France's second city offers a strong quality of life at roughly half of Parisian prices with excellent infrastructure.
Lyon is 22% below the European average of €6,560/m² and 42% below the France average of €8,800/m².
At €5,100/m², it takes 2.3 months of the average local net salary (€2,200/mo) to purchase one square meter. Prices are currently stable at 0.9% year-over-year.