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travveblogue

cher le monde,

Nov 05, 2006 17:07

Nous sommes chez le monde, or so says a rash of recent efforts to highlight and even deconstruct what's widely viewed as the inexorable road toward globalism. Here's my attempt to keep up with the flow of traffic ( Read more... )

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travveblogue November 5 2006, 17:55:53 UTC

this post took me a solid two hours to research and tell everyone about really boring sociology matters (almost 1300 words worth of matters). if anyone ever deserves a comment for the effort...put one rriiiigghhttt
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travveblogue November 5 2006, 19:52:43 UTC

anonymous November 5 2006, 20:23:31 UTC

You've obviously given a great deal of thought and research into the McDonald's situation. I agree that a uniformly trusted food establishment gives comfort to a variety of tourists, but isn't tourism about trying and experiencing new arenas? Also, maybe a world renown wonder (the Eiffel Tower) would not be the best area for the French to display their americanism. All of my friends who have visited France, each rave about the food. Could more McDonalds in France and less french restaurants, perhaps have a detrimental impact on their tourism??
Much love,
Mom

travveblogue November 6 2006, 21:01:43 UTC

thanks for reading all the way to the end, mom. as per your concern (thanks for being concerned about this, mom), i can only hope that the saving grace of competitive commerce is that exactly as many mcdonald's will emerge as the market calls for. if tourists start crowding mcdonald's instead of cafés, the cafés will go out of business, letting mcdonald's expand. if not, there will always be plenty of cafés to go around.

it does prompt the question of the point of tourism, though. an important thing to consider is that the french themselves love their "McDo's." their 35 hour work week doesn't leave them enough spending allowance to afford their own food. so, is paris a city built for tourists or a city built for parisians? what does it mean to experience another culture when that culture only exists for non-natives? speaking of, would you wear an antiquated but nonetheless stunning beret with an eiffel tower embroidered on it if i got one for you? maybe just some chocolates. we'll see.
love,
jacob

anonymous November 7 2006, 01:39:06 UTC

I hope the Paris is a city built for parisians, that others get to enjoy, but alas things don't always turn out the way they were meant. A stunning beret would be a wonderful surprise, but I'd rather you spend your money on you enjoying every minute!!
Much love,
Mom