Best cities to live, invest and earn in
Published on Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 19:28, Updated on Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 20:36 in Business section
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New Delhi: India is a land of paradox, it is said, and even the rapid economic development in the last few years hasn't helped in managing the contradictions.
A recent survey has now revealed that cities such as Gurgaon, that are most preferred to earn a living and where job growth is the fastest, are actually not among the best places to live.
According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics on residences, earnings and investments, none of the ten cities in the 'reside-in' list figure in the 'earn-in' list of places with most employment opportunities.
Moreover, the four metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai did not figure among the ten best cities to reside, earn or invest. However, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai were among the cities preferred by millionaires to spend their life.
The list of 'earn-in' cities has been topped by Gurgaon, followed by Silvaasa, Noida, Faridabad, Rupnagar, Chandigarh, Surat, Bangalore, Gandhinagar and Pune.
The best cities to reside are Kochi, Kozhikode, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Goa, Thrissur, Pondicherry, Kannur and Thiruvalur. Interestingly, five of these cities are in God's own country - Kerala. In fact, Shimla is the only northern city in this list, while Chandigarh, among the few fully planned cities in the country, failed to find a place.
The invest-in index was topped by Silvassa, followed by Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Shimla, Noida, Gurgaon, Gandhinagar, Surat, Itanagar and Chandigarh.
Indicus considered six parameters -- health, education, environment, safety, public facilities and entertainment -- for preparing the 'reside-in' index. The 'earn-in' list was based on growth rate of employment, per capita income and listings on popular job websites.
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Bcoz most of them are living in other states or Gulf or other countries.
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If you take the regular power cuts, average roads and dirty politics I guess most of the cities and towns
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Any place is heaven If one gets decent food,normal house. everything is in your mind. Think of those thousands of
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i guess malayalees are living the india dream, work abroad stay in kerala.
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dont know about the best cities....but ggn is definitely the worst place to live on this planet....dont know why is
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