Which is why I applied for a passport in a Schengen country (I’m a dual-citizen due to parentage), so I can easily get legal residence in most of the EU (Switzerland after 2014 as well) should I desire to live outside of the US.
I wasn’t comparing Vermont to rural France. I was merely saying that urban/suburban Californian prices shouldn’t be compared to rural France, and that far NorCal or Vermont would be more apt comparisons.