DOOMERS are WRONG about PARIS 🇫🇷 | Euro Lifestyle Is Peak | Men's Fashion | Living In France

Watch Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTtf5DMA7ms&t=1769s Jackson&co substacK: https://substack.com/@jacksonandco $27 a month, unlimited data, 100+ countries = pangia pass Use my link for 10% off: https://pangiapass.com/a/bold Find Me Here: https://linktr.ee/bold.perceptions Travel / Lifestyle Consultation, DM Me On Instagram: bold_perceptions #travel #travelblogger #france #eurolife #europe #travelblogger #travel #podcast #france #paris #doomer #solotravel Summary Al of episode - Nick (Bold Perceptions) sits down in Paris with his friend Ben Jackson, meeting in person for the first time after connecting online three years ago. Ben moved from New York to France a year ago with his French wife, settling in Paris after six months in Normandy. The two smoke cigars by the Seine and compare notes on Paris, pushing back hard against the social media narrative that the city has gone downhill — both find it cleaner, friendlier, and more affordable than expected, with Nick estimating that $5,000/month in Paris buys a comparable or better lifestyle to what that same budget gets you in Latin America's major cities. The conversation drifts into European lifestyle, travel, and geopolitics — covering train systems (Italy wins), the high-trust Nordic social model, gun ownership myths in Europe, and whether Europe's comfortable lifestyle is sustainable without American military protection footing the bill. They also riff on history, tracing Napoleon's obsession with Rome, Caesar's breakdown at the statue of Alexander the Great, and how the entire Western tradition — from Washington D.C. to Haussmann's Paris — is essentially a Roman copy chain ending in plastic. The back half centers on men's style and Ben's Substack publication Jackson & Co., which he launched as a response to GQ and Esquire becoming unrecognizable. Ben argues that a generational rebellion is underway — Gen Z rejecting their athleisure dads and swinging back toward timeless, classic menswear — pointing to Ralph Lauren's 25-30% sales surge and suit retailers like Suitsupply unable to build stores fast enough. Nick ties this into broader cultural swings: young men going back to church, the "old money" aesthetic as a synonym for intentional living, and the Italian concept of sprezzatura — looking effortlessly put-together — as the gold standard. -