On: With Station F, Paris will have the world’s bigges...

[xutopia]

But that is in Nantes. Paris is (sadly) where business happens in France.

[Animats → xutopia]

Well, just outside Paris. Many big companies moved to La Defense, which is just outside the city limits and allows skyscrapers. The result looks like this.[1]

[1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/la-defense-office-district-rebou...

(Alternate link to picture only: https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-PK039_LADEFE_J...)

[contingencies → Animats]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20D%C3%A9fense

I've stayed there... it's not so bad, and not far from the center of Paris either.

[amazon_not → Animats]

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