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30-year-old left the U.S., relocated to Budapest, and pays $560/month for a 1-bedroom apartment
A near-death experience inspired Denae McGaha to move halfway across the world. In 2011, when McGaha was 16 years old, a deadly tornado ripped through her parents' house in Harvest, Alabama while she, her brother, mother and father were inside. McGaha…