Adding to an old post: A place to call home
This is a post I wrote long time back (April 22, 2005 to be exact), but it is one of my favorite posts, simply because it brings back memories of all the places that I have lived in. Now that we are in Dubai, I have added my thoughts and experiences of the city as well.
Here's a link to the original post.
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Of the many cites, towns and even, villages I have lived in, what was the best one? What makes a place most desirable?
Is it the weather......Bangalore, Dagshai and Juneo would be tops;
or the life that a city offers in its:
restaurants.....Bangalore and Bristol;
theatre.....Bangalore and Providence;
art galleries........Providence;
libraries and book stores.......Bristol and Bangalore;
parks and green spaces.......Providence, Bristol, Dagshai and Juneo;
public transportation.......Boston, Providence and Bombay
daily conveniences and ease of traffic.......Kansas City and Chandigarh win here;
scenic beauty.......Bristol, Boston, Juneo, Providence and Dagshai;
shopping.....Bombay and the Maine shopping outlets
history.........Delhi, Providence and Bristol
quaint life........Bristol, Manhattan, KS and Juneo
Details:
Here's a link to the original post.
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Of the many cites, towns and even, villages I have lived in, what was the best one? What makes a place most desirable?
Is it the weather......Bangalore, Dagshai and Juneo would be tops;
or the life that a city offers in its:
restaurants.....Bangalore and Bristol;
theatre.....Bangalore and Providence;
art galleries........Providence;
libraries and book stores.......Bristol and Bangalore;
parks and green spaces.......Providence, Bristol, Dagshai and Juneo;
public transportation.......Boston, Providence and Bombay
daily conveniences and ease of traffic.......Kansas City and Chandigarh win here;
scenic beauty.......Bristol, Boston, Juneo, Providence and Dagshai;
shopping.....Bombay and the Maine shopping outlets
history.........Delhi, Providence and Bristol
quaint life........Bristol, Manhattan, KS and Juneo
Details:
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India: IT city, cosmopolitan, relaxed and very welcoming.
- Bombay, Maharashtra, India: So far more hype than reality.......time will tell. I think the style quotient got muddied with the name change to Mumbai.
- Juneo, Himachal Pradesh, India: A village in Sirmour district where the peach growing area starts.
- Dagshai, Himachal Pradesh, India: A British Cantonment in the Simla Hills of Himachal.
- Chandigarh, UT, India: India's first planned city designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jenneret in the 1950's. Surprisingly, no other city has been able to replicate its success.
- Delhi, India: Slowly being transformed into a great city.
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA: America's gangster town turned into America's food capital by the last Mayor Buddy Cianci.
- Bristol, Rhode Island, USA: America's first independence day parade took place here. The original route is maintained and promoted with a great sense of pride.
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA: History everywhere you look here. A wonderful city to explore by foot.
- Merriam/Kansas City, Kansas USA: Known as a City of Fountains, it is a beautiful city with a sense of joy and positiveness everywhere.
- Manhattan, Kansas, USA: A university town and my first taste of American life. No matter how hard college life actually was, I will always have a soft spot for this town.
- Dubai, UAE: A city bursting with energy, one that believes in making the impossible possible, a city that is impossible to imagine until one sees it for oneself.
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