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If this isn't tight living, I don't know what is.
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This is my bed, toilet, shower, and sink.
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In Paris, more than 50 ,000 people are squeezing their lives into apartments smaller than your closet.
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Some of them are so tiny, they're illegal to rent out.
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These rooftop rooms were built in the 1800s for the servants of rich tenants down below.
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But today, they are mostly occupied by students and young professionals who want to save money to live in Paris.
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In this video, I'm traveling across the French capital to meet the people living in these tiny homes
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To see how they eat, how they sleep, and what they sacrifice to stay here
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First up, I'm meeting Ulysses who claims he lives in the smallest apartment in the entire city
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How many people live in this building?
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A lot!
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It is huge!
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I mean you can see like it goes down and it's super tall and it's like super wide
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Yeah, yeah, so to me, and with families maybe a thousand?
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I don't know
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But this is a nice little corridor.
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I think it's sweet.
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But the moment you walk in here, it is like Insanely quiet.
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Yeah, beautiful.
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Yeah, it cuts off the noise quite well.
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We're actually right here
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This is like the back doors.
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So the story of like my rooms and stuff and the top floor
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That's called Shumple de
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Bun is like the servants quarters
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So this is how they used to get in people's homes without going through the front.
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So there's no elevators here
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There's no this is something to know about Paris.
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Like most buildings don't have elevators or they're small
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Mmm, yeah, definitely very small or very old.
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Sometimes the key is tricky as well.
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Can't get in your old place?
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It's a little sketchy.
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So we have seven flights to go.
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Oh my god.
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Seven flights?
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So do you try to plan your days around?
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I do.
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If I do it up twice, it's fine.
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Twice in a day?
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Yeah.
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Well, you just came down to get me on the street, so that's one.
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You take a minute to catch your breath, then it's fine.
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These are like all people's homes, like all these doors.
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These are how to like the back doors.
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But no one goes this way.
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No, not anymore.
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So only you take like the OG entrance.
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Holy shit, I'm out of breath.
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Almost there.
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Dude, just imagine when you guys come to Paris and you have your amazing touristy days.
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Just imagine Ulysses walking seven flights up the back alley of this building.
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Holy crap, dude.
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Awesome, we made it.
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So we got a little sneak peek of a little view right here.
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We're going to go enter my little room.
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Here we go.
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Welcome home.
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Sweet.
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This is the smallest flat in Paris.
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Eight square meters.
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This is the whole place right here.
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Look at that.
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And this gentleman lives here.
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That's me?
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Yeah, I do.
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Is it worth it?
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Absolutely, 100%.
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100%.
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You're gonna look back at these days when you're 21 and be like, damn.
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It was the best time of my life.
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That was cool.
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Yeah, it was, yeah.
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Let's start with the closet first.
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So I have curtains, yep.
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And then I just cover up with my closet.
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So all my clothes are here.
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A little bit of meth.
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Actually, my duvet is here because it's too hot to sleep with it.
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So I just sleep with the cover.
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Side note, few people in Paris have AC and it's really hot right now.
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Especially here.
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Especially in these little rooms.
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Like, no way.
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Yeah.
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When it's over 30 degrees like it is now, it's hot.
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Mm -hmm.
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Mm -hmm.
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Yeah.
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These little places kind of, I don't know, they hold heat quite well.
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So anyways, there's my closet.
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It holds everything I need.
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Nice.
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And then right next to actually my shower right here.
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That's your shower.
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What?
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Dude, I did not even see that.
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That's crazy.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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It's my shower.
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And it's elevated like that.
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It's elevated like it's like so the pipes can fit under and they don't have to dig into the rooms
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It's literally an elevated shower your showers right here right there next to the kitchen everything
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So I put up some curtains just to separate it a little bit
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But separate from who no one no one can see you.
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Yeah, but I think for me like when I'm cooking I don't want to see my shower right there.
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It's like a whole yeah, it's a mental thing to me
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It's like oh I got two different rooms, you know, okay.
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Tell me about your kitchen
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Yeah, the kitchen's right here.
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I have to buy this cooker thing because we didn't have one I got my my um fridge.
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There's a little freezer in there.
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Honestly works perfectly.
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Yeah, absolutely Not too much in there right now when I was 21 man my fridge was just like that
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So you're good microwave and then we got some like spices and stuff in here of Random dishes in here.
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Yeah for sure
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Sink is all my only sink.
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I guess so I do like, you know, brush my teeth there kitchen
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Clean dishes there and then my cutting board here Utensils it looks like you cook.
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I love to cook.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Yeah, and this is honestly a good like I was a solid place to cook
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It is a pretty solid place to go to be honest honestly
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most apartments have a lot smaller so i'm grateful it's like a big thing
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so i can really do kind of whatever as you go down
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it's like the next thing the next thing next
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and it's all right here
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it's all within like a six seven foot space yeah everything like the office is right here too yeah
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i do like i eat here kind of
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and i push my computer here do some work
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i actually have another stool just in case
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i have a friend over we can eat dinner together here
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what's the maximum capacity in here on it i've had three people
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so far to eat so i think we could do like probably one two three pretty comfortably
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so how long have you lived here
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so i actually moved in about a month ago yep
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and i was living outside the city in a much bigger place i was paying a bit more
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but honestly i was like i didn't need the space
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because i was always outside i was always at work i was always with friends out
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by the river or just hanging out in the city
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and that's really all I wanted to be close to the city
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so now I can go downstairs I'm 10 minutes from everything on a bike
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and yeah that's really what I wanted so I downgraded
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but I upgraded the location
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so that's what's it's all about location at your age bro yeah exactly just who cares
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if you have a small place yeah I was like spending two hours on the train every day
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and I was like oh I gotta find somewhere closer
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and you know what this is not the biggest it's not the most charming
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but it's certainly charming it is not the most biggest
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but you even have a balcony yeah
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and the view is pretty sweet honestly sometimes I sit here have a little coffee
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or a little glass of wine
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and I just kind of people watch the people on the street
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that's actually the dream though you're above all the buildings
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and they're all the same height
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so you can see everything including the man this view is insane yeah
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it's pretty like few people have a view this high overlooking Paris
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and you can see the whole street you see the Eiffel Tower
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you see Tourmont Parnasse what do do you do what do you study
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so I studied fashion marketing but I just finished that
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and I'm an intern doing a little digital marketing job
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so yeah and I finished
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that in June do you have deep thoughts up here very deep thoughts yeah yeah no
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but honestly right now it's been
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so positive like things are really looking up like yeah just
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really grateful to be in the city can I ask how much you pay for rent yeah 600 euros
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but the government does aid some students and stuff
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so I pay more like 450 500 euros it's really all
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I need it's pretty cheap actually like for flats in Paris yes yes for like the location
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i'm at i think it's it's pretty cheap yeah have you ever met someone
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that pays less in a good location oh yeah there's some people
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that had like no families no friends and stuff
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that give them a crazy deal for like a huge flat
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but you know that's this is just a random person
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that i i i found on a listing so yeah
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and do you rent like month by month
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or year exactly yeah month by month
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so do you think you'll stay for a
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while um i think until your legs are gone until my legs are gone
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or until i have like a really stable job
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and i can afford a place that's a bit bigger
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but right now this is exactly what I need
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and for for where I'm at this is uh
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it's perfect do you use this tiny miniature teacup to water your plants yeah sometimes it's a little bit wanky
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but it works you actually use it yeah this is like this is your stinger doesn't work at
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that good but hey it does the job it does the job okay what's the best
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and the worst thing about living in Paris hmm okay best
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thing just the non -stop activities to do like I think every day I have FOMO
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because I'm like I can't be everywhere all at once so yeah the worst thing the worst thing who
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The prices are bit difficult especially as a younger student, you know, and I try to be as independent as possible from my parents
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So I really try to Have my budget down and it can be a little bit a little bit difficult.
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I got to see the bathroom situation.
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Yeah, let's go
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Yeah, so right around the corner
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Yeah, so here we go.
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There's a little sweet.
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Um, where you gotta do the thing?
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Okay.
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Yeah It's not that bad.
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It's not too bad.
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Honestly, it's pretty clean.
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We actually have a cleaner to come in like once a week to clean the common area.
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But yeah, it's actually a cool view too.
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Like the more roofs.
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So if you're ever kind of bored while using the bathroom, you kind of see the roofs of Paris.
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It's really cool.
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There are neighbors there.
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What is that building right there?
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That's a great...
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Oh, that's the town hall for the 10th arrondissement.
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Dude, that's a great view.
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It's a beautiful building.
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Yeah.
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So there you go.
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After touring his apartment, Ulysses walks me through his neighborhood,
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Giving me a glimpse into what everyday life is really like in one of the world's most expensive cities
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What is this neighborhood about tell me about it?
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So right now we're in the 10th arrondissement.
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It has a lot of culture to it
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It still has a lot of little mom -and -pop shops.
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It has a lot of bakeries and you don't see too many tourists
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It's still pretty quiet, but it's so much fun.
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Yeah, we're still in the city center.
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We are absolutely
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Yeah, we're actually like honestly on bike I take the bike mostly everywhere
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and it's like 15 minutes from really like the Louvre and all the big things that you want to see
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Good for you.
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Yeah.
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What I like about Paris is that in all the different neighborhoods, you have these little boutique coffee shops.
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And you really find people that live on that street that go there.
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Do you find that to be the case?
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Absolutely.
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I think people live where they work.
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And then they just don't really go anywhere else.
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There's no need.
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There's everything you have here.
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There's markets.
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And there's cafes.
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And there's bars.
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There's little bistros that you go eat.
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I think it's pretty unique for Paris.
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Like this little cafe right here, I guarantee you that most people there, they live within a two -minute walk.
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Yeah, probably.
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Yeah.
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And there's everything you have here.
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You can live on the street for really forever.
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After hanging out with Ulysses, I'm meeting my local friend Melita, who's taking me across the city to see our next tiny apartment.
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So Paris is the number one most visited city in the world.
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Yep.
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What do people who live here think about that?
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Are they happy that tourists are coming or are they like, gosh, there's freaking tourists everywhere?
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To me, I think it's great.
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It's great for the economy.
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It's great to, I love to have tourists over and to
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See to look at them look at our buildings
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and look at our monuments and I'm like wow sometimes I tend to not realize
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How beautiful the city I live in as we're writing I'm finally starting to understand how Paris fits together.
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The city is divided into 20 districts, which spiral outwards from the center like a snail shell.
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Each one feels like its own little neighborhood, with different character, different streets, and different prices for rent.
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Our next tiny home is in the 17th district, where we're going to meet EZ.
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I hope you're ready, because it's a bit of workout.
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We have six floors, so let's go.
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It's my daily workout.
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And there's no elevator in this building?
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No elevator at all.
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What happens if you are really drunk?
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Oh, I fall down just there.
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Or I sit down for hours.
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Like next Friday I was sitting there and I was just thinking of my life.
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I was like, oh shit.
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And I was there like for two hours.
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Sometimes it's very hard because I don't have washing clothes
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so I have to do to take all my clothes with me and sometimes it's very hard
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how many times a day do you go up
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and down a lot a lot but it's always hard here is my tiny apartment
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so these are all different apartments here yes
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there's like 20 rooms up here yeah all of students just not there I don't know her
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but all students and they are all my friends.
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So that's why sometimes we go we take apéro because we have all of balcony.
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So we go on the balcony and take apéro and be here.
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And there are we have two toilets, one over there and one over there.
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Welcome to my house!
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I do my best to make my place comfortable and also disco
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because I'm a disco girl but sometimes it's also hard for me
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because I'm just under the rooftop yeah
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so I hear a lot of noise with the heat wave it's very hot yeah
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but I don't have hot water you don't have a hot water
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I don't have hot water it's been one month
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and I called no reason I mean you take freezing showers yeah freezing
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that's why i'm crazy luckily it's the heat waves it's very small
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but the shower is pretty pretty good
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so here i put my spice tea here
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i have a micro -ondes also do you use it yes
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sometimes here i put also the the food just literally and also i love that Touch.
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Hold on.
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Coffee, tea, rice, pasta and whiskey.
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That's like literally the essentials to living a life.
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Yeah.
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Your room is like literally a music studio and a room.
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So it's almost like you don't need to rent a music studio because you have it.
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Yeah.
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And you live in it.
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I would just make this this morning.
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So that's why it's not, the sound is not very nice.
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It's just, it's very raw, but.
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So I use my santé also with the pads.
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Sick.
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I started music when I was 12 because my mom and my stepfather, they put me on the French school in Siam Rep.
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The school was too expensive because we were three child in the family, so they put us on the school at home.
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So I pass all my day in front of a computer and I was like, oh my god, I can't do this.
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So I go to YouTube and I learn guitar with YouTube and I start my own YouTube channel.
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Really?
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Posting YouTube guitar video, piano video.
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Like covers?
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Cover, I start singing, I start also posting.
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Look at this smile.
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We're gonna be friends.
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This is a whole flat and she has like everything she needs within like one arm length.
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She can reach anything.
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Do you feel claustrophobic in here?
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I go a little bit crazy here sometimes.
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You do feel claustrophobic?
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Yeah.
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But you have a balcony that helps.
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That helps me a lot.
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And I just sit there.
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I don't smoke, but I can imagine a cigarette.
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Yeah, and I take my scotch.
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I think of my life.
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It's night and also the night we have beautiful sunset.
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Sunset.
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Amazing.
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And how much do you spend for one month for rent?
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Oh, 600. With everything.
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So water, all that gas.
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But I just missed the toilet.
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Oh yeah, you don't have any toilet.
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You gotta show me where's the toilet.
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Let's go.
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Let's have a look.
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The toilets are very, very small.
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Oh, wow.
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That's it.
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When we close the door, it feels like we're in a box.
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It's very small.
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Everybody uses this toilet.
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Yes.
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And sometimes I have some surprise.
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Oh, yeah.
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No, it's not funny.
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Yeah, it's not funny at all.
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The big problem here is we can't close the door.
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Oh, really?
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Interesting.
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It doesn't lock?
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It doesn't, it's locked here.
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You have something to lock, but you can't close.
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Like, when you're closed, we can...
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You see?
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So what do you do when you're inside?
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She's like this.
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I'm like this, and I hate in my life.
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Okay, easy.
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Can you play some music?
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Yeah, sure.
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Oh my gosh, we have a private concert.
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Yeah, I feel privileged.
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Thank you.
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Let's head to the next smallest home in Paris and I just tripped over myself
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Hey, bro How are you?
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Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you.
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Morning.
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I'm Pietro.
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Nice to meet you, bro.
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You like the Giants?
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Yeah, I know I stole it from the girlfriend of my brother.
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So I was like let's go I love
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New York no that was funny yeah
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so it's eight floors of stairs nice it will take a
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while yes yeah
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but you have an elevator here no no we cannot use it it's it's from the other side of the
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building yes so we just have to work i'm sorry yeah it's okay bro i came here for an internship
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and i'm doing the internship so yeah Yeah.
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I'm used to it.
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Shit, bro.
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Yeah.
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I'm used to it.
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How many times in one day do you do that?
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Usually, to be honest, only a couple.
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I don't go back home often, but sometimes it happens for a party, I have to come down, so I throw a seven -people party.
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I did it seven times in two hours.
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It was so...
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It was a workout, really.
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The house is divided in two rooms.
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The kitchen and the room where I sleep.
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Let's start with the kitchen.
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Here we go.
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Oh, this is cool.
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So this is your kitchen?
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Yes.
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Only for you?
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It's only for me, yeah.
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That's good.
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Yeah, yeah.
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It's functional.
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I mean, it has everything.
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My friend yesterday gifted me oil from Puglia, and this is the best gift I've ever received.
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I think.
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It's the olive oil?
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Yes, olive oil from Puglia.
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Where in Italy are you from?
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I'm from close to where they did the Olympics this year, in the Alps.
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The Dolomites.
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That's awesome, man.
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Yeah.
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Do you use this?
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Yeah, yeah, I use it, you know, cooked pasta or simple stuff.
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Yeah, very Italian.
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But it's really cool because when you're here, you can see this incredible view.
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Wow.
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You only use this room for kitchen, that's it?
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Yeah, that's it, of course.
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And to work sometimes.
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Let's see the room.
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Yes, let's go.
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So these are the common bathroom.
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This is better than the other ones I've seen.
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Oh really?
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The other ones have just one toilet.
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Okay.
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Not two.
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Luxury.
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And they don't have the kitchen, so you're luxury, bro.
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Really?
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Okay, I shouldn't complain then.
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Really?
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Exactly. And here we go.
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Welcome to Casa de Pietro.
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Yes, Pietro's room.
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This is my bed, toilet, shower and sink.
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You go from bedroom right to toilet.
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It's all right next to you.
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That's so interesting.
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Yeah, yeah.
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How much do you pay for rent?
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I just pay under 600, so it's super cheap.
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For Paris, it's incredibly cheap.
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And since I'm doing an internship, I'm not getting 5 ,000 euros.
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It's perfect for me.
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I really was happy when I found it.
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What's your internship?
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It's in the sustainability sector.
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So also my master is in sustainability.
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Nice.
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And it's really nice.
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I really like it. So shower.
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Here we go.
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Not bad.
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No, no, it's good.
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All right.
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So yeah, it's actually fine.
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No, no, it's okay.
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This is definitely better than all the ones I've been to.
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Really?
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Okay, okay.
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I shouldn't complain then.
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No complaining.
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And then there is my dressing room.
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If you use a toilet and it smells really bad, then you have to sleep with the smell.
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Yeah.
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I mean, that's the thing.
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I have the spray for good smells as well.
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Pietro, what's the best and the worst part about living in a tiny apartment?
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I don't know, the tiny apartment, it allowed me to live in Paris, which is the best city I've lived in,
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so, you know, that's the best part by far.
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The worst part is the stairs, to be honest.
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Yeah.
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How long do you think you could live here?
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Like, a year, two years?
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I mean, for my internship, for sure, I don't think more than a year.
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And is it worth it to live in a tiny apartment?
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A hundred percent, 100 % Pietro's place might be the craziest I've seen yet.
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But now I'm meeting back up with Melida,
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who's taking me to the river to meet a couple who lives 365 days a year on a boat.
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Hello, how are you?
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Hi, nice to meet you.
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How are you?
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Hello, hello.
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Nice to meet you.
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Yeah, this is so cool.
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I feel like nobody in Paris has.
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No, you're like...
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All in this room is original.
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What's the difference between living in the boat versus living in the flat?
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What's better or worse?
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It's a thousand times better here.
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Yes?
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She feels like it's no longer the Parisian life
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she was living at the sixth floor with a roommate like a very tiny apartment
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and now she feels like she's more free
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so this is like living room and kitchen yeah you have everything in here
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yeah so where do you sleep it's bigger than my apartment
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we sleep on the on the bedroom this is look for the winter for the winter
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Wow, that looks nice.
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I don't know the name in English but it's the fireplace.
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We sleep here.
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It's a new bedroom because before we have no extension.
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So when we're here, we need to make like this.
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This is like really nice.
534
That's so nice.
535
This is nicer than the empty room.
536
I'm loving this episode.
537
Let's go discovering cool places.
538
How do you get clean water?
539
We put the hose.
540
We make full this tank and this tank and with
541
that maybe we have for two weeks the water for two
542
weeks yeah what's the biggest struggle of living on a boat the most difficult thing for you for both of you
543
find a renovation work yes yeah what about like do you feel isolated no no no
544
No, I would have liked it.
545
He's not always there.
546
it's actually a guest room this is crazy we walked through their living room through their bedroom through their bathroom
547
and then there's another secret chamber
548
and this is where the guests stay the the bedroom for two people here the guest
549
if you want to we go directly on the rooftop here let's do it this place is like a maze
550
we just keep going keep going
551
wow this is amazing you have a swimming pool i am what the Do you go in there?
552
Yeah, all the time.
553
You go in there every day?
554
All the time, after rock.
555
So do you not like to go to the city center?
556
You don't like the crowded streets and the cars and everything?
557
I like it, but we take it out.
558
Yes, I am.
559
When we are here, it's perfect together here.
560
Do you have to pay rent to be on the water?
561
Pay the government to stay here?
562
How much do you spend a month to live here?
563
That's it?
564
Only 400?
565
Yeah, because you own the boat now.
566
That's not bad at all.
567
That's cheaper than these other tiny flats in the city center.
568
Yeah, it is.
569
It's amazing here.
570
You're so lucky.
571
Look at the bird's eye view of the living room.
572
Do you want to set the machines, the motor?
573
Why not?
574
If you're on the engine room.
575
The engine room?
576
Do you want to see?
577
Yeah, let's see the engine room.
578
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
579
You first.
580
Yeah.
581
And I switch on the light.
582
The light, yes.
583
Okay!
584
If this isn't tight living, I don't know what is.
585
You have so many cool things in here.
586
This is amazing.
587
It looks like a shop.
588
Exactly.
589
Here you have the motor.
590
It's in the perfect condition.
591
It's a very good motor.
592
The mark is DAF.
593
You know how to fix things?
594
You can fix everything.
595
If it's broken, you can make it better.
596
Do you know how it is?
597
It's possible.
598
But I don't make any...
599
Or she fixes it.
600
That's Lily.
601
This is actually the coolest part.
602
The weaver?
603
Original.
604
It's original.
605
One years old.
606
When they say tight living spaces this is about as tight as it gets.
607
Oh shit!
608
I got scared.
609
The horn does work.
610
The smell in there is insane when it starts the engine.
611
I can barely breathe.
612
I feel like I'm gonna get high from breathing in the fumes.
613
What do you think about this boat?
614
I'm loving it, man.
615
It's really cool, right?
616
Yeah, I mean, especially with the heat.
617
Like, I can't imagine how ready it is to be in here.
618
What do you think?
619
I think it's awesome.
620
I think it's really unique.
621
Oh, he said stop.
622
You're pissing off the neighbors.
623
He's trying to like enjoy his life.
624
I don't know if I could live on a boat, but there's something pretty amazing about waking up on the Seine River every day.
625
Now, Melida and I are meeting up with Oscar, whose place feels a little more like something I could actually call home.
626
How long have you lived in this building?
627
So I live here one year.
628
I live in this neighborhood for 10 years.
629
So I was in my father's apartment just five minutes away.
630
And 10 minutes away, there is my mother's apartment.
631
So all my family...
632
You're from this area.
633
Yes, yes.
634
Nice.
635
Do they also have to walk upstairs to get home?
636
No, no, no. My mother is at the zero floor.
637
How are you doing back there?
638
Thank you, thank you.
639
I'm surviving.
640
It's okay?
641
Okay, it's finished. So, Bienvenue.
642
Thank you.
643
This is 13 meters, 13 square meters.
644
Yeah.
645
In my opinion, it looks like 15 or 17.
646
Yeah, it feels a bit bigger.
647
I chose the perfect furniture to make it better.
648
Yeah, because my bed is really small.
649
Yes, and for example my bed when I have friends
650
Yeah, all right.
651
I just I just
652
Pull it and I have a like a double bed just like this
653
Now it feels like eight square meters
654
Yes, and how much do you spend a month with this?
655
This is the thing that makes it easier for me.
656
I am the owner.
657
You own this place?
658
You bought it?
659
Yes, my dad.
660
Your dad owns it.
661
It's very easy because I chose my bed, I chose my furniture, I chose even the floor.
662
How much do you think this would cost if you rent it?
663
If somebody was paying?
664
Like 500?
665
How much would you...
666
More.
667
More than 500?
668
More than 500.
669
Really?
670
Maybe minimum 800 per month.
671
So I can see that you like to work out
672
Yes, I love it.
673
Every table is a folding table.
674
So I just have to This is my
675
So you just have to put it like this and so I can do pull -ups
676
Those are my pull -ups
677
Dude, that's so cool.
678
And you can also do
679
Wow some dips yeah
680
Drew we need to see you need that please
681
It's your moment, Drew I haven't done this in a while Wow Nice Okay Wow That's all I got
682
Can I jump?
683
Yes of course
684
You can try it in the...
685
Oh okay perfect okay okay
686
Wait because I'm not sure I'm well shaped I lived in my father's apartment and I didn't want to move.
687
So I said, okay, I will move, but I want a pull -up bar in my apartment.
688
That's why he built it.
689
I'm very proud of my table.
690
So this is my...
691
Did you build it?
692
This is an idea of my father, but I don't know where he found it.
693
Wow!
694
So that's it.
695
And so I have a lot of space when I have friends, for example, and I can use just the half part when I eat alone.
696
That's super cool, man.
697
It makes the whole place bigger.
698
Yes, and that's why that's really why my 13 square meters is bigger than excepting.
699
Oscar, I got to say, like, your situation is amazing.
700
You seem very happy.
701
You're not complaining.
702
You're not stressed.
703
It's small, but you have everything you need and you make everything work.
704
I'm very, very lucky and I know it.
705
So do you have this flag only because of World Cup or you always have this flag?
706
Always.
707
What does the flag mean to you?
708
A lot.
709
Actually, I'm a student in a business school, but I'm also a French military.
710
It's a passion.
711
It's a hobby for me.
712
I don't want to become military 100 % of my time.
713
I'm paid.
714
You're paid when you're in Ajitanga Uda.
715
Yes, yes.
716
What's your other job?
717
So I'm paid and actually I'm also in internship.
718
I want to become an event organizer.
719
What about that hat, the red hat?
720
Oh, this is a crown that I owned at a party.
721
Nice.
722
I can show you this also.
723
It's one of my passions.
724
It's a gun, but it's not a real one it's a airsoft the same weight
725
and the same feeling that the real one
726
and this is the one we use in the french army
727
that one it looks the same yes it's it's the same model you know
728
but this is a airsoft but the real one you have airsoft because um i can practice at home
729
How do you practice at home?
730
Yes, you know you have to, for example, to move this.
731
Okay, like this.
732
Up.
733
Cool, man.
734
Tac.
735
Tac, tac. So.
736
Nice.
737
We're heading in the bathroom, it's very, very small.
738
This is the whole thing.
739
This is my shower.
740
This is my shower, actually.
741
It looks nice.
742
Yes, I have enough place to...
743
I always think European sinks are so funny.
744
Look at this.
745
This is crazy.
746
For Americans, this is crazy.
747
My hand is bigger than the sink.
748
You have everything you need, bro.
749
Yes, everything.
750
I don't need more.
751
And the only problem is that, you know, the door, when I close it,
752
um you can see me you can see me no no
753
i have another way to i have another toilet like a toilet just here in the hallway
754
that's actually really cool so there's a communal toilet upstairs
755
for one two three four there's four flats and they can all use
756
that i have filmed smallest homes in new york amsterdam london
757
but it's interesting how everyone in their early 20s lives in these places
758
and it's normal because in other cities like in new york this is not normal
759
this is so small but for you guys it's like it's just like this life yeah and you live with it
760
thank you thank you i like that one
761
we've just arrived at our next small home dweller her name's cleo
762
we are in the south of paris the not
763
so touristy side of paris and i think it's right here hello oops hi how are you
764
Nice to meet you.
765
All good?
766
Yes.
767
Welcome.
768
Thank you.
769
How long have you lived here?
770
Two years.
771
It's my safe place.
772
Let's go.
773
So this is everything, yeah.
774
This is my bed.
775
Really?
776
Yes.
777
Wow.
778
Nice.
779
Pause.
780
My t -shirt.
781
Well organized.
782
Very organized.
783
Yes.
784
I'm a Chicago J -Cup.
785
Yes.
786
So because she has a traumatic head injury, because she got hit by a car, she still has some after effects.
787
And so that makes it so much easier for her to navigate in a small space, just to see, like she remembers where everything is.
788
Got it.
789
I think that's really cool that you have found a solution to help you.
790
You might be asking like what actually happened?
791
I traveled and there was a man who passed this time.
792
Yes, but you see all of your back
793
All of your back
794
There's a fracture there so that's why it's hard like right behind so that's why it's hard for her to walk
795
And so I have to say now you don't look like you had any problems.
796
You look perfectly fine and normal
797
It's impressive how she's recovered.
798
Yeah, I guess people do not believe her That's my car.
799
Parking?
800
Yes, and for new shopping.
801
Yes, exactly.
802
Thank you for sharing your story.
803
Because you have had such a bad experience and you became injured, explain to me how this small home is beneficial for your lifestyle.
804
Everything that's very important is here.
805
The thing that she's going to use on a daily basis, that's here.
806
Then, I have all my letters because I note a lot of things.
807
All of her notebooks, like to write everything just again to make sure she doesn't forget anything.
808
She's forgetful.
809
Then...
810
Wow, that's cool.
811
It's my organisation.
812
Medico.
813
All of the medical treatments that she's receiving.
814
These are all of the stuff that she's not using on a daily basis.
815
There's one for red leaves, one for cables, one for chouchous, like air ties.
816
What do you think about all this?
817
It's cool.
818
Yeah, I would love to be as organized.
819
I think it's obligatory for me.
820
Oh my God, yeah.
821
I think everybody should live like this.
822
In your house, it's really easy that you have things that you can remember, but when you're on the street and you forget things,
823
how do you live with that?
824
I'm going to lose things in my school.
825
It's okay.
826
She would just write everything down in her notes on her iPhone like kind of similar like at our place
827
she does that and then when she goes outside she does
828
that my little lavabo my toilet the sink the toilet
829
and the sink is
830
so small yes do you work it's my internship yes at bruce that's french media
831
and american media and africa media
832
if you could say any message to the whole world what would you tell them believe in your dreams
833
you can make it work like i am the living proof
834
that i can make it work living by myself in
835
that small apartment after everything that happened that's so nice isn't it that was a cool scene because she um
836
she really uses her small home bye to her advantage you know to meet someone that doesn't have like a visible visibility.
837
Exactly.
838
Do you realize that that exists?
839
Because when you see her, like she looks like me, like she looks like she could just run a marathon, but exactly.
840
After exploring the tiniest homes in Paris, I'm pretty amazed by how much personality each person has managed to pack into such a limited space.
841
For some, living this small is a deliberate decision.
842
For others, it's just the cost of residing in the city they love the most.
843
And that's the beautiful paradox of Paris.
844
It might be one of the best cities on earth to live in, but also one of the most challenging.
845
If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that a home doesn't have to be big to feel like it truly belongs to you.
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Этот урок разговорной практики построен на видео «People Pay $700 a Month to Live Like This in Paris». В этом видео 837 предложений и 7266 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 38:14. Говорящий говорит быстро, около 190 слов в минуту, поэтому звуки часто сливаются и сокращаются. 85% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка; остальные стоит разобрать перед занятием. Вопросов здесь 166 из 837 предложений, так что это хорошая тренировка вопросительной интонации и коротких ответов.
Ключевая лексика этого видео
15 слов из видео, которые стоит выучить, с произношением и значением:
| Слово | Произношение | Значение |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | тпру, пру |
| sink глагол | /ˈsɪŋk/ | тону́ть, утону́ть |
| meter существительное | /ˈmitəɹ/ | счётчик, измери́тель |
| internship существительное | /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/ | пра́ктика, интернату́ра |
| bedroom существительное | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | спа́льня |
| elevator существительное | /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/ | элева́тор |
| balcony существительное | /ˈbælkəni/ | балко́н |
| complain глагол | /kəmˈpleɪn/ | жа́ловаться, сетовать |
| insane прилагательное | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | душевнобольно́й, невменя́емый |
| charm существительное | /t͡ʃɑɹm/ | амуле́т, талисма́н |
| workout существительное | /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ | трениро́вка, ворка́ут |
| guitar существительное | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | гита́ра |
| everyday прилагательное | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | повседне́вный, ежедне́вный |
| steal глагол | /stiːl/ | красть, укра́сть |
| grateful прилагательное | /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ | благода́рный, призна́тельный |
Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите
| Слово | Произношение | Значение |
|---|---|---|
| go down глагол | спуска́ться, спусти́ться | |
| check out глагол | проверя́ть, прове́рить | |
| come down глагол | спуска́ться, спусти́ться | |
| come down to глагол | спадать до | |
| cut off глагол | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | отреза́ть, отре́зать |
| fall down глагол | /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ | па́дать, упа́сть |
| get off глагол | спуска́ться, спусти́ться | |
| go back глагол | возвраща́ться, возврати́ться |
Фразы, которые стоит повторять
Короткие законченные фразы из видео, которые пригодятся в повседневном разговоре:
- Can't get in your own place?
- Do you have deep thoughts up here?
- You don't have hot water?
- You only use this room for kitchen, that's it?
- You can fix everything if it's broken?
Грамматика в этом видео
Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:
| Конструкция | В видео |
|---|---|
| Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчас | i've had · have you lived · it's been |
| Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делает | were built · are mostly occupied · is divided |
| Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предмете | people who live · phone, which is · Paris, which is |
Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание
Говорящий использует 153 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например I'm, don't, you're. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.
- Звуки «th»: breathe /bɹiːð/, sixth /sɪksθ/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/
- Звуки «sh» и «zh»: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Длинные слова — следите за ударением: elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, sustainability /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/, renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/
Звуки, трудные для русскоязычных:
- /w/ — губы округлены, это не /v/: whoa /woʊ/, workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/, whiskey /ˈwɪski/, wash /wɑʃ/
- /h/ — лёгкий выдох, а не русское «х»: horn /hɔɹn/, hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hose /hoʊz/, hallway /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/
- Звонкие согласные в конце слова — не оглушайте их: stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/, olive /ˈɑ.lɪv/, upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/
Как заниматься с этим видео
- Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
- Начните со скорости 0,75×, повторяйте предложение за предложением и вернитесь к обычной скорости, когда станет легко.
- Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как whoa, sink, meter.
Что такое техника Shadowing?
Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.