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Paris Street To 'Shut Out Instagrammers'

Posted by msmash on from the trouble-in-paradise dept.

Instagrammers love the colorful homes in Paris's Rue Cremieux. But residents of Rue Cremieux have now had enough and are calling on the city council to restrict access at certain times. From a report: Residents have asked the city council to provide a gate that can be closed at peak times -- evenings, weekends and at sunrise and sunset, when good light attracts people searching for a perfect Instagram picture. One resident told radio station France Info: "We sit down to eat and just outside we have people taking photos, rappers who take two hours to film a video right beneath the window, or bachelorette parties who scream for an hour. Frankly, it's exhausting."

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  1. How do you say... by imperious_rex · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ..."Streisand Effect" in French? Le Effect de Streisand?

  2. Mrs Hidalgo, build that wall! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    but... but I thought walls are immoral and racist! Also not effective.

  3. Re: Maybe you should have thought of that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Get off my lawn in French" is roughly:

    I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

  4. How about refugees? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This has worked wonders in other parts of Paris.

    Move a few hundred refugees into the area. Within a few weeks, the area will be so covered in urine, feces, and general garbage that no one will be wanting to go near the place for Instagram or anything else for that matter.

    Problem solved.

  5. Re:Find a better part of France by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    to be honest, if people were a nuissance around where I LIVED, I'd be pissed off, too.

    people have a right to 'quiet enjoyment' and while that does not always imply low-noise and silence, it means that people should not be hounded by strangers when at home.

    a man's home is his castle; people do believe that. you have to put up with a lot of shit at work, but at home, you should be able to have peace and quiet.

    so, I understand and agree, in general.

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  6. Re:That's why you can't have nice things. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dude, if I get photographed every other minute without getting paid for it, the 5th person doing it will have a hard time swallowing his cell phone. It's gonna go down easier for the 6th because I'll crush it first.

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