High level materialistic pros & cons of Mumbai

* Materialistic perspective on the pros and cons of moving Mumbai:

- Pro: Everything that involves labor or a service is unbelievably cheap and amazing

- Con: Everything that involves technology or infrastructure is unbelievably expensive and amazing (for different reasons)

* Let me explain: you can get someone to work for you full time to do most anything you want (e.g. maid, cook, driver etc) for less than $200 a month. On the other hand, TV's and computers cost twice as much here but can only manage to accomplish half as much as their US counterparts. A clean, two lane paved road anywhere outside of a city center or a national highway is a god send

* Given these facts, one seemingly anomalous fact is that basic cable in Mumbai has more TV channels than anywhere else I have seen in the developed or developing world, premium or basic: close to 900! The only reasonable explanation I can think of is that the sheer size of the country and the diversity of India and its populace can support the various channels