Why Paris Looks Weird

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This is a video on the urban planning behind Paris that was led by Haussmann. It describes him, Louis Napoleon, and his team's strategy regarding roads, creating focal points like the Arc de Trimoph, overall architecture, green spaces, limestone, wrought iron, and water management.
There are so many details I had to gloss over because of the length of the video, like the larger architectural feats like Les Halles, Louis Napoleon's role in the overall process and his obsession with urban planning, the extent of the destruction and the entire network they constructed, and the more specific requirements they had for overall buildings and street furniture and boulevards.
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[@standard-anime-girljpeg6479]

i haven’t finished the video yet but so far i love it!

[@hallohoegaathet7182]

Wie is Jeroen kaaseter😀

[@azahel542]

Will you ship the book to Paris if I win? 😃

[@hoogyoutube]

@@azahel542 Yes

[@scyllajk2757]

Is it just me or is Morning brew mostly US and not much europe.

[@vallttdysney7749]

Haussmann later remarked that he wasn't surprised that Parisians hated him. Imagine living in a city that has been under reforms for two decades. The amount of inconveniences everyday you leave for work....

[@cosmobilling1749]

It's almost as if we can imagine why Parisians hate Anne Hidalgo now :)

[@KA-vs7nl]

@@cosmobilling1749 or the hoardes of foreign invaders. When will paris be designated an islamic heritage site?

[@youngmoula99]

Probably the worst thing about living in Toronto and its developing suburbs

[@jamesbutson6347]

@@youngmoula99 Yeah I was thinking the same thing

[@horatiuscocles8052]

@@cosmobilling1749 she is no haussmann

[@tonyhawk94]

Mixed use, modest and rich families mixed, green spaces, sustainable materials... Napoleon III and Haussman created a city 150 years ahead of their time.

[@Freshbott2]

Before energy abundance allowed us to subsidise the wrong way of doing things, the only way of doing things was the right way

[@jan-lukas]

It wasn't ahead of their time but what once was (or at least parts of it) normal

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

Sure Louis wasn't Bonaparte, but he's still very, very respectable

[@theguythatcoment]

I'm yet to see housing made for class cohesion, housing everywhere is the ultimate tool of class segregation.

[@evannibbe9375]

@@theguythatcoment Check out Singapore. Of course, the government owns all the housing, but they have made great pains to be racially and economically integrated.

[@louloucht]

If you're visiting Paris, I (a parisian) strongly advise you visit the Parc des Buttes Chaumont. It's not situated in a touristy area at all and due to its topography (hills) it offers some of the best panoramic views of the city. A bit like Montmartre but with way less tourists (and tourist traps), although it can get crowded in the summer but the atmosphere is pretty cool :).

[@jlle5289]

I recently went to Paris and went there, it’s absolutely beautiful and offers some of the best views. Even on a Sunday when it should be busy it still isn’t overcrowded which is nice

[@Evanderj]

Thank you! How do Parisians feel about tourists? My parents have spent a lot of time there, but I can’t speak Le français. I’ve heard from some that tourists who don’t speak the language are looked down upon and not offered much help.

[@RhythmAddictedState]

@@Evanderj Parisians are used to tourists, so they don't really care. Keep in mind that Paris is a capital city, which means that most French people you'll see will be people who work there. While you'll be leisurely walking around, you might come across people who are busy and/or rushing somewhere, which is why some tourists think Parisians are rude (which isn't the case). If they do happen to be rude, then it's just like in any other country - jerks exist everywhere. Don't let it hold you back from visiting. Just be polite, say "Excusez-moi" if you want some help and only then ask if they understand English, say "Bonjour", "Merci", greet people in shops/stores, don't act like an entitled customer (customers and shopkeepers are equals here in France, so no "the customer is king" mentality). Do the basics, greet people in their language, be polite, beware of scammers (and pickpockets!), and you'll be fine. Also, take some time to visit other places than Paris (this isn't all France has to offer. It's a whole country after all; Paris is just a city). I wish you to have fun if you come to France 😁

[@RhythmAddictedState]

@@Evanderj Also, I'd like to add that most people in Paris know basic English, but it might not be the case for those French people outside of Paris. People in their 20's to 40's are the most likely to speak good English (and therefore help you well ) imo.

[@Evanderj]

@@RhythmAddictedState thank you very much! I am a Francophile and can’t wait to visit. My lineage is from Annency & Savoie, so I hope to make it to the mountains as well :)

[@IMPERIALYT]

Loving the 3D elements in this video - I know it was a bit of a pain to implement but the final product looks fantastic!!

[@ijlalamin1657]

Game recognizes game

[@mbz686]

Do you know which Software he used?

[@matthewzhang581]

maya, blender, or 3ds max

[@matthewzhang581]

most likely blender tho

[@DigitalCasm]

@@mbz686 Cities: Skylines?

[@christybyrne9844]

Can I just say, I know the whole theme of your animation style is dark, but the shadows can make things a bit difficult to make out at times. I like the style, but a little extra brightness on the subject of the shots wouldn’t go amiss. Love the videos, keep it up!

[@daniel_wiersma]

I agree, animations are too dark and too confusing. Takes time to understand what you are looking at and then we are already in the next shot.

[@MarcusHast]

Yeah. Unfortunately the end result is unwatchable on an OLED TV. Half the screen is pretty much black. I'm sure this is in part because KZbin unfortunately doesn't handle HDR content well.

[@over9000andback]

Agreed. Why not show the whole portrait?

[@vwnb]

Looks fine in a dark video editing cave at a comfortably eye damaging 99% brightness level /s

[@igorsousa3771]

Right? If I turn the brightness high enough to actually see what is going on in the dark parts then the light parts become eye-searingly bright.

[@whatyoudontknow2998]

Another great video I wonder what other city will be next? Vienna? London? Chicago? Side note, Haussmann used deficit spending to build Paris. Quoting from Julian Beinart’s Lecture on Paris: “The loans which Haussmann accumulated in 20 years were only repaid in 1929, but Paris was an immensely more valuable city by 1929 than it was in 1850.”

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Amsterdam

[@tijmen5149]

@@hoogyoutube Lekker man! Ik wilde net commenten dat je ook een video over Amsterdam kon maken dat goed inhaakte op dit thema.

[@britisharmedforcesmilsim3015]

@@hoogyoutube Sounds awesome man, praying for some British cities.

[@freffo3407]

Vice City.

[@RobertLeclercq]

@@hoogyoutube Subbed!

[@KlausValk]

One could make an entire 100 1-hour episodes podcast on the Hausmann renovation of Paris, its impact on nature, the city, the economy, architecture, food, population, sewers, tunnels, building, global architecture, arts, factories and socioeconomics and sociodemographics.

[@Jim54_]

Haussmann is incredibly under appreciated, as is how well classical architecture and modern planning go together, combining beautification with practicality. That is why Paris is THE most visited city on earth

[@fakkajohan]

Very interesting. But I do have to say that I find the video too dark. It's often difficult to see certain things on the screen. I also think those black bars that appear on the top and bottom of the screen are distracting and annoying (like at 1:08) For instance, at 8:06, I can hardly see anything because it's too dark and over half the screen is blocked by black bars.

[@theblacktiger59]

Great video, but same critism (I hope constructive). The black gradients at the top / bottom of the screen or bottom of the portrait seems a bit strong. I imagine that the idea is to guide our eyes to the relevant part of the screen. But sometime it would be nice to look at the rest too, on maps for example. Looking forward for more content !

[@LukeNVargas]

I completely agree. Great content but way too dark throughout, with excessive vignetting applied to almost every graphic.

[@aditya95sriram]

Glad I'm not the only person. I really appreciate the effort gone into curating the content of the video which makes it all the more painful to see it obfuscated and distracted by seemingly unjustified aesthetic choices.

[@chikeh1]

I think you should've mentioned how a lot of his detractors loved what Paris had become after the Renovation. Sure, there were complainers and its kind of culture in the Continent to do so but overall Paris was better after it. Health and sanitation and traffic congestion was improved. Paris before him was an infestation of disease and stagnant air not helped by too tight streets and that the houses were so close to each other on either side. Sure, it was kind of a rebellion prevention but it was kind of only part of it. You also failed to mention that because of Haussmann, with the garden city movement in like Burnham and the plans for Berlin being heavily influenced by the Renovation. Overall, it was a good video but it felt so biased to suspicious Anglophone feelings towards the French which focuses more on how Napoleon III was a dictator by ballot and public opinion but not how this was the only way to make changes in France and French society. Also, Haussmann was pushed aside earlier than Napoleon III but his Renovation plans still continued on a somewhat smaller scale after Napoleon III's defeat.

[@azmanabdula]

Not to mention poor people had a nice view being forced into the higher levels Im sure that removed societal friction a lot Sure you have to walk higher to get home, but you have a room with a view

[@DonVitoCS2workshop]

@@azmanabdula not sure back then the 'view' over a city was seen as anything special. Today we enjoy it and it's one of the best things to have in a city of course. For example, as a German family, while looking for houses in Italy, the biggest requirement was seeing the sea from the house, but we've seen so many houses that only have bathroom windows with sea-view. It seems ridiculous and a waste, but for locals the sea has always just been "there" and insignificant.

[@azmanabdula]

@@DonVitoCS2workshop As an Aussie I could only dream of a house on the beach Despite us having so much of it

[@lik7953]

Classic NIMBY’s. They exist even today. People who oppose projects that clearly would benefit everyone, because they can’t accept a little disruption for a short while.

[@azmanabdula]

@@lik7953 As an Aussie I dont know why we arent terraforming the centre

[@gdw9946]

Hele goeie informatieve video's waarvan je op t eerste gezicht denkt dat ze van info kanalen zijn met miljoenen subs. Enige punt van kritiek is dat bij sommige grafieken je donkere kleuren kiest op een donkere achtergrond waardoor het simpelweg niet te lezen is (bijv de grafiek op tijd 13.00 in de video) . Voor de rest ga zo door :)

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Leuk he om z'n nederlander te zien die kwaliteit videos maakt, ook een goeie stem. Jammer dat de Nederlandstalige KZbin nooit genoeg viewers biedt.

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​@@draphotube4315 Eerlijk gezegd vind ik het best raar. Je zou denken dat veel meer Nederlanders die Engels kunnen spreken zouden content online produceren want ze kunnen een veel groter markt bereiken.

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@@hoogyoutube lekker bezig man, je staat naast LEMMINO voor mij haha, wist niet dat je nederlands was eig haha

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@@happythijmengames Another absolute legend, despises the Danes also.

[@HD4amian]

@@hoogyoutube Geweldige content zoals gewend en je hebt jezelf weer overtroffen met de animaties!

[@christopherparker6451]

so glad i found this channel in its absolute infancy. your content is a top shelf product and you will see growth directly correlated to this. i will continue to watch this channel for a long long time

[@ubaldoa.rosario1832]

Amazing summary of Paris Urban planning. A good continuation of this video should be Washington DC’s urban planning that was based of Paris. And I wouldn’t say Paris looks weird. I would rather say that it looks uniform.

[@tonysoviet3692]

I see that Bertaud provides you with great ideas :) As a twist of fate, I'm currently with the World Bank's urban resilience team in Ho Chi Minh city, building on Bertaud's works while he was working in Hanoi; thank you for introducing his great works, which I believe were not appropriately utilized. I would love if you could do justice on urban economics, something that modern planners simply ignored and cursed at the sky whenever their grand "visions" failed, especially now when housing prices in Western democracies, including Amsterdam, have skyrocketed due to poor planning economically.

[@tomascampabadal7485]

awesome video, one of the most underrated channels on youtube rn. just two tips: 1. some cuts are just way too fast. 3-5 secs seems about right per cut. 2. some text elements would be better a little higher up so they dont interfere with the subtitles for those of us with bad ears. all in all, keep up the good work!

[@andro7862]

Also the colour scheme is way too dark.

[@tomascampabadal7485]

@@andro7862 i disagree, it looks beautiful on oled screens!

[@itsfoolishtv8845]

Thanks for being part of the many few that really carry KZbin, with well thought out and produced content.

[@korniyenkomaximify]

Visualizations are magical! I believe that it is once of the videos that I will rewatch again and again.

[@JoshuaChew]

Your videos always have phenomenal production quality and great flow. Would love to see some behind the scenes work in the future!

[@Busterblade20]

Amazing. Keep up the good work. I love how you manage to create such beautiful graphics with a unique style that differentiates you from other creators.

[@adamwilding9520]

This is incredible! There's really no other channels with this type of content right now, I hadn't even thought to ask the question "why DOES paris look like that?"

[@nikororos2250]

Your videos are truly amazing. So informative, interesting, polished and calming at the same time. Love ur content

[@rens4030]

I've been looking for that Hausmann book for a long while, after the new reprinting this last fall I finally got one. It is such a treat to look through and read.

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

These videos are so beautiful - the art blends so beautifully with the information, it is wondrous ♡

[@francoisleyrat8659]

This presentation fails to mention there where many urban renovation schemes in Paris well before Haussmann, in particular in the pre- revolutionary era, with such urban spaces as the place Dauphine, the place des Vosges, the place Vendôme, the place de la Concorde, gardens (Luxembourg, Tuileries, jardins des plantes), thoroughfares like the Champs Élysées which existed before Haussmann, also new housing developments (the faubourg Saint- Germain, the radiating streets around the Odeon). Many new neighbourhoods were also created just before the revolution or in the early 19th century and therefore pre-date Haussmann. In that respect one can mention developments such as the Chaussée d'Antin, the Nouvelle Athènes, Beaugrenelle..., with the invention of the modern multy-story rental property. Yes, Haussmann remodeled Paris at a vaster scale, but the city he inherited around 1850 was not exactly 'medieval', as it is too often asserted . Besides , limestone was not the only building material in Paris. Plaster (cheaper and abundantly quarried out locally), which could be molded into ornaments, cornices, has been widely used as coating on residential property facades , especially in.the 1820- 1840 period.

[@mistazomzom]

Very good work mate! Really instructive and entertaining! As a Parisian i learned a lot of new things about the city. Keep up the good work and thank you for the video !

[@borisbadinoff1291]

Good stuff. One point that could have been further presented was Louis-Napoleon and Haussmann's emphasis on improving living conditions and hygiene in Paris - representative of the thinking of their time. More than clearing the way to prevent uprisings, Haussman's works was also justified by the need to address urban pollution and "bad air" which was deemed a major source of health hazards (remember that factories where within the city). These works included the laying out of underground sewage and other utilities (mentioned in your feature) which made Paris the most modern city at the time. Napoleon-Bonaparte was personally keen on this aspect, as part of the social ambition of his tenure (more than some reference to Roman times :). In that sense, the complete overhaul of Paris was very much the product of late 19th century thinking, parallel to the emergence of robust science, nascent public health considerations, and other features of emerging "modernité".

[@Stermling]

Hope you will continue to make videos like this. Interesting to see why such design choices were made. Looking forward to next upload.

[@luis_zuniga]

Awesome video, loved the animations. Haussmann's plan for Paris it's so fascinating, IIRC Vienna implemented a similar plan.

[@carlosimotti3933]

Vienna's Ring plan was conceptually the opposite as it let the center basically intact. Same can be said about Cerda's plan for Barcelona. Only the Ringstrasse is similar to haussmanian boulevards but it was built where there was nothing

[@HornWilliam]

I think it's amazing the amount of history in Paris... one moment you're walking around and the next you're like in Napoleon's grave or something. Nice video :)

[@flerge3000]

The quality was sublime and I thoroughly enjoyed that video. You've got yourself a new subscriber!

[@HectaSpyrit]

I've learned so much about the very face of the city I've grown up and lived in my entire life. Thank you so much! I'm will probably get myself a copy of that book soon just to learn more

[@beacebrocess]

Hey thanks for the opportunity to draw for this vid! It’s nice to know what that artwork was for lol

[@max_208]

Hausmann mainly widened the streets so they would be harder to barricade, as we the french like to do from time to time

[@walideg5304]

It’s not the main reason. The fist reason was to embellished the city, for hygienic reasons and to get rid of a worker population that was dangerous.

[@bravosierra2447]

Google algorithm recommended your channel & what quality it is. I love the visual design & composition of your videos. It’s a work of art in itself.

[@SamP1ace]

Sitting in my room in Paris watching this video, looking out of the window to see the rooftops just as Hoog describes them. I'll also pay much more attention to the water fountains and benches next time I'm out!

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

I think Haussmann's work is much more valuable to the city than any other things to be done (to Paris). And Pompidou probably destroyed Paris a hundred times more with his stupid projects of highways. Now Paris is filled with cars at every corners.

[@midnightmatt41]

Anne Hidalgo sors de ce compte

[@Insaneronald]

@@midnightmatt41 les années 70 dans le monde entier ont détruit des centre villes pour des autoroutes de merde, l'époque de la voiture reine heureusement qu'on en est sorti.

[@midnightmatt41]

@@Insaneronald personne a dit le contraire

[@quoniam426]

Fortunately, Pompidou's highways plan was mostly abandonned before it was fully implemented, only the river side roads and a few other penetrating arterials were built. All of this because the urbanists understood that it wouldn't lift the load of cars in the center by any means.

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

@@quoniam426 it's incredible how more than 50 years ago, we already knew it wouldn't help congestion. And today, we still have stupid vroomers asking for more lanes... These people never learn.

[@hugomoracchini]

This video was so good, it could easily have been 3x longer and I would have loved every minute of it.

[@antant7110]

your videos are always so high quality, its always a good day when theres a new Hoog video

[@mrchrisliddell]

I was genuinely disappointed when it was over. One of the best videos on Paris and Urban Design I've seen!

[@konanhuet623]

Great video! Very well made, documented, and produced. I'd love a video on the Paris Catacombs in that style, there are lots of interesting things to discuss!

[@mazocat9419]

I loved your video! The style is amazing, especially for the maps, I love them! The only thing is that sometimes I didn't know what the map was referring too, like at 5:35. Is that a map of Paris, France, or just l'Île-de-France? I think making it clearer what the map is about would help for comprehension. But I just love your video, the style is fantastic! I wish I had discovered it sooner :)!

[@thomasfinch]

Beautiful work and video! Paris is one of (if not my most) favourite cities in the world.

[@emmettl7953]

This is so in-depth and inspiring. Thanks for making this video.

[@tyberfen5009]

Hate them or love them, their impact on urban design globally cannot be underestimated. And for every decision they made it was clear that they had a reason

[@lebimas]

Absolutely phenomenal video. One comment: the text on some graphics can be hard to read, and especially so for those of us that use captions, which results in the already difficult-to-read labels for lines on line graphs to not be visible. Cheers, and keep up the good work!

[@assorium]

Big respect for such amount of effort!

[@vertigq5126]

This was super interesting. Thanks for sparing absolutely none of the detail- great content :) God bless you!

[@owenf7824]

I love the way you edit, it separates you from everybody else

[@horrorspirit]

Paris has god-tier urban planning

[@hoogyoutube]

Universe-tier

[@numbers4851]

God-tier

[@outoftheblu__]

The visuals are fantastic, great job

[@NouammAA]

Got recommended this video and I immediately subscribed. Keep it up. You got great potential.

[@ordinal2361]

A *Blend* of excellent animations and models. ;)

[@spearhallow9639]

8:50 FLASHBANG INCOMING

[@jacobpetersen4038]

I love these videos. It’s refreshing to see a north american with an obviously in depth understanding of the european social contract. And the visuals are cool, too.

[@AlexDArch]

Dude your graphs are so dope and fresh. I kinda looks like maps you would see in a video game! Content also top level!

[@perkelele]

Great visualisations, but unless you're from Paris, it can be hard to orient oneself when you rotate the map. Would you consider adding a compass to your map to indicate direction?

[@kyrioz2z834]

I love how non-french people talk about paris when a lot of french trashtalk the city,if you want to see france look the countryside or smaller city not paris

[@thetimelapseguy8]

The same is said about London, New York, Amsterdam, Rome etc. 'Don't go there!" They say, but going to a big famous city is a different experience to the countryside, why not do both?

[@thetimelapseguy8]

Also in the countryside you have to rent a car or use a bus to get around, not as easy as the Paris metro.

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

@@thetimelapseguy8 I honestly mever understad why people say those things like Amsterdam isn't the Netherlands and you should see countryside. Because the countryside isn't the Netherlands either, it's the best to combine them like you said

[@chazmaru9583]

A lot of French people trashtalk the city because they have poor taste, poor judgment and generational resentment of local politics. It’s one of the greatest cities in the world.

[@lapincealinge2]

@@thetimelapseguy8 except it's not all countryside. There are great and big cities outside of Paris, with great if not better public transportation. I'm close enough to Paris I can walk there, but I honestly have a better time in Lyon or even Lille. Paris is way too dense, there are great stuff for sure, but it's definitely not the best place in France. Also France isn't only continental France, plenty of great French places outside of continental Europe

[@maricorrea3357]

That's SO GOOD please do a lot more, I could understand perfectly, thank u thank u

[@mario897ful]

Great vid. It's the funny undertone for me that makes the Morning Brew unique.

[@Altis_play]

the illustrations are so cool! very good subject!

[@hoogyoutube]

Thank you :)

[@Yuvraj.]

I loved the visuals and especially the fact that you're proudly building an aesthetic rather than going for jump cuts and cheap humour for the algorithm

[@captaindelta43]

The final product looks so fantastic. Love ❤️ 😍

[@AedorDM]

This was amazing, thanks for putting in the hard work

[@nahema9079]

I just learned about the changes of France and Paris under the Industrial Revolution at my french school, and this video kind of completes the lesson, too bad i watched it a week after the test.

[@archiemcw]

god i love everything about your content

[@Starman-qj1wt]

I can't imagine how long all the editing and research took for this but great product

[@tompommerel2136]

Wow.This was fantastic. I already knew something about Haussmann, but the range of his enterprises, not all of which can be seen by the tourist, is truly astounding. However, I can understand those grieving for the pre-Haussmann Paris.

[@ccityplanner1217]

2:18: Our modern urban planners have this attitude, none of whose work rivals Haussmann's. 3:08: That's REGENT'S Park. 3:25: I am familiar with that type of sand. I have eaten in a Paris park. DO NOT get the sand in your food. It tastes like clay.

[@Mackesomething]

Insanely beautiful work, Hoog.

[@Gatecrasher1]

An amazing piece on Parisian urban planning--Bravo!

[@MrElbarto75]

Excellent video, but they didn't sculpt the mountain at the center of the lake, this is a full scale remain of the limestone quarry; with two small giant remaining quarry tunnels across it ( one has been closed by fake walls ). And cherry on the top, the cave is not a fake cave, but an old entrance of the quarry, and the waterfall is coming from a former quarry well, all covered in cement to "look natural" by this time's standards

[@notyrpapa]

Beautiful and well-scripted as always.

[@ZedXrdx]

Beautiful style with great storytelling. Well done!

[@king-george-V]

This is amazing, keep up the good work!

[@pom_taul]

Really enjoyed the information and delivery, but visually the video was a bit too dark. It made it difficult to follow sometimes. Otherwise great job!

[@Var_]

Glad to be one of the first commenters, I predict this will be the most successful video to date! :D

[@PaperTigerStudio]

Best Ad in a KZbin video Ive ever seen. You’re very convincing yet it wasn’t unbearable to watch. I would subscribe to them if I wasn’t already. Great video man!!

[@gustavlundingsmith7632]

Great video! I would love to see a video about Copenhagens city design and the so called “five finger plan” or something similar. Just an idea haha, thanks a lot for making me smarter then i was yesterday

[@thyscott6603]

It is amazing what we have achieved so far, it is sad that it is let run down, just look at Berlin, Paris today or New York. We hope things last, but yet we forget that nothing does, only our will and love can save ourselves. I wish to one day wake up to a world where actually would invest enough in to our infrastructure. Because without this sub structure, we would never be able to sustain the super structure we build every day.

[@ThePixel1983]

Hi, you do realise that 1) Morning brew is one of those companies that just assume they're just talking to Americans, because what else is there? (only asked for zip code, not for country) and 2) don't require me to confirm my enrollment into the newsletter. Right? 😉

[@supermotherfuckingvillain]

Not in a long time have I subscribed to a channel after watching their first video. The animation looks really good

[@louw1992]

Hi, like the content as alway, a bit more introduction on how Paris was before the renovation would have elevated te story even more I think. Anyway keep up the good work! Love it!

[@jadawin10]

Paris is experiencing a new major urban plan. The mayor, Anne Hidalgo, imposes a rapid transformation of the city. After a century of car-friendly city. The city is transformed into a city for pedestrians and cyclists...

[@EquiliMario]

12:55 is there a third black dotted line we cant really see?

[@Krasipol]

I don´t even know what i just watched to be honest, but you kept me (your audience) captivated till the very end.

[@saundrayork767]

Great video! Thanks wish I had seen this in time for the give-away

[@pedrogabory]

The production is great and you did teach me a few things about the city i live in. I really like your channel for its style and focus on Europe… But i feel like there's a few problem with this video: Firstly, The animations are constantly moving, and the editing is fast paced. It's really hard to pickup visual information supposed to describe what you're talking about when the target is moving. I felt confused throughout the video. There's also a problem with the structure of the script. I think it's supposed to be sliced in 3 parts for architecture, parcs, and urban furniture, but i didn't understand what was the thesis of the video. The last part felt somewhat rushed, and the ends comes abruptly without ever answering the question "why paris looks weird?". Finally, as a Parisian, I felt like your graphics style, although very pretty, went in the way of conveying the details of the Haussmann architectural style, and the organic structure of the city. It worked great for maps, and graphs, less so with facades and the city blocs in the intro. I don’t know if I managed to express all that in any understandable way, but it comes from a good place.
I love the fact this channel is getting into urbanism. Excited to see the next one!

[@OndrejSojka]

I absolutely agree, only would say that I like the abstraction in the facades, I find it artsy and stylish.

[@hoogyoutube]

Hey Pedro, I agree with all the details you mention, but I (probably) disagree with labelling them as problems because they're mostly intentional. The video speed is something I grapple with all the time (the video 'Your Attention Sucks' covers this), and the video speed and pacing will reduce as the view variability on my channel reduces. Right now I'm grappling with having to, on the one hand, cater to loyal viewers that would of course be patient enough, and on the other hand, viewers that are consuming passively. The fact that there are a couple of cuts in the first twenty seconds showing what comes later in the video is purely to hook in people in that would care much less because the first half of the video is less visual intensive heavy. If the supply of viewers were more like you Pedro, I wouldn't need to do the same, but I could also just be wrong. Two, you're right, there isn't really a thesis, and I actually think that's okay and much more common than people care to admit. I get that this is sometimes controversial (I mean to be fair we're talking about KZbin videos), but a lot of content online, whether we agree or not, is actually consumed because of 'the vibes' - not so much a specific question it answers. The question of "why Paris looks the way it looks" is such a massive undertaking that it provides a few options: one, make the video long and a much more significant investment; two, cut and condense and inevitably leave things out; and three, change the question. I think most would say I could have condensed better, which is probably fair, but when I was originally brainstorming this video, I was originally thinking of answering the question "Why does Paris look creamy?" and go in depth with a specific question that could have been sufficiently answered. But for this video I felt just much more like presenting some interesting details for why Paris looks the way it looks. In some reality, there is probably a 15-minute video out there that could've done this subject more justice, but if I was trying to have a thesis that could explicitly have been answered, it would have probably been better to just focus on one specific thing like the buildings, which is more like what the "Why Does Barcelona Look Weird" video did. Honestly, I don't know. On your last point, that's completely true. The ornamental style is probably the most important thing this video leaves out. But I'll do that subject justice in a later video :) Thanks for reading my ramble. Again, I'm still just figuring all this stuff out, and I appreciate the feedback Pedro :)

[@Var_]

@@hoogyoutube In regards to the video style (panning, quick(er) cuts)-this video most reminds me of how 3Blue1Brown does his videos, which have lots of similar animations (and a similar black background throughout). If you don't already know him it might be cool to check out his style, even though the subject matter is obviously different. P.S. I think the jokes in this video were spot-on, I like it a lot that you are experimenting to find what works!

[@sebastianbitsch]

Does anyone know what tools/software he uses for creating those amazing graphs and animations?

[@fabio5286]

Blender probably

[@uraniumdonut9587]

Love the Video and the style, but black text on dark green background in 12:58 is insane

[@dominictonisson1946]

thank you for keeping it dark mode friendly:)

[@bootle8405]

I'd love if u'd talk about a German city like Düsseldorf or cologne, or an african country like morroco the city nador has pretty interesting architecture, you can really see how they have to adapt it to the temperature

[@drai4077]

I don't think morocco is a german city xd. But Berlin or Hamburg could be really interesting.

[@bootle8405]

@@drai4077 I shoudlve put a comma yeah

[@bootle8405]

@@drai4077 I edited now to be more clear

[@jjjj-wk9gt]

@@drai4077 are you sure?

[@jjjj-wk9gt]

@@drai4077 i sadly couldn't find a town in Germany called Morocco, there is on in usa tho

[@mattbosley3531]

Paris looks weird to whom? It's never looked weird to me. And frankly, any city as old as Paris is going to have some quirks. That just makes it more interesting. I prefer older cities over newer ones, as long as they're kept up. New York City is an exception because I think it's too noisy and smells bad. I'm a big fan of Paris, London and Rome.

[@thhomm]

i love your content, i especially love your unique video content such as the 3D elements in this video. !!!

[@nightowl3031]

Great video and animations as usual! Would love to see you make a video on Berlin, I think you’d have a lot to say :)

[@o2bu]

awesome video from a Parisian, btw fun fact, these water fountains @ 10:42 are so hard to drink from LOL, the stream is a faucet lowest setting and you can't put your head to reach the middle so you have to reach the water w/ your hands and pray it doesn't fall before reaching your mouth.

[@lapincealinge2]

It was made this way on purpose so that people wouldn't come to fill entire buckets or bring their horse to drink. There used to be tin cups attached to them but that wasn't very hygienic so they were disposed of

[@poulette2937]

Actually the 5th floor of Haussmann's buildings were also intended for nobles and had balconies, as this floor is above the trees thus have a nicer view.

[@CrazyBrosCael]

The buildings (shops at bottom, rich on the next floor above, with poor at the top), remind of the apartments in ancient Roman towns and cites.

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

This was enjoyable and informative.

[@REA.Design.Studio]

great video but its too damn dark mate. i know you are going for an aesthetic but this makes it difficult to follow instead of being unique. you can preserve the uniqueness without giving away the readibility.