Bangalore, India. Not a very good place to "live" - the traffic is _insane_, and you have to deal with us Indians. But on the plus side, a dollar goes a long

Bangalore, India. Not a very good place to "live" - the traffic is _insane_, and you have to deal with us Indians. But on the plus side, a dollar goes a long long way in India. Bangalore is on the expensive side for Indians. To put things into perspective, a decent dev job in India gets you 1300$ per month after taxes and comfortably puts you in the upper middle class. Monthly rent for a 3BHK apartment at a good location will be around 500-600$. So if you're planning to live off your savings, Bangalore is going to be cheap for you. The weather is great. The city is dubbed as the silicon valley of India, so lots of nerds, startups, and hackathons. But if you're into the more academic sort of intellectual pursuits, India is generally not the place for that. Most of the people you want to interact with would speak English. Urban Bangalore is anglicized. But any "locals" you hire for help (yes, you will be able to afford a house help) will definitely not speak English. On the other side, living in India would let you travel a lot. Just like Europe, the language and culture change every 300-400 km. I can't stress enough how cheap India is going to be for you. However, keep in mind that everything else in the country is abysmal.