The France of the Little-Middles: A Suburban Housing Development in Greater Paris - Paperbackby Marie Cartier (Author), Isabelle Coutant (Author), Olivier Masclet (Author) The Poplars housing development in suburban Paris is home to what one resident called the "Little Middles" a social group on the tenuous border between the working and middle classes. In the 1960s The Poplars was a site of upward social mobility, which fostered an egalitarian sense of community among residents. This feeling of collective flourishing was challenged when some