<p>The point raised by ucbalumnus is so true, and growing ever more so as internships become the common gateway into many fields. Years ago, DH landed a plum internship at CNN in NYC. Upon starting, he discovered that he was the only ‘regular’ intern there: <em>all</em> the others were fabulously rich (as in stratospherically rich, with famous names along the lines of Vanderbilt and Kennedy–but not those exactly, as DH doesn’t wang to kiss and tell on CC). Of course it makes sense…this was in Manhattan. How many college students can pay tuition, live in New York City, AND work long hours for no pay???</p>
<p>We lived on the Lower East-side in a 10 x 20 tenement walk-up with a crack-house on the 1st floor, a bathtub in the ‘kitchen’ and a sloping floor such that if you dropped anything, the object rolled away <em>at speed</em> until coming to rest in the same low, dingy corner. We never lost anything!
It was a fabulous time. :)</p>
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