[FrenchDevRemote]

France is really far from a planned economy.

Marseille's worst neighborhoods are really chill compared to the bad parts of any American city.

The streets are pretty safe.

Your comment is kinda ridiculous, stop watching TV.

Yeah there are lot of taxes, but those taxes come in handy when you can get 2 years of unemployment benefits when starting a company. Or when you know, get a cancer that would cost a few millions to treat.

[heretohelp232]

In Marseille, 68 shootings and 30 deaths in six months. There are worse cities in America, but not many.

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/08/17/a-marseill...

[sudosysgen]

There are many, many, many worse cities in the US. That's a homicide rate of 3.75/100'000, which is lower than the US average of 4.9/100'000 : most US cities have worse homicide rates than Marseille. If Marseille was a US city, it would be the 3rd or 4th city with a population over 1 million with the lowest homicide rate.

[embwbam]

My girlfriend had a poorly aimed egg thrown at her late at night in Marseille on a kebab run for wearing a short skirt in a Muslim neighborhood. Seems pretty rough to me!

[sudosysgen]

You can find far worse anecdotes for any large US city.

[FrenchDevRemote]

Which neighborhood/district? I don't know what you mean by muslim neighborhood. Most of the city is really multicultural.

[ever1]

source: trust me bro

[micadep]

France is not a planned economy in the Soviet Union style, and we are in a privatisation trend. But the state still has a huge role in the economy and a history of interventionism in the private sector. More than most European countries.

I have no knowledge of the worst American cities, but saying that Marseille's worst neighborhoods are "chill" and "The streets are pretty safe" is pure madness.

[FrenchDevRemote]

I grew up in Marseille worst neighborhoods.

There are dozens of worst places around SF, LA, NYC, Chicago. There are no crackheads in Marseille. 100x less guns than in any American city.

[anthk]

This. In Spain, the Marseille's counterpark (shitty urban black hole) would be the 3000 viviendas (3000 homes) in Seville, or maybe some barrack based 'hood in Madrid far in the downtown.

And even with that, I would be safer if I kept a low profile with my head down and by not getting into troubles and by avoiding some taverns. Try that at the worst places of any big city in the US.

[Slava_Propanei]

If Frances streets are any safer, it is due to a less retarded population and not due to any successes by Le goubernement.

Of course, France is striving to import a more retarded and dangerous populace as quickly as possible, so who knows who will win that contest.