In one answer Andrejs, people in France still value family life.
Had one of our drivers here, that does England, he made a comment asking " Where do all these English people go to in their cars, the roads are always busy, it’s like 18 hours of rush rush rush. It starts at 5 and just never stops, not even around lunch time", roads here in France are a far distance from those in England. Where I live in the countryside, at the end of my lane is a quite busy departmental road, I can set my clock/watch at mid-day, there will be hardly be any vehicles using it right up to 14.00, then it’s back to normal. It’s the same in towns and villages, life doesn’t stop it just slows down.