""I looked ahead at the rest of my life and thought, 'I'll be damned if I spend the next 30 years in New Jersey,'" she told Business Insider. In 2018, at 57, La Valle bought a one-way ticket to Paris. Seven years later, at 64, she lives in Brescia, a city in northern Italy's Lombardy region, near the foothills of the Alps."
"The cost of living in the US continues to rise, making it particularly challenging for aging Americans. Many have seen their expenses climb while their incomes stay flat. That pressure intensifies in retirement, when savings often fall short, and Social Security doesn't fill the gap. It's one reason some retirees, like La Valle, are choosing to move abroad, where they believe life is more affordable and less stressful."
Lisa La Valle moved to Europe alone in 2018 at age 57 after separating from her husband and facing a choice to stay in New Jersey or start anew. She bought a one-way ticket to Paris and now lives in Brescia, in northern Italy near the Alps. She retired and receives Social Security while working part-time as an English teacher. She reports being happier, saving more money, enjoying greater freedom, feeling more relaxed and less stressed, and benefiting from lower living costs. She warns that moving countries is not always easy and that she sometimes feels she doesn't fit in.
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