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    his apartment ... two bedrooms, a small office, a
    south-facing balcony and it costs 1,760 francs
    (about $2,200) a month, around half the typical rents
I always find it impossible to grasp/compare rents if there is no mention of the size of the apartment. For all I know, this could be a 60m² apartment with 3 smallish rooms which goes for something like half of that price in Berlin:

https://www.immobilienscout24.de/expose/161188147

Or it could be a luxurious 300m² apartment with 3 big rooms that goes for three time that price:

https://www.immobilienscout24.de/expose/157476995



It is mentioned in an image description:

> Claude Waelti’s 1,180-square-foot apartment in Lausanne costs around $2,200 a month. The rent has barely increased since he arrived in 1991.

So about 110 square meters which is pretty good for number of rooms in Switzerland.




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