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According to an article in Wired, Paris can claim to be the birthplace of the world’s first bus service, started by the prodigiously talented scientist, theologian and entrepreneur Blaise Pascal as far back as 1662:
The system started with seven horse-drawn vehicles running along regular routes. Each coach could carry six or eight passengers. Some [...]

All great cities charge a lot for a little - but it seems Parisians have it much better than their near neighbours in London, according to a recent survey of the world’s most expensive addresses.
The report, carried out for Swiss bank UBS, named the British capital the most costly place to live in the world, [...]