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by acveilleux 3484 days ago
Most Parisian apartments are tiny. You can forget about owning a free standing house. If you can afford that, you don't need investors in your start up... Or you're not in Paris at all. Think Manhattan. Paris' overall population density is comparable to Manhattan and much higher than overall NYC density.
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I'm not sure if the density is really comparable to Manhattan, as in "1977, a height regulation of 37-meters for buildings was put in place" - after Tour Montparnasse was finished [http://europe.newsweek.com/will-skyscrapers-ruin-paris-33068...]