Paris, Feb 16 (Xu Qingru) By comparing twenty criteria such as shops, sidewalks, prices, green spaces, doctors, cleanliness and even road slopes, the media revealed the most suitable neighborhoods in Paris for the growing number of retirees to live.
According to the latest forecasts from the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE), the number of people over 75 years old in the capital will increase by 50% by 2050, according to Le Parisien.
Paris and its dynamism are still less affected by an ageing population than other regions, but how to adapt this globalized city to the needs of older people has become a challenge. Paris has 486118 residents over the age of 60 (22% of the total population). In this ever-changing city, their habits of life are being broken. For example, this age group is the most difficult to get rid of the use of cars (in Paris, 46% of 65-80-year-olds own at least one car), and Paris is planning to reduce the number of cars.
We have used some twenty criteria that cover the most important needs of senior citizens to rank 80 districts in the capital like never before.
第14区的蒙帕纳斯区(Montparnasse ),从缅因大街(avenue du Maine)到科钦医院(Cochin Hospital),从登费尔-罗切罗(Denfert-Rochereau)到蒙帕纳斯林荫大道(boulevard du Montparnasse)街区,位居第一。 紧随其后的是9区绍塞-昂坦街区(Chaussée-d'Antin),从玛德莱娜(Madeleine)到洛雷特圣母院(Notre-Dame-de-Lorette)。
The Saint-Martin neighborhood in the 10th arrondissement is in 28th place, losing points for the lack of green space, poor cleanliness and high crime rates. Housing prices are too high or there are no GPs, such as the Ternes or La Monnaie neighbourhoods, areas with no green spaces and shops are at the bottom of the ranking.
The city of Paris said that elderly Parisians are not fleeing Paris. Véronique Levieux, deputy mayor of the city of Paris for senior citizenship, promised that the fact that the population is aging is even "a good thing, and we are not worried about it".
In the capital, the elderly are mainly concentrated in the most densely residential neighborhoods, especially those with the highest housing prices (4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, etc.): the 7th arrondissement is more than 13,000 euros per square meter, and almost a quarter of the inhabitants are over 65 years old.
"The average monthly income of older people in Paris is 2,800 euros and 1,800 euros in France, but 15% of older people still live below the poverty line (8.9% in France). However, some older people have considerable purchasing power. They are very active in urban life and are an indispensable link in the chain of solidarity. "Paris has a great variety of cultural and leisure activities, and in some neighborhoods associations for the elderly are even more dense than others," the councillor noted. ”