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Originally posted by expat View PostI always had to stand on the S-Bahn in Frankfurt; I never had to stand on the No 7 tram in Zürich. But I suppose there is more to quality of life ...
Quality of life also includes size of expat community because that influences how fast wife gets enough new friends to be content. Frankfurt is better at that."Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."Comment
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Originally posted by bobhope View PostMaybe he means the quality of life is lower, because the shops are shut on a Sunday?"Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."Comment
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Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View PostI can almost always sit on either tram or S-bahn. Bus is a different matter.
Quality of life also includes size of expat community because that influences how fast wife gets enough new friends to be content. Frankfurt is better at that.Comment
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I think it all depends on your personal circumstances and lifestyle. If you are up to wild fun then Switzerland is probably the worst place in the world. If you have a family and want a quiet and safe place to bring up children, it is very good. There is a garden for children almost every 200m. You can safely walk at night or let children alone. Well, of course, comparing town to town and village to village (i.e. Zurich to London ...). When children are grown up though, it starts to become again not a good place and it will be them asking you to move or they go to study abroad themselves. :-)I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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Originally posted by Francko View PostI think it all depends on your personal circumstances and lifestyle. If you are up to wild fun then Switzerland is probably the worst place in the world. If you have a family and want a quiet and safe place to bring up children, it is very good. There is a garden for children almost every 200m. You can safely walk at night or let children alone. Well, of course, comparing town to town and village to village (i.e. Zurich to London ...). When children are grown up though, it starts to become again not a good place and it will be them asking you to move or they go to study abroad themselves. :-)
It does seem to me that the essential culture of both Switzerland and Germany is one where "You can safely walk at night or let children alone"; but the big cities don't really fit that. I could say the same of even the Netherlands: I'm not too sure of Amsterdam but I'd feel OK about say Utrecht (except in the car park on the wrong side of the railway station).Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostIsn't some of that a difference between a "Big City" and a town that is not? E.g. Frankfurt is a big city, but Darmstadt is not: and there I see lone women using an empty underpass to cross the road at night. I would let my kids cycle in Darmstadt, but not in Frankfurt.
It does seem to me that the essential culture of both Switzerland and Germany is one where "You can safely walk at night or let children alone"; but the big cities don't really fit that. I could say the same of even the Netherlands: I'm not too sure of Amsterdam but I'd feel OK about say Utrecht (except in the car park on the wrong side of the railway station).I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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Sorry to resurrect, but am looking to move to Zurich in the near future and a good few of you seem to have a handle on life in Switzerland.
From my googling, the permit system seems to have ended in May 2007 but I can't find any up-to-date info: can EU members now settle and gain employment without a permit (from http://www.zurich-relocation.ch/cont...k_permits.html I am guessing so)?
Looking at sql/c# in one of the IB's @ c1000chf - is that reasonable for a senior tech position?
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Originally posted by SomeoneElse View PostSorry to resurrect, but am looking to move to Zurich in the near future and a good few of you seem to have a handle on life in Switzerland.
From my googling, the permit system seems to have ended in May 2007 but I can't find any up-to-date info: can EU members now settle and gain employment without a permit (from http://www.zurich-relocation.ch/cont...k_permits.html I am guessing so)?
Looking at sql/c# in one of the IB's @ c1000chf - is that reasonable for a senior tech position?
ThanksI've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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