Work remotely. Spain is dropping that digital nomad visa soon. I imagine the salary requirements are gonna be like 1-2500 Euro per month, which is really not that crazy. There are remote customer service jobs that pay that. You can live somewhere like Bilbao and you're less than 4 hours from Bordeaux and a little more from Toulouse, which is one of my favorite cities. The only issue is, Spain's visa is gonna tax you 15%.
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Also @OP Bilbao is banging and Spain in general, Northern Italy too if you want a balance between living costs and people not being obnoxious af