Paris is not nearly one of the most expensive cities. For a huge cultural capital it’s really quite affordable. Try Zurich or San Francisco or Singapore.
Zurich, jesus. May as well just hand someone a 100 euro note when you walk out of your door and be done with it, even if you don’t plan on spending anything.
20 dollars is about 16 CHF, that’s an extremely normal price for a cocktail. I live just outside Zurich, I’m not exaggerating for comedic or dramatic effect. In a fancy bar in district 1 or niedersorf it’s more like 25 CHF or 30 USD.
Just a random selection of a few bars in downtown:
Okay, so you realize that Zurich is like number two most expensive city in the world? And the prices you cite are still barely on par with this $25 claim which is heavily implied to be common in the post? This post may as well say that any hipster bar charges that much, which is absolutely not a thing for like 99% of the planet. I live in an expensive city and never rarely pay more than like $14 for a drink. Under $10 isn’t even that hard to find…
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Paris is not nearly one of the most expensive cities. For a huge cultural capital it’s really quite affordable. Try Zurich or San Francisco or Singapore.
RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Zurich, jesus. May as well just hand someone a 100 euro note when you walk out of your door and be done with it, even if you don’t plan on spending anything.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean I’ve been to Zurich and Iceland pretty recently and they were hella expensive but still likely less than $20 for a bloody Mary.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
20 dollars is about 16 CHF, that’s an extremely normal price for a cocktail. I live just outside Zurich, I’m not exaggerating for comedic or dramatic effect. In a fancy bar in district 1 or niedersorf it’s more like 25 CHF or 30 USD.
Just a random selection of a few bars in downtown:
www.oldcrow.ch/rare-cocktails/ widderhotel.com/…/barkarte_september_2025.pdf marea.bar/…/Menukarte_Marea_AUWI_2025.pdf barmuenster.ch/…/240617_WEB_Version.pdf
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Okay, so you realize that Zurich is like number two most expensive city in the world? And the prices you cite are still barely on par with this $25 claim which is heavily implied to be common in the post? This post may as well say that any hipster bar charges that much, which is absolutely not a thing for like 99% of the planet. I live in an expensive city and never rarely pay more than like $14 for a drink. Under $10 isn’t even that hard to find…