The entire city of Paris will be covered by Free wireless Internet in the near future. In addition they're adding incentives to get 80% of the buildings wired with the latest optical fiber. Now there is excellent example of socialism in action. The French know how to take care of their people! (well some of 'em anyway!) Read about it here. Does your city have FREE wireless Internet? If not, why not? Where are the services you pay taxes for?
Out of all the democracies in the world France and Japan would be two of the most bureaucratic, but are also two of the most civilised countries in the world.