[tenfingers]

I live close to switzerland's borders, and it's incredible the disparity in terms of salary/cost of living between switzerland and all it's neighbors.

I do not consider myself poor, but there's no way I can afford any sort of holiday in switzerland.

I have friends and some colleagues in switzerland: for them, a year's rent of my house would equal for roughly a single month of their salary. For those living close to Geneve, sometimes less.

It's mind-blowing, really.

[thallian]

Yeah, in Switzerland I live decently but I am not rich by any means. To visit friends I frequently travel to Germany and everytime I realise just how big a difference it is for many things.

In the beginning I always had the feeling of something wrong when going to a supermarket there, because for me the gap was so crazily big.

[themartorana]

But wouldn't you also make less for the same job in Germany, making the relative ratio of income to cost not all that dissimilar?

[airza]

Sort of, but zurich, basel, and geneva are right in the top 4-5 most expensive countries to live in on earth.

[thallian]

That is true, I only wanted to share my experience and provide some anecdotal evidence for the parent post :)