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The Joys and Struggles of Moving to Paris - Moya Mawhinney | #017

No Backup Plan by Nathaniel Drew

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The Importance of Speaking the Language

I feel very fortunate to have been brought into French circles here. I kind of forget that there is probably a parallel social circle of Americans or experts that exist in Paris who don't have that dynamic. Even if you're not fluent in the language, sometimes I sit at drinks with friends and I can understand like a few sentences that they say. There's a way to more easily interact with people by changing your own energy. You know how like when someone's moving out of an apartment or doing renovation, you'll see like a bunch of crap on the sidewalk? And it's such a common thing to see here in Paris. But he was like, you find that artistically beautiful? Because

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