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To: tejek who wrote (285314)	4/25/2006 5:14:20 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572372

Re: ...the Muslims are segregated... Well, I agree with you to an extent. You should bear in mind, however, that those infamous suburb apartment blocks were not intended initially to house immigrants only: Apartment block complexes with evocative names like the 'Quarter of the Pointed Oak' and 'Quarter of the Pyramids', they were once praised as a daring concept in town design -- creating self-sufficient communities with easy access to shops and other amenities. But by the late 1980s, when the first of France's suburban rioting broke out, it was clear that they were the focus of the country's most pressing social ills. Intended originally to house low-income families from all ethnic origins -- ex-farmers from the emptying countryside as well as workers from the former north African colonies -- the worst estates became immigrant ghettoes, as those who had made money moved out. [...] expatica.com Re: Its not a class thing or they would be living in the poorer arrondissements of Paris. But they are living --and dying-- in Paris intra muros as well: Sunday, 4 September 2005, 13:51 GMT 14:51 UK Paris hit by third deadly blaze At least 14 people have been killed and 15 others injured in the third deadly fire in Paris in less than two weeks. The blaze ripped through an 18-storey building in the southern Val-de-Marne area of the French capital. The apartment building was not used to house immigrants, as was the case in last month's fires in the city. Detectives believe the fire was started deliberately and people were reportedly seen setting light to letterboxes. Four people have been arrested. [...] news.bbc.co.uk