[makingstuffs]

Just a note on point 1:

As someone who is Indian and frequently visits the sub continent (writing this from a suburb in Delhi) I can categorically tell you that no one actively wants to live in the cheapest Indian cities (just left my family’s home city which falls into this bracket).

I’m not sure if you’ve travelled much around the sub continent but I’d say you’re quite badly romanticising it. Yes we have our own culture which is different to that of the USA but, as with all things, there are A Lot of aspects of the culture here which are not admirable.

[nine_k]

While what you write is correct, the parent speaks about the most expensive tier of Indian cities, which are quite a bit nicer.

[decimalenough]

Well, no, not really. Top tier Indian cities like Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai are expensive and horribly dysfunctional when it comes to pollution, traffic, hygiene, dealing with government bureaucracy, etc. Having money insulates you from some but by no means all of this.

[makingstuffs]

The parent literally mentions ‘the cheapest Indian cities’.

As others have said, even the richest cities have a swathe of issues which simply do not exist in the west (reasons for which are another discussion).

*looks at air pollution chart which is literally at 359 right this second (01:38)*

[torginus]

And are just as expensive as most nice places in the US

[sumedh]

Have you ever travelled in Mumbai city trains during peak hour, I can assure you it's not nice. Look up videos on Youtube.

[leosanchez]

> I can categorically tell you that no one actively wants to live in the cheapest Indian cities

Sorry to burst your bubble but, I love living in my T3 city I was born in.

Don't talk for 1.4 billion people.

Thanks.

[sumedh]

> Don't talk for 1.4 billion people.

The data for Indians moving out of India does the talking.