Originally Posted by
Slowhead
Did you read the comments after the article ? Someone from the area spoke of the city center and the narrow streets were there long before the automobile. Not much new here. It wasn't designed for car traffic.
You get nothing positive from the reports of an amazing transformation of a city?
This city has followed a vision to transform itself from post-industrial wasteland to a center of creativity, prosperity, and sustainability. Nantes lost their main industry (ship building) much as Detroit lost cars and Pittsburgh lost steel.
And you are saying "Not much new here"!