where apparently young folks spend so much time hanging out drinking in the plazas till dawn, that many residents have insomnia!

maybe if the weather were a little - or a lot warmer - these folks in the rainy burbs of paris would get more of their ya-yas out that way.

growing up in foggy england, and comparing it with how kids grow up here in italy, i remain pretty convinced the weather helps....A LOT, when it comes to nursing chips on shoulders.

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