The weird history of Montmartre in Paris

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[christophghost]

Sounds like Sussex County Delaware. They make it too expensive for locals, chase them out, then build luxury apartments and mega developments for transplants

[ፋክዩ]

"Following the annexation of Le Butte"
don't think dirty don't think dirty

[edwardcamp]

There's a church in the neighborhood (not The Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre) that has one of the best lawns for napping.

[joannemadden]

I always feel a sense of great loss whenever I hear or see buildings from the past that were so ingrained to life back then, just torn down. Soon there will be nothing left, pictures are wonderful but there's nothing like touching and showing future generations what once was❤

[aidanlutz]

That was the same thing with the Haussmann revival of Paris. It was meant to make the impoverished areas of the city look beautiful.

[hariJ]

Bro looks like late 1900s Italian musician❤😂

[User_yhvz]

1860’s: man life sucks here everything is dirty, broken or stolen
2020’s: omg this will look so good for my insta

😂

[opanmustafa]

I know this place from watching Moulin Rouge!

[Laroling]

If you go to montmartre, get yourself pickpocket proof for the love of big G. I got pickpocketted twice and just nearby the for me cursed sacre coeur (only been sobbing and being pissed there: no good memories.). The cable cart is the worst. Your bag in front of you and clutch your pearls. And it's a shame too because it looks lovely, but I really have bad juju with that place.

[sidharthm]

Imagine a civilization so beautiful, even its slum becomes tourist spot

[vedqiibyol]

So there's a church somewhere in Paris that was build on a mountain of literal junk... Somewhere in the 14th arrondissement I think...

[vmwindustries]

Fire burned down the wood, and turned it into extremely valuable properties...just like when slums bring down the value of places. The cycle of humanity...if only we could unite on Earth, and realize that there's an amazing universe filled with life right above us!

[melanieortiz]

fire of dubious origins just like Maui

[CreamCobblerFiend]

The way things are going it will return to slums once again

[hagerstephen]

A fire of dubious origins forcing locals out of an area highly sought after by real estate developers… Hey Maui residents, where have we heard this story before?

[Justin-wnck]

Stealing is when you buy a neighborhood and make it better apparently

[CarAhvvahk]

Lies not a wood frame building in none of the photo what an exonym

[janpapai]

Who cares which part of the city is most 'insta grammed'!? 😂😂 Sry but this video is useless

[fierceperedur]

So this is where gentrifucation started.