Tiffanie Davis has lived all over the world — but there's nowhere like Paris, she says.
That's partially because Davis, a 31-year-old digital consultant and YouTuber from Massachusetts, says she's fallen for the City of Light. It's also because her 320-square-foot>Vlog-worthy views
As it turns out, Davis might have hit the Parisian rental jackpot when she landed the fifth-floor apartment in 2019. Furnished>An uphill battle to Montmartre
Before moving to Paris, Davis burned through a few U.S. cities.
She grew up in Wilmington, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, and attended Howard University in Washington D.C. Post-college, a variety of fashion and public relations jobs took her to San Francisco and New York City.
But she felt "stuck in [her] comfort zone" living in New York, she says. In 2017, a mentor told her about ESSEC Business School's MBA program in Paris, where she could study luxury brand management.
Davis says she loves her apartment's kitchen, which includes an "American-sized" refrigerator.Rayan Hindi for CNBC Make It
She took the jump, graduated from the MBA program in August 2018, and was offered a digital marketing and social media branding contract with Estée Lauder, helping her afford a small apartment in the city's 15th arrondissement.
While the "tiny studio" was close to the city's center, it was "overpriced" for its size, Davis says: 1,000 euros per month,>An American in Paris, for now
Davis is now a full-time content creator. She has 12,000 followers on Instagram, and her YouTube channel has more than 30,000 subscribers.
YouTube revenue varies based on how often you post and how many views you get on each video, with common estimates ranging from $3 to $5 per 1,000 views — so recently, she's also earned money through brand partnerships and one-on-one social media consulting.
Davis takes a stroll in her neighborhood, which is in Paris' 18th arrondissement.Rayan Hindi for CNBC Make It
And she's already looking ahead to her next home.
"I do like the [Montmartre] space, but I'm also kind of ready for like the next phase, the next level, the next chapter," she says. "I've actually been thinking of kind of moving to a new country. Maybe like, I don't know, I feel like the world is my oyster right now."
She'll likely stay in Europe, where she's grown accustomed to the lifestyle, she says.
"In America, people live to work," she says. "In Paris, people work to live. I'm not sure where I'll go next, but Paris is definitely home for now."
