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Switzerland is extremely diverse. There are four official languages, and 20+% of the population is foreign-born. In Zurich, that rate is much higher.
by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
Switzerland is extremely diverse. There are four official languages, and 20+% of the population is foreign-born. In Zurich, that rate is much higher.
- jupp0r 7y agoThat's like saying Texas is extremely liberal. Moving to most places in Switzerland that are not Zurich, Bern or Geneva will yield a similar experience as moving to non-Austin Texas.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoMost people don't live in the rural areas you're emphasizing. If you exclude cities, the US begins to look pretty homogeneous too. One out of five people living in Switzerland weren't born in the country. There are three major languages, plus a fourth national language. By any reasonable measure, Switzerland is an extremely diverse country. The amazing thing is that a country that's so linguistically balkanised is so stable and orderly.
- d--b 7y agoOk, well, depends what you call diversity. In the US, it generally means racial diversity. Sure Switzerland has a lot of European people from various countries. But it is nonetheless a very white country... I'm just saying that writing that Switzerland is more diverse than Silicon Valley is ridiculous.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoThat's a very superficial measure of diversity. There's a lot more to a person than the color of their skin. It makes no sense to apply that extremely narrow definition of diversity to a European country, or even to the US.
- d--b 7y agoYes, I am kind of simply stating what people imply when they say diversity. For most people a group of 3 people: one Chinese, one Egyptian, and one Columbian is a culturally more diverse (my definition), than a group of Germans, Austrian, French, Belgians and Dutch...