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by somedude895 1169 days ago
> I'm honestly sick of this whining about rent in top-tier areas.

I don't know if this applies to GP, but we certainly get this in Zurich, Switzerland. We have a fantastic public transport system, and you can get fairly affordable apartments that are <30mins away from the city center of Zurich by train. But people somehow feel they have a right to live dead center in one of the most expensive cities in the world right after graduation.
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izacus 1169 days ago
Calling anything within 30 (or even 45min) range from Zurich "affordable" is some heavy pile of BS.

Anything commutable is massively out of the budget for most people.

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midasuni 1169 days ago
That might be for Zurich. 30 minutes out of london you can get 1 or even 2 bed flats for under 160k
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sys42590 1169 days ago
If you look at Zürich, one thing that stands out is that everything related to school and daycare / day school works a LOT better in Zürich than in surrounding nearby cities and villages, which is probably a boon of having a socialist city government. So for parents it IS attractive to stay in Zürich instead of moving 30 train minutes outside.

Of course not everything is greener in Zürich, but if you need some public services like well organized schools or services for the elderly, Zürich city is really a bit nicer.

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