Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti said she owned a 70-square-metre (750-square-foot) flat in Paris, adding more light-heartedly that she also possessed a David Beckham T-shirt.

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For 1.1 million pounds, Francophiles can own a 1, 400-square-foot flat with two bedrooms on Ile St.

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The 2, 700-square-foot, two-bedroom flat is spread across three levels.

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Hydroforming uses water pressure (up to 15, 000 pounds per square inch) to force the flat steel against a one-sided tool, achieving the same result for half the cost.

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Sure, there are plenty of startups within a short hop of F stops in DUMBO and the Flat Iron districts, but there are even more in F-free Soho and Union Square.

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