Justice
Yes, Paris Is Wealthy, But Some Parts Are Much Wealthier Than Others
A series of maps reveals the subtlety of central Parisian economic geography.
Gentrification, like art or wine, is a Parisian obsession of long standing.
Ever since Baron Haussmann's grand boulevards cleared the clutter of medieval Paris to make way for bourgeois apartment blocks, Parisians have worried that the city is becoming a playground for the wealthy. And of course the rise of the global super-rich has given new credence to that fear, as Parisians blame rising housing prices on absentee owners and journalists declare the French capital, like London or Hong Kong, a "citadel of the rich."