Hi everyone,

I am all new here just looking for some general help and advise. I am a 23 years old male, born in Hong Kong and educated in England. I've been working for 2 years with my company now and they have given me a chance to work at the Paris office starting from June 2004.

I have spent one year in Toulouse working as a student before, so living in France will not be totally strange to me. However, I know Paris will be different.

I am having real trouble deciding where I am going to live Paris. The office will be in Velizy so not too close to the center. I would rather not take forever to go to work in the morning so I will have to compromise where I am going to live against social life. Or can anyone tell me otherwise?

I've been looking in maps and it seems like Paris area 14 will be the middle between the center and Velizy so it will be the natrual choice. However, I have no idea if the area is any good. Or any other areas for that matter. I am thinking of living on my own or even apartment share if a really good place comes up. I have a budget of about 700 euros per month. Can anyone give some recommendations?

Thank you and if you just want someone to write English to that's fine too.

Yours sincerely,
Lorcan