>> In Zurich, [...] you can find a room in something called Wohngemeinde This was an error in the original article, by the way. The correct word is "Wohngemein

>> In Zurich, [...] you can find a room in something called Wohngemeinde This was an error in the original article, by the way. The correct word is "Wohngemeinschaft". "Wohngemeinde" means "city/town/village you're residing in". > Good luck if you have a family, it's ~4k for 4.5 rooms (100sqm). Well, yes and no. Rents can be quite high for new arrivals. But about 20% of rental apartments in Zürich are owned by non-profit Wohnbaugenossenschaften, where rents are a lot cheaper, rise very modestly, and as long as you're on good standing, you pretty much never get kicked out, but you need to get onto a waiting list for a number of months/years.