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I dunno if it is the FUP for Cellular data or something...but here is Switzerland, I'm paying like 5 francs for 250mb(330rs).....certainly I miss the pricing of airtel....no matter how bad the connection is..
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How much do you earn ?
Don't equate the currency there to here directly. That's how you see all things costly abroad no matter how much you earn.
How much do you earn ?
Don't equate the currency there to here directly. That's how you see all things costly abroad no matter how much you earn.
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I earn nothing, I'm doing an internship here, and only my stay and food is sponsored. I don't see things "costly", rather not so naively. Prices of electronics in Switzerland are cheap, and I accept that fact, otherwise everything is expensive.
I earn nothing, I'm doing an internship here, and only my stay and food is sponsored. I don't see things "costly", rather not so naively. Prices of electronics in Switzerland are cheap, and I accept that fact, otherwise everything is expensive.
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Why is everything else expensive there ?
Why is everything else expensive there ?
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I know what you are getting at, that "because people earn more". But in the end, it's same. A Phd student here earns on average of 4000 francs, spends 2000 on housing etc, 1500 on other things like food and stuff, and rest is 500 francs in hand(excluding taxes), if one can manage budget well. Then again, a Phd student in India may get up to 40K from various grants, still the figure will be same. No, it's expensive here because even the natives feel so(higher taxes, more rents etc).
I know what you are getting at, that "because people earn more". But in the end, it's same. A Phd student here earns on average of 4000 francs, spends 2000 on housing etc, 1500 on other things like food and stuff, and rest is 500 francs in hand(excluding taxes), if one can manage budget well. Then again, a Phd student in India may get up to 40K from various grants, still the figure will be same. No, it's expensive here because even the natives feel so(higher taxes, more rents etc).
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Yeah, that's what I am asking. If the natives feel so, whats the reason for higher prices ?
Yeah, that's what I am asking. If the natives feel so, whats the reason for higher prices ?
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because everybody there has a swiss bank account.
because everybody there has a swiss bank account.
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But....aren't we deviating from the thread topic ?
But....aren't we deviating from the thread topic ?
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Can fork this to another thread in Chit Chat section
Can fork this to another thread in Chit Chat section
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Super Moderators and their powers xD.
Anyways, I'm quite content with the living here. It is because of the local government I can do my internship for free.
Super Moderators and their powers xD.
Anyways, I'm quite content with the living here. It is because of the local government I can do my internship for free.
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So that means you have to only bear the living expenses ? Which I think will be higher. But then the services (transportation etc) will be top class too.
How are people in general ? Reserved or outgoing ?
Will be nice if others chime in too who are living overseas for a while.
So that means you have to only bear the living expenses ? Which I think will be higher. But then the services (transportation etc) will be top class too.
How are people in general ? Reserved or outgoing ?
Will be nice if others chime in too who are living overseas for a while.
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Yup, and since I'm vegetarian....the food costs are high (I can't eat the provided usually non vegetarian food). As for transportation, yup, it's top of the class. Swiss trains are not fast, but they are mostly on time. Given that I had to go to Lausanne once, I changed two trains in both phases of journey(total four changes), and the average time difference of change between each train was around 7m(and at one place, around 3m). Guess what, no train arrived late. But in the end, I payed a lot more than I would pay for same distance in a shatabdi(But I think Swiss second class is better than any first class coach in India).
Edit: People...now that's a difficult question actually. I have been to French and Italian part of Switzerland, but I am not so sure about the German part. Honestly, I think the Italian part is most friendly, French side is a little bit okay, but it is more lively in terms of cities. German side, from my brief stay there, is totally professional, people will great you, but won't prefer to talk much.
Yup, and since I'm vegetarian....the food costs are high (I can't eat the provided usually non vegetarian food). As for transportation, yup, it's top of the class. Swiss trains are not fast, but they are mostly on time. Given that I had to go to Lausanne once, I changed two trains in both phases of journey(total four changes), and the average time difference of change between each train was around 7m(and at one place, around 3m). Guess what, no train arrived late. But in the end, I payed a lot more than I would pay for same distance in a shatabdi(But I think Swiss second class is better than any first class coach in India).
Edit: People...now that's a difficult question actually. I have been to French and Italian part of Switzerland, but I am not so sure about the German part. Honestly, I think the Italian part is most friendly, French side is a little bit okay, but it is more lively in terms of cities. German side, from my brief stay there, is totally professional, people will great you, but won't prefer to talk much.
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[MENTION=284377]Siddhartht[/MENTION]
Good to know.
I am non-veg, so food was one of best thing in New Zealand. Could fill my daily calories for the day with just 9-12 dollars of healthy lunch.
Another cool thing was that I never lost any parcels coming from outside of New Zealand. Generally, people were quite honest.
However, did have an instance where someone broke into my mail box at ground floor and stole the item I had ordered. Well...there are people like that everywhere. But the cool thing was that building manager gave me the snapshots from the CCTV camera and cooperated handling the matter with police. No bribe involved.
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Good to know.
I am non-veg, so food was one of best thing in New Zealand. Could fill my daily calories for the day with just 9-12 dollars of healthy lunch.
Another cool thing was that I never lost any parcels coming from outside of New Zealand. Generally, people were quite honest.
However, did have an instance where someone broke into my mail box at ground floor and stole the item I had ordered. Well...there are people like that everywhere. But the cool thing was that building manager gave me the snapshots from the CCTV camera and cooperated handling the matter with police. No bribe involved.
Note: Finally post title is changed to thread title. On track
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Edited my original post ^
Yup, one can find people with destructive tendencies everywhere. The thing here is, I can't really say, but from my lab(from where I am interning), people are nice, helpful and will care to talk to you about general stuff. I usually have lunch with my supervisor, go out to concerts with my colleagues(exactly not colleagues, since I am an undergrad and they are Doctoral/Post doctoral researchers) but in India, that is not a possible, not even remotely(even a sophomore here have superiority complex over freshmen).