tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564134964285988310.post5399524847137012808..comments2024-02-28T23:43:49.197+01:00Comments on City On A Hill: The Slum's Environs, A ContextEd Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12846657618234700638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564134964285988310.post-40663127633874145322012-11-20T16:29:27.311+01:002012-11-20T16:29:27.311+01:00Thanks for posting all that. Reminds me of my 2 y...Thanks for posting all that. Reminds me of my 2 year stay in Aix-en-Provence. The 2 cities look surprisingly similar. Probably because of the presence of the Universities.<br /><br />My impressions are based on living there in 1970 when there were 5 francs to the dollar and you could live pretty well on $3,000 a year.dlwilson26https://www.blogger.com/profile/02443098422005693038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564134964285988310.post-71136086484696513762012-11-19T07:47:56.394+01:002012-11-19T07:47:56.394+01:00Thanks for the tour.
And yes, I think once someon...Thanks for the tour. <br />And yes, I think once someone hears, "south of France" it is very easy for them to romanticize our lives. I try to remind them that I don't live in a Peter Mayle novel. Sara Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058056977783867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564134964285988310.post-69673711483135784012012-11-19T01:24:14.870+01:002012-11-19T01:24:14.870+01:00Obviously the pics were not taken during rush hour...Obviously the pics were not taken during rush hour. You may find it now boring, but I think your neighbor is rather exotic and would certainly visit if I had any discretionary income left.Dr. Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788468231312646543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564134964285988310.post-88704995075281233322012-11-18T18:30:54.407+01:002012-11-18T18:30:54.407+01:00I find the Monoprix building stunning. The long ba...I find the Monoprix building stunning. The long balcony is very elegant and the sleek black frame of the ground floor windows harmonize wonderfully with the sobriety of the building above and underline the sheer length of the balcony, whose ironworks provide exactly the right amount of decoration and frivolity needed by the facade. All in all a splendid building and a very good photograph. <br /><br />The rest, though, is depressing stuff. I had forgotten how downright dowdy (or, as they say in french, <i>décati</i>) much of France can look.Oliviernoreply@blogger.com