Given that urban life is 2-3x more likely to give you cancer/diseases, do you still want to stay in cities?
Title says it all. Would you prefer a shorter life in the city or a longer life away from city?
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Moved out from a tier 1 city was the best decision I made. There's some days I wish I hadn't. So I catch a flight back for a couple of days, sometimes a month. But, everytime I do it, I always end up getting reminded why I left.
Same here. I've lived in Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Bangalore. Each of them makes me want to puke everytime I visit.
Can't even go anywhere without planning hours in advance for traffic, dumb af imo. And pollution is always bad or worse than before.
Agree. Koregaon park, Baner and some area are great to look but as rightly mentioned check AQI. You can never match the places which are tier 2/3.
Someone please ask IT companies to stop calling to office/base location I love living in my town
City. Because living in city is NOT a couple of times more likely to give you these diseases.
I’ve seen people from villages flocking to cities in their old age, finding a treatment for their terminal illness, and it’s gut-wrenching.
Besides, some of us don’t have a village to go back to. We’re originally from the cities. The metropolis is our home, and we love it.
You might want to do your research on it buddy. Yes, villagers may come to cities for treatments. But on average the city dweller is more unhealthy compared to rural dwellers. It's a well documented fact.
As for being from the city itself, that's a really tough spot for many. People still do manage to live on outskirts or suburbs of cities for this reason.
Agree. What’s the role like for a technical writer at SAP ?
I'm working hard towards getting a work remotely (actually remote not the masked "remote" job). Fingers crossed might get it soon and move to my native place. Got famrs all around me, fresh air and with almost all e-commerce sites deliveries present. The dream is so close that I'm feeling restless.
Spent 5+ years in bangalore, hyderabad and delhi before that.
Got fed up of no infra, aqi, water scarcity, absurd mehangaai etc etc.
Planned and shortlisted few tier 3 cities ( suburban cities)
Packed my entire apartment and moved without a house or a job to one tier 3 town with my wife and dog.
Been 7+ months, will be staying here for lifetime for sure.
Moved, found a house, setup a few things, focused on health, invited parents to stay with me for few months and in 6-9 months, found a remote job.
I earn less than what i used to earn in Bangalore but i save more each month , veggies , fruits are fresh, air is clean, water is clean. Go in hikes on weekends now.
Indian cities are unlivable. Its suffocating and frustrating. I had the best time of my life in Bangalore, dont get me wrong there but after moving i realised i was missing the basics of life ( like slow evenings, good food etc)
Kudos for making the move! Very few people can step outside the stockholm syndrome and take a good look at how life is vs how it's supposed to be. Wish you and your family the best, hope you enjoy the better living standards for decades to come :)
Where did you move
Just waiting for the right amount of money in my account to get out of the Concrete Jungle and experience some peace.
It's off topic but if we reflect, all the major cities are built by British and we haven't really created new mega cities. That could lessen some burden from the existing ones.
How bitterly am I reminded of the useless Indian politician who would do anything but real development :(
True, our cities were never planned properly enough for the rate of growth in population we're seeing. Cities are already over burdened. Suburbs as a concept don't really exist here , but now are coming up due to sheer necessity.
Difficult to afford living an hour or two away from city as well for the average person. Not enough public transport facilities available. Sad state of affairs.
I'm seeing tier two cities experience similar patterns unfortunately. But they still have more space than tier 1s as of now.
Can you give source for this 2-3x figure?
Tata memorial institute cancer specialist interview i heard recently, said urban cancer cases 2-3x higher in numbers than rural.
Govt recently dropped taxes on Cancer meds in budget too. Cancer rates are alarming for Indians compared to 20-30 years ago.
Many studies out there on effects of urban life and correlation with sickness, especially cancer, because of air pollution primarily.
where is the data? That's it's 2-3x more prone?
I am also pretty sick of living in polluted delhi Even though we have everything here in terms of entertainment, access to everything with a click of a button, but lack of good infrastructure is annoying, when you pay 10+ lacks in tax per year you expect decent healthcare education & housing But the condition of government hospitals is poor, too many people too few doctors & supporting staff If you try to buy a decent house you need to shell out 3 cr for it
I am thinking of moving to rishikesh but I have a ageing mother so healthcare in private hospitals is important to me, not sure if we have good healthcare in tier 2 cities.
It's also tough to convince your family when all of us have lived here all our lives
Which tier 2 city do you think is the best considering everything
Agreed. I think Noida and Ghaziabad are decent options for NCR folks. Otherwise there's also Chandigarh, way cleaner than whole of NCR with good infra too.