Thursday, September 17, 2009

Top Ten Reasons Not to Move to Bangalore

Packing up your family and moving to Bangalore because this is Silicon Valley with the same salubrious weather and a lower cost of living? Whatever your company’s HR propagandist or your relocation agent tells you, brace yourself for unpleasant surprises.

This city has a king-size ego, and not much to offer in terms of work, family life or lifestyle. So think twice about altering your life plans to accommodate this city.

The enduring lesson I’ve learnt: You’ll have to sacrifice a lot to accommodate this city, but it won’t do much to accommodate you – not because it doesn’t want to, but because it is itself in tatters.

Here’s my honest and opinionated assessment of Bangalore that will help you factor in all the real pros and cons of moving to this city.

Next post:
Reason #1: The Housing is Ridiculously Overpriced.

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