Neglected French suburb grabs tourist attention It's not mentioned in many of the guidebooks, and few tourists make it a stop on their vacation, but the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis is full of people who think their area has a lot to offer. So much so that many of them are now giving up their time for free to show interested visitors around this poverty-striken suburb, which for many in France is still associated with crime and rioting. A natural-sound version of an AFPTV report