ReallyZen

Cats offer us mice because we are incompetent at hunting ourselves.

Hey Skunk, how’s stuff flying? I was working in Grottes last March/April and gosh what’s wrong with people… That’s what they call a bad neighbourhood??? Lol (with a subtle hint of racism 🤢).

Come have a drink on me at “the office” this summer!

Disclaimer: I’m familiar with the French-speaking part, not the German one.

1. Work: you can’t live there long-term without a working contract, which comes with a residency permit if the employer goes the extra mile of justifying why they are hiring foreigners and certifying they can’t find a Swiss candidate. Many foreigners work in Switzerland, but some employers won’t bother with the extra paperwork (may not apply to every type of job but applies to me)

2. Admin: Switzerland is a highly organised, highly functional country. When you are in, it’s freaking good (I don’t know Germany). The level of services, from public infrastructure to social support is excellent most everywhere.

3. It’s safe. May be “boring” but frak it, not having to worry about crime most everywhere is just cool.

It can be funny when you are in what Swiss people consider a “ghetto” or a “high crime area”, you’ll be like wtf, it’s just some kids smoking weed is all. Our daughters going out at night in Geneva didn’t have a curfew or any limitations.

4. People. People may not be the warmest in big cities but privacy is highly respected - people won’t bother you… as long as you follow the rules. Making friends may take time, but as everywhere else, insert yourself in like-minded communities and you’ll meet excellent people.

And disclaimer again, I live in France right next to Geneva, I work there from time to time, I have friends there but I never lived in Switzerland.

Wrangle out of the clutching, greedy hands of marketing departements the names “Abarth” and “Cooper”, then give them to actual performance workshops working on bettering affordable cars.

Hispano-Suiza

Avions Voisin - monocoque chassis as soon as 1923. The man behind (other) revolutionary cars as the Traction, The 2cv and the DS, Lefebvre, started there. For engineering marvels that the Voisin cars where, never forget that Monsieur Voisin graduated in …Fine Arts. Explains the bankruptcy I guess.

Dual citizen here, 2 European passports. A lot of counties do not recognise dual citizenship of their own citizen, so you get a warning that even if you legitimately hold another citizenship (which they can’t do nothing about), it is not recognised in any way. The other country, which does acknowledge dual citizenship, tells me that the passport I travel abroad with is the consular service I may call upon: it is expressly forbidden to seek assistance from 2 nations over one problem when abroad. That’s all the limits I see / experience.