Chirac in Issy-les-Moulineaux
Chirac is visiting the cable TV headquarters for France 24 today in Issy-les-Moulineaux which is town located just outside Paris’s ‘peripherique’ in the south-western sector.
It is also the very last stop on the Metro line Mairie d’Issy. I’m not surprised that France 24 chose Issy-les-Moulineaux. This is a very cool neighborhood with a village atmosphere. Angelique, my Cambodian friend who moved here several years ago said that it reminded her of Phnom Penh. There’s an outdoor market which you can’t miss because it’s located on the town hall square directly outside the Metro exit. Issy’s mayor, Mayor Santini actively participates in town events, so much so that you’re likely to bump into him in person as we did during one such event which welcomed Chinese officials for Frances ‘Year of China’ (two summers ago). Also some trendy new restaurants have opened in the town that have attracted Parisians. If I were going to live outside of the Paris city limits, this is the town that I’d pick. It has the best of village life (you’ve got a real neighborhood) and Paris is a Metro stop away.
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[...] What’s nice about walking around Issy is its sense of total classlessness – your neighbor could be very wealthy, upwardly mobile, a working professional, retired, a single mother trying to makes ends meet, or any number of possibilities. Likewise, as I’ve mentioned in past posts, its mayor, Mayor Andre Santini can often be seen around town, chatting with fellow residents, in the same way that a mayor of a small village would take the time to meet and greet villagers, old and young alike. This was one of my biggest surprises in coming to France was the fact that mayors actually LIKE to spend time with their constituents whereas in the US, unless you have business to discuss with your mayor – or a problem – you would never expect that he or she would have the time or the inclination to talk with a resident – just for the sake of being friendly. [...]