tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post852995614420786667..comments2024-03-28T18:38:59.308-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: Living Conditions (research trip edition)Notorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-79688943023772837302010-04-12T11:23:21.365-07:002010-04-12T11:23:21.365-07:00(Plus, it's way cheaper than a hotel!)(Plus, it's way cheaper than a hotel!)Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-74113293717306890392010-04-12T11:23:05.147-07:002010-04-12T11:23:05.147-07:00Bookbag -- Don't feel too bad. Here in Exoti...Bookbag -- Don't feel too bad. Here in Exotic Research City, there are regulations as to how long you can lease an apartment for -- and the minimum is two years. "Vacation rentals" are an entirely different class, so you're paying for an entirely different product.<br /><br />At least, that's what I keep telling myself.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-88636326860776669452010-04-12T11:21:19.020-07:002010-04-12T11:21:19.020-07:00I too have paid through the nose to live in a tiny...I too have paid through the nose to live in a tiny Parisian apartment, although I've been lucky that all of my stays have been charmingly small and well-equipped. But I was recently talking to a Parisian who was *scandalized* by the rent I'd been paying (which is very much in line with what all researchers I know pay) and how much landlords overcharge researchers and other short-term tenants. The exchange made it even harder for me to feel good about the sum I'm planning on handing over this summer!Bookbaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955067991628905693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-91126678448005095692010-04-10T09:59:16.113-07:002010-04-10T09:59:16.113-07:00I'm a born and raised Exotic-Research-City-er....I'm a born and raised Exotic-Research-City-er. Your description sounds exactly like the place I used to live right after I graduated. It was much cheaper then though, and I could get by with a $500 monthly paycheck. The neighborhood sure has changed in the last twenty years...kainourious topous den tha vreisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-44180072961004429702010-04-09T19:18:57.598-07:002010-04-09T19:18:57.598-07:00Sounds awesome!Sounds awesome!Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-12039165231417749632010-04-09T10:15:29.974-07:002010-04-09T10:15:29.974-07:00Notorious (and Belle)--this is the kind of apartme...Notorious (and Belle)--this is the kind of apartment that you'll enjoy telling charming stories about for the rest of your lives! Actually, you tell a charming story about it now, without the benefit of notstalgia.<br /><br />I'm with you--why spend dough on a pad when the point of going to Exotic Research City is to be researching, or enjoying urban outdoor life. There's plenty of time for you to stay inside and live on the internets when you return from your trip. (I once lived in a $600/month studio apt. in Chicago, with a camping pad, one table, one chair, a clock radio, and a French Press coffee pot. What more did I really need?)Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-47797661936416500432010-04-08T14:58:39.635-07:002010-04-08T14:58:39.635-07:00Crap. I lived in Paris for a couple of years - the...Crap. I lived in Paris for a couple of years - the apartment I describe I lived in for a year.....Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-85022732323600087982010-04-08T14:58:02.460-07:002010-04-08T14:58:02.460-07:00Sounds similar to some of the apartments I had in ...Sounds similar to some of the apartments I had in Paris. I lived there for more than a year. The smallest was maybe 8'x12' with a shower and sink inside that, the toilet down the hall but all my own. I had hot water, a single bed, a table and a mini-fridge, hotplate and kitchen sink which took all the space except for the path between them. Great neighborhood, easy connections to bus, metro. <br /><br />I had a big window, through which I could hear the hooker downstairs doing CB sex for clients and during the summer, sounds from her studette left no doubt as to the nature of her visitors. I also got lots of light and a tree to look at. Across the hall, in a similar sized place, the guy had lived there for 15+ years - and he and the other four studettes on the wing shared their toilette down the hall. Rent was about $600/month off the books. I was lucky to get it, and was grateful for it. My friends were horrified by the conditions.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-56484610953550061632010-04-08T11:47:42.969-07:002010-04-08T11:47:42.969-07:00I don't know where in Europe you are (I suppos...I don't know where in Europe you are (I suppose you are somewhere in continental Europe?), but as someone who has moved from south Europe to north Europe and now ended up in Ireland, I have to say that Irish (and I suppose Anglo-Saxon in general) perception of how much space people need to live in is very different from continental Europe (where you might be?). In continental Europe, a 50m2 appartment is quite enough for one person or even a couple with a kid or two, while in Ireland, it is difficult to even find any appartment that isn't at least twice the size of that. Indeed, the places where I lived in south/north European cities could easily fit into the living room of my Irish appartment. Irish are always very surprised that someone could survive in such a small space, but that is the norm there. So it is very very country dependent and perhaps your visitor (American?) has the same kind of perception as Irish do?<br /><br />Same with height of buildings: 5th, 6th, 7th floor appartments are totally normal for south/north Europe and almost unheard of here in Ireland.pikahttp://academicinternational.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-693299001478459742010-04-08T08:15:18.730-07:002010-04-08T08:15:18.730-07:00Sounds glamorous to me. In that "keepin' ...Sounds glamorous to me. In that "keepin' it real" kind of way.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753052418658482508noreply@blogger.com