[rubenfiszel]

Paris is mostly inhabited by parisians, born there, where do you think we all go once we come of age?

You might have came in Summer/August, where all the parisians disappear because there are too many tourists and it's too hot so if you can afford it you go to the south of France/abroad.

Also the experience you will have as a tourist is indeed of a museum, the experience you will have living here inside french circles is vastly different but, like in every city, it's not something that you can create in 1 week or 2. I would even say, if you're not french or parisian, you will have difficulties joining the right inner circles. It's not a good thing, it's not something to be proud of, but the parisian life is extremely lively. It's exactly the same than in New York, there are more to scratch than the surface but it's not something that you can "consume" easily just because you have a wallet.

[makeitdouble]

> where do you think we all go once we come of age?

The suburbs and smaller towns (Nantes, Chartres, Bordeaux, Toulouse etc.)

I saw a ton of friends and family move out of Paris as they started building a family or wanted more than just the urban life.

It's actually still extremely easy to get to Paris from more than 20~30km away. Many keep commuting to Paris while taking a healthy distance.

[rubenfiszel]

1/3 of Parisians are born there, 1/3 are born in France, 1/3 outside of France: https://www.paris.fr/pages/seulement-30-des-parisiens-sont-n...

I'm surprised, and so my statement above is wrong as more people in Paris are born outside of it, I would have thought it was more than 50%

[Timshel]

What I find more interesting is how it changed through time, managed to find some numbers for the old department of the Seine :

- 1861: 57% born outside of it, 1872: 64%, 1881: 62.9%, 1901: 57.4%.

So the fact that most Parisian has been born outside of it is not exactly new. What probably changed is the part coming from outside of France. But it's not exactly as if Paris was not described as Cosmopolitan since at least a century so not sure how that would be bad.

[makeitdouble]

TIL

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the greater Paris (basically the extent of where the RER goes) had more natives moving in that sphere for most of their lives.