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Is India ever going to change? Or should I just leave already?
M30, based out of Bangalore, married, working wife, middle class, household income ~60L. On paper, we’re doing fine. But the quality of life makes me question if living in India is even worth it anymore. The infrastructure is beyond pathetic. I live in Horemavu (Bangalore) — it takes me 40 minutes to cover 3 kms (I already feel drained by the time I reach my office). Every road has either bottlenecks, broken or dug up. Construction is never-ending. Projects start, but never finish. Where’s the accountability? All this when the road tax of Bangalore is highest in the country. I paid ₹2.25L more in road tax vs that I would have paid in Delhi. And what do I get in return? Craters for roads, traffic nightmares, and constant construction. This is pure daylight robbery. We pay massive taxes and get NOTHING back. 30-40% of our income goes in taxes. Add GST on every damn thing. And what do we get? No free healthcare, no decent education, not even reliable water. We have to pay separately for private schools, private hospitals. Even for water tankers. 30-40% tax and we still have to buy water? The middle class is just getting milked dry with nothing in return. In countries like Canada or Germany, I’d pay the same tax — but I’d get free healthcare, solid education, public infrastructure that actually works, and a shot at a better life (AQI less than 20). Quality of life is just sad. Dust everywhere. Noise. Stress. Road rage is normal. You can’t walk peacefully, you can’t breathe clean air. I don’t feel safe sending my wife out alone after 7 PM. Almost every Government department is corrupt Needed a marriage certificate — had to pay ₹2,000 as a “tip” just to get it done after they rejected the application without any credible reason. If you don’t pay, you’re stuck running around in circles. Nothing moves unless you bribe the babus. No wonder the richest people in India are the politicians? Everything’s getting absurdly expensive. Rent is up by 10% this year. School fees are insane. House helps are asking for raises (I don’t blame them one bit). The expenses are increasing way faster than our household income. I genuinely want to contribute to this country. I want to stay and build something here. But it just feels like the system is set up to squeeze the working class. I have formed an opinion that every single rupee we pay in tax goes to fill the coffers of politicians. We will work 80 hours work weeks while politicians can print the invitation card of marriage of their offsprings in gold. I’m honestly asking — is there any hope left? Or am I just being naive thinking things will improve? Edit 1- A lot of debate on whether I’m middle class or rich. That’s not the point. Please consider I’m rich if that helps. All I’m asking is how is it fair? How can the situation change? How can we get better infra, better return for the taxes we all are paying, higher accountability by the government, better safety for me and my family? submitted by /u/AdhesivenessBoth4928 [link] [comments]
M30, based out of Bangalore, married, working wife, middle class, household income ~60L. On paper, we’re doing fine. But the quality of life makes me question if living in India is even worth it anymore.
- The infrastructure is beyond pathetic. I live in Horemavu (Bangalore) — it takes me 40 minutes to cover 3 kms (I already feel drained by the time I reach my office). Every road has either bottlenecks, broken or dug up. Construction is never-ending. Projects start, but never finish. Where’s the accountability?
All this when the road tax of Bangalore is highest in the country.
I paid ₹2.25L more in road tax vs that I would have paid in Delhi. And what do I get in return? Craters for roads, traffic nightmares, and constant construction. This is pure daylight robbery.
- We pay massive taxes and get NOTHING back. 30-40% of our income goes in taxes. Add GST on every damn thing. And what do we get? No free healthcare, no decent education, not even reliable water. We have to pay separately for private schools, private hospitals. Even for water tankers. 30-40% tax and we still have to buy water? The middle class is just getting milked dry with nothing in return.
In countries like Canada or Germany, I’d pay the same tax — but I’d get free healthcare, solid education, public infrastructure that actually works, and a shot at a better life (AQI less than 20).
Quality of life is just sad. Dust everywhere. Noise. Stress. Road rage is normal. You can’t walk peacefully, you can’t breathe clean air. I don’t feel safe sending my wife out alone after 7 PM.
Almost every Government department is corrupt Needed a marriage certificate — had to pay ₹2,000 as a “tip” just to get it done after they rejected the application without any credible reason. If you don’t pay, you’re stuck running around in circles. Nothing moves unless you bribe the babus. No wonder the richest people in India are the politicians?
Everything’s getting absurdly expensive. Rent is up by 10% this year. School fees are insane. House helps are asking for raises (I don’t blame them one bit). The expenses are increasing way faster than our household income.
I genuinely want to contribute to this country. I want to stay and build something here. But it just feels like the system is set up to squeeze the working class. I have formed an opinion that every single rupee we pay in tax goes to fill the coffers of politicians. We will work 80 hours work weeks while politicians can print the invitation card of marriage of their offsprings in gold.
I’m honestly asking — is there any hope left? Or am I just being naive thinking things will improve?
Edit 1- A lot of debate on whether I’m middle class or rich. That’s not the point. Please consider I’m rich if that helps. All I’m asking is how is it fair? How can the situation change? How can we get better infra, better return for the taxes we all are paying, higher accountability by the government, better safety for me and my family?
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