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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve always disliked Paris and Parisians in general. Paris is never a good idea.[/quote]

Really? I'm a Parisian living in Bethesda. Would you immediately recognize me in the street and dislike me before we even have a chance to get to know each other?
You do realize this forum, and this area, has a lot of foreigners coming from all over the world?
You can lament bedbugs in various places all you want, but from there to spewing hate online about Parisians is not cool.

Bedbugs are a problem in all major cities in the world, because they're spread by international travel. The French government launched two plans against bedbugs in 2022 and 2023. But now some have been found in train seat upholstery, and the political opposition to Macron has seized on this news to criticize the government and make it a whole thing. It has now spilled into the international news, and will weigh on tourism, which is exactly what they wanted to happen, to put pressure on Macron and tarnish his last term in office.

In all my years of traveling back and forth to and from Paris, we've never had bedbugs, and no person I know (French or otherwise) has ever had bedbugs. 
NYC is supposed to be rife with them, but we've never had problems there either.

Some French media know very well this is a manufactured panic, but they still have to report on it. Don't get caught up too.

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