ultimabasher
Discoverer
Lawl @ whoever thinks pune sucks.
I am not born or raised in pune.
I am a gujju and I came to pune about a year back without a trace of any thing what i was gonna get.
I came to pune and the first morning the Rickshaw wala tried to rip me apart cause I was at wakad, had to go to aundh and he was asking for 250 bucks cause he saw I was not from pune.
I refused quickly and started walking.
Got another rick in 5 minutes which took me to the nearby flyover for 5 bucks and i got a shuttle from there till parihar chowk for 10 bucks.
I then had to go to Magarpatta City and I had no clue what or where it was.
I left the apartment my friend had and quickly asked an uncle. He was very nice and polite and suggested me not to take a rick. he asked me to take a bus cause it will be cheaper.
I got a bus, seated next to me was a marathi guy (Not the typical ones with that white hat). I just asked him to inform me when we get to Hadapsar and he went ahead and nicely gave a me a tour of the city while we were on the bus. So far good.
I then went and got selected in the company and all shit was taken care of. A nice guy in the office used to live in the same area, took me back home, dropped me at the gate and promised to pick me up the next day. He did and he took me around the whole city, showing things for 3 days on his kinetic. Mind you, the guy was handicapped and had only 1 leg. I really admire and appreciate him because it was he who helped me and that is the sole reason I am still in this city.
Apart from that, if you agree to rick wala's demand for return fare, its your fault. Its human nature to ask for extra. Its your fault you accepted it. I never did and they always agreed to no return fare.
5 Days back, I had to get my mom to the railway station from magarpatta city, where I stay.
The rickwala went by meter, took 105 bucks inclusive of the huge amounts of luggage my mom had which is pretty decent considering the distance and the traffic at 7pm due to the offices.
I loved pune. I loved the hospitable nature of the people. Rickwala were always good with me. I loved the helpful nature of people cause I was never turned down even once. I never had to pay return fare except for the time when I had to go to nigdi once which was like 32 kms from my home.
And understand this.
No matter whom you talk to about your woes, everyone will say to make you feel better. Not that they have been facing that and everyone wants to not get into debate with what is better and what is not.
There have been almost no problems for me in pune. Friendly people all alike. There are problems in each and every city. its upon you to make sure to stay away from them. Its no one's fault if you pay heed to the demands when it was not told to you before you boarded the rick. And if you agreed to the demands and then boarded the rick, you shouldnt whine.
Pune is not dusty neither dirty. One of the cleanest cities I ever managed to visit. Things are organized here if not totally chaotic like mumbai. Apart from that, just to give you a hint about the PMC, I have a highway near my home and I use it everyday to commute to office. There is a bridge there and the road that leads to the bridge get damaged due to the heavy traffic volume everyday. Every month, I see it patched and its happening. they are making sure that even that small pothole on the highway is corrected asap.
I am not saying Pune is the best city in india or something, but it sure is not as HELL bad as you say. So get your facts straight about the place where you live, cause you sure as HELL dont know anything about pune yet.
I am not born or raised in pune.
I am a gujju and I came to pune about a year back without a trace of any thing what i was gonna get.
I came to pune and the first morning the Rickshaw wala tried to rip me apart cause I was at wakad, had to go to aundh and he was asking for 250 bucks cause he saw I was not from pune.
I refused quickly and started walking.
Got another rick in 5 minutes which took me to the nearby flyover for 5 bucks and i got a shuttle from there till parihar chowk for 10 bucks.
I then had to go to Magarpatta City and I had no clue what or where it was.
I left the apartment my friend had and quickly asked an uncle. He was very nice and polite and suggested me not to take a rick. he asked me to take a bus cause it will be cheaper.
I got a bus, seated next to me was a marathi guy (Not the typical ones with that white hat). I just asked him to inform me when we get to Hadapsar and he went ahead and nicely gave a me a tour of the city while we were on the bus. So far good.
I then went and got selected in the company and all shit was taken care of. A nice guy in the office used to live in the same area, took me back home, dropped me at the gate and promised to pick me up the next day. He did and he took me around the whole city, showing things for 3 days on his kinetic. Mind you, the guy was handicapped and had only 1 leg. I really admire and appreciate him because it was he who helped me and that is the sole reason I am still in this city.
Apart from that, if you agree to rick wala's demand for return fare, its your fault. Its human nature to ask for extra. Its your fault you accepted it. I never did and they always agreed to no return fare.
5 Days back, I had to get my mom to the railway station from magarpatta city, where I stay.
The rickwala went by meter, took 105 bucks inclusive of the huge amounts of luggage my mom had which is pretty decent considering the distance and the traffic at 7pm due to the offices.
I loved pune. I loved the hospitable nature of the people. Rickwala were always good with me. I loved the helpful nature of people cause I was never turned down even once. I never had to pay return fare except for the time when I had to go to nigdi once which was like 32 kms from my home.
And understand this.
No matter whom you talk to about your woes, everyone will say to make you feel better. Not that they have been facing that and everyone wants to not get into debate with what is better and what is not.
There have been almost no problems for me in pune. Friendly people all alike. There are problems in each and every city. its upon you to make sure to stay away from them. Its no one's fault if you pay heed to the demands when it was not told to you before you boarded the rick. And if you agreed to the demands and then boarded the rick, you shouldnt whine.
Pune is not dusty neither dirty. One of the cleanest cities I ever managed to visit. Things are organized here if not totally chaotic like mumbai. Apart from that, just to give you a hint about the PMC, I have a highway near my home and I use it everyday to commute to office. There is a bridge there and the road that leads to the bridge get damaged due to the heavy traffic volume everyday. Every month, I see it patched and its happening. they are making sure that even that small pothole on the highway is corrected asap.
I am not saying Pune is the best city in india or something, but it sure is not as HELL bad as you say. So get your facts straight about the place where you live, cause you sure as HELL dont know anything about pune yet.