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by seanmcdirmid 766 days ago
In 2007 before I left Lausanne, a Big Mac meal, was 10.5 CHF, that was maybe $8, this was before CHF hit parity with USD. Now it is 16 CHF, and CHF is now 10% more dear than USD, so I would say it has risen quite a bit? Even if not as much as a Big Mac meal did in the states (from I think $5 to $13).

A better indicator would be Kebob prices, but I just don’t remember those.
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tempsy 765 days ago
my point wasn't that a Big Mac meal in Switzerland hasn't risen since 2007 or wahtever. My point was at that time an American in Switzerland would have thought it was relatively much more expensive than a Big Mac meal here. Now it's similar.
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seanmcdirmid 765 days ago
16CHF is like $17.60 now. That is still more expensive than the states, although I guess $13 in Seattle + tax works out to $14.30.

Whatever, for what I made in Switzerland, it didn't seem like a big deal, and you can live pretty well in Swiss with very deterministic costs, whereas in the states, tax and tips sneak up on you.

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