576- Chambre de Bonne
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English - April 02, 2024 21:08 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 24.7K ratingsDesign Arts business finance fitness interview leadership entrepreneurship entrepreneur marketing health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A chambre de bonne is usually one small room, on the top floor of a five- or six-story apartment building, and it’s usually just big enough to fit a bed and a table. It’s affordable housing in a city where finding housing is nearly impossible. Reporter Jeanne Boëzec tells about the history of the chambre de bonne apartments, and how while cute, they are also cramped and can be unpleasant spaces for people who have to live there, a living embodiment of the gap between the rich in Paris and everyone else.