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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by hobo_mark on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:36PM (#16218525)
On the other hand, you will need that much to live there!

Take this 250k googler, he's more frugal than anyone I know and yet they spend 90k/yr living in Zuerich. http://retireinprogress.com/2017-q4/

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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by maehwasu on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:02PM (#16218730)
If you read the post, he spent $27K on two wedding ceremonies, and $10K on a huge trip (presumably his honeymoon).

Actual "normal" cost was closer to $50K.

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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by kgwgk on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @02:40AM (#16221059)
And that’s the most frugal guy he knows!
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ... by chrisper on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @01:06AM (#16220695)
> On the other hand, you will need that much to live there!

This is not true. (I live in Switzerland)

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