Texan Leaves Texas, Winds Up Paying $1,104 to Hear Clock Ring in France
KEY POINTS
- •Leah Young moved from Dallas to Spain in 2015 through a government-run teaching program, earning just €700 a month.
- •After years living across multiple countries, she settled in Lyon, France, paying €950 monthly for a 678-square-foot apartment in a 1500s building.
- •Young values Europe's affordable healthcare over the high costs in Texas and now runs a business helping remote Americans relocate to Europe.
Leah Young, a 34-year-old Dallas native, embarked on a European getaway in 2015 that turned into a lifestyle decision involving a taco-starved existence in France. Initially destined for Spain with a worrying salary of €700 ($813) and two suitcases packed with 'all the wrong things,' she bounced through Spain, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and finally Lyon, France. There she landed a historic 678-square-foot apartment for €950 ($1,104), gloriously overpriced but enhanced with sixteenth-century stone walls and an alarmingly punctual clock tower noise every half hour. Subsidized French healthcare replaced her US insurance—saving her from financial ruin, or so she hopes—while she dines twice weekly on local wine priced like a charity raffle ticket at €5 ($6). She rejected a Texas return citing $2,000 apartments and the horror of American healthcare, all while running 'Fearless Abroad,' the company helping hapless Americans do exactly what she did: move continents and pretend they know what they're doing.
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(1 of 3)Leaves Texas for Europe expecting cheap adventure, gets stuck paying $1,104 a month rent to hear a clock tick every 30 minutes. But hey, at least the healthcare’s affordable, because that $2,000 Texas dump sure doesn’t come with free wine.
Reality check: Moving abroad means you replace complaining about Texas rent with whining about ancient heating bills and clock tower percussion.
She fled Texas to dodge $2,000 rents and got an ancient French apartment with $407 heating bills and clock chimes like a cruel reminder of bad decisions.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/7/2026 | Author: Alcynna Lloyd
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