A number of my colleagues do not bother to own a car in Switzerland. Beef is expensive, pork and veal are cheaper. One of my colleagues commented that you had better start liking pasta. Also taxes are low. There are certain Cantons where Foreigners cannot buy property.
Property is very expensive to buy.
You need to live in Switzerland for twelve years to get Swiss nationality. In some cantons English is spoken quite wildly. People at the railway ticket office and hotel receptionists need to speak English, in Baden English was no problem, in Chur it was not spoken much at all. There is no evening or Sunday shopping. Cars stop for you at pedestrian crossings.