Dust and water issues are present in Arizona too. As someone who did their undergrad engineering in India, I suspect the reason is different - India has no mate

Dust and water issues are present in Arizona too. As someone who did their undergrad engineering in India, I suspect the reason is different - India has no materials science talent. Because there are only a few universities teaching the subject, and it's often heavily focused on steel-making as it's metallurgy heavy. As per my observations, even most of the graduates don't continue in the field, they either go to foreign countries for graduate studies, and almost never come back - or switch careers to IT/Consulting/Finance through an MBA within a decade of graduation.