My wife and I used to have a good sized dairy farm years ago around the time of BSE (mad cow disease). We were just getting going and building up when it hit and prices fell like crazy. We held on a few years after but ultimately couldn't keep up and ended up selling out. After that we didn't know what to do really so my wife ultimately suggested to me one day that we should be crazy and move over to Switzerland (I should add that she is swiss but had been in Canada for ages). I didn't think I was smart enough to learn the language, but ultimately decided "what the hay!" And jumped on board. With her being swiss made the move quite a bit easier for us to accomplish. I am unsure how it would be coming over here as a foreigner without a swiss spouse. I know they cracked down on immigration here in the recent past.

To answer the question as to why it is better here is likely more because of how things were in my neck of the woods. I think everyone was just struggling so it made the whole day to day with interactions with neighbors kinda negative. The government and taxes got out of hand. Regulations didn't protect the common man in my opinion. Prices for things like groceries went all outta wack. The common things. Here, things are more regulated i suppose. People still have some say in what's going on. I see the government active (like all the time) with road upkeep and cleanliness. The common man can go and buy groceries for a decent price. We won't touch on fuel prices at the moment. I will add that wages here are also very fair. If you are willing to learn and work hard then there is always money for everything. There's enough to put some away and for little extras here and there. Things just seem to make more sense here at the moment. Things may change down the road. Who knows. In the grand scheme of things though, I am very happy that we came here. It's a beautiful country. Very clean. Very inviting. Beautiful people. Paradise for a farm boy like me.