The casino in Monte Carlo, the marriage of Princess Grace, and the gathering of rich and famous people all give Monaco a mysterious color.
In addition, there is the Monte Carlo Opera House, built in 1879, which is still one of the top music halls in Europe; and the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival is also world-renowned, continuing this traditional art that is almost extinct.
It attracts a large number of tourists every year.
Various reasons make this country with a negligible area extremely attractive, but "attractiveness" is attractiveness. It seems that this is not enough for people to choose to settle here, nor is it enough to explain the astonishing population density. So,
What is the core reason?
the answer is--
There is no personal income tax.
Because Monaco has no personal income tax system, it has attracted a considerable number of wealthy tax-avoidance immigrants, mainly from other European countries.
There are businessmen, actors, professional players...etc.
In fact, most of the wealthy people who have truly settled in Monaco are businessmen with businesses all over the world. They are the protagonists of this paradise; but to the general public, the names of those businessmen are completely unfamiliar and lack impact. They pay attention to
It's still the celebrities.
Especially professional players with high incomes, such as F1 racing drivers, professional football players, and so on.
In people's minds, F1 racing drivers generally live in Monte Carlo, but is this really the case?
Once upon a time, The Times made an interesting statistic.
Strictly speaking, this is not a complete statistics, nor is it a sampling statistics, but based on impressions, forty-nine known and confirmed professional players who have settled in Monte Carlo were selected, each with a familiar name, and then
Statistical analysis of their careers -
The answer, Wei Wei was a little surprised.
Ranked first is the tennis player, ranked 27th; ranked second is the F1 racing driver, ranked 7th.
The other fifteen people belong to many different sports, including skiing, equestrian, cycling, golf, boxing and so on.
The numbers are clearly contrasting.
As one of the highest-paid individual sports in the world, tennis players' tournament prize money and sponsorship income are undoubtedly at the forefront.
To a certain extent, they do urgently need a "paradise" like Monte Carlo; what's more, compared to the Bahamas, another tax haven, Monte Carlo has convenient transportation and mature training venues, which is very convenient for tennis players.
Undoubtedly friendlier and more life-training.
Currently, Djokovic lives in Monte Carlo.
Later, players such as Medvedev, Zverev Jr., Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Aliasim, Hulkac, Wawrinka, Cilic and other players also settled here.
By the way, Dimitrov’s official residence is also here, although he spends most of his time in Miami now.
By the way, Nadal settled in Spain, Federer settled in Switzerland, and Murray settled in the United Kingdom.
Of course, the above is still not all.
In addition to the casino, Rose Garden, Royal Palace, Ocean Park, etc., Monte Carlo also attracts the attention of the world with two important events.
One is the F1 Grand Prix.
The Monaco Grand Prix has the longest history among all F1 events. Since the F1 Grand Prix landed in Monte Carlo in 1950, it has never left here. For more than half a century, it has witnessed countless classics here, because——
The city streets are the tracks for the F1 Grand Prix.
Here, there is only a very, very limited section of the spectator stand, and city residents are very proud to say that they watched the game from the balcony of their home.
Normally, this is a street. During the official competition, protective walls are added to form a temporary track.
It is for this reason that this track has hardly been modified since 1950, and it is still one of the most difficult and dangerous tracks in F1, which is a challenge for every driver.
Because of the long history, the special track, and the huge difficulty, this event is also known as the "Crown Pearl". Every racing driver is eager to reach the top and win the championship here, otherwise his championship puzzle seems to be forever.
None are complete.
The second is the Tennis Masters.
If we talk about the Monte Carlo Masters, it was founded in 1987; but in fact, after the establishment of the country club in 1897, tournaments began to be held here——
The event is only six years later than the French Open, and even older than the Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slams.
From Laver to Bjorn Berg, to Becker, Muster, and then to Kurten and Ferrero, countless clay court masters have reached the top here.
Moreover, the fundamental reason why the Monte Carlo Masters has such a special historical status still needs to be discussed about the special characteristics of clay soil.
The structure and characteristics of the red soil itself determine it, and the effects of weather, altitude, humidity, etc. are very direct and significant.
On the same golf course, when playing in sunny, high and dry weather, the ball speed is relatively faster and the bounce is higher; when playing in cloudy, humid weather, the ball speed is relatively slower and the bounce is lower; moreover, the ball speed indoors and outdoors is the same.
The bounce also changes significantly, and environmental factors always exist objectively.
In addition, generally speaking, the higher the altitude, the lower the bounce and the faster the speed; the lower the altitude, the higher the bounce and the slower the speed.
Of course, this is not absolute, and you also need to consider the clay material, weather conditions, tennis brands, etc., but overall, the trend is indeed like this.
Judging from several major events in the clay court season, based on the speed of the ball and the level of bounce, they are arranged in order from fast to slow and from low to high. The order is:
Madrid, Rome, Barcelona, Monte Carlo.
To put it simply, Madrid has the fastest ball speed and Monte Carlo has the slowest; Madrid has the lowest bounce and Monte Carlo has the highest bounce.
Actually, this is not unfamiliar.
Hard courts are divided into fast and slow. The Australian Open is a slow hard court and the US Open is a fast hard court. The same is true for clay courts. Madrid is a fast clay court and Monte Carlo is a slow clay court. In addition, the traditional clay court is a slow clay court.
, and for green soil and blue soil, the speed is getting faster and faster, and the bounce is getting higher and higher.
Taking the "King of Clay" Nadal as the standard, we can see that there are obvious differences in these clay courts.
For Nadal, obviously the higher the bounce, the higher the ball speed, the slower the better, but overall, the ball speed on clay should not be too fast.
Therefore, the differences can be seen from the number of times Nadal has won the above four events. Not counting the impact of injuries, these differences exist objectively:
Madrid, five times.
Rome, ten times.
Barcelona, twelve times.
Monte Carlo, eleven times.
In other words, it is the same red soil, but it is also different. The difference is even more obvious than that of hard ground and grass, and the impact of weather and environment is more direct.
Even the "King of Clay" Nadal has different status and performance on different venues in the same season.
It is precisely because of this that Monte Carlo’s special status has been highlighted——
Because Monte Carlo's competition environment, weather conditions, and clay soil attributes are most similar to Paris, it is known as the French Open weathervane.
At the same time, Monte Carlo is also the most important and unmissable stop in the French Open warm-up match, and the venue is the best adaptation training match.
