Comment by s1artibartfast

Probably a pretty big selection bias there. People who don't like crowding and want space are more likely to live in the country. People already living in a dense City are less sensitive to more of the same.

I have a friend who voted yes and he lives outside of Basel because he thinks the city is too crowded. If you've been there you might find that amusing. His most vocal complaint is about too many people on Swiss hiking trails and difficulty in Booking huts.

More recently, he was laid off by a multinational pharma company where most of the Swiss office is now German immigrants.

That's not to say culture isn't a factor, but it would be a mistake to apply American ideas of racism to it