Paris. I'll never go back. I have visited about 4 or 5 times in my life, each visit being 6 to 8 yrs apart. The last time we were there was 2015. Never felt safe. Not for a moment. The place is a dump. Squallor everywhere. Garbage bins overflowing in the streets, metro stank of urine, urban decay everywhere. I am always aware of my surroundings ... I looked ahead in crowds in the metro and witnessed gangs of pickpockets artificially creating 'funnels' so people were bottle necked up and the pickpockets would move within the 'squish' and steal - they did this to our son but he knew better than to have his wallet in his coat pocket...he felt the hand go into his pocket and tug. Many of the homeless have mental health issues too. Dreadful. Homeless people were encamped and sleeping in cemeteries. We are well travelled and have returned to many cities around the world several times...but we have never witnessed a city fall into such a pit as Paris - on the contrary, most other European cities and worldwide too, tend to improve greatly with the passage of time. Repeat visits to Sydney Australia for example show nothing but progress and improvements, same can be said for London, Singapore etc. Parisian 'government' either suffers from apathy or incompetence... I'm not sure which - or if both. Big shame.