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I've been offered banking job in Paris - do I really want to live there I wonder. I've worked in Europe before and not always enjoyed the experience. Was wondering if anybody had experienced Parisian life as a resident and what their thought's on the place are?
There was a thread recently. A few Parisienne posters on here. I have been spending a lot of time here recently for various reaons, my wife is French.
Are you used to living in a big city
Do you speak French and/or are you prepared to learn
International company or French
Based where
I have lived and worked abroad a bit over the past 30 years, wish I'd done more actually. Takes me a while to settle but I have always learnt something and you start to understand a country when you live and work there.
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/living-and-working-in-paris ]Older STW thread[/url]
Email in profile, I am sure Mrs B will be happy to speak to you if you want to ask questions of a local or myself for a Brit perspective, fwiw I am in banking / finance / asset management foo
I've been to Paris about 100 times in last 15 yrs, usually 3-4days per trip. My colleagues complain about everything. The heat, rent, traffic, Metro, VĂ©lib, lack of fruit & veg, the list goes on and on.
However they still live there so being there must outweigh the day to day crap. As a business traveller or tourist it looks great but the commute into town is a killer unless you've got serious money and live centrally.
[url= http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33773868 ]Can cycle through a few red signals at least[/url]
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Where do you live now? Basingstoke , for example.... I know what I would do.