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Good points.

Berlin has definitively a bigger Startup scene and generally more companies to pick from than Zurich.

In terms of salary you have to also account for taxes (100k in Germany will be taxed at around 45% and in Switzerland (Zurich) around 30%.

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I also think Berlin is a city full of culture and brimming with life.

As a single male/female, zurich and geneva can get quite dull imo

On the other hand, in Zurich you have a crystal clear lake where you can swim in the summer. Take a 1.5 hour train and you are in the Alps.

> in Zurich you have a crystal clear lake where you can swim

There are more than 30 lakes in Berlin[1], and more than 100 lakes around it[2].

[1] https://www.visitberlin.de/en/lakes

[2] https://www.brandenburg-tourism.com/detail/id/17723/theme/a-...

Well yes, but some Swiss taxes are applied at the point of sale e.g. trash bags, which are very expensive. It's not straightforward to compare salaries in these circumstances.

You can buy a bag a day and it will cost you less than half a percent of your net income.

2$ for a bag is expensive (in Zurich)?

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