Originally Posted by BENLEE

I'm just back from a vacation to Paris..

Sure there are connections to get you to where you want but the actual metro station itself is always dark, dirty and crime infested and pickpockets everywhere.

Sure sights like Effiel and Lourve are beautiful places to visit but the city itself is not a welcoming place, pretentious, dangerous, crime-infested city. The food and most of the restaurants are not what it is made out to be, with mediocre food quality at inflated rip-off prices. The shopping is not also not what it is made up to be. Everything they have in Paris including supposedly high end brands are available outside of Paris as well and with much better service.