J P K Posted December 12, 2011 Posted December 12, 2011 Ahmedabad is the best of India's mega-cities , edging out Pune, Mumbai and Delhi in a very close contest. That's the key finding of an exclusive opinion poll conducted for The Times of India by leading market research firm IMRB across the country's eight biggest urban agglomerations. But before residents of these cities start celebrating, here's a sobering fact. Even the best rated of them barely made it to a rating of "average" on a scale ranging from "very poor" to "very good" . Clearly, there's a lot our town planners need to do before we can boast of our metropolises , new and old, becoming world-class . The cities we chose for this survey were the only ones with populations of 5 million or more according to the 2011 census. Most cities have their areas of strength and weakness in a matrix of 30 parameters, which ends up evening out the balance quite a bit at the overall level . However, bottom-placed Kolkata showed up as a laggard on most counts. The results throw up an interesting poser: Could it be more than a coincidence that Ahmedabad and Pune, which are at the top of the rankings, are also the two smallest cities on the list? Perhaps India's cities manage reasonably when they are of middling size by metropolitan standards but find it increasingly difficult to cope as they grow beyond a certain size. The experience of Bangalore certainly seems to suggest that. The two really big cities that have also done quite well in the rankings, Delhi and Mumbai, also have historical advantages, one by virtue of being the political capital and a virtual city-state and the other due to its long reign as the country's commercial capital. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ahmedabad-best-city-to-live-in-Pune-close-second/articleshow/11066689.cms
achilles Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Bump. Where is Mariyam? Bombay ranked lower than Pune :hehe:
Alchemist Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Pune is cool. Increasing at fast pace though. Might go down the list due to that.
nballa Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 poll was conducted by 'times of india'? well i have no reason to worry then.
bulbul Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Is this the same poal which claimed Hyderbad most peaceful city in India :winky:
nikred Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Is this the same poal which claimed Hyderbad most peaceful city in India :winky: .......and you have a problem with that? :finger:
EnterTheVoid Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 .......and you have a problem with that? :finger: Hyderabad has become really dirty and polluted. Not what you'd describe as "peaceful"
nikred Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Hyderabad has become really dirty and polluted. Not what you'd describe as "peaceful" Hyderabad has always been as dirty and polluted as it is now, but what has that got to do with peace. :dontknow:
master22 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Hyderabad has always been as dirty and polluted as it is now' date=' but what has that got to do with peace. :dontknow:[/quote'] Riots & protests every week due to telangana issue.As far as the list is concerned this is TOIlet journaslim anyway.
nikred Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Riots & protests every week due to telangana issue.As far as the list is concerned this is TOIlet journaslim anyway. Those were peaceful riots, all the public property was destroyed in peaceful manner without hurting a single soul. :hitler:
Nova Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Off topic: Hyderabadi Biryani...Paradise oh my god... I want it now. :((
Stuge Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 No City in India is peaceful .they are all damn polluted .
nikred Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 No City in India is peaceful .they are all damn polluted . Violent is an antonym for Peaceful. Clean is an antonym for Polluted. :hitler:
Sachin=GOD Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Noida is the best city to live in B-> Noida is a city :woot: I thought it was Dilli's sidekick :giggle:
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