[ChargerCarl]

Originally Posted by Crawford

London's core is just as wealth-centric, perhaps even worse. And it has tons of postwar and modern construction.

And it isn't like all of Paris' core is a golden ghetto. There are plenty of streets with blatant prostitution, dumpy stores, concentrations of poor, etc.

Last visit I saw a street brawl in Pigalle, steps from Moulin Rouge. The areas around Gare du Nord and Gare d l'Est are pretty seedy. Then there's that area north of Les Halles with all the African businesses and obvious illegal stuff going on.

Right, its the ultra wealthy and third world immigrants willing to endure cramped conditions who live in the city center now.