Really surprised: NRI on vacation says India is too expensive
NRI, who came to India for a vacation, claimed that everything has become too expensive in the country. He also stated that citizens were negligent and lacked common sense. Read more here!
New Delhi: An NRI visiting India for a vacation was stunned by the high cost of living. The man took to Reddit to speak of it. Netizens joined in on the discussion. They stated that they had also observed the same in the country.
The Reddit post was titled "Never expected India became this much expensive and negligent". The NRI stated that he was very excited to be in the country, but his experiences changed the way he felt. The man claimed that the citizens were negligent and lacked common sense. He also noted a significant rise in the cost of living even in a small municipality.
"I came to India for vacation. I was excited about my visit. However, the reality is hitting hard. My parents are living in a small municipality town. I visited many cities around India. The main thing I noticed is no one cares about anything," said the Redditor. He added, "Too much negligence. No common sense. Another thing is the cost of living. Even my small town became 3x expensive compared to my last year's visit (sic)."
NRI talks about the rise in the cost of living in India
He concluded the post by asking netizens about their thoughts on the rising costs in India.
"The reality of being an NRI or expat is that time freezes for the place you leave and your mind expects the place you left to stay the same..This isn't much of an issue if you are leaving NY or London to settle elsewhere because those cities fundamentally aren't growing or changing .. India, on the other hand, is in its peak growth phase, so everything is changing all the time," opined one netizen.
Another commented that the same scenario was happening in other parts of the world. "Cost of living has climbed up significantly in India, over the last 5-6 years. I see the same thing here in the US, over the same time period," said a Reddit user.
Meanwhile, others complained about the lack of civility and negligence. One opined that nobody cared for anything in the country.