
alan hart, who wrote a useful book for all those going to live in paris, mentions the XIIe arrondissement as a district worth renting an appartment:
spreading from the bastille to the bois de vincennes, the 12th is the great success story of parisian urban regenaration. it has the highest level of population growth of all arrondiseements, and with its forests, parks. promenades and cycle tracks, the seine waterfront and the canal st. martin yacht harbour, it is not difficult to understand why the area is now so popular.
sounds good, eh? alan harts concludes the detailled description of the quarter with the following remark: the urban addition now seems to be that bastille + bercy + bois = bobo, and the 12th is the tribal homeland of this new breed. sauseschritt had an indepth look at the aerea there and was very, very convinced. inschallah, the appartment there might be waiting for a new tenant .........



