stirkes, and rioting, and public unrest, oh my!

this is more of a courtesy post more than an informative or descriptive one. it is mainly to reiterate the point that

1)i'm not dead
2)plan to be dead due to political uprisings

i am, of course, talking about the rioting that has been underfoot in the suburbs of Paris. Mainly one suburb to the north. Way north. Ile-de-France, which is what the surrounding area, or the GPA if you will, is called. It is quite massive, housing at least 12 million people.

this is what wikipedia says is the size of the GPA


just lovely. here is a map symbolizing my proximity to what sarkozy calls "unacceptable" rioting. two days of shooting at police and setting things on fire, fine. it's france. but three days? this is just rude.


so you see, it's really not a big deal. i live in the heart of paris, properly called le marais, more commonly called 'the gay district'. so as long as the riots don't shut down fashion production or infringe on anything that is 'just fabulous', i think i'll be pretty safe in my neighbourhood.