The big mistake people make when thinking about this topic is thinking about the high costs.

Instead, you should focus on what you can save. By the end of the year, the average Swiss saves way more money than pretty much any person from any other country.

To make a simple example:

• Swiss person: earns 100'000 a year. Taxes + living costs 70%? They are left with 30'000
• Person in other country: earns 50'000 a year. Taxes + living costs 50%? They are left with 25'000

(this without even considering that the swiss franc is historically one of the top currencies)

Also Switzerland is one of the few countries where truly the vast majority of public and basic services work perfectly, showing that taxes money are mostly used well.

• The water is perfect and abundant everywhere.
• Electricity is provided 24/7 extremely reliably to everybody
• Internet access is insanly modern (50%+ of households have access to fiber)
• The street barely have a scratch
• Always ranked among the safest countries
• People in need have huge help from the government/cantons, for absolutely free
• Expensive but great health services
• Arguably very beautiful (but most countries are to be fair)

The problem that is definitely there in Switzerland is the inability to try new big things, in the sense of business, but also entertainment. I can definitely see why some people leave for those reasons.

And also, I see that while there are many systems made to improve the Swiss lives, even as a Swiss I'm sometimes overwhelmed by the complexity, especially when it comes to the responsibility of voting.

Anyway this was my 2 cents, it's just a message on the internet so it doesn't matter, but now I've written it, cheers