What psychedelic-imbibing inner-city think-tank is numbing the thinking of Premier Chris Minns and Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, causing them to lamentably fixate on all-things-Parisian as likely solutions to metropolitan Sydney’s problems. (Our French Revolution, 28/9)? Last week, we were lectured on why dogs here should use public transport, because it happens in France. Now, rather than identify obvious homegrown solutions to our housing crisis, our premier accepts as gold standard everything permeating from the precincts of the river Seine. Cutting migration intake, investing in a massive building program in rural areas and deliberately not accelerating concentrated over development in Sydney will surely improve the quality of life for the many voters here, who might well wonder whether the short term economic benefits of immigration are worth the permanent long term pain. Alan Sexton, North Parramatta. 29Sep2023.