Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture

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Post by jeena » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 5:24 PM UTC

Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture
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Post by phaemon » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 5:54 PM UTC

I think living anywhere other than your home country for a while is a valuable experience. You learn to not only recognise the flaws in your own country (which you can then push to improve), but you also learn to appreciate what you previously took for granted.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 5:57 PM UTC

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Post by asdfologist » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 5:58 PM UTC

Can someone here elucidate the downsides to living in Switzerland, over the US, particularly for those in the HN crowd?

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Post by intrasight » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 5:59 PM UTC

asdfologist wrote: post #4

Can someone here elucidate the downsides to living in Switzerland, over the US, particularly for those in the HN crowd?

It is very expensive

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Post by andresmanz » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 5:59 PM UTC

Living in Switzerland ruined me for America, too. Depending on where you grow up, it's like being put in a box full of old, silly stuff, whirring through a giant universe of interesting things. Breaking out of it can be very hard.

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Post by Locke1689 » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 6:01 PM UTC

intrasight wrote: post #5

asdfologist wrote: post #4

Can someone here elucidate the downsides to living in Switzerland, over the US, particularly for those in the HN crowd?

It is very expensive

Compared to San Francisco, or Oklahoma?

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Post by simonw » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 6:01 PM UTC

This appears to be copy and pasted straight from http://www.vox.com/2015/7/21/8974435/switzerland-work-life-b... - this link should point there instead.

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Post by branchless » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 6:03 PM UTC

asdfologist wrote: post #4

Can someone here elucidate the downsides to living in Switzerland, over the US, particularly for those in the HN crowd?

They know too many languages.

Bit too pretty in some towns.

Too much democracy.

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Post by phaemon » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 6:04 PM UTC

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Calvin was hardly an intellectual midget, and the concept that he put forward the notion that "work led to salvation" is almost perversely wrong!