Well if you're pretty wealthy yeah but otherwise no. The cost to live in france and match a lifestyle you could have almost anywhere in the US would be significantly higher. The first few months I spent travelling in france I was shocked by how expensive and shitty everything was. One of the most eye opening experiences was this girl I met and went back to her flat. She talked her place up like it was a mansion or something, her dad bought it for her at a steal of 1.7million euro. We get there (south of paris) and its this old run down flat with one bathroom, old pipes, old fixtures.. It was depressing, you could live better in a bigger place for 100k in the US. Thats how it is everywhere I went in france. Lets talk about roads and cars? They are fucking horrible, shitty narrow roads everywhere, but its not that big of a deal because most people can't afford cars over there anyways or the gas to go in them (2x+ the cost of gas in the US). Lots of time is spent on public transit in france so you get used to the smell of piss and BO pretty early on. There is some good food in france, its super expensive but you can still eat a cheap meal for 10-15$ for around the same quality as you could get in the states for 3-4$. The women? Okay, france is a pretty great place when it comes to women and they love americans. The only thing that kind of bothered me was that around half the girls I met up with in france were married and they didn't seem to care. Things like education, healthcare etc are undeniably better but everything else is pretty terrible. If you have good health insurance in the US you still will have access to better healthcare than in france and if you go to a private school or higher end college, it will probably be an american one as we have the best schools in the world. You can't expect to maintain the standard of living in france that you have in the united states.