u/Chemical-Rush-6433

While I know these are 2 of the best cities to live in the world and I prefer Geneva, I feel like Zürich is a lot better in terms of infrastructure, road quality, cleanliness, etc than Geneva.

Just to explain the points I mentioned before about what’s better in Zürich:
1 Infrastructure / Road quality: extremely extensive S-Bahn in Zürich, roads in Geneva are just mediocre (for example the Rues Basses are full of potholes), buses are the slowest in Switzerland (don’t remember where I read this statistic)
2 Cleanliness: I find neither city dirty and I’m not saying cleanliness in this sense. I mean the overall look of buildings and sidewalks in Geneva give it a grittier feel. For some reason, Geneva has a different type of sidewalk to other Swiss cities, and even though they are physically clean, I always see a lot of « spots » (such as old chewing gums) that give a rusty impression. Same goes for buildings that look like they haven’t been renovated in 70 years. I do believe Zürich has more graffiti, especially in the outskirts, but even that seems « orderly »

I have started researching a lot about the PAV in Geneva because those subjects really interest me. Do you think this refurbishment of a huge portion of the city will « boost » the « prestige » of Geneva in the same way as Zürich is?

+ Bonus point: I rarely see people on the internet and daily life talk crap about Zürich, quite the contrary. Everyone glorifies it for being top notch. Geneva, on the other hand, is regularly bashed by everyone (and I never understood why, because I love that city), but there has got to be a reason, I guess

Edit: yes, I’m posting this once again on the hunt of a bigger city than Lausanne

For context, I have lived in Lausanne for almost my entire life. I work here, studied here, have *most* of my friends here (I will come back to this) and my family is nearby. I have recently travelled to Copenhagen, and I realized I really crave a big city with more cafés, more cultural events, more international, more tourists (I love meeting people from abroad and tourists) etc… Even though I love Lausanne with all my heart, I feel like it is still way too small for my liking and for the lifestyle I want to have. I feel like every time something interesting happens or comes to Switzerland (whether it be a popup, a concert, etc) it is in Zürich. Lausanne feels pretty « isolated » in this aspect, especially once you finish university. I speak french fluently, my family « migrated » from Zürich to Romandie around 30 years ago, therefore I have an okay base in Swiss german. Quite a few of my friends, and both my best friends, have been moving to Zürich (and I would say that number keeps increasing year after year). My job would theoretically allow me to work in Zürich. I have personally never been a fan of Zürich because of the work-oriented lifestyle, but maybe I just misunderstand the city since I have never lived there. Would you guys say this is the right decision or should I stay in Lausanne?

This morning as many of you saw, there was a post about the trash left behind during Balelec. I am by no means cautioning this, it is some disgusting behavior and should be punished.

I must say however, it has become a trend amongst a lot of Swiss germans (mostly on the internet) to say this is because french Swiss are not real Swiss, that we are dirty, we speak loud, we’re not efficient.

May I, for one, remind you guys how disgusting Zürich city looks after street parade? Yes, it does get cleaned soon after, just like the park got cleaned this morning. The Rhein river in Basel on weekend nights? Same issue. Area surrounding Reitschule in Bern? Not even gonna get started.

Second, should you also be reminded about what happened in Zürich center for the first of May demonstrations yesterday? I also frequently see people here roasting Lausanne because of protests, but once again, different cities, same issues.

The french speaking part of Switzerland has the exact same problems as the german speaking part. You guys are not some « superior » group because you speak a different language to us. Can you guys kindly stop talking about us as if we’re some sub-group of the country?

Sincerely,
A romand.

Yesterday I was biking in one of those roads with painted on « islands », meaning that a car + bike cannot pass at the same time. The road is kind of long and I could sense a van close to my ass blinking his lights for me to go faster or move to the side. As soon as the road ends, this guy accelerates from 30 to 70 within a few seconds, passes a few centimeters away from me and cusses me off. Had I not moved to the side and thought quickly, I’d have been under that van.

The van belonged to a company, and I took its name, but unfortunately not the license plate. Is there anything I could realistically do?

(This happened in the Ouest lausannois)