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Originally Posted by DarkJedi
Only that newer construction will be falling down in a few decades. Buildings like these - proper stone buildings - last last a centuries. Also the 'charm' and 'cosiness' element to them. I'd take a tiny house like this over a modern day house twice/three times as big every time - I don't see what the big deal is with excess space anyway.
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A major part of its income, however, comes from the tourism connected to the fortifications (Cité) and from boat cruising on the Canal du Midi. Carcassonne receives about three million visitors annually.
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How sad. They have to deal with tourists to make their money and live there. A lot of them must anyhow.
Like New Orleans. It would be broke and more backwards without people from all over the world coming here to visit. "Tourists." fun.
