Just visited Mumbai last weekend, it has somehow gotten worse over the last 5-6 years. Every 3rd or 4th road is either under construction or unusable.
This girl from bumble legit defended Mumbai being safer than other metros literally after an illegal billboard fell on innocent people.
The "spirit of Mumbai" is Stockholm syndrome, most of the victims/residents just don't know it or have grown numb to it.
Every year people die on local train tracks and platforms, no one cares enough to do anything concrete about it.
Mumbai and Bangalore are both spiralling towards being borderline unliveable. Delhi NCR too to an extent. But the unfortunate reality is that they are economic hubs, hence people are forced to work there.
Decentralisation is the need of the hour, tier 2 and 3 cities must prepare themselves for reverse migration in the next few decades. I'm planning the same for myself if all goes well. It's not worth slowly dying in poisoned cities.
Just tell me ,how many companies are there in tier 2 cities(except tcs, infosys etc) ?
You would have to leave job, and start your business or work remotely to move out of metropolitan cities.
Then lot of questions arises, is your spouse ready to shift? how is the education in tier 2 cities for kids ? What kind of financial opportunities are there? How is the economic infrastructure?
Grass always looks green on the other side.
The city in my mind does lack employment in terms of tech jobs, but there are other opportunities.
Reliance retail head mentioned that spending patterns between tier 1 2 and 3 cities is very similar, that's why they replicate easily and grow.
Even just opening up franchises of popular chains in tier 2 and 3 cities is a decent way of making money. There is spending power but not many local avenues to spend on.
Just need to replicate what works in tier 1 and expand to tier 2 and 3 , maybe even beyond.
I also hope , opportunities open up in tier 2 city.
The housing market , pollution level and lack of greenery in metro political cities is making lifestyle miserable
The only way this will happen, if government starts to provide tax benefits to big corporates in tier 2 cities and people would start to migrate.
So true . Mumbai and Bangalore are equally bad. Just the problems are different but the headache isbthe same.
Agree with you on many things here sadly
Don't blame any of the smart cities. Great work in 10 years!
Spirit of Mumbai is the spirit of slave class who are trapped in the biggest rat cage in Indian Ocean. I lived in Mumbai for 2 years in different locations, and honestly, the only thing that kept me there was work.
I've been living in Bangalore for six years, but today made me seriously question my sanity. This city, with all its quirks, tests your patience every single day. Here is what happened to me last month.
I left for work at 8 AM that da...
If Mumbai hasn't why will Bengaluru. You will keep living a life of cockroach but Bangalore will continue to grow
TL;DR
Silicon Valley is dry and dying in February.
Almost 2cr people live in Bengaluru and outskirts, dependent on kaveri, borewell and tanker water.
Kaveri water - Stalin and Sidda are busy in cage fight and at end they will abuse Na...
I have lives in a lot of cities, both tier 1 and tier 2. But nowhere have i seen road quality as pathetic as in Bangalore. Even remote villages in UP have better paved roads. And living in Delhi, I had almost forgotten that potholes stil...
Disconnected from nature. Getting polluted and congested day by day - what other option Mumbaikar have?
