Romanshorn to Zürich in 1 hour during commuter times? I don’t think so. Frauenfeld or Schaffhausen would be closer to that boundary.
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I’ve worked with people in Zürich who‘ve commuted daily pre home office times from Chur, Brunnen and Luzern with a mix of car and train.
There’s quite a lot! And some don’t even need to be geographically close if you have fast trains. I’ve done Zurich to Schaffhausen and that’s 39 minutes on a fast train.
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Schaffhausen does qualify, thanks! Although it’s a bit of a personal psychological weird kind of thing, I’d prefer to stay away a bit further from borders ie. from places like Basel, Geneva etc.
Schaffhausen may be doable for a commute to Zurich if you are close to the main stations. But Schaffhausen - Zug???
Is this actually a real consideration for you or just an entertainment thread? You haven’t mentioned anything about a job. It makes a hell of a difference whether you need to comnute to Hottingen or to Albisrieden.
Purely geographicallly, the best place for your criteria remains Thalwil. Although it is pricey.
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The French border is less than a km from our house. I see no negatives from living so close. In fact the Divonne Sunday market is much better than anything in Romande.
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what do you mean by self-sufficient? I lived in a town which had <2k residents and had only a restaurant and a small supermarket which doubled as a post office.
on borders, each to their own, but proximity to border opens options for cheaper shopping and other products being available.
It’s a move I’m considering from time to time and I haven’t yet had a reason to, but if I do the job would likely be in Zurich, so it’s not real enough but I’d like to to this kind of mental exercise =) It’s quite likely sooner or later I’d want to have a new chapter of living in Switzerland
It’s quite subjective and probably doesn’t warrant a discussion but I’d like to have less of an “EU” vibe and more of a Swiss vibe =)
As for the self-sufficiency:
- a barbershop
- a post office
- a few large supermarkets
- doctors
- kindergartens
- hospital
- some restaraunts
- a post office
- a catholic church =)
- a nice place to go for a walk
And all of it thanks to having its on its own, not due to the ability to commute to a nearby city =)
Ie. for example when living in Morges except for going for work, you can literally be in Lausanne just a few times a year only because a rare doctor is there, or just because of “hey, it’s been a while I haven’t been there, let’s pay a visit”
I work in Thalwil and it’s pricey, but lovely. However, I don’t really believe Meh is after advice, this seems more like “one day maybe, I’d like to possibly, eventually change place, work, canton and village. What’s gonna work?”
Asking for a hospital and a village vibe is just funny. But hey, it’s Sunday, sun is shining, I just had a guy offering me a sheep sausage, so all kinds of crazy these days.
I understand that the fact that I am not having a move on the horizon next month makes it less interesting for you to answer, but this comparison thought has been reoccurring a lot on my mind therefore I wanted to collect some personal experiences.
In short, Lachen seems the most interesting option, also the fact it is Schwyz is nice. I guess there’s a shortage of apartments, but it’s another aspect =)
I don’t want to annoy you all anymore with this thread =)
Don’t worry, fine thread.
Lachen is growing fast. There is quite a bit of construction going on, but most gets sold without even being publicly advertised. Not much available for rent.
I guess the next question for you would be requirements for a place and budget.
So, it’s sold how, via a word of mouth? In Switzerland it’s all so heavily based on connections it seems.
I’m now paying about 2,3k for a new construction 3-room apartment but in a more distant future I’d like to have a mortgage. Not sure how it compares to Lachen. A nice thing about Schwyz is that the purchase tax is 0% (it looks like?)… But at this point it I’d agree it would be a too theoretical discussion indeed even for my purposes =)
Real estate agents often ask you to register your interest. Then the contact people in their data base when something comes up.
Purchase prices are somewhere between 10 - 14k per sqm, I would say. No tax on purchase.
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Sounds like Nyon …
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Heh it could qualify but as you know it’s next to Morges 
Ah so it’s not just for spam emails, it does serve a purpose… Good to know!
I’ve been looking for a new apartment to buy in Zug. It’s really hard to find anything online. There’s the https://www.neubauprojekte.ch but it doesn’t list everything. Finally I’ve done a car tour chasing any construction. I found something new in Baar, but at the time I could only register my interest by offering at what price I was willing to buy. I let it go.
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