No Go Zones are complete nonsense, but there's a gradient of safety.

Are you referring to the Barbes Rochechouart area?

Yeah other parts of the 18th are really nice.

Also to note, I make it a point to avoid, say, inland Baltimore or South Detroit. Whereas I did go to North Paris, which speaks the difference.

But compared to Montreal/Ottawa/Toronto Paris is certainly still a level below in safety. I imagine the Japanese would say the same of Canada.

Ah ok I see. Its been a while since I've been there (2015). Its wasn't too bad back then, has it gotten worse?

It looked really rough.

The short video clips may seem similar, but the lived reality is vastly different.

When an area rules out half the demographic then there's no way to sugarcoat it.

So they are no-go zones. I'm glad you've cleared this up. I can now tell my liberal friends that a Parisian has confirmed the existence of such and it isn't just American conservatives telling lies.

Maybe start to subscribe to the bipartisan view that being a woman alone at night generally sucks.