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Top Indian Cities

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?dOuBtFiRe? said:
Example - Delhi - technology developed along with development in kidnappings and other ills.
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You forgot to mention rape, which is highest in India. :gunsmilie:

JuGGa said:
Come to bhopal and you'll have a real peace of mind with beauty all around ;)
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I thought its submerged in water these days :lol:

agantuk said:
There is no mention of 'charm' here, which I think each of our 4 metros have in plenty. There can be hundreds of sky scrapers, but a city is made up of its people and their culture (or lack of it in some cases).
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I completely agree with you.
 
NinByChoice said:
^^ Actually theres only 1 city called Madras. The other SouthIndians stay in villages in and around Madras, thats why all of them are are simply called Madrasis. People from villages like Bangalore/Hyderabad think they are from their own "city" and dont like being called Madrasis, but whatever. The truth always wins.
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Ha haaaa/
http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2012/06/new-law-against-calling-people-chinki-in-india/

About the cost of living, it's easy in chennai whereas it's difficult in Bangalore. But, one thing I loved is people are very good at earning as well as spending.
 
I have lived in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mysore & Guwahati (well if staying for a months counts :P).
All those cities have Pros and cons.

Delhi is kinda planned city - wide roads, lesser pollution, food
Chennai - ?
Bangalore - weather, well maintained bus service, infrastructure.
Kolkata - cheaper public transport, food, relatively low cost of living.
Mysore - small city, no traffic, peaceful life.
Guwahati - my native. :P
 
quixand said:
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@OP quite a few of my Bong friends don't want to come back to Calcutta (Only during Pujas).
sabby - What you say makes a lot of sense, but I don't agree. You haven't seen Calcutta. It's not just B'lore's Tech Parks. People from around the world flock to Calcutta to witness its Poverty and Chaos. Calcutta has a lot of immigrants and developed area is quite less compared to Bangy or Delhi. Not to mention how old the buildings are, they can become monuments in the next decade :) New areas are under development though.

There are extremely lovable places in Calcutta, too.
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As I said, Kolkata is far older than B'lore and very close to Bangladesh and also there's no big city nearby. So obviously there are a lot of immigrants, the population is very high (16-17M) and hence the chaos. Regarding the poverty, the low cost of living balances it out. I'd say if someone earns <10k per month, he/she would be considered poor in B'lore where as in Kolkata, you can lead a much better life. The southern and eastern Kolkata areas are pretty developed. And the roads are way better than B'lore. Most of your bong friends don't want to go back to Kolkata probably because they are SW Engrs and options are pretty limited there. As someone said, you will never have basic problems like food and water. Even I had thought Bangalore is probably the best city to live in before moving here permanently. But now I can see many places which are within 7-10km of the heart of the b'lore and still do not get water supply or good roads. Kolkata has much higher traffic than B'lore but because of the narrow roads and never ending fly overs/underpasses/diggings, the traffic seems worst in B'lore. The main -ve points in Kolkata are the political problems and lack of law/discipline.

Oh and FYI, I am from Bengal and my home is 55km from Kolkata. Also, I did my graduation in Kolkata and I don't agree to you that I haven't seen Kolkata mate :)

@gREen, chennai has changed a lot my friend. After immense industrial growth in the past few years, the cost of living is almost touching B'lore these days. The worse part is, even if you go 60km from main city, cost of living won't come down much.
 
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All our cities are turning crappier day-by-day. Due to mismanagement being a common function, and public projects being laced with corruption, shoddy jobs are done. Plus Indians as an influx, have no respect for anything: man, woman, animal, or weed; which is not theirs. So we see rapid deterioration of public property and/or misuse and abuse. So this poll is quite pointless. It is like comparing dung to sh$$. We would rather create groups of ministers who rename cities based on archaic lingual rules and spend millions from the state machinery to stamp this everywhere. Delhi is just a ministerial hob-nob hole, with contradictions of poverty and rampant hang over of the Raj. Bombay has become a slum+high rise region. One can throw a cigarette bud from a 16th floor, 1Crore flat, and it will probably land in a slum. Calcutta, is just stagnating to a worse condition, since no one wants to work, or let industry progress. Plus didi, does not know WTF is happening. Gurgaon the "millennium city"; is just a nexus of HUDA, Ansals, Uppals, DLF and the government. Akin to, Wasseypur happenings, be it day or night. Noida, is Texas pre-civil war. Need not go further.
 
quixand said:
I think the list is a fair representation as far as TOP indian cities are concerned, Noida should probably be replaced by Chandigarh. Just putting the thought out there.

edit: sharktale1212 got there first :)

sabby - What you say makes a lot of sense, but I don't agree. You haven't seen Calcutta. It's not just B'lore's Tech Parks. People from around the world flock to Calcutta to witness its Poverty and Chaos. Calcutta has a lot of immigrants and developed area is quite less compared to Bangy or Delhi. Not to mention how old the buildings are, they can become monuments in the next decade :) New areas are under development though.

There are extremely lovable places in Calcutta, too.
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It's not particularly applicable to Kolkata but holds true for the whole of India. People from around the world would come to India and then write on their blogs or discussion forums on how the cattle blocked their car, etc, etc.

Not to mention how old the buildings are, they can become monuments in the next decade
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To be honest, the condition of those old buildings would scare anybody away. Most of those buildings are not at all maintained, and would look to collapse any moment.
 
sabby said:
As I said, Kolkata is far older than B'lore and very close to Bangladesh and also there's no big city nearby. So obviously there are a lot of immigrants, the population is very high (16-17M) and hence the chaos. Regarding the poverty, the low cost of living balances it out. I'd say if someone earns <10k per month, he/she would be considered poor in B'lore where as in Kolkata, you can lead a much better life. The southern and eastern Kolkata areas are pretty developed. And the roads are way better than B'lore. Most of your bong friends don't want to go back to Kolkata probably because they are SW Engrs and options are pretty limited there. As someone said, you will never have basic problems like food and water. Even I had thought Bangalore is probably the best city to live in before moving here permanently. But now I can see many places which are within 7-10km of the heart of the b'lore and still do not get water supply or good roads. Kolkata has much higher traffic than B'lore but because of the narrow roads and never ending fly overs/underpasses/diggings, the traffic seems worst in B'lore. The main -ve points in Kolkata are the political problems and lack of law/discipline.

Oh and FYI, I am from Bengal and my home is 55km from Kolkata. Also, I did my graduation in Kolkata and I don't agree to you that I haven't seen Kolkata mate :)

gREen, chennai has changed a lot my friend. After immense industrial growth in the past few years, the cost of living is almost touching B'lore these days. The worse part is, even if you go 60km from main city, cost of living won't come down much.
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Kolkata has the worst roads specially in Rainy season. Entire city is dug up and jams are quite frequent. And it has gone down since I came here sometime back.

I travel for 90-100 minutes everyday from North to East via Paroma. Its not the best time of my day.

The first two points regarding big cities and being close to Bangladesh are excuses and WestBengal is solely responsible for the financial mess that it is in. If it attracts so many people, which it does, then there is no reason why such a small section is developed.

And low cost of living does not mean its developed and std of livings high let's be clear about that.

I've stayed in Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi for extended periods of time. Every city has its pros and cons, but Calcutta is losing out because everybody is satisfied with what they have right now. I think you will agree with me that a lot of Calcuttans, born and brought up do tend to leave because of lack of opportunities here.

The same ppl who are earning x amt of money will goto Bangalore or other cities and earn a greater amount. Standard of living, opportunities are much higher in other cities.

Laid (Bengali) is the bane. Salt Lake city should be renamed extortion city as far as prices are concerned. Newly developed areas north of that are expensive too but atleast they are well planned and liveable.

Gumtis and Night life were the things that were absolutely awesome, but recent events and the way it was handled by the CM have left the city with a 12am curfew.

Infra wise I found Chennai to be better, I haven't really explored the city, but I would get bored there. I really want to visit Pune and Bombay, though. Hopefully IronMaiden will play Mumbai in 2012.
 
My brother had his iPhone stolen in Bangalore at a traffic signal. He had kept it on the empty passenger seat by his side and was looking the other way when someone put his hand through the open window and grabbed it without his knowledge. :mad:
 
Zero water, and electricity problems in Kolkata. You can have proper street food in Rs 30. Bengali people (even if you ain't Bengali, like me) are very helpful (unlike Mumbai). No water logging in areas which I have stayed (Chandni).

On the other hand, kolkata is a very dirty city, with many modern slums. No proper job opportunities.
 
Chandigarh trumps these big cities on many points except for job opportunities. The IT park was supposed to solve that but I am very thankful top IT companies havent set camp up here and turned it into another Bangalore. PGI is one of the finest medical institutions. PEC is a good engineering college. We have Punjab University known for its roots from the original Punjab University from Lahore and ample of good schools. Even the govt schools here are well run and a few top govt schools are even preferred over top private schools. The best part is the Green Cover, thanks to the wonderful planning by Le Corbusier. One major problem that we are facing these days is that the no of people to vehicle ratio has become extremely high and public transport isn't that popular which has started to choke the cities narrow(compared to Metros) roads.
Despite all these big advantages i would give anything to leave Chandigarh and go and live at my native village in Himachal Pradesh.
I feel very sad seeing that development is seen as high rise buildings and malls,etc. This country really needs a wakeup call and start doing something about the development of the villages or all the big cities will be choked to death by people having to immigrate from villages to cities just so that they can get 24 hrs electricity. I dont understand how can a govt justify spending so much on charades like Common Wealth Games when there are people in villages which dont even get electricity for 4 hrs a day. Looking at the state of our country all the people who ever fought for the independence of this country must be turning in their graves.
Why even after so many years Chandigarh remains as the only planned city. I understand that it wouldnt have been possible to change these old big cities but at least newer development could have been managed in a much better way.
@OP- trust me every city has way more negatives than positives. We just learn to live with what we have got.
 
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