Paris Has Fallen

The central arrondissements of Paris still photograph well.
Architecture remains.
What visitors describe, and what the psychiatric accounts record, is everything around that architecture: litter, graffiti, aggressive street behavior, and a population that no longer matches the cultured image sold abroad.
For some arrivals the mismatch is merely annoying.
For a documented minority it is destabilizing.
And given the complete replacement in population it is not going to get any better any time soon.
Other Western capitals have their own versions of the same slide.
Paris is simply the one that already possesses a medical nickname, an embassy response, and a paper trail. The nickname is useful precisely because it is specific. It lets the comparison stay concrete.
Out soon, and as always, thanks so much for sticking with me. It is very much appreciated and I hope your week goes well.
Be well.