Strolling through the heart of Nantes at night is like a tour of a disreputable but sprawling quarter. It’s almost necessary to adopt survival gestures, as told by Noah and Toscana, two 21-year-old roommates who rent a small apartment in this downtown area so popular with students. Beneath their windows, between Place du Commerce and Place du Bouffay, winds a maze of streets where terraces and restaurants stay open until late. A dream for these two party girls studying dental surgery, but now also a worry, having to return home earlier and earlier. They were going home at precisely 10:30 pm on Wednesday evening. “Because it’s really unpleasant”assures Noah, pointing a few meters away to Rue La Perouse.
At the end of this pulse, “It’s the dealers’ corner, the guys who are in the zone, watching you and giving you comments.”, Tuscany continues. All along the tram you go…
Source: Le Figaro
