London, France's sixth biggest city

[katmai]

WTF you Limey bastards

[Valmy]

Hey if you are going to leave France you could do worse.

Besides the Limeys leave lots of space because something like a quarter million of them live in France.

[Grey Fox]

French people might have beheaded most of their nobles, it's still as fairly entrenched class system if the french who emigrated to Quebec are any indication.

[Valmy]

French people might have beheaded most of their nobles, it's still as fairly entrenched class system if the french who emigrated to Quebec are any indication.

And going to the UK will help them escape that?

[Grey Fox]

French people might have beheaded most of their nobles, it's still as fairly entrenched class system if the french who emigrated to Quebec are any indication.

And going to the UK will help them escape that?

Yes, well that's how Cleo Soazandry sees it.

[Solmyr]

There are as many Russians in London too. Maybe even more.

[Josquius]

Well, it must be underlined that French cities do tend to be rather small.

Which is odd.

[Valmy]

Well, it must be underlined that French cities do tend to be rather small.

Which is odd.

It could just be old definitions of city limits.  The metro areas might be a better representation.  It is certainly like that in the older parts of the US.

[Razgovory]

Hey if you are going to leave France you could do worse.

Besides the Limeys leave lots of space because something like a quarter million of them live in France.

I think the Limeys living in France get the better deal then the French in London.

[Admiral Yi]

French people might have beheaded most of their nobles, it's still as fairly entrenched class system if the french who emigrated to Quebec are any indication.

I think there might be something to the hypothesis that ambitious young Frenchman boys and girls feel stifled in the French system and seek their fortunes elsewhere.

[Gups]

French people might have beheaded most of their nobles, it's still as fairly entrenched class system if the french who emigrated to Quebec are any indication.

And going to the UK will help them escape that?

London is a country within a country, especially inner London. I don't know what the percentage of the population in zones1-2 are actually from the capital but I'm guessing its way less than 50%. Not necessarily immigrants but lost of folk from other parts of the UK.

[Gups]

Meant to also say that if your a furriner, you get a free pass on the class thing. The big indicator of class for the English is accent.

[Valmy]

I think there might be something to the hypothesis that ambitious young Frenchman boys and girls feel stifled in the French system and seek their fortunes elsewhere.

The Grandes Ecoles system will do that.  It is like the Ivy League only more so.

[Brazen]

Of all the languages I hear on my commute, I hear French very seldom, maybe once a week, and more often than not it's a Francophone African dialect.

The most heard are Polish, Russian and Pikey, but that may be because they all talk a lot by nature not just due to number.

[Valmy]

Meant to also say that if your a furriner, you get a free pass on the class thing. The big indicator of class for the English is accent.

Ah good point.