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Posted on: 25-11-15 08:38:26
Depends, I know only English and Tamil (but tamil is very similar to Malayalam) and have survived in Cochin.
At tourist areas, English is spoken by all. Hindi is also spoken by many here.
Kerala is only for laid back life and cheap cost of living.
Hyderabad is good too. Cost of housing is pretty low but you need to know Hindi there.
Pune is good but costlier than B'lore. If you can afford a house in b'lore, you can find cheap options here. Petrol / insurance / food (low end) is the same everywhere. Do window shopping.
Murali
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Co incidentally I was reading on the best cities in India yesterday on quora.
Following came up repeatedly among the posters.
Bangalore : if you are in IT - pleasant climate , cosmopolitan , good money , Hindi acceptance, expensive
Hyderabad : Moderate climate , cheaper cost of living , IT jobs , multicultural acceptance.
Pune : Good climate , cheaper cost of living , IT jobs , close to Mumbai , Hindi acceptance.
Mumbai : New York of India ... most multicultural , other than IT jobs also , not so good climate ,Hindi acceptance.
Chandigarh , Ahemdabad , Indore and Vadhodhra also came up because of different factors ..And so did Mysore .. which they say is a unique blend of old and new and is coming up industrially also...
All the above are multicultural and Hindi is readily accepted ..
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Fido.
You can get a 2BHK in a decent area with that budget. It's a safe city compared to many others. Lot of food options. Best weather.Good transport facilities (regular & AC Volvo buses; metro). The low-income people may or may not know hindi/english but they will make an effort to communicate. However, there is growing anger among localites that outsiders don't make any effort in learning kannada inspite of staying there for many years, which makes sense.
The cons are horrible traffic jams and the resulting pollution. If you stay close to where you work, your life will be easy and expenses less.
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Posted on: 30-11-15 21:38:49
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Originally posted by BangaloreGirl
You can get a 2BHK in a decent area with that budget. It's a safe city compared to many others. Lot of food options. Best weather.Good transport facilities (regular & AC Volvo buses; metro). The low-income people may or may not know hindi/english but they will make an effort to communicate. However, there is growing anger among localites that outsiders don't make any effort in learning kannada inspite of staying there for many years, which makes sense.
The cons are horrible traffic jams and the resulting pollution. If you stay close to where you work, your life will be easy and expenses less.
Nice.
Do you find (overall ) Toronto better than Bangalore or worse ? - All things considered.
Ofcourse this can be expanded to the bigger Canada v/s India debate, but lets keep it to the smaller Toronto v/s Bangalore debate.
I think the main reason people move out of India is corruption,no safety (especially for girls ), no law & order, VIP racism from people in power like politician, gov. officials.
Rest of the stuff they are OK with & willing to tolerate like traffic, pollution, lack of proper infrastructure ( considering the population ), hygiene, uncleanliness. Even inflation they are OK with as they know how to live within their means.
I am a Bangalorean living in Ajax and i just got back from a short 15 day business trip to Bangalore.
My 2 cents are as follows:
1) If you are going back, make absolutely sure that you are going to be self-employed or with entrepreneurial ideas. You will very likely not survive the work culture, work politics, long work hours and the "Yes-Boss" culture.
2) Plan to live in a small town or Tier-B city for good education for kids, good work-life balance, savings and pollution free living. You cannot even imagine how fast your 2 lakh/per month salary will disappear in Bangalore. Anything less than this figure will greatly affect your quality of life(and your wife will affect yours 
)
3) The number one paramount rule is: Do not move to Bangalore if your work place is not within 2 km of where you live. The traffic hell in Bangalore has simply no other equivalent in the world. It is a virtual "moving parking lots" at all times of the day.
Even as i write this column, i have 3 of my friends in Bangalore in well established IT jobs preparing to immigrate to Canada.
Best,
Sri.
Lifestyle is better here but if u wanna stay close to family n friends n have enough money to buy a house already, Blr/India is better. Corruption is slowly lowering coz people these days post any corruption they face on social media & it gets attantion.
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Originally posted by BangaloreGirl
You can get a 2BHK in a decent area with that budget. It's a safe city compared to many others. Lot of food options. Best weather.Good transport facilities (regular & AC Volvo buses; metro). The low-income people may or may not know hindi/english but they will make an effort to communicate. However, there is growing anger among localites that outsiders don't make any effort in learning kannada inspite of staying there for many years, which makes sense.
The cons are horrible traffic jams and the resulting pollution. If you stay close to where you work, your life will be easy and expenses less.
Nice.
Do you find (overall ) Toronto better than Bangalore or worse ? - All things considered.
Ofcourse this can be expanded to the bigger Canada v/s India debate, but lets keep it to the smaller Toronto v/s Bangalore debate.
I think the main reason people move out of India is corruption,no safety (especially for girls ), no law & order, VIP racism from people in power like politician, gov. officials.
Rest of the stuff they are OK with & willing to tolerate like traffic, pollution, lack of proper infrastructure ( considering the population ), hygiene, uncleanliness. Even inflation they are OK with as they know how to live within their means.
Agree with points 1 (work-culture part) & 3. Not 2. 2 lakh/per month is a lot of money in Blr or anywhere in India, esp if you have taken care of the biggest expense (purchased flat). You can lead a luxurious life n even save some with that amount in that case.
If people in Canada can lead a decent life with 2 lakh/per month sal (4k CAD), even after paying 1/3rd on rent, do u think it's not sufficient in blr when they already own a house??
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Originally posted by AjaxDesi
I am a Bangalorean living in Ajax and i just got back from a short 15 day business trip to Bangalore.
My 2 cents are as follows:
1) If you are going back, make absolutely sure that you are going to be self-employed or with entrepreneurial ideas. You will very likely not survive the work culture, work politics, long work hours and the "Yes-Boss" culture.
2) Plan to live in a small town or Tier-B city for good education for kids, good work-life balance, savings and pollution free living. You cannot even imagine how fast your 2 lakh/per month salary will disappear in Bangalore. Anything less than this figure will greatly affect your quality of life(and your wife will affect yours
3) The number one paramount rule is: Do not move to Bangalore if your work place is not within 2 km of where you live. The traffic hell in Bangalore has simply no other equivalent in the world. It is a virtual "moving parking lots" at all times of the day.
Even as i write this column, i have 3 of my friends in Bangalore in well established IT jobs preparing to immigrate to Canada.
Best,
Sri.
