Paris is the Anti-Berlin

Great article in Sign and Sight about the expat scenes in Paris and Berlin, or rather, Paris vs. Berlin.

"France is in the process of creating an anti-Berlin. Or rather, Paris and Versailles are creating this, for a hint of hipness rarely survives the trip out to the suburbs. The world's writers and artists are drawn to Berlin where the old Baudelaire maxim still holds that beauty today is bizarre (in other words ugly) or interesting and dirty. Music, fashion and film are drawn to Paris, to pursue their work in freedom and impeccable style in front of perfect facades."

For the Francophiles in the house, this seems like the time to make your move...

via signandsight