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| I'm starting this as I still never got any answers on my request below: BMW Motorbike Service in Ticino?
I guess we in Ticino are somewhat marginalised (both in Swiss and EF terms) so maybe a one-thread-addresses-all approach would be good.
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Congratulations ! Your assimiliation makes rapid progress. You already have taken over the mentality of the Ticinesi about feeling "marginalised", both by Switzerland AND by Italy.
Just for comparison purposes here first the Canton of Ticino
Republik und Kanton Tessin
Repubblica e Cantone Ticino
Basisdaten Staat:
Schweiz Amtssprache:
Italienisch Hauptort:
Bellinzona Grösster Ort:
Lugano Fläche: 2812
km² Einwohner: 335'720
[1] (31. Dezember 2009)
Bevölkerungsdichte: 119 Einw. pro km²
and here for comparison the CITY of Zürich
Wohnbevölkerung der Stadt Zürich 2010
Veränderung (%)
Total Wohnbevölkerung 385'468 0,7
Schweizerinnen und Schweizer
268'017
0,9
Anteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung (%)
69,5
...
Ausländerinnen und Ausländer
117451
0,0
Anteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung (%)
30,5
...
and this shows that the whole Canton of Ticino has less inhabitants than the CITY of Zürich alone, even without outer suburbs
Add to this that the Ticino is south of the San Gottardo, and you get it.
BUT, let's see the other side of things
A) are you aware how many old-aged or holidaying Zürcher are in TI ?
B) have you ever, on any parking lot in TI, counted the cars with ZH-nrs?
C) are you aware that the numbers of TI-folks in ZH are more than 30'000
D) are you aware of the pt. that most political leaders in Cantone TI, and in the cities of Lugano, Bellinzona and Locarno are Zürich educated ?
E) are you aware of the point that all TI Bundesräte got elected into office with the help of Zürchers ?
F) but while admitting that there are Zürcher who in TI behave in a pompous, self-assuming and arrogant way, most ZH people feal some real and heartfelt sympathy for the TI, possibly more than anybody else and for sure more than the Milanese
G) True, for a while to come, the train from Zürich-HB to Lugano-Stazione needs 2 hours and 45 minutes, but that will come down markedly when in a few years the new tunnel gets into service