Moving to Switzerland | But which canton? 🇨🇭

Moving to Switzerland! In this video we'll take a look at what canton fits you best. I'll compare all 26 canton of the beautiful country of Switzerland in order to show you a few up- and downsides of every canton.
The cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Jura, Bern, Wallis, Solothurn, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Aargau, Lucerne, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Uri, Ticino, Schaffhausen, Zurich, Zug, Schwyz, Thurgau, St Gallen, Glarus, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Graubünden will be compared in terms of income, taxes, climate, security, unemployment rate, population growth and rental costs.

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0:00 Introduction
1:54 Income
2:46 Taxes
4:22 Climate
5:28 Conclusion
5:50 Security
6:38 Unemployment rate
7:20 Population growth
8:02 Rental costs
8:42 Final Conclusion
9:38 Ranking
14:31 End

Sources:
Wikipedia page of every canton & its main town

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[MovingAbroad]

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[danielwiniger]

I lived in Switzerland until I was 29. I also lived some in Germany and 2 years in Moscow. Now I live in US. If you have a good job and income in Switzerland, DO NOT LEAVE.

[SuperCraftler]

Moved from Zug to Basel-Stadt and it’s not as criminal as it sounds
One of the reasons why criminality is so high is because its a city Canton but also because it borders to both France & Germany. There is a lot of “border-crime” which you won’t experience unless you set yourself out for that

[nummer]

I live in Switzerland and if you look at all the votes in the last few years you will see that the canton Schwyz voted not very foreigner-friendly...
So I'm not sure if it's the best place if you want to move to Switzerland.

[paulhk]

Just a disclaimer, if you can't speak German or French (or Italian) Geneva is probably the best option

[OhMyDaysRecords]

Interesting video! I live in Vaud and I think an important factor should be : « Things to do » whether activities for children, sports, shopping malls, bars, nightlife, etc… If you move to Graubunden or Jura you’ll probably be bored or driving insane miles, in Vaud I’m 30 minutes from Geneva center, Lausanne, Montreux, Yverdon and in an hours drive I can reach almost any French speaking city which is definitely an advantage! Same with « Scenery » as having big lakes, big forests, or just nature in general is important for choosing a place to live. Hard to define in a ranking though so I understand it’s missing from here! But go job on the videos! :)

[thebiber]

I grew up in the canton of Schwyz and moved around sometimes, even to the canton of Zurich. But I'm back in Schwyz again and it's nice to know it scored first place in your conclusion. :)

[vicyet]

I’m Swiss and if you ask me or any of my compatriots literally NOBODY will tell you to go to Schwyz🤣 A good place to live is not only about income, taxes, climate etc.

[clementeperez]

Fribourg is actually a bi-lingual canton where part of the population speaks german and part of it speaks french. In the capital city, 70% speak french and 30%, german. Many people understand the other language and there are often bi-lingual conversations.

[fredericperrin]

Another thing to keep in mind is that cantons with low tax rates like Zug and Schwyz have very (but very) high real estate prices, which, to some extent, offset the tax benefits. It all depends on your personal situation (do you already own a property? Do you have high income or high net worth? Do you work or are you retired?). Frankly, security in Switzerland is really not a problem, even in the "worst" cantons. If you have ever lived in really big cities with strong cultural attractions, you will find Switzerland pretty parochial and boring. For me, the biggest attraction in Switzerland is the Alpine scenery. My favorite canton is Valais.

[pablodiaz]

I live in the Canton of St. Gallen and I have always been happy in my canton.

[backtothewaves]

You forgot to mention the health insurance system, the rent and costs for living in general... you've to pay very high rates for your health insurance. Costs at the supermarket are almost double than European average and not to mention the average rent....

[joelbaumann]

If you want work.. go zurich, aargau, basel or schwyz. If youre rich you go zug, schwyz or luzern. If you want a nice place with a little lonelynes you go glarus, st. Gallen, appenzell or graubünden.
If you speak french you go western switzerland.. if you speak italian you go tessin. If you speak english you should stay around zurich city, basel or geneva.

[c_geass]

I live in Zürich and this video was very good.

[barebarekun]

Just came across the video and have no reason to move there yet.
But if I have to then I'd choose Ticino the climate is perfect for me.
I love the mix of Swiss and Italian architecture there not to mention Lugano and Lake Maggiore.

[Chris-esei]

The best indicator is if people are happy where they are. In several studies over several years the region of Murten was ranked number 1. Murten is close to Bern and Fribourg and has a beautiful lake.

[willyjordan]

Zurich is awesome i remember there in the 90s, but it rained for 2 weeks straight once, and they had an open heroin market in the city park, which is gone for sometime now. But the infrastructure and public transport is perfect.

[garyh]

This is an exceptionally informative and objective video. Of course there is more to an objective and quantitative perspective, but it certainly is a starting point. Can't cover everything, but it covers some very broad bases. Loved your analytical assessment. Impossible to account for every nuance and priority, but you hit some strong categories. There is always room to add more categories, but this is a good overview. Beyond those, it is easy to add one's own categories and rankings. I do wish I could have downloaded the table. Took me a couple of hours, but I reproduced the table exactly to XLS. Thanks for this - nice work!

[hiryan]

wow, very impressed on the breakdown! subscribed!

[ClaFM-fx]

You have to consider health insurance costs as well, which differ by canton and are quite high. In germany, they are part of the taxes. They are highest in geneva.