Courtesy of Jason Luban
- Jason Luban, 53, and Selena Medlen, 45, left Oakland, California, for Ronda, Spain, in 2016.
- They were tired of the Bay Area's cost, and found a cheaper and more meaningful life in Spain.
- Now they work less and earn enough income to cover their expenses and save for retirement.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Luban, a medical practice consultant, and his wife Selena Medlen, an attorney, who made the decision to relocate from their longtime home of Oakland, California, to Ronda, Spain, in 2023. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.
Luban: We met in California and we both had already been there for a while. I started a clinic and built it up, so that kept me there. We never knew anything better.