Swiss Guns

diodon349.com ^ | 6 December, 2001 | na

[archy]

[Wpin]

I think you nailed it...that is basically the point I was trying to make...in Switzerland the people are generally homogenous in terms of socially and culturally. I have not been there but have been reading up on them because it appears like a possibly good place to move to.

[Cronos]

I've been there -- hmmm... well, it is a very nice place to live, but you must be prepared for :
1. high cost of living -- very, very high. I'd say twice the price of living in any US city, even in the countryside
2. extreme law-abidingness -- and your neighbors will call you out if you do not put the garbage out at the right time and date and don't segregate and do not respect maintaining silence

it's a country for quiet, law-abiding individuals who have a strong sense of community.

[Wpin]

“I’ve been there — hmmm... well, it is a very nice place to live, but you must be prepared for :”

Thank you for helping me. I have been finding out that, especially the high cost of living. Something to be said for living in an area where you have to have been productive to move to...but, I think I will probably stay here. I have a farm that makes us very independent if we go through the economic collapse that I think will hit us in the next year or two. Something to be said for being able to live somewhere where you would not have to buy much food and can live without normal utilities...and can defend more easily.

[MSF BU]

There are plenty of large areas in North America that are the same way; Maine, NH, VT, Nova Scotia, Labrador, etc.