Cost of Living

[Naabigh]

Re: Cost of Living

@Southie

^ OK - I was talking abt Bombay. I did not know the big citie in Pakistan did not have good public transportation. If distance is say upto 6 km, one can take a bicycle I think? Waisey paidal bhi tho chal saktey hain na? Again, humarey zamaney mei we used to walk a lot - people nowadays have become very T/Computer generation - dont want to walk

Also, fuel budget was 20K by our Demensne - bit on the high side I think - she probably was budgeting for her shopping trips after the husband returns from work!

Haha I love this ‘’ hamare Zamaney ’ bit … Bhai even in hamara zamana , which was only 20 years ago , things weren’t that bad … This is not bloody Ireland ,where my director used to drive a bicycle at work and I used to take Luas tram to work ..

If you walk here , you have very high chances of getting looted / robbed ( I am specifically taking about karachi here ) … Bicycles , you have no place to chain them up and the mad traffic here doesnt allow you to drive bicycles , no one wants to end up in a hostipal , well probably in graveyard , if got hit by a mini bus or coach running like mad bulls in china shop .

Now you only see middle aged people like us - walking and driving bicycles in their secure areas , where every alley is knock’d by a Barrier gate and guarded by a security guard , holding an AK47 or repeater rifles and guns .. Life is like living in a big cage here !

For two cars - doing 30 to 40 KM every day on average … 20 k worth fuel is quite realistic