Bordeaux – Quand les incivilités rongent la ville
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INVESTIGATION. Rubbish piling up, bulky littering the streets… Bordeaux seems to be selling out more and more. Whose fault is it ?
By Jean-Jacques Allevi
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La scene takes place in rue Labirat, in the heart of Bordeaux. On this beautiful autumn afternoon, a bearded thirty-something comes out of his apartment and leaves a smashed armchair on the sidewalk. In a few seconds, the man disappears behind his door. Marginal behavior? All you have to do is crisscross the Gironde capital to realize that wild dumps are far from rare. Short guided tour. In a quiet street in the Nansouty district, mattresses, shelves and sofa cushions. Rue de Cadaujac, a refrigerator. Barrière Saint-Genès, two microwave ovens. Place Régina-Badet, a car tire, a red oilcloth and household garbage. The walk continues in Mériadeck. A stone’s throw from the prefecture, a stain-stained bed base has been lying around for two…
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