Thanks buddy. Price alone really wasn't the impetus for me writing the article. For $1,000/ month you can look at most asian cities - and yes, you can look at US cities. You could bootstrap in Columbus, Ohio - Detroit or Omaha for a similar price point.
What I was getting at is - the scene - the people here, the combination of factors and overall value.
That coupled with a lot of the other factors - is the distinguishing point not just price.
Like I said below though, a lot of things have change - imo - for the better. I need to update the article soon.
I need to get back to India. I lived there for a year in 1999. I can't imagine how it has changed now.
Cheers.
I am from India and I worked in Bengaluru and Delhi before this. I used to pay about ~$500 for a studio 3 years ago. In Bengaluru, you now have tremendous access to Venture Capital (including the Silicon Valley names like Sequoia), great incubators, work spaces, and a lot of talent and IT type crowd. English is no-problem.
On the negative, you must be willing to spend inordinate amounts of time in traffic - you can own bikes just like in Saigon, but the roads have potholes :-D - breathe polluted air, potentially fall sick because of poor hygiene and eating outside food.