Re:Amazon's Silent Sacking
by alephnerd on Saturday December 30, 2023 @03:55PM
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> a number of Indian people that have moved to the US that say they will never go back to India
Yep! My parents and I are the same. The QoL in even a 3rd tier cow town in the US will be better than an economically vibrant city in India or China. Having clean tap water is (imo) the pinnacle of a developed country.
> things. If all your village has is mud huts you are still living in a mud hut
True, but most Indian villages aren't like that anymore. They have all fairly developed now with electricity, WiFi, decent schools, etc. Go use Google street view - Indian villages may seem messy by Western standards, but they've gotten much better now.
If you're someone who lived in small town or village India your whole life, and go to college to get a good job, if you have the option to earn a big city salary in your small town while being close to your family can be hard to beat.
It's the same reason you see plenty of Techies take remote jobs and live near their families in the Midwest.
Yep! My parents and I are the same. The QoL in even a 3rd tier cow town in the US will be better than an economically vibrant city in India or China. Having clean tap water is (imo) the pinnacle of a developed country.
> things. If all your village has is mud huts you are still living in a mud hut
True, but most Indian villages aren't like that anymore. They have all fairly developed now with electricity, WiFi, decent schools, etc. Go use Google street view - Indian villages may seem messy by Western standards, but they've gotten much better now.
If you're someone who lived in small town or village India your whole life, and go to college to get a good job, if you have the option to earn a big city salary in your small town while being close to your family can be hard to beat.
It's the same reason you see plenty of Techies take remote jobs and live near their families in the Midwest.