General Discussion

In 2017 just after #Felon45 was ‘elected’, we came to France for a long holiday. Our plan was to stay in the south of France for just under 90 days and then return to the US. And that is what we did. We had always thought about buying a place here and going back and forth - renting out the French property for short term in order to finance it. After the ‘Inauguration’ we looked for and found a flat that we could buy and that would be suitable for our purposes. Flash forward to January 2018, and we realized that we just did not like living in the US any more. We also were feeling very distinct 1933 Germany vibes. So, we sold our house, got rid of 37 years worth of accumulated possessions, applied for long stay visas for France and by September we were here in France.

What do we miss? Our long time friends in the US. Our books, our records, our very large gas stove. Really good ethnic restaurants - though we can always go to England for those.

What don’t we miss? The health insurance swindle. Prescription drug prices. Cable/Internet/Telephone prices - SFR at 29€/month versus very basic Comcast at 98$/month. Mobile telephone - 92$/month T-Mobile versus 15€/month Free. Car insurance - 700€ per year vs 2200$ per year. And the list goes on.