What It’s REALLY Like To Live in PARIS (What No One Tells You)!

[@LivingBobby]

Lucile = reason why I understand anything about France :DDDD

[@LucileHR]

:D

[@PamHaynes-oo3ck]

❤​@@LucileHR

[@JordanS-ww4eu]

@@LucileHRyou’re very pretty

[@JordanS-ww4eu]

@@LucileHRyou’re my best friend I really like you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mkace2198]

@@JordanS-ww4eu imagine replying on her boyfriends comment to tell her that she’s pretty 😂 Feels bad Bobby but at least you got her 😉

[@brendonbasiga]

I deeply appreciate the practical approach that you have taken to your videos. You address the realities of life without becoming pessimistic. Thank you.

[@colles8175]

My colleagues almost always hate taking the business trips to Paris because of bad experience. I’ve been there back and forth and it’s always a good (general) experience: learning the language is definitely the key.

[@DGsa1661]

SO NICE to have a realistic view of living in Paris. Visiting is different

[@gregoryhageage6362]

I really enjoy your videos and always look forward seeing what you have dished up for us next. I’ve been to Paris a dozen times or so, seen what “you must see”, got a grip on getting around town on the subway, like hopping a bus when the mood strikes or time is a factor, but I heartily agree with you: the best way to experience the city is on foot. Whether you plan your walks or take an all day stroll comme un flaneur, your feet will take you places you just won’t “really” see otherwise. Prepare yourself for whatever weather the day(night) brings and get out and hoof it! Dang, I get goose bumps just thinking ‘bout my next trip… Paris does that to me🥳

[@LucileHR]

Oooh! I love your comment :)

[@johnrobertwoolley5730]

All true and an excellent accurate honest vlog. 9:25 " a lot of admin!" made me smile as an ex-resident of France! Love the photos and clips 🙂

[@LucileHR]

Thank you for watching :) And surprisingly the admin has gotten better in the past few years, so it must have been even harder for you when you were living in France!

[@johnrobertwoolley5730]

@@LucileHR Kind of you to reply: but I do get a small French pension!

[@FalcomScott312]

I appreciate your recommendations & advice about Paris Lucile! Thanks for sharing & I love watching your videos.

[@LucileHR]

Thank you for your kind comments :)

[@VERY_VARIOUS_VIDEOS]

Wonderful and useful Paris infos. Thank you very much for video sharing. Video 👍

[@RobinPalmerTV]

Something people don't tell you is that Parisian French is a little bit different to "standard French" !

[@LucileHR]

Absolutely!!

[@jacquesdupontd]

That's one way of saying it, when you are polite :)

[@languerouge5385]

What is a standard french ? A french from Marseille or Toulouse ? Because some french have an idea of what is a standard french very weird. A french from rural areas for exemple. Paris is the place where you can find french people from all over the country. Most of parisians are not born and raised in Paris.

[@jacquesdupontd]

@@languerouge5385 Let's then say that the city, the way of life, the earnings needed to be able to live there, shapes people

[@letachja]

I don´t think it´s that far from standard. I come from Switzerland and the French spoken here can deviate quite a bit from standard French. When I moved to Paris, I found the local French to be pretty much coming out of a textbook at school.

[@Pavlentiy-xi1zt]

Lucile you are wonderful! Thank you for your videos, so helpful. Merci)

[@NastyaFanysheva]

I am working on living in Paris so thank you for telling what it actually is like ❤️

[@tiamarrow6366]

I’m honestly thinking about moving to Paris when I’m in my 50’s-60’s when I’m kind of ready to retire. I’m from NY and I’ve never been anywhere outside of the country, but Paris would be my first travel stop. I would definitely move to Paris, I just gotta get used to the language barrier as well as the fact that there’s no air conditioning (although I could probably buy a small portable air conditioner)

[@TrulyMademoizelle]

❤ that for you. I consider the same thing and I'm from NY too.

[@LucileHR]

I love this!! I used to live in NY and really loved it so I think you’ll fit right in here in Paris :)

[@BobKnight-mm2ze]

Best wishes. It's good to have a goal/aspiration. Hope you do get to travel abroad before you finally move. Especially to France (before the possible move). I lived in NYC for about 10 years, and I'm moving to a (not) Paris part of France in a few months. From NYC I went to South America and Asia. My first times abroad. Studied Japanese at Columbia Univ 2 years. But I find French harder than people think it'll be. And I practice daily. Having said that, Janice in France (here on youtube) has a channel, moved to the Paris area at 70(!) with pretty much no French. So it's POSSIBLE, but personally, if I had been moving around Tokyo the year I spent there with no ability to communicate, or read signs, toilet directions, train ticket machines, food menus, meet people--it would have been miserable. There are people who've live there for decades without the language, so again, it's possible. But long story short; I hope you'll try to get that language under your belt as best you can...

[@lours6993]

A lot of Americans mention moving to European countries without stopping to ask if they would be accepted for a long term visa or work permit; you know, just like any European would who wanted to move to the US…

[@celiastabile3000]

I wouldn't recommend actually spending your retirement here because nothing is done to accomodate older people : almost no elevators in the metro, needing to climb stairs, walking a lot... or you need to still be in good shape!

[@nichegoseberazdvatri]

I was hoping to hear more info about economics, cost of living and how single people manage to support themselves on one income. What rent can the average person afford there, and what are the struggles? What challenges do immigrants go through with medical insurance, or if you don't have a medical insurance, what is the cost of emergency visit? Emergency vehicle to take you or just urgent care if you go by yourself and wait to be seen?

[@JamieNiemeyer-tz7zy]

I tell u what makes Paris so special it's u Lucille your one of the most beautiful 😍 ladies inside and out ! You have such great 👍 wisdom whenever you talk about something or someone, etc. Your definitely the best 👌 👍 😍 🥰 ☺️ love ❤️ you Lucille buddy jamie

[@skatingcanuck9837]

Lucile please consider doing a video about Korean food in Paris. I often watch videos from Korea. There are a lot of foreign exchange students there and a large number of them are from France - this always surprises me.

[@alisonsoifer4191]

Thanks for providing great advice about Paris Lucile

[@LucileHR]

Thank you Alison :)

[@alisonsoifer4191]

@@LucileHR You’re welcome Lucile

[@Adriatico90]

I don’t know why but it’s always a pleasure watching your videos about Paris. Hopefully many other beautiful city’s around France 🇫🇷 along with their local culinary culture and of course the lovely siesta after lunch. At least I do it🥳👌

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much :)

[@sabrinabeardmore730]

Thank you Lucille for always taking us on the best adventure s.

[@LucileHR]

Thank you for watching Sabrina!!

[@renferal5290]

I just left Paris. I really enjoyed it.

[@willowraevynwood865]

Bonjour Lucile! 1 month until my husband and I arrive in Paris. Upon Goggle Map walking Les Batignolles after your suggestion in a previous video, I told my husband that we need to stroll around there while in Paris. We plan to grab some lunch somewhere in the Batignolles and wandering around the park on 9/4 before we trek toward Montmartre. J'ai hâte!

[@LucileHR]

Have so much fun!! I love Caducée for a nice lunch near Batignolles, and there are so many good restaurants in the area!

[@willowraevynwood865]

@@LucileHR Merci!

[@willowraevynwood865]

@@LucileHR Merci and Congratulations on 8 years together with Bobby! My husband and I will be celebrating our 27 years together in Stockholm just before flying to Paris.

[@willowraevynwood865]

@@LucileHR Booked Caducée for 13:45 on 9/4! Looking forward to it, particularly since they don't reveal their menu. I love a good mystery that involves food.

[@LucileHR]

Wow that's amazing, enjoy your meal! :) Happy anniversary, 27 years together is amazing!

[@merder415]

I like Paris because is "similar" to many areas of Buenos Aires, of course not the same but we have the same lifestyle, many "patisseries" here "panaderias" we eat a lot of them in the morning and afernoon, walkin to libraries parks cultural activities, we go out lot with friends to theathres, and so expensive for us to live in the city but we pay every single peso anyways because is worth it!

[@drnicolebeaumont7884]

Great and honest 🎉🎉

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job Lucia drop a like for you

[@LucileHR]

Thanks for watching!!

[@crazyreefer88]

In NYC, tenants have similar rights just like Paris. We called them squatters here in NYC.

[@PeaceLoveRats]

Yea in NYC after 30 days its hard to force someone out. It takes months/years to get to the point of an eviction notice going up.

[@Datdaniel90]

They the worst tbh Hopefully NYC changes the rules

[@cvdaneri]

Hi! Thank you so much for all the content. I have watched most of your Paris videos and I am planning to visit in December (I will even stay at one of the areas you have recommended, 17th arr.) I was wondering if you have any restaurant recommendations for dinner to spend NYE at (ideally close to the Eiffel Tower?) Thank you!!!

[@FMAStudent]

Good Evening Lucile, please compare and contrast the local favorite pizza and the most critically acclaimed pizza restaurant in Paris. Merci beaucoup.

[@enriquesanchez2001]

AHA! I saw GABRIELLE and THEO! ♥

[@LucileHR]

Yesss! I just met her and she’s awesome :)

[@BobKnight-mm2ze]

Ohhh, that's that dude's name! I found his channel a few months ago, and he had this plan of doing DAILY videos. And I begged him in the comments not to put such a burden on his back. Well, at least from this video, he's still alive. But I forgot his name, thanks. Now I can go see what he's up to.

[@jeffbarbier]

As a photographer, I’m always interested in photographing the inside of really cool libraries. You mentioned libraries, would you mind mentioning a couple of the coolest public libraries that I could take photos inside of. Merci

[@crimsonskiss]

My first experience in Paris was getting off the airport, and making a connecting stop after buying a train pass. When I got off the train, it was dark out and there were fifty men up the hill at the top of the street standing against the wall. I was at the bottom of the street and it was soaking wet. I thought it was strange because it wasn’t raining. When I walked to the top of the street, I realized the men were peeing and all the water on the ground was pee.

[@mkace2198]

Sorry about that. Had one too many pints 🍺

[@sadbutok8574]

Hi Lucile!👋🏼 I really like ur videos, can u maybe do one about what suburbs in the Île-de-France are better or worse to live in?❤️😊 (basically like u did it with the arrondissements😅)

[@LucileHR]

I'm not sure I know enough about the suburbs to make a video about it haha

[@brooklyniron1999]

“I promise you, if you sit next to me at a park, and start speaking to me … I am going to be a bit wary until you prove to me that you have a reason to talk to me. Because I live in a big city and there are so many people around me”. You can say hi to her - but “make sure” - when you do - to tell her you know her from her channel. I am sure she doesn’t mean to come across like this.

[@danydany7693]

Vous avez un joli panier de pique-nique, c'est pratique pour déjeuner dans les parcs à Paris 😊

[@LucileHR]

Oui il est super !!

[@josephusanthonybumaat9690]

Thanks for debunking Emily in Paris and Midnight in Paris! 😂

[@LucileHR]

I do love both of these movies though haha

[@josephusanthonybumaat9690]

@@LucileHR lol When is Bobby gonna be your husband? Is it part of French culture to marry longer than 8 years of having boyfriend? 😂

[@carmenmallea4049]

Where’s the park with those columns?

[@lisaboesen8838]

Lucile, My husband and I have been to France a couple of times, and we enjoy your videos. But something in this video stopped me in my tracks. Is that a picture of you in front of the...wait, what?...the Penn Yan diner?? My brother lived in that small village, and we would sometimes go to that diner when I was visiting him. I'm so curious about how you ended up there.

[@LucileHR]

Wow that's such a coincidence! We used to live in NYC and we took a roadtrip to the finger lakes and we went through Penn Yan! I LOVE diners in general and I've been to so many of them, and this one was very special :)

[@bostonterrierplanet-bn1ge]

only wanna visit, been there once - 1986, my wife has never been, gonna freak her out with the tombs or whatever they call it- underground cemetery

[@carrives]

In the US we have precautions for renting, and to get evicted, there is a heavy process that takes time. It can take months to evict someone. The posting of a notice is not the first notice the people got - they have gotten court notices, marshals had to appear at the home at a very specific time under specific circumstances, evidence needed to be presented to the courts, and only at that point were they able to finally have the right to kick someone out. We have "squatters rights" which basically means legally anyone can establish a place as their home without paying if they've "squatted" there for a few months, whether they are on a lease or not, and you have to go through a lot of trouble to get rid of those people. We also have the concept of a credit score which to my knowledge does not exist in France, we also have landlords asking prior landlords, etc. It is not as easy to rent here. Hope that helps!

[@bradw2k]

I suspect in most "blue" cities in the US it has been getting harder and harder to evict people. I figured Lucile's picture of a bricked-over door was probably a few years ago, although I'm not from NY. Here in Portland renters' rights have hyper-escalated in the last few years, rentals are super regulated.

[@carrives]

@@bradw2k I evicted a roommate a few years ago which is where my knowledge comes from, yes hopefully since then renters' rights have increased! Actually as we speak, someone must have gotten evicted where I live now as their things are outside, but this is the first time in a while.

[@kovie9162]

To get to know people in a new place you basically have to either fit in, stand out or work at it and be patient. By which I mean, you have to either speak the language fluently, including contemporary and regional slang, colloquialisms and references, be conversant in the culture, know enough about the place, and thus seem "safe" and "natural" for others to welcome you into their lives and not like an unknown outsider, have a larger than life personality that people are naturally attracted to wherever you are, or involve yourself in activities that you enjoy that over time will introduce you to others who will gradually feel more comfortable around you and befriend you. This is basically a universal reality no matter where you move to. The first one takes a long time, years really, and is unrealistic, especially since past a certain age you're unlikely to ever truly fit in like natives (I've tried, friends have tried, it just doesn't work, usually). The second one is really a matter of chance and you either have such a personality or you don't. The third way is realistically the most promising one. Just find some things that you either already enjoy doing or think you'd enjoy, that involve being with or around others, and eventually you'll click with some people and befriend them. It could be cycling, yoga, photography, music, cooking, reading in cafes, bird watching, classes, whatever. But you're probably not going to randomly make friends in new places otherwise. Well, I guess there's another way, through work, being invited to parties, dinners, outings, etc. But it really depends on what you do and where you work, and your personality, and some jobs don't lend themselves to making friends. In any case, just be patient and don't try to force it. That never works and usually backfires. Oh, and you have to be at least somewhat conversant in the local language or your friendship options will mostly be limited to people who speak your native language well. But what's the point of living abroad if you don't try to speak the language?!? As for living in Paris, I had a friend who lived in Paris for many years, first on his own in a small apartment with a typically tiny kitchen and even tinier bathroom, but relatively close to the center in the 13th arrondissement, then with his French wife after they got married in a much larger apartment just outside the peripherique. I stayed with him and them several times over the years, which gave me a bit of a peek into how people live in Paris. It's not that unlike living in NYC, at least near the center. High rent, tiny apartment not necessarily in the best condition--or a larger one quite a distance from the center--and lots of compromises. Except that the buildings are typically much older and have been retrofitted so many times to the point where you wonder how they haven't collapsed. But it's the way it is and unless you're rich or very well-connected it's one of the prices you pay to live in a big and vibrant city.

[@LucileHR]

I loved reading your thoughts, thanks for this comment!

[@eugenmalatov5470]

Yes, you go to a place like Paris without having a community and co-eds or co-workers, you are not particularly good-looking, tall or rich and you are basically f***ed. You can try Wework, Meetup, but all you meet are other foreigners and lost souls. Small talk is one thing but a complete lack of curiosity towards other people - if you do not happen to be the beau chef from EiP - is another thing.

[@rksyt838]

​@@eugenmalatov5470 Ahaha, sooo many lost souls at Meetups, yes! Also a few gems, but if you only meet a good connection 1 in 10 times, it's not sustainable. That's why you have to meet people *through activities you truly like* - it's not a waste of time if you don't meet anyone interesting.

[@jeffbarbier]

Is my imagination, or is that French Guy Theo with you in the restaurant?

[@dewalddelange3502]

How is the Olympics affecting Parisians and tourism? Personally I have no interest in the Olympics. Paris gets about 50 million tourists a year, compared to just 2 million residence in the city. I would think friendship usually stems from a mutual activity.

[@LucileHR]

Watch my next video coming up this Friday if all goes well, I talk specifically about this :)

[@languerouge5385]

Stop considering Paris is just about the small city in the center of the megalopole. Some tourist are living outside Paris because it's cheaper. Millions of them go to Disneyland Paris and live there. Paris is a bit more than the administrative city.

[@DarkShadowGallery]

I suppose if you are rich you can just pay for all your rent at once and drive around in a Bugatti or a Aston Martin DB9😅 I always wanted the DB9.

[@freebeacher]

I am American. Got my driver's license when I was in high school at age 17. But never bought a car. Never.

[@LucileHR]

I get you! haha

[@Alsayid]

I have never heard anyone say nice things about Paris. The word is that Paris is like a world of its own, a not very nice one, and the real France is in the small towns in the countryside.

[@latebloomerabroad]

Are you kidding me? Paris is wonderful! A very walkable, beautiful city with so much to see and do. I'm going again next month.

[@surlespasdondine]

You cannot generaiize Paris😂 Each "quartier" is a whole different world. So much beauty and diversity. Something for everyone.

[@Ellinillard]

Why would the real france be elsewhere? Clearly a racist comment, a bit like saying someone of Moroccan or African descent is not “real”French. Parisians, real Parisians, I admit there are probably less than half a million, love their city.

[@languerouge5385]

The real France in the small towns ? This is not the real France. Some people sometimes because they are racists or conservatives wants to consider small towns like the real France. But teh real France is where most french people are living, in cities or around cities not in small towns. France is a diverse country. Without Paris France would not be France. But without Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes, Brest, Starsbourg it would not be France neither. Try to understand why around you People tells bullshit about Paris. It's not exactly Paris they are against but the centralization of the coluntry and the french state. But some parisians are poors and don't work for government.If you want to know what is Paris try to go there one day

[@charlesowens7291]

Sounds like you’ve never been to Paris 😂

[@nonickname5242]

where is this place with the view of montmarte @9:15

[@LucileHR]

It is a co-working space, a lot of co-working spaces in Paris have a beautiful rooftop!

[@cutazabutton]

I guarantee it is not a quick process to evict someone in the US.

[@juliaward1127]

When somene makes small talk, it doesn't mean he or she is using it as a precursor to a more important subject. That person is just being pleasant, so won't take kindly to being snubbed. // What you are basically saying, after that, is unless a person is introduced, he or she should go away. Now that IS unfriendly!

[@Ji_han_nyc]

Where is that Poilane?

[@LucileHR]

It’s the one on rue de Levis !

[@sierragold]

Ya, but is Paris safe for single women??

[@owadziatko]

I would not recommend it, or if you want to go Google the area where your hotel is based and make sure you won't end up in No go zones like me because I been followed, whistled at etc and I will never go back without a man next to me

[@owadziatko]

I live in multi culti Manchester, been to many cities by myself and no place gave me such a bad vibe as a few corners in Paris where I was scared of my life.

[@sierragold]

@@owadziatko OMG that sounds terrifying! Hard to believe there are actual "no go" zones in Paris. Very sad.

[@AdrienneReneau-ky4sc]

Need a car here no bike lanes few walking cross

[@allergic2okoy23]

'super' count = 11

[@LucileHR]

lol I just can’t help it!!

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

​@@LucileHRdon't worry about it. It's sweet.

[@DesaKapoya]

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