Tag: Outskirts

The Ghost Town on the Outskirts of Paris

What is it like to live in the shadow of an airport? It’s a question I had never really considered before. But after visiting Le Vieux-Pays de Goussainville — the old village of Goussainville, which became mostly abandoned in the 1970s — I discovered the answer. I had been cu...

Dubai’s property market boom lures residents to city’s outskirts

A rally in Dubai’s residential property market that lifted prices for luxury developments in prime districts to record highs is starting to spread to the city’s periphery. The metropolis, whose most popular neighborhoods run parallel to the shores of the Arabian Gulf, is now seeing ri...