Living in Gurgaon makes living in BLR seem like heaven
I've been living in BLR all my life and been living in Gurgaon for about 4 months now because of company transfer. I thought BLR was bad until I came to Gurgaon. 1) The complete lack of apathy and compassion is off the charts here. People are so individualistic and small issues turn into huge fights. One example being a guy in a Fortuner hit my Hyundai hatchback from behind and screamed and made a scene when it was his fault and the guys all around supported him, I knew limited Hindi and I had to pay money to get the hell out of the place. 2) Climate and pollution: No words here. Extremely hot and polluted. 3) Rents have almost reached BLR levels or more 4) infrastructure: I thought BLR infra was shit but roads are non existent here and streets get water logged and stays waterlogged for 10 hours even after rains stopped lol. It feels like a dead City with no life, depressing and a concrete jungle.
Welcome to the wild west of India. Welcome to Gurugram š. Make sure to not step out after 11pm or you may get kidnapped in some parts of the city.
President_Trump
Stealth
a year ago
Also stay away from golf course road after working hours.
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President_Trump
Stealth
a year ago
Gurgaon folks: don't move to Bengaluru
Bengaluru folks: don't move to Gurgaon
Seriously the issue causes from person's pre-set mindset.
Someone on LinkedIn ranted about how Ahmedabad people are not nice to non veg eaters, non existent night life etc etc.(me being from Ahmedabad never really thought of this as problem)
But expections like these can't ever be fulfilled, if every place was to be same then we won't need to have different cities mulcipalties / state govts.
ChotaChetan
Stealth
a year ago
What's the night life like in Ahmedabad ?
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Its like comparing shit with well shit.
Mumbai is the only livable tier 1 city in India, sure comes with its own issues but atleast u wont get raped and murdered if u go out at 9pm.
Some good options in tier 2 though.
Rodriguez
Stealth
a year ago
Absolutely. +1. I strongly regret moving to Delhi NCR and specifically Gurgaon, that too with family.
Additionally,
1. There are very few public spaces for the middle class folks. Everything is for either the uber rich or the poor. The class difference in Delhi NCR makes it very difficult.
2. Convenience is next to non-existent in most localities. If you want a clean and clutter free area, you would be staying atleast 2km away from convenience and grocery stores.
3. The judgement against two wheeler folks is so high that some malls don't have parking for scooters and bikes.
4. People at work bring in Hindi so much during conversations that the ones who don't know the language as well get left out. This would have been understandable in public spaces but not inside corporate offices.
Asicmaniac
Student
a year ago
Yeah the class divide is very big here. If you're not Uber rich, you don't have many options and people look down on you if you don't flaunt your iPhone's or Fortuners.
GyaanExpert
Stealth
a year ago
Try working in chennai even in a board room meeting, people would be talking in tamil. Even though the company is a US-based one.
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Can anyone who is not a native of either gurgaon or Bangalore and has lived in both the cities give us some unbiased opinion here
Itachi777
Stealth
a year ago
I worked in Gurgaon and Bangalore and am not from either of them. I don't think Gurgaon is as bad for a native Hindi speaker. OP said he knows limited Hindi so that could add to his troubles. Weather is shit everywhere these days. Gurgaon/Hyderabad/mumbai. But you will be inside an AC env most of the times so it does not matter as much. Bangalore has better weather but too much traffic , no metro and shitty landlords and locals and not as clean. I never faced an issue with locals in Gurgaon. Plus NCR has great metro and food options. Now everyone will say NCR has high crime and try to make other people believe that it is like some cartel run city in Colombia. But it is not so. Sure there are some pockets in Delhi which are unsafe but those areas are anyways shady and you won't go there unless looking for trouble. Gurgaon is relatively safer due to most people being from corporate and lot of life even late at night especially in cyber city and sector 29. Can't comment about inner parts of haryana though. Mumbai is a good place if you make a ton of money. Then u can get a decent 2000sq feet 3 bhk and not live in small rooms. Lot of people try to compare mumbai with New York which is a crazy comparison. Mumbai based companies don't pay more than delhi based ones for the same role but expenses are far higher.
Having stayed in both and settling in Faridabad was the best decision I ever made. It takes me 40-70 mins to reach cyberhub which is 28kms from my place (depends on traffic), all necessities are within walking distance, havenāt seen any water logging since past 5 years, cost of living is lower than Gurgaon/Delhi, access to luxuries is a concern (no H&M, Zara within 20kms), low crime rate.
Itās a tier 1 city with tier 2 vibes.
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BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
a year ago
I have been in Delhi and now Gurgaon almost all my life. Lived in Blr for a short period
Completely agree with all your points; you can add expensive food to the list too.
These 20s earning 70L+ have made life shit for lesser-paid people. Driving up the price for minimum demand.
Though I cannot imagine going back to Bangalore and its traffic. Waiting for an 1 hour just to cross over the divider was the last straw for me.
SpiffyOats63
Student
a year ago
Bellandur?
BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
a year ago
Kormangala
Stayed in 2 cities.
Blr is good for weather. That's it.
Gurgaon is good for cheap liquor, better transport, better infra. That's it.
Across both cities. People nature depends on your group. Can be warm or rude.
Itachi777
Stealth
a year ago
Better food options too in Delhi NCR
100%.
BLR is all that oily dosas that I got bored after 2 weeks.
Infra and food are two things that BLR can never compete with Gurgaon on.
AliveYouth71
Stealth
a year ago
Lmao! Are u serious? Bangalore is a literal shithole. I would live in gudgawan anyday.
Your post seems to come from pure prejudice,
Being silly little kid in road rage scenario can't help you,
ggn jat/gurjar people also gives death threat and at the minimum carry some kind of lath/stick for intimidation.
ggn Police is helpful to outsiders, unlike blr who'll only do ille pille.
There's different ways to deal according to the place you're in, coming from view our place has it like that so the way must be best way, this place is wrong,
Itachi777
Stealth
a year ago
š¤£š¤£ ille pille
Bhai geniune incident bata rha hu once couldn't find blr to Mysore ksrtc volvo, no platform information non existent english sign boards, went to brown uniform man at edge of bus stand could be constable or something, the fellow didn't even look at ticket to point in the direction. Just ille pille š¤£ almost missed the bus until I saw a group of youngsters going in certain direction.
On the contrary haryana roadways conductor keep shouting their bus destination it's impossible to miss.
Traffic is the only major difference. Everything else is equally pathetic.
Habhaithik
Stealth
a year ago
I am born and brought up in delhi and the biggest fan of gurgaon. Spent 3 months in bengalore and the diff between people is sooo big I am right now planning to shift lol
Don't agree on the infra part. Live in main areas and gurgaon infra is as good as usa
Itachi777
Stealth
a year ago
Curious to know what type of difference did you encounter?
Habhaithik
Stealth
a year ago
Was born and brought up in a business family in Delhi so rudeness was never a concern until I moved to Bengaluru and realised how normal happy people talk lol. If I tell an auto driver his rate is wrong he will say fuck off and move in gurgaon/delhi, in Bengaluru everyone has collaborative nature and an auto driver calmly explained to me how we won't find another this late and how apps are showing incorrect rates. If you have watched the Abhishek upamanyus standup you will relate most - everyone in delhi has an attack mode all the time because of the cutthroat nature. Nobody smiles. People believe in hierarchy a lot
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Gurgaon is unnecessarily expensive. If you go to a bar in cyberhub or anywhere else, 2500 to 3000 is the minimum amount you are spending unnecessarily for the things which you can purchase in 1000 or less.
Baingan
Student
a year ago
Gurgaon is excellent only if you have a car (and a hockey stick inside it for emergencies). The public infra is shit (just having roads is not infra) the city has no public sewage. outside of the big societies and gated areas, the city is a complete mess. the people are pretty bad and rude., if you are single who introverted you will feel a ton of pain. and then there is the yearly 3-month smog that reduces your expected lifespan.
Lol . I think thats not a big deal . If u guys donāt know to speak in Hindi ,then get away from Gurgaon. I stay in Bangalore and I have seen this in Bengaluru where people literally fight and make a gang against u if u donāt know so called their Proud Language Kannada . The same behaviour need to be dere .
Little surprised of how come Hyderabad isnāt mentioned here, trust me, itās one of the best liveable and rapidly growing city in India. Safe city , 6 lane roads at most of the places, best infrastructure and what not.
Welcome to corporate town, where there are two kinds of people:
DLF/high society elitists, and everyone else.
President_Trump
Stealth
a year ago
DLF management sucks, Pinnacle is best these days.
If you play sports , then you might like gurgaon as the sports culture is good here
You will find a lot of people running and cycling on weekend mornings.
Also , it is a heaven for cricketers as there are a lot of teams that play over weekends in gurgaon.
Plus you can have a beer or 2 with friends in front on most wine shops here as it is not on the stricter side
Having stayed in both cities. I'd prefer a better infra over the other. Gurgaon is miles ahead than BLR on this front.
In fact the only 2 solid things going on for BLR are it's weather which is a gift, and second is the strong tech and startup ecosystem that keeps attracting more and more investments and finding. Nothing else is great about BLR.
Not that bad as it seems.. Gurgaon has everything what one wants
You can chill at ambience mall, enjoy entertainment at kingdoms of dreams, enjoy cheapest beer and last but not least for spiritual healing you can visit sheetala Mata mandir...
Bangalore is shittier from a language and infrastructure standpoint - the road have more hole than their filmsā storylines!
Kind of agree with the weather bit though
Asicmaniac
Student
a year ago
Why? Most people in Bengaluru speak Hindi, no one in Gurgaon speaks Kannada. Someone who speaks Hindi can easily survive in Bengaluru, but you absolutely need to know Hindi to survive in gurgaon.
Your experiences donāt match with mine! I had to learn Kannada to survive here (I didnāt mind learning a new language, it was fun) but what tipped me over was a former landlord screwing with me both emotionally and financially just because I didnāt know the language ( he knew English but refused to use it)
