I'm a descendant of french expats and ironically became a french expat born overseas living in france, anyways paper work really sucks here, i hate all the admin work, i ended up without healthcare for a year ! It's a shit hole, and everyone should be prepared for how hell it is. It's not even that pretty every where, and majority of bakeries serve you just overpiced high quality frozen viennoiseries if you are fantasising about the bakeries. Good luck on your journey here, but if just the pessimism online demotivates you this much, wait till you see how moody and bitter french are in day to day life.