Quality of life in Switzerland?
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Hi all you Swiss PHers, just looking for some feedback on an opportunity to move over there, near to Lausanne.
Moved with wife and 3 kids from the countryside outside Paris to the heat of Miami a couple of years ago. My wife loves the infernal heat of Florida but the dog and I agree, it's the pits. We now have an opportunity to be relocated back to Europe.
I'm in favour - lakes, mountains and cooler weather are more my kind of environment. The kids all speak English and French, so fitting into the educational system in Switzerland shouldn't be too much of a barrier. One of my wife's misgivings is that we have got green cards for residency here in the US, and these will obviously be lost if we move back.
So all that background info to ask in general about the quality of life in Switzerland, how bad are the taxes, is the Swiss education system reckoned to be good (without going to the expense of fancy private schools)? Thanks for any feedback.
Moved with wife and 3 kids from the countryside outside Paris to the heat of Miami a couple of years ago. My wife loves the infernal heat of Florida but the dog and I agree, it's the pits. We now have an opportunity to be relocated back to Europe.
I'm in favour - lakes, mountains and cooler weather are more my kind of environment. The kids all speak English and French, so fitting into the educational system in Switzerland shouldn't be too much of a barrier. One of my wife's misgivings is that we have got green cards for residency here in the US, and these will obviously be lost if we move back.
So all that background info to ask in general about the quality of life in Switzerland, how bad are the taxes, is the Swiss education system reckoned to be good (without going to the expense of fancy private schools)? Thanks for any feedback.
Thank you all for input, that Brit in cuckoo clock land forum is full of useful info and links if we decide to do deeper research on the option.
Now I just have to convince my dear wife that leaving the heat and mosquitoes of Miami can only be a positive thing. Of course, winter has just arrived here so suddenly it is cooler and quite pleasant, screwing up my "let's get out of this hellhole!" argument. Having the money and type of job that allows you to be a snowbird would be the best of both worlds, summer in a place you love then Florida or equivalent to over-winter!
Now I just have to convince my dear wife that leaving the heat and mosquitoes of Miami can only be a positive thing. Of course, winter has just arrived here so suddenly it is cooler and quite pleasant, screwing up my "let's get out of this hellhole!" argument. Having the money and type of job that allows you to be a snowbird would be the best of both worlds, summer in a place you love then Florida or equivalent to over-winter!
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