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I'm an American living in Bangalore (2mo) who spent 3mo traveling through India, after 6mo through other parts of Asia. I confirm a lot of this, especially how
by rattray 11y ago
I'm an American living in Bangalore (2mo) who spent 3mo traveling through India, after 6mo through other parts of Asia.
I confirm a lot of this, especially how impressive India and Indians are. In Bangalore, the sparks of brilliance are a crackling fire.
It's also worth noting that many of the problems noted in the article (air, water, food, flies) are far better in Bangalore. Frankly, there's a lot less cow manure, and the air isn't great but feels inestimably better than Delhi. "The Garden City" may have lost some of its greenery to the technology boom, but it's still in the top echelon in terms of tree cover of all cities I've visited (probably two dozen in the past year).
- adevine 11y agoThe air pollution in Bangalore is now ranked worse than Delhi: http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/air-quality-levels-bengaluru-fares-worse-than-delhi/article7074817.ece/ http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/air-quality-levels-benga...
- rattray 11y agoI saw that when it came out... it's only true of one metric, not overall air quality. You can barely see down the street in Delhi, whereas I see blue sky above my head right now. Your point is worth keeping in mind, of course; I chose my words carefully when I said "the air... feels inestimably better than Delhi". I still get a headache whenever I spend longer than 15m in a rick.