Solène Delinger 3:41 p.m., February 14, 2023, modified at 3:43 p.m., February 14, 2023
According to an Ifop study unveiled on Tuesday February 14 and commissioned by the travel advice blog "Bonjour New York", "Emily in Paris" has restored the image of Paris among Americans.
Most of them think the city is clean and there are no rats.
83% of Americans questioned have a good image of the capital and think that the Netflix series is totally in line with reality...
The French can thank the
Emily in Paris
series !
Thanks to her (and her many shots of the French capital), Americans have fallen under the spell of Paris again, as revealed by an Ifop study published on Tuesday February 14, and commissioned by the travel advice blog Bonjour New York
.
46% of Americans who have seen the series think there are no homeless people on the streets of
Paris
According to this study, 83% of the 1,100 Americans questioned believe that the series
Emily in Paris
conveys an image of the capital close to reality.
However, the heroine of the show, the American Emily Cooper, evolves in a totally magical Paris, where only the ultra-rich live.
And for good reason, the young woman lives on Place de l'Estrapade, in the heart of the Latin Quarter, in the 5th arrondissement, one of the most chic corners of the capital.
In Emily's Paris, life is beautiful and sweet, punctuated by mornings smelling of croissants and long lunch breaks on the terrace, a glass of wine in hand.
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78% of them believe that the city is clean
So, obviously, in this fantasized Paris, there are no homeless people.
So much so that 46% of Americans who have seen
Emily in Paris
think that there are no homeless people in the streets of the capital.
Yet the number of homeless people has doubled in France in less than ten years, according to the Abbé Pierre Foundation's 2022 report.
Also, 78% of Americans surveyed believe that the city is clean and 53% of them think that there are no rats in Paris.
In reality, there are so many rats in Paris that they would be twice as numerous as the inhabitants...
The Paris postcard depicted in the Netflix series has inspired some Americans to travel elsewhere.
36% of people questioned would like to live in France (because Paris is France).
This is 14% more than in 2000. And the enthusiasm around the series benefits all French people.
73% of Americans surveyed have a good image of us.
This figure has doubled in 15 years.
Thank you Emily!