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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by s3nnyy on Sunday June 05, 2016 @08:51AM (#11840674)
Zurich is not comparable to London, Berlin or Prag due to the fact that it is an order of magnitude smaller than most European cities. The diameter of Zurich is just 13 km.

The city itself is tiny and the "city center" is even tinier. This leads to the variance of the rent being very high: In the very center of town you might have to pay 1500 CHF for a 1-bedroom apartment, but if you can live also 5 km from the city center, you can have it way cheaper.

I am renting a 4-bedroom apartment for 1600 CHF (https://flatfox.ch/de/wohnung/8051-zurich-grosswiesenstrasse...) and I need around 12 minutes to get to Zurich main train station.

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by _nalply on Sunday June 05, 2016 @09:00AM (#11840698)
Ah that's Schwamendingen. Well known for a high foreigner percentage (37%). https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwamendingen#Bev.C3.B6lkerun... (German).

To downvoters: please see my comment below. I am not against foreigners.

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by _nalply on Sunday June 05, 2016 @09:12AM (#11840753)
As a Swiss I also live in a high foreigner area. My sons are playing with children from Peru, Eritrea, Ecuador, Czechia, Sri Lanka and Italy. It's a really nice place to live, there are many children. Additionally, my wife is Asian.
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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by chmars on Sunday June 05, 2016 @09:07AM (#11840730)
If you worry about a high percentage of foreigners, you shocks probably stay away from Zurich or Switzerland in general … yep, Schwamendingen is apparently not where the rich live but it looks like a decent place with many green areas around and good public transport.
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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by tomp on Sunday June 05, 2016 @09:08AM (#11840732)
> 1500 CHF for a 1-bedroom apartment

That's cheap compared to London (zone 1).

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by occamrazor on Sunday June 05, 2016 @02:30PM (#11842329)
And completely unrealistic in Zurich. Unless the price refers to a 1-room apartment (which in US English would be a studio, in Switzerland typically all rooms are counted for apt descriptions, a 1-bedroom apt is called a 2- or 2.5-rooms apt)
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