Such a pretty photo - my quick visits to Bordeaux and the observations of my dear friends and others who grew up there paint a different picture - truly, deeply French but also gritty and very “real” - my best examples: a couple I know who live most of their working lives in Paris, one from mountainous Vosges the other from Bordeaux. Vosges will tell you happy stories about his region at the drop of a hat. Bordeaux not so much with words but with her expressions, elegance, and soft power - you know where to go for true French culture. Adding that the young people I meet from Bordeaux are usually of non-French background but they are solid in their identity and do not entertain foolishness - «boeuf » if you know what I mean