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![]() I had expectations and I was in awe about Mumbai due to two reasons. I have fond memories of growing up in Mumbai. In childhood, you don't have sense of quality. Moreover nostalgia distorts memory. Secondly, I had heard stories of Mumbai, implying greatness of the city. The tall claims included description like financial capital of the country, the city that never sleeps, fast-paced and efficient work culture, low cost of living, people having sharp intelligence, etcetera. Now I have seen the city after attaining maturity and I know that except the tag of financial capital, the perception of awesomeness of Mumbai is all bullshit.
How I wished the above cited stories were true. But to my dismay the actuality of Mumbai is as follows: People, especially women (both locals as well as many immigrant settlers of that city) are ugly. The food there doesn't taste good. The prices of anything and everything in Mumbai is same as in Mysore or Bangalore. The people's IQ is pretty average. People are scary. Most are either corrupt or outright criminal minded and some are blood-thirsty demons. People's body language is obnoxious. Last edited by Ambernath; December 5th, 2016 at 07:01 AM. |
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Re: Mumbai utterly disappoints.
shruthi ks once claimed in a PM to me to be from mysore
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low cost of living in Mumbai? Are we talking about the same city? May be a kholi could be considered low cost.
In India, Mumbai is perhaps the costliest city to live in, Bengaluru is getting there, Mysuru is far behind. |
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![]() I thought cost of living also includes things like street-side fast food, ice-creams, milkshakes, the Puja plate which contains all items for conducting Puja rituals (one such thali at the vicinity of an ancient temple costed a disappointing 50 Rupees), auto fares, the fees charged by doctors (some doctors in Mysore charge half or even less than Mumbai doctors do), etcetera.
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A simple google search confirms what I said. From the URL above: You would need around 125,015.58Rs in Mumbai to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 89,000.00Rs in Bangalore (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living. Indices Difference Info Consumer Prices in Mumbai are 10.32% higher than in Bangalore Consumer Prices Including Rent in Mumbai are 40.47% higher than in Bangalore Rent Prices in Mumbai are 142.81% higher than in Bangalore Restaurant Prices in Mumbai are 34.01% higher than in Bangalore Groceries Prices in Mumbai are 8.12% higher than in Bangalore Local Purchasing Power in Mumbai is 25.82% lower than in Bangalore You would need around 75,780.74Rs in Mysore to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 89,000.00Rs in Bangalore (assuming you rent in both cities). Indices Difference Info Consumer Prices in Mysore are 4.70% lower than in Bangalore Consumer Prices Including Rent in Mysore are 14.85% lower than in Bangalore Rent Prices in Mysore are 49.33% lower than in Bangalore Restaurant Prices in Mysore are 28.82% lower than in Bangalore Groceries Prices in Mysore are 11.74% higher than in Bangalore Local Purchasing Power in Mysore is 61.78% lower than in Bangalore Last edited by sarv_shaktimaan; December 5th, 2016 at 07:45 AM. |
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![]() By the way folks, come to Mysore. You will get to see some GENUINELY beautiful girls and women despite the practice of avunculate and cousin marriages. And they are safe here unlike most of North where there are dangers of acid-attacks, rapes and sexual harassment.
P.S.: Regarding this aspect of genuinely beautiful girls and women, I am not sure about rest of South though. I don't know about even rest of Karnataka. Last edited by Ambernath; December 5th, 2016 at 07:54 AM. |
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You used this one from a previous ID.
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I am from Mumbai.. I accept that Mumbai has deteriorated with respect to infrastructure as the population has exploded and infra is far behind. However, I love Mumbai because there is no other city like it in India. I cannot and dont need to explain why Mumbai is unique and special.
To outsiders or even Mumbaikars who now find the city bad and crap, its very simple - dont visit Mumbai and if you are living there then move out to some other place in India. |
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Humko maloom hai Mumbai ki haqeeqat lekin dil ke behlane ke liye yeh khayaal achcha hai |
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![]() ![]() Last edited by Ambernath; December 24th, 2016 at 06:57 AM. |
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![]() Can Mumbai boast of Calcutta like greatness? Big cities produce great technical geniuses. Calcutta has produced some and is closely associated with some scientists like Jagdish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Bose, Meghnad Saha, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Amar Gopal Bose, Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri etcetera. Now, pray someone tell me. Of whom can 'Mumbai' be proud of?
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![]() Prices of anything in a city is a significant indicator about that city. Low prices are an indication of greatness of that city. Low cost of living means the city's people are industrious and it (the people's industriousness) causes the goods and services to be available at cheap rates.
Last edited by Ambernath; December 16th, 2016 at 05:47 AM. |
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I challenge you to name one great city other than Utopia.. per your standards of cheap living for millions of it's inhabitants. |
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