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Sounds like you encountered a university professor moonlighting as a bum. Legolas Send a noteboard - 24/03/2011 09:27:21 PM
1. lots of water, both cities are literally constrained by the bodies of water that surround them

Er, what? There's a body of water surrounding Paris? Are you sure you're not thinking of the Mont-Saint-Michel? :P
2. cultural centers of their respective areas

In Paris' case it's the cultural center of rather more than just its "area", but okay...
5. lots of homeless people begging for spare change, the only difference is that in paris the bums speak 5 different languages.

Uh, yeah, doesn't sound very representative to me. The French aren't exactly known for being polyglots, and that's putting it mildly.

I have to say, if I had to compare Paris to one American city, it'd be New York, not San Francisco.
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paris is a lot like san francisco with 2000+ years of history behind it.... - 23/03/2011 11:43:15 PM 783 Views
Um... Paris constrains the river Seine, not the other way around. *NM* - 24/03/2011 12:41:01 AM 219 Views
Exactly. *NM* - 24/03/2011 12:44:15 AM 190 Views
And no fault line running under it, and without a river - 24/03/2011 12:43:32 AM 513 Views
geology/geography aside.... - 24/03/2011 11:51:13 AM 506 Views
Most of what you wrote about could apply to NYC. - 24/03/2011 01:11:05 PM 578 Views
haven't been to NYC but i'm sure it's the same, or similar - 24/03/2011 10:45:32 PM 502 Views
NYC does have less shit on the streets. - 24/03/2011 11:25:30 PM 480 Views
Homeless people shit on the streets in San Francisco? Everywhere? - 24/03/2011 02:19:54 AM 537 Views
Apparently it has less people and activity and is thus less imposing, too. - 24/03/2011 12:14:41 PM 490 Views
Re: Apparently it has less people and activity and is thus less imposing, too. - 24/03/2011 10:51:38 PM 565 Views
Well, better than advertised then. - 25/03/2011 07:49:47 PM 561 Views
5 is brilliant. i laughed heartily. thank you *NM* - 24/03/2011 01:06:20 PM 363 Views
Sounds like you encountered a university professor moonlighting as a bum. - 24/03/2011 09:27:21 PM 633 Views

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