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im not sure about Switzerland, but there are areas in Germany, where you can.

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Not middle of nowhere Germany either, rents in Berlin are shockingly reasonable from an outside Germany perspective

Because they all moved to Switzerland?

https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-news/which-national...

I doubt that very much. Sure there's places where the rent is less, but there's no jobs there. So a very low rent will still be over 40% of your pay (ie. nothing)

Then maybe actually check places yourself?

I am looking at a 4 room apartment in a very nice villa next to a small national park right now, for 560€, with a train going twice an hour 15 minutes ride to the town with my potential next job. (In germany)

So salaries there are lower, but so is apparently rent. Way less than 40%, more like 20%.

Could you please send name of city and district? Maybe in eastern germany, yes; Chemnitz is cheap. But most cities are by far not that cheap.

Yes, most cities are not cheap, but I am also not a city person so the place is in a remote village, but well connected. And no, not naming that concrete place as I really like to move there (again), but it is in western saxony so not that far from chemnitz (a town I don't like so much, the job itself is in a small town).

Ah, yes, as guessed: The region there is quite cheap - in Chemnitz there was a 2 room apartment for 350 EUR (including heating), fully furnished, at the city/castle pond: Excellent price, but the disctrict was not that great.

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