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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (258357)	11/4/2005 5:30:29 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572405

Brushing off Paris clothiers This one could be racial but then there is this: "Some merchants are questioning whether there are too many of them. In the 11th arrondissement alone, the Association of Chinese Prêt-à-Porter Merchants in France claims 350 members. At the height of the boom, from 1999 to 2000, nearly 100 shops opened in one year, merchants say." Many neighborhoods tolerate a certain level of commercial activity but when that activity suddenly starts to grow beyond its normal borders, surrounding neighbors often complain stridently. It happens in every big city. I suspect there would have been complaints even if all the merchants were white. However, its seems the merchants' racial AND cultural differences exascerbated the problem. Again, European cities are just starting to face what American cities have faced for decades. ted