City of blight: Row erupts over filthy streets in Paris Kate Ng © Provided by The Independent Authorities in Paris have hit back against accusations that the city is in “decay”, after Parisians posted thousands of comments and pictures of rubbish piled high in the streets and graffiti. City officials said they have become a target of a “political smear campaign”, as the images flooded the hashtag “saccage Paris” - which means “trashed Paris” - on social media over the Easter weekend. The Paris deputy mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, said the social media campaign wa...