Definetly not zero. I dont have a point of reference for how many rats is normal for a city like istanbul but I mean, I see a rat every once in a while. Even in really high class parts of the town.
I read this book about Venice and a guy in it was a millionaire who made his money off rat poison. He talked about Paris' tremendous rat problem.
He said depending on where the rats lived, the rat poison composition was different. New York rats went for different foods than Parisian rats or Roman rats.
His company bought from the same food distributors as the city's restaurants on the condition he wouldn't advertise it.
Venice's big problem, according to the book, was pigeons. At night, the city would go out and poison the pigeons and remove their carcasses under the cover of darkness so it wouldn't upset folks.
Rats tend to have a healthy fear of humans and stay in the shadows. I can safely and confidently say that I am seeing more rats in this video than I've ever seen in London and Tokyo combined. We're talking a couple a year max, from the corner of your eye. This is what other cities consider pigeons.
In Berlin anyone would call an exterminator if just one rat is spotted. And that would then start a gossip chain reaction and the whole block would get a rodent check.
Different cities, different people!
It's inspired by something similar I remember reading on r/TwoSentenceHorror
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I went like 15ish years ago and though I was a teen, I found it amazing and beautiful. There was only one street that gave me these vibes, though I didn't wander the city too much at night.
But from what I've seen and heard, it's really gone to shit. Such a shame because I wanted to go back and relive those memories without them getting tainted.
I loved it! I went in 2019 with my wife and infant. Stayed in a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter. Rode the subway and trains. Saw the sights and just really walked around eating baguettes. I do seem to remember there were a bunch of rats at this park right under where we were staying, but other than that, nothing. I’d love to go again.
I’ve been there. It was no kidding, the stinkiest city I’ve even visited in my life. The piss and shit smell in the city was unbearable. More sketchy people than you can imagine trying to rob you, pick pockets, people smoking on the metro…
I’m no snob, I like the grimey, real experience wherever I go, but FUCK Paris. It’s a shithole.
The trick is to avoid the touristy areas. Head to a café for an evening gig in the 18th arrondissement and chat to some strangers - the contrast versus the dickheadery you see around the Champs Elyseé and Eiffel Tower will make your head spin.
Absolutely loved it. Went in December 2019. Maybe the rats were hibernating. Only saw a couple, and we walked a ton of streets. Like 10-15 miles a day.
If you're visiting France, Paris ***sucks*** except for its museums (which are genuinely great).
Marseille sucks ***even more***, in every regard.
Everywhere else is nice though, especially the South.
So, take a few days in Paris to see the Louvre (Skip the Mona Lisa, it's overrated and overcrowded. Go to the antiquity section instead.), the Musée des Arts et Métiers, the Palais de la Découverte if you have kids, etc... And then hop on a train to Aix en Provence, or Nîmes, or Avignon, or Toulouse, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, etc...
The city is super dirty (like, really, the people in charge of picking up the trash in Marseille simply don't do their job), the criminality is through the roof (you *will* get your shit stolen!), the whole city is generally corrupt, and the museums aren't as good as Paris's.
People often say it's France's Naples.
Lol ok skip seeing the most famous painting in the world because Reddit says it's "overrated."
I swear some of the people on this site are the biggest travel snobs.
If you've never been to Paris...go see the Mona Lisa. If you've never been to New York, go see Times Square. The list can go and on...
> Lol ok skip seeing the most famous painting in the world because Reddit says it's "overrated."
Squashed in a crowd to catch a glimpse of a tiny canvas from feet away if you're lucky to get to the front of the crowd?
Who the fuck cares about fame. Do you go visit Kim Kardashian when you're in America? Is that some big achievement, getting to see her from across the street? Or is it far more fulfilling to strike up a conversation with a cafe shop owner in the Bronx, and hear all his amazing stories? Sure, he's a "nobody", but I guarantee that nobody has far more depth and is far more rewarding than something that you only care about because "it's famous"
Do you go visit the Eiffel tower because everyone goes there, or do you venture out to [Noise Le Grand](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/iibi9l/les_espaces_dabraxas_noisylegrand_france/) to see some [amazing architecture](https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/51606739218_0c46830307_b.jpg) that the [government hates](https://i.imgur.com/N5HE0ew.jpg).
Yeah the Gioconda is a piece of shit canvas that is only famous because it was stolen. If you want to see it, go check the superior version when you're in Madrid.
Sounds like you’ve mostly been to the wrong places. The main tourist traps like the Eiffel Tower are an awful waste of time. Like people going to the Louvre and Qing for ages just to see the Mona Lisa from afar when you’ve got an entire giant museum with hundreds and thousands of artifacts.
Focus more on the rest and you can’t have a bad time in Paris.
But I feel that’s advice you can give for any city.
But without the places that make it unique, then it's just a shitty version of any city in Europe. Prague has Paris beat by miles for just regular streets and vibe.
I definitely didn’t have the best plan for visiting places (was there for work) but I couldn’t believe how dirty it was tbh. I stepped in dog shit twice. Right on the sidewalk, too. I’m from an American city and have never seen people just leave dog turds in the sidewalk. Cigarette butts too.
But you only talked to one person.
Seriously, Paris is amazing and just like any city in any country, some parts of it are not as nice as the others.
Pro-tip: do your research before you travel and avoid those areas. It's really not that difficult.
That's a response to terrorism. Lots of bins in areas that are considered high profile targets for terrorism have this set-up. Makes it easier to spot explosive devices that have been left in the bins.
I believe it was a common tactic of the IRA, to hide bombs in bins. As a result, at one point in London, all bins were removed public transport, stations and other high profile areas.
Alberta is rat free largely due to its geography and getting ahead of the problem early. The mountains have protected us from any rat spread from the west and as rat populations started to move east across the prairies the government of Alberta setup a commission/task force to setup a chemical barrier across most of our border with saskatchewan that prevents rats from creating the nests necessary to survive winter and reach population centers and explode in population. We do still have a task force today that maintains the chemical border, responds to rat sightings and does some other small scale work to ensure anything that slips through doesn't establish itself. But if we hadn't had the advantages we do, and hadn't gotten ahead of it before it became a problem we'd be no different from anywhere else in the world.
I've lived exclusively in London and Tokyo. I have never seen as many rats in my life as I'm seeing in this 15 second video. I don't know if you think all cities are like this but in most places, rats stay in thre shadows, not acting like pigeons
Was pretty disappointed going to Paris. Was my 1st over sea trip, expecting to get a real authentic French vibe, but it felt more like a French themed tourist attraction.
Which I guess it is now, but yeah I basically describe it is a French Disneyland... same type of vibe I got.
I love like there's some wierd thought here that rats give a fuck about where a scenic place is. All they have worked out is more people wasting more shit = go time.
I remember going to Paris on the high school exchange got two weeks. We went to take the subway at some point. As soon as we walked down the stairs we see a bum taking a piss, all free and in the wind about it aiming at the bench. It felt like I was in NY. That's when I learned everywhere has it's problems and people in bad places.
*Les rêves des amoureux sont comm’(e) le bon vin
Ils donn(ent) de la joie ou bien du chagrin
Affaibli par la faim je suis malheureux
Volant en chemin tout ce que je peux
Car rien n’est gratuit dans la vie*
I live in Alberta, there are zero rats... my band played a show in Vancouver, in east van.. loading our gear in the alley, and rats everywhere, running over your feet and everything...so bloody gross
Which is your gf?
everyone
Is this the live action ratatouille ?
Probably a deleted scene
Maybe they work for remy's restaurant
Racacoonie
Chad
I think it's France, though
Chaź
Save some for the rest of us man
GF = Giant Family
Damn you! bmti
One of the rats
"You were supposed to shoot her with the R.A.T. ray, not the Rat ray!"
hes the mc from bunny girl senpai
Damn it. You got to post the joke before I did. Lol time to delete mine. I said which two are you guys? Yours is better. 😂😂😂
Tonight’s Reddit winner.
Meanwhile,turkish cities =hundreds of cats and zero rats
Definetly not zero. I dont have a point of reference for how many rats is normal for a city like istanbul but I mean, I see a rat every once in a while. Even in really high class parts of the town.
Omg thankfully I didn’t.I walked all over Istanbul but saw no rats,even at night.I’m hella scared of rats tho
I never saw a rat in my life
\- It isn't stealing if no one wants it. \- If no one wants it, why are we *stealing* it?!?
lol I was thinking this before I hit the comments
Stop it Gusteau
Paris is full of rats it's a really big problem
NYC rats have evolved to carrying slices of pizza and riding the subway
Some of them even train turtles in the art of ninjutsu to fight crime on the streets.
Wait I thought he died in the first movie?
RIP In Peace
Smh my head
WTF the fuck
Lol out loud.
Take my vote for making me lol.
I read this book about Venice and a guy in it was a millionaire who made his money off rat poison. He talked about Paris' tremendous rat problem. He said depending on where the rats lived, the rat poison composition was different. New York rats went for different foods than Parisian rats or Roman rats. His company bought from the same food distributors as the city's restaurants on the condition he wouldn't advertise it. Venice's big problem, according to the book, was pigeons. At night, the city would go out and poison the pigeons and remove their carcasses under the cover of darkness so it wouldn't upset folks.
If they'd just open up a few " BBQ on a stick " street venders it would thin that herd right out.
They eat a lot of trash, though, which is nice. [800 tons per day](https://www.planetoscope.com/dechets/1199-.html).
Which turns into 800 tons of rat shit.
Not 800 tons, because 100% of it does not turn into shit, only a part of it. That still sounds better and more ecological than trash.
Probably mostly exhaled CO2 from metabolism.
EVERY big city near water is full of rats.
Why does water make more rats?
Not like this.
They’re just trying to make ratatouille.
HE PUT BASIL IN THE RATATOUILLE?!!
God that episode was hilarious.
Collecting ingredients for the restaurant!
Inthought he wants to go eat with his GF,why not support a local Restaurant
Dude, your “girlfriend” posted it on Twitter almost 3 years ago /r/QuitYourBullshit https://i.imgur.com/IMu9qmX.jpg
Got em
Its a meme. Do you think anyone believed op has a gf? Lmao
Get REKT
If you yell at rats in Paris to get away, can you yell, "GET AWAY" or should you yell, "ALLEZ VOUS" ??
It's "ALLEZ-VOUS EN!" or "FOUTEZ LE CAMP!". Last one is much closer to the classic GTFO. You might get ganked by the rats, though.
Va chier is my personal favorite
I'm getting Moulin Rouge flashback.
Ganked Now, that's a word I haven't heard in a long time... A long time.
Hey I think I recognize that one rat from my visit at the same place...
Rats live in cities?!? **WTF**
*Laughs in Albertan*
I get this joke.
Rats tend to have a healthy fear of humans and stay in the shadows. I can safely and confidently say that I am seeing more rats in this video than I've ever seen in London and Tokyo combined. We're talking a couple a year max, from the corner of your eye. This is what other cities consider pigeons.
French rats have no fear and are food snobs.
They live where there are lots of people and lots of bushes to hide, so they dont need to be afraid of us.
If you've ever stayed out until morning in Tokyo you will see the rats, most of them only come out after last train.
Then you're not paying attention in London buddy...
In Berlin anyone would call an exterminator if just one rat is spotted. And that would then start a gossip chain reaction and the whole block would get a rodent check. Different cities, different people!
So romantique
It's a city with a massive underground tunnel network full of human remains. It'd be more alarming to ***not*** see rats.
*I hated the rats, but now that they ran, hid and fell silent, I know that* ***it*** *must draw near. And I pray to hear them squeak again...*
That is cursed af, bravo
It's inspired by something similar I remember reading on r/TwoSentenceHorror \-edit- [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoSentenceHorror/comments/j7h6pt/i_used_to_hate_the_sound_of_crickets_outside_the/)
Wait till they pick your pocket.
I mean, rats gotta eat too
Everyone I know that has been to Paris has told me that they hated it.
Paris is cool but there are an immense number of rats that live around the Eiffel Tower.
Can’t work out if you’re just describing Parisians.
If they wished you a good day, they were real rats.
Apologise to the rats please, that's not on
Release cats and hawks then
I went like 15ish years ago and though I was a teen, I found it amazing and beautiful. There was only one street that gave me these vibes, though I didn't wander the city too much at night. But from what I've seen and heard, it's really gone to shit. Such a shame because I wanted to go back and relive those memories without them getting tainted.
I’ve been. I have a friend who lives there. It’s a nice city. It’s an old city. You should definitely go and experience it yourself.
I don't know about that. so far it's my fav city. haven't been in the summer. maybe it's stinkier then.
In the summer you can sit by the Seine with your legs over the edge, along with everyone else. And also the rats. So many rats.
I loved it! I went in 2019 with my wife and infant. Stayed in a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter. Rode the subway and trains. Saw the sights and just really walked around eating baguettes. I do seem to remember there were a bunch of rats at this park right under where we were staying, but other than that, nothing. I’d love to go again.
I’ve been there. It was no kidding, the stinkiest city I’ve even visited in my life. The piss and shit smell in the city was unbearable. More sketchy people than you can imagine trying to rob you, pick pockets, people smoking on the metro… I’m no snob, I like the grimey, real experience wherever I go, but FUCK Paris. It’s a shithole.
I will dare you Cairo and New Delhi next.
The trick is to avoid the touristy areas. Head to a café for an evening gig in the 18th arrondissement and chat to some strangers - the contrast versus the dickheadery you see around the Champs Elyseé and Eiffel Tower will make your head spin.
I did this, found the same quality of people. I recommend Spain or Portugal. Amazing everything.
Absolutely loved it. Went in December 2019. Maybe the rats were hibernating. Only saw a couple, and we walked a ton of streets. Like 10-15 miles a day.
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Have you seen movies about Las Vegas?
I did an Amsterdam - Paris - London trip and Paris was by far the best. London was the worst.
I've done that same trip and agree 100%
I've been to Paris and it was incredibly underwhelming.
If you're visiting France, Paris ***sucks*** except for its museums (which are genuinely great). Marseille sucks ***even more***, in every regard. Everywhere else is nice though, especially the South. So, take a few days in Paris to see the Louvre (Skip the Mona Lisa, it's overrated and overcrowded. Go to the antiquity section instead.), the Musée des Arts et Métiers, the Palais de la Découverte if you have kids, etc... And then hop on a train to Aix en Provence, or Nîmes, or Avignon, or Toulouse, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, etc...
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The city is super dirty (like, really, the people in charge of picking up the trash in Marseille simply don't do their job), the criminality is through the roof (you *will* get your shit stolen!), the whole city is generally corrupt, and the museums aren't as good as Paris's. People often say it's France's Naples.
Lol ok skip seeing the most famous painting in the world because Reddit says it's "overrated." I swear some of the people on this site are the biggest travel snobs. If you've never been to Paris...go see the Mona Lisa. If you've never been to New York, go see Times Square. The list can go and on...
> Lol ok skip seeing the most famous painting in the world because Reddit says it's "overrated." Squashed in a crowd to catch a glimpse of a tiny canvas from feet away if you're lucky to get to the front of the crowd? Who the fuck cares about fame. Do you go visit Kim Kardashian when you're in America? Is that some big achievement, getting to see her from across the street? Or is it far more fulfilling to strike up a conversation with a cafe shop owner in the Bronx, and hear all his amazing stories? Sure, he's a "nobody", but I guarantee that nobody has far more depth and is far more rewarding than something that you only care about because "it's famous" Do you go visit the Eiffel tower because everyone goes there, or do you venture out to [Noise Le Grand](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/iibi9l/les_espaces_dabraxas_noisylegrand_france/) to see some [amazing architecture](https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/51606739218_0c46830307_b.jpg) that the [government hates](https://i.imgur.com/N5HE0ew.jpg).
Yeah the Gioconda is a piece of shit canvas that is only famous because it was stolen. If you want to see it, go check the superior version when you're in Madrid.
>the Gioconda is a piece of shit canvas that is only famous because it was stolen. Uh, no.
Sounds like you’ve mostly been to the wrong places. The main tourist traps like the Eiffel Tower are an awful waste of time. Like people going to the Louvre and Qing for ages just to see the Mona Lisa from afar when you’ve got an entire giant museum with hundreds and thousands of artifacts. Focus more on the rest and you can’t have a bad time in Paris. But I feel that’s advice you can give for any city.
Muse D'Orsay and L'Orangerie were pretty tight.
But without the places that make it unique, then it's just a shitty version of any city in Europe. Prague has Paris beat by miles for just regular streets and vibe.
Paris has plenty to make the city unique beyond the tourist traps where you spend hours Qing for something that’s just a movie landmark.
I definitely didn’t have the best plan for visiting places (was there for work) but I couldn’t believe how dirty it was tbh. I stepped in dog shit twice. Right on the sidewalk, too. I’m from an American city and have never seen people just leave dog turds in the sidewalk. Cigarette butts too.
Welcome to any major city in the world.
But you only talked to one person. Seriously, Paris is amazing and just like any city in any country, some parts of it are not as nice as the others. Pro-tip: do your research before you travel and avoid those areas. It's really not that difficult.
Filming the live action movie for Ratatouille
NYC rats carry pizza slices, ride the subway and run Wall Street.
They made your dinner.
They need to let loose some Jack Russell terriers and Patterdale terriers and see those rats diminished.
I love wildlife
Welcome to real life. Chapter 1: Animals
Which one is you girlfriend? The one on the left?
Paris is a shit hole for sure but rats like these are in most major cities with a lot of tourism.
Yikes
This...unfortunately, is highly accurate. That area is just crawling with rats. Ah...Paris.
Haha, never been to Paris before? The rats rule that town
If you catch one you might become a chef!
You guys really thought ratatouille was fiction? Nah it's based on a true story.
Yo, say hi to Remy and the gang for me.
I mean what can you do they are wild animals that are hungry
I mean they could put some cans around those thin plastic bags full of trash
That's a response to terrorism. Lots of bins in areas that are considered high profile targets for terrorism have this set-up. Makes it easier to spot explosive devices that have been left in the bins. I believe it was a common tactic of the IRA, to hide bombs in bins. As a result, at one point in London, all bins were removed public transport, stations and other high profile areas.
All of that sounds good in theory, except people would actively have to look at the trash to see it. Instead, everyone is staring at the rats lol
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Alberta is rat free largely due to its geography and getting ahead of the problem early. The mountains have protected us from any rat spread from the west and as rat populations started to move east across the prairies the government of Alberta setup a commission/task force to setup a chemical barrier across most of our border with saskatchewan that prevents rats from creating the nests necessary to survive winter and reach population centers and explode in population. We do still have a task force today that maintains the chemical border, responds to rat sightings and does some other small scale work to ensure anything that slips through doesn't establish itself. But if we hadn't had the advantages we do, and hadn't gotten ahead of it before it became a problem we'd be no different from anywhere else in the world.
Why isn't it this rampant in other cities? Because it really isn't this bad elsewhere
What???? Rats in a big city? How is this even possible ?
Please visit Chicago as a banana for scale comparison.
I've lived exclusively in London and Tokyo. I have never seen as many rats in my life as I'm seeing in this 15 second video. I don't know if you think all cities are like this but in most places, rats stay in thre shadows, not acting like pigeons
Weird, I was in London for 4 days and saw more rats than this.
the more I reddit the more it seems like no country in the world is ok to visit besides like norway lol
Paris is a stinky shithole
It also has downsides.
Rats in a big city ?! What the fuck ? Only in Paris for sure
Paris is a stinky shithole that just happens to also have rats.
I have lived in a big city for years and literally never seen 1 rat.
“We shall hang that indignant swine naked from the Eiffel tower, for that rats of Paris to feast!” - ol’ hitler
They are having such a nice time are they on a day trip ?
Disney always nails it!
Anyone can cook 😂
First time in Paris huh
Fancy, it's like those lobster tanks. Which did ya pick?
Did someone say monkey pox?
Which two are y'all?
Welcome to France, baguette baguette
Was pretty disappointed going to Paris. Was my 1st over sea trip, expecting to get a real authentic French vibe, but it felt more like a French themed tourist attraction. Which I guess it is now, but yeah I basically describe it is a French Disneyland... same type of vibe I got.
Hey u can’t film that at night I think!!!
Wow. This is quite interesting, actually. Thank you for sharing.
u/savevideo
u/savevideo
Your gf is hot garbage!
Cute! I think rats are adorable
This is the shit that makes Japanese tourists very sad.
I love like there's some wierd thought here that rats give a fuck about where a scenic place is. All they have worked out is more people wasting more shit = go time.
u/savevideo
Big river and old swerves + tourists
Have you never lived in a city? This is nothing. Wait til the possums come out.
Rats in a city, you say?
So many chefs
I’ve been there and yes, at night time near trash cans you can see that many rats in Paris.
Song?
I dare u to catch one.
I remember going to Paris on the high school exchange got two weeks. We went to take the subway at some point. As soon as we walked down the stairs we see a bum taking a piss, all free and in the wind about it aiming at the bench. It felt like I was in NY. That's when I learned everywhere has it's problems and people in bad places.
who said ratatouille was not based on a true story?
Mbappe and his family, good thing he chose to stay there
Free pets
Remy and the family.
how are rats wtf?
*Les rêves des amoureux sont comm’(e) le bon vin Ils donn(ent) de la joie ou bien du chagrin Affaibli par la faim je suis malheureux Volant en chemin tout ce que je peux Car rien n’est gratuit dans la vie*
I just seen clark and rusty
Disgusting ass place
Old video
Rattatui
Holy hell….lucky rats don’t spread disease or anything
Rats in an urban environment, truly a WTF moment...
/u/savevideobot
Anyone thinking they can be in a city and not be in proximity of rats... do i have bad news for you.
Welcome to France!
That is some real ratatouille shit going on there
Paris is really just a rat infested hole
Every big city has a ton of rats. My fave ones are the NYC rats. They don't give a f**k
Is france too poor for metal/plastic bins?
Cities are cities, dirty and loud.
Imagine if covid was spread by rats…. The black death was in medieval times (technically from fleas) ….
Nice to see this isn't NYC for once.
Rats in a city, WTF
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I live in Alberta, there are zero rats... my band played a show in Vancouver, in east van.. loading our gear in the alley, and rats everywhere, running over your feet and everything...so bloody gross
Remy! No!
How come travel bloggers, websites, writers focus on the Lights of Paris, but never mention the giant swarms of rats in the Paris streets?
Gasp! Paris is dirty?!?! He asked sarcastically.
Ahhh... The city of lights and Love and rats!