To the NYC visitors who came one year and "saw" imaginary slums while on the elevated part of the D train from Coney Island. I was so mad I almost demanded them to get off and witness the non existence of what they wanted to see as to be critical of my city as their usual self.
Welcome to Montpellier, 220'000 souls,Today I witnessed a real slum/Shantytown, 15 minutes by tram, on the outskirt of the city (this is now common in France.) Houses made of corroded steel panels and decaying trailers with no sanitary (note most have satellite antennas.) I asked around: population estimated around 600...http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/31/the-other-france
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