paris hilton lived in the waldorf-astoria area of manhattan, which is part of new york city. she also lived in beverly hills, which is part of los angeles, and the hamptons, which is on long island in new york. as a child she was good friends with nicole richie and kim kardashian. her other childhood best friend is nicky hilton, her sister, who she spent a lot of time with and she still does. she went to her first year of high school at the marywood-palm valley school in rancho mirage, california. then she went to the dwight school in new york for her second and third years of high school. she then had to move to the canterbury boarding school, in new milford, connecticut. hilton played ice hockey there. she was forced to stop going to the school in the year 1999 because she did not follow the school rules.