly because of pollution, some nearby factories that pollute and/or handle potentially dangerous or toxic materials (like sulphuric acid) and because there is a nuclear reactor nearby.
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I've been to Strasbourg and thought it was attractive enough, although I was only in the main city.<BR><BR>BTW, Strasbourg was near the bottom of this list (less safe) because of flooding and pollution, not because of crime.