I moved to France from Canada last year. I chose Paris because it's the city I'm most familiar with, and I'm fairly accustomed to being here. I lived here for a year in the past, and I've been visiting Paris for over 20 years.

The thing that attracts me most to Paris is that the city has lots of amenities, great public transit, bike sharing service. I prefer to live without needing a car.

I rented an apartment when I first arrived, but next week I'm moving into an apartment in the 10eme that I just bought.

The most confusing and stressful parts about moving here are all very little things:

• How to get furniture delivered, and what to expect about whether they will bring it upstairs for me, or drop off outside (delivery strictly to the curb-only is somewhat common. I even had a delivery team refuse a 100€ tip to bring it up)
• How to pick up parcels when I missed delivery
• How to pay a utility bill
• What kinds of equivalent toiletry and OTC medicine products are most similar to what I'm accustomed to back home (I'm used to deodorant sticks, but in France most deodorants are roll-on. And some OTC products are just drastically different)
• Looking for products that match the quality that I'm accustomed to, but later realizing that they don't exist, or are generally lower-end here. Things like power tools and hand tools are very flimsy and low-end unless you're spending lots. Electrical extension cords and things like that are very cheap-o quality. Even small things like garbage bags and ziploc bags are very thin and cheap here. Things like duct tape, and zip ties are awful quality here. Maybe professions have access to better stuff, but when you go shopping here for things like that, it feels like you're shopping in a dollar-store no matter where you go
• How to navigate stupid bureaucracy. Like you need a permanent address to get a bank account, but it's nearly impossible to get an apartment without a bank account.
• Similar to above, France is full of illogical "gotchas" for newcomers. Like you would massively struggle to be approved for an apartment without having a CDI contract (work contract for your job), and stable pay history. But at the same time, you can run into difficulties getting hired at a job if you don't already have a permanent address.
• Lack of online options for official things. Things that I would expect to have an online self-service portal instead require you to go down to an office in person.
• Expect to be required to provide your original-copy Birth certificate for many things, but also expect them to reject it if it's printed in a language aside from French unless you have a translation performed by a court-recognized translator. My bank required this to open an account, but luckily for me in Canada I can request a French birth certificate from the government, rather than having to pay a translator.