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Re: Population Control

Yes, I've viewed similarly a BBC program on PBS TV.

My mother referred to immigration from the countryside -- this was pre-
WW II. We left Paris in 1941.

The pressure of immigration is now so great my counterpart at the
College de France * must commute some distance to affordable housing.

* A rather distinguished institution.

bc

Strickert, Rick wrote:

Bernard Cleyet wrote:



For much of its modern history Paris (and I think most European
large cities) depend(ed) on immigration to maintain their population



A recent BBC article, "France 'forming ethnic ghettoes'" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3871447.stm) describes the effects from such immigration.

Rick Strickert
Austin, TX