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Re:Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the E... by seszett on Thursday May 23, 2019 @06:30AM (#19990347)
> only a few very small parks within city limits (the largest green space is the Père-Lachaise cemetery)

It might be a detail, but the two large parks (Boulogne and Vincennes) are within the city limits.

Also I don't know London very well, but from Google Maps I see almost no greenery in the center, while Paris' parks are maybe smaller but much more evenly distributed throughout the city.

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Re:Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the E... by chrisseaton on Thursday May 23, 2019 @06:50AM (#19990462)
> I don't know London very well, but from Google Maps I see almost no greenery in the center

Are you joking?

Regent's, Hyde, Kensington, Green, St James, Battersea, Burgess, Kennington, Coram's, Russel Square, Lincoln's Inn...

Look at all the green areas on the map.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5160429,-0.1466301,14z

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Re:Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the E... by seszett on Thursday May 23, 2019 @08:12AM (#19990925)
You have to compare at the same scale though:

Paris: https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.85615,2.3306852,14z / https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.862458,2.3322563,12.75z

London: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5160429,-0.1466301,14z / https://www.google.fr/maps/@51.5184651,-0.1436204,12.75z

The parks in London just look larger and fewer, not very evenly distributed, to me.

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Re:Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the E... by chrisseaton on Thursday May 23, 2019 @08:19AM (#19990954)
London has over three times the green space of Paris.

http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/data/of-public-green-...

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