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Not radical changes but just expect some common sense being applied. Over the last decade housing prices has doubled and the city receives a small percentage for each transactions. However this money did benefit only for the whole community but rather for clientlism. Debt has been getting higher and so the taxes. Driving has been made impossible and restaurants are too expensing for the similar service and quality you can get in London ( where I live now). Even the nightlife has been restricted Paris is becoming a big sleepy museum where only real Parisians do appreciate the lifestyle. Again I more disappointed here by the lack original idea And innovation promised by the candidate not by the mathematician. If you look at what the current mayor propose and you will find nothing that different.

However I'm sure you will enjoy your Parisian experience, despite all the inconvenience, Paris is still a beautiful city.

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> Driving has been made impossible

Sorry you can't drive a 2-ton vehicle through one of the most dense cities in the world, that also has a very extensive public transportation system.

Now you can't even drive a simple scooter :)

Maybe it has changed since I was last there. But while living there I watched the nightlife scene explode in Paris. I'm from the 18eme which has had an interesting history as far as the nightlife. Since moving there I watched the bar scene grow in Bastille, Pigalle, Belleville, and Montmartre. Maybe this is super local and it was just the areas I frequented.

> Paris is becoming a big sleepy museum where only real Parisians do appreciate the lifestyle.

Funny they were saying this 10 years ago as well. Commerce has increased as companies exit the UK due to Brexit.

>> I'm from the 18eme which has had an interesting history as far as the nightlife.

Probably he lived in the South, we don't go that far North :-)

Couldn't help to respond to this just to provide a contradictory opinion on Parisian restaurants and nightlife. I personally am a big fan of the quality of food, service, and fun to be had in Parisian establishments and I find them to be significantly better value than London and New York (where I live).

Funny to hear different contradictory views I might be bias like everyone. No misunderstanding, I do love Paris and restaurants are great there but I chose them cautiously now. Traffic are awful mainly to restrictions put in place. Last point to be challenged ( or everyone agrees): no one has contest the cleanest of the streets yet:)

> Driving has been made impossible

Maybe this is a good thing.

> restaurants are too expensing for the similar service and quality you can get in London

Is this something that a mayor can control? there are things such as minimal wages that can interfere with service prices on which a mayor has not influence.

That being said, I don't know if Villani will be a good mayor or not. But there are a few things I appreciate.

He is (as expected) very knowledgable in scientific and technological matters, and this is refreshing compared to other politicians who are clueless.

He had an international career. Most French politicians don't even speak English and have never worked in a foreign country.

I listened to him in an interview where he talked about ecology, energy and so on, and he was well-aware of the challenges we're facing.

Overall, he sounds like a reasonable, practical, person to me. Not overly ideological.

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