My friend told me the idea of Paris is so far removed from the reality of Paris. It's an expensive shythole and that's the Tourist parts.
Yeah, I've often heard people call it a dump. I've heard the same about Milan too.
Honestly tho, if somebody called large parts of London a dump it'd be hard to argue. I remember being in Sweden and being blown away by just how clean that place is. Came back to London and looked around like

