> I'd doubt you'd find a 30m2 in a nice neighborhood meh. I make less than 3200 net/month and iI live inside a 33m2 2 pieces in a completely normal part of th

> I'd doubt you'd find a 30m2 in a nice neighborhood meh. I make less than 3200 net/month and iI live inside a 33m2 2 pieces in a completely normal part of the 20eme, if I'd go to other still nice but cheaper parts of Paris/banlieue prochaine on the metro I could probably do even better. About buying, I've lived in places with an higher buying cost/rent price. But still, the market is mental and buying an house in the 2nd most expensive city in the world is completely different to live a decent life off a salary like 60k/year (which is medium-high compared to the average one in Paris, which is 48k/y). Of course more aristocratic arrondissements are much more expensive and the Paris house market is completely mental, but that's another issue. > You'll probably be making less than 60k in that case, if you can even find a job… Mah! Other sibling comment already addressed that > It depends. If you break your leg or something else critical, sure. If you need any other kind of care (hospital stay, glasses, or even some dental work) you better have a "mutuelle", which seems similar to the US model of employer provided health insurance, in that not everyone has it. Also, this comes out of your 60K, and part of it is included in the tax base, so it isn't completely "free". It's mandatory and for the bigger part payed by the employer. Anyway, that's the concept of "taxes" in Europe. One could argue that the US model of health insurance is better, but that's easily proven false.