In the accounts of Jean, an executive in the construction industry at 2,800 euros: “Every day, I travel 130 km for my job”

2023-08-11 16:13:51

Sitting on the bar stools in their bright kitchen, Elena* and Jean*, 40, do not hide their pleasure in living in a hamlet in the Vosges. A snub to city dwellers? “We are from here. The fir trees and the mountain, we find it beautiful. We never tire “. If Jean Ferrat sang of the rocky Ardèche mountains, Elena and Jean are rooted in the curves of the Vosges balloons. The couple and their two young children aged 5 and 7 are not to be pitied. Their incomes, which amount to 4,400 euros, are comfortable, particularly in this rural department. They live in a house of nearly 150 m², for which they still pay loans of 1,400 euros monthly.