French view of top districts to live

[just john]

 l'express.top ranking of districts to live

I must confess to being surprised to seeing the French voted 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, even more surprised (or should that be relieved) to see my own dear Charente down in 62nd and even more surprising to see Dordogne in 70th, wheres yours? [geek]

 

1 - Haute-Garonne

2 - Pyrenees-Atlantiques

3 - Ille-et-Vilaine

 

[idun]

My old dept was very high. I was very surprised at some of these results, some places I would never want to visit never mind live in, did very well.

[mint]

See, France is too good for the French![:P]

[Loiseau]

Oh dear, the poor Aisne seems to come at the bottom of everything...

Can it really be that bad?

Angela

[Richard51]

But bear in mind that this is the result of a survey of the average French guy....viz the same guy that prefers to live in a 'crepied' concrete / breeze block structure in a lotissement....

If you look at most of those regions appearing at the upper end of the tables they do so because they have a large, sprawling urbanisation (e.g. potential employment) in their midst.

Mrs R51

[woolybanana]

You are boasting loiseau, because the Vendée is near the top for people of a certain age!

[Braco]

Good to see that we are in tune with the young

[NormanH]

They are simply allergic to the parts of France infested by Little Britons

[woolybanana]

Just cheapos or barrel dwellers. And less of the little Britons!

[Christine Animal]

I must be some dummy.  How do you get to all the département results?  Each time I click on anything the same page keeps reappearing.  Where's the retardé Deux-Sèvres ?   [6]

 

[woolybanana]

Women!!

[Christine Animal]

Got it now, you have to scroll down.  Talk about retardée !  We're thirtieth, not too bad.   [:P]

 

[Frederick]

[quote user="woolybanana"]You are boasting loiseau, because the Vendée is near the top for people of a certain age![/quote]

 

If you have still got a bucket and spade

[Chancer]

Eighty fifth!

I cant believe that L'aisne is behind La Somme, surely being closer to Paris must be worth something?

[AnOther]

[quote user="just john "]wheres yours? [geek][/quote]Ha, beat you by one [:P]

[Pierre ZFP]

How can Nord (71st place) be 10 places above the far superiour-once-you-get-away-from-Calais, Pas de Calais (81) ???

Still, my favourite region down in Landes made it to No. 2 [:D]

[La Guerriere]

Good ol' Normandie. On the average.

[cooperlola]

I had a go at the test to find the department best suited to me just for a bit of fun. As "proximity to the Circuit de la Sarthe" wasn't one of the criteria, mine wasn't in the top ten![:D]

[Chancer]

[quote user="Pierre ZFP"]How can Nord (71st place) be 10 places above the far superiour-once-you-get-away-from-Calais, Pas de Calais (81) ???[/quote]

Lille!

Oh and Bergues, with its world famous friterie Momo [;-)]

[NormanH]

Surely the Creuse is not that much worse than the Corrèze?

[just john]

Which goes to show that for the English, desireability is more about quality of life and less about the ability to generate a family supporting income and vice vrsa for the French, does it not?

[NormanH]

[quote user="just john "]Which goes to show that for the English, desireability is more about quality of life and less about the ability to generate a family supporting income and vice vrsa for the French, does it not?[/quote]

Or that many of the British immigrants in France are shielded from economic necessity?

[woolybanana]

Or, they have already earned their pension or accumulated money in other ways, mainly legal. And who have maximized their ability to have a reasonable life by coming to France where they do a lot to support the local economy. 

So, hardly shielded.

But then the same can be said for the legions of retired or wealthy French couples who might have got state pensions for very short careers, having never really worked in their lives.  

[Will]

[quote user="La Guerriere"]Good ol' Normandie. On the average.[/quote]

Yes, Manche is exactly half way. But if we moved a few km we'd be third.

 

[cooperlola]

[quote user="woolybanana"]

Or, they have already earned their pension or accumulated money in other ways, mainly legal. And who have maximized their ability to have a reasonable life by coming to France where they do a lot to support the local economy. 

So, hardly shielded.

But then the same can be said for the legions of retired or wealthy French couples who might have got state pensions for very short careers, having never really worked in their lives.  

[/quote]Maybe so, Woolyb but Norman has a point - even if it's one he makes rather more than is necessary to hammer into our thick skulls!  Because of the healthcare and immigration rules and the difficulty of non-native French getting jobs here, I suspect that the majority, if not a large one, of Brits here is retired and has an income above that which makes social security concerns and employment pretty irrelevant. Thus our requirements for a place to live are bound to be a little different and somewhat skewed.