Regret not moving out of India :(
I did engineering from a top engineering college, then did my MBA from a tier 1 indian college as well. I have total 8 years of experience. I sometimes regret staying back in India.
Top reasons being:
- Poor quality of life - bad roads, lack of clean open spaces, etc.
- Living in metro cities is expensive, high inflation and stressful
- Real estate is completely fucked up with poor RoI and quality - price ratio is pathetic
- Noisy and polluted places are so common and Indian public in general is f***** filthy
- One can save a lot outside India
- Global travel becomes easier when living outside - there are less holidays too
- Indian food is fucking unhealthy
How do I counter these above points? How do I get to a great life while living in India? Is it even possible? Should I try to move out? But how...in product space?
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Life style is more like money. If one doesn't know how to use money, then no matter how money he/she has, they are going to starve.
Being from T1 college education, if you say you do not know how to live in INdia, then its doesn't matter where you go you wont be happy.
I agree with every point raised. we have all those problems. But you have the key for solving all those problems - T1 education degree. This means, you can find a job anywhere /anytime. You choose to live in T1 city. Its the story of "how to use money"
Ps: Indian food is unhealthy? Really. wow. I have no comments here. Please do not tell me you are one of those western wannabes eating cornflakes, avocado toast because they are healthy.
I was agreeing with a lot of your points till I noticed "Indian food is unhealthy". That convinced me that you are a wannabe.
It is....most of our foodstuff has a lot of chemicals and adulteration....also the packaged food that you purchase in India has a lot of harmful chemicals coz our food regulation dept doesn't do its work...like other govt bodies....I am surprised that you are so unaware of the poor quality of foodstuff in India.
High carbs, low protein? Not new info.
As someone who came back from the US to IIndia. My only regret is why didn’t I do it sooner
OP feel for you. In the same boat. Ignore the hate comments. You worked hard to get to all the best edu and jobs possible, and then disappointed with the expected life we're supposed to live.
Happy to listen/ vent on same and discuss future options . DM if you want to.
Well exactly same thoughts.. I can manage everything but such high taxes and such poor infra, whereas my batchmates who moved outside in couple of years after MBA are doing great, both in terms of financial and health wise.
if you are reading this , focus on you career and family, India will definitely grow to 10 trillion just believe that you are one of those lucky person reaping the benefit in your 40s. Swallow all pain in hope that you will rock in your 40s.
Rest all those tantrum is what life gave you like others. Either you are born rich or you are are lucky enough to escape pain of life.
Will not go in philosophy and all but i will say you keep looking in positives of this country and hope you end up in that luck to get benefits in those positives.
I wanted to say all above with better words and context but didn’t have time
I thought the same for the last 10 years and bet on India
Brother some of my clients are these HNI categories and only reason they mention for staying in India is “apni society” “apne log” . So if you are fine without it, you should definitely consider moving abroad!
Those who keep regretting or complaining loose the opportunity to enjoy and cherish the good things about their lives.
True bro. Need to double down on efforts to move out....just that it has become bit harder now....and opportunities outside have become lesser....made a wrong decision earlier in life I guess
I read the comments that are posted here. Most people are bashing, some say money is the problem. But none of them is providing ground view. Most of them are driven by their experiences and priorities. Their priorities are different from yours.
But I will provide holistic view. All the problems that you mentioned here are very true. Except for the first point, rest all the problems can be resolved if you live in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. I would suggest you to first list down your priorities, what you expect a city to have.
For ex: less traffic, good restaurants to dine in, open parks, reasonable real estate, friendly people, open culture By the way real estate is expensive everywhere
Then shortlist a city which has this. If you're unable to find any city that meets your requirements, then look for an option abroad.
One important thing is that all Indian cities are similarly ugly....no respect for nature and cleanliness. It sucks living in such shitty places.... european cities are so aesthetic and that does have a huge impact on our way of life and how our brain functions (for e.g. constant high levels of sound pollution, chaotic and unclean surroundings, dirt and smell - all these have a huge impact on us...even though we are unable to exactly quantify or comprehend it's true impact)