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The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics (english.elpais.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Good for them. They've been there for over 450 years, it should be on the Olympics to work around them IMO.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With respect, have the Olympics not bankrupted the host country in the last few decades? Why did Paris bid in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To probably as a display of power to the rest of the world.

Seems waste of money indeed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Good! They shouldn’t have to

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nor should they