Delhi is the best city to live in India

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Hmm.. Is this report meant to be some kind of joke?

I have not been to a lot of cities in India, but did visit a few of them and Delhi has been the worst for me second only to Chennai. The transportation infrastructure is pretty good in Delhi, but that is not everything. Outsiders (especially foreigners) are mercilessly looted by everyone and this is probably the only city (or maybe even mumbai qualifies for that) where focused crime againist foreigners has taken place.

In any case Chandigarh tops my list of cities to live in. Every place I have been has some or the other kind of problems. Chandigarh has the least of those problems.
 
Is this report comparing liveable cities or the unliveable ones? Afaik as Mumbai is concerned....it is a crap place to live!! The traffic has become a nightmare (if it already wasnt). The electricity is crazy expensive, water cuts every other week! The list goes on...
 
Lord Nemesis said:
Hmm.. Is this report meant to be some kind of joke?

I have not been to a lot of cities in India, but did visit a few of them and Delhi has been the worst for me second only to Chennai. The transportation infrastructure is pretty good in Delhi, but that is not everything. Outsiders (especially foreigners) are mercilessly looted by everyone and this is probably the only city (or maybe even mumbai qualifies for that) where focused crime againist foreigners has taken place.
In any case Chandigarh tops my list of cities to live in. Every place I have been has some or the other kind of problems. Chandigarh has the least of those problems.
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AFAIK in delhi i havent seen much crime incidents against Outsiders (especially foreigners) .. I am not sure if you have travelled to other cities like Bangalore etc .. In every city the outsiders are Looted simply because they are new to the place and not familiar with how the things work .. This pretty much happens in every state .. Your argument against the crime would have held good a few years back when Delhi had a notoriously high crime rate .. I love chandigarh too cuz the way its planned ,people etc but i think everyone would find his/her own city to be the best hence its very pointless to discuss what some half arsed study concludes based on black box testing ..
 
saumilsingh said:
^ I had the opportunity to do exactly that for 6 months last year. I was practically a hermit during this period and I have to say it's NOT overrated at all.

The only thing I really missed was Internet connectivity.
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6 months? damn... thats great.where were you?must have been a very peaceful holiday?
 
Lord Nemesis said:
I have not been to a lot of cities in India, but did visit a few of them and Delhi has been the worst for me second only to Chennai. The transportation infrastructure is pretty good in Delhi, but that is not everything. Outsiders (especially foreigners) are mercilessly looted by everyone and this is probably the only city (or maybe even mumbai qualifies for that) where focused crime againist foreigners has taken place.
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The liveability index does not consider tourists/visitors. They are a very small percentage of the population and its fair that they arent considered in the process at all. I couldnt find out the metrics on which the study was based, so not able to comment on the specifics.

@blr_p, Thanks for the preview. $1000 for the full study is too much though. Wonder if all the news sites actually bought the report or just parroting.
 
Yes because, the widely air advertisement on TV, the Pily Mattar Dal for Rs.26/- k.g. only available in Delhi. :ohyeah:
 
NinByChoice said:
The liveability index does not consider tourists/visitors. They are a very small percentage of the population and its fair that they arent considered in the process at all. I couldnt find out the metrics on which the study was based, so not able to comment on the specifics.
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I am not talking about tourists/visitors only. I am talking about non locals living in the place as well. Every major city has a considerable population of non-locals and I think their impressions of the city make for a much better rating of the city than that of locals who may ignore/take for granted some bad qualities of the city.

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AFAIK in delhi i havent seen much crime incidents against Outsiders (especially foreigners) .. I am not sure if you have travelled to other cities like Bangalore etc .. In every city the outsiders are Looted simply because they are new to the place and not familiar with how the things work .. This pretty much happens in every state .. Your argument against the crime would have held good a few years back when Delhi had a notoriously high crime rate .. I love chandigarh too cuz the way its planned ,people etc but i think everyone would find his/her own city to be the best hence its very pointless to discuss what some half arsed study concludes based on black box testing ..
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I am not sure about the current situation, but a while back outsiders (People from other parts of India who can be easily recognized as outsiders as well as foreigners were targeted for gun point robberies and other crimes. Travel advisories were issued to foreigners visiting Delhi. The most surprising thing was that not a lot of it came out in news papers except for the occasional report.

I am a South Indian myself and my own experience during my short visits to Delhi has been pretty bad. I have been in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi as well as Chandigarh and I know very well that outsiders are taken advantage of every where, but definitely not in the same league as in delhi. People usually have this problem when they do not know the local language, but it doen't matter how good your Hindi is in Delhi. Auto/Cab walas gang up to fleece you. Even some of my North Indian friends had that problem. Now whenever I have to visit hyd and have to to go to delhi airport, I prefer to book a cab directly from Chandigarh to the delhi airport rather than catching a train/bus to dehli and having to rely on local autos/cabs.

Added to that, my friends had a hard time finding decent accomodation in Delhi when they first joined for their jobs there. One of my friends was horrified to find that his land lord was stealing stuff from his house. When confronted, he was thrown out of the house and even the police did not help him. ofcourse it may be a one off incident.

There are also the pollution and noise factors as well. The only nice thing about Delhi for me is the roads and decent control of traffic, but chandigarh has that as well without the other problems.
 
Rockfella said:
Where exactly?
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raptor3624 said:
6 months? damn... thats great.where were you?must have been a very peaceful holiday?
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It was my native place, a small village some 200Kms. from Kanpur. Nobody there except for the village folk and the house caretaker.
Sweet peace...

The best way I can describe the place are the Sicily parts in The Godfather. Not exactly a tourist trap, just raw natural beauty :).
 
i have never been to delhi but i can tell you Mumbai definitely isn't the place to live in! i have stayed in Mumbai for 22 years and i've spent a year in Ahmedabad--i find Ahmedabad better than Mumbai.
 
sunny27 said:
i have never been to delhi but i can tell you Mumbai definitely isn't the place to live in! i have stayed in Mumbai for 22 years and i've spent a year in Ahmedabad--i find Ahmedabad better than Mumbai.
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Well said because mumbai is awesome good best but no peace of mind.
 
Best cities to live in my opinion are Chandigarh, New Delhi & Jaipur. And for the peace of mind, I drive to shimla. :p
 
sunny27 said:
i have never been to delhi but i can tell you Mumbai definitely isn't the place to live in! i have stayed in Mumbai for 22 years and i've spent a year in Ahmedabad--i find Ahmedabad better than Mumbai.
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Ahmedabad for 7 years .... Mumbai since last 2 months... I miss Ahmedabad :(
 
what about Srinagar? :ohyeah: beautiful place with beautiful people..:P place that is most gifted by natural beauty.. :bleh:
 
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