Re: Observations in Lahore....
Roman: Dude, I stood infront of Pizzeria Uno and still couldn't believe it was suppose to be upscale. Defense is not Lahore dude.
Actually it's not. pizzeria uno is supposed to be a "mid class" restaurant. Most of these places are middle class. upscale may be a relative term. true elite or upscale place would be something like that club on nehar ( I don't remember its name..may be it's called palm club) or PC or polo club etc. Defense is Lahore last time I checked the naqsha and real estate market. If you take Lahore as literal name then it truly is the Old/purana Lahore inside 12 doors.
The problem with Lahore is that there is too much polarity in the classes. Top with that the fact that in recent years there has been humongous migration from villages to city due to economic conditions in rural areas.
I was in Lahore During last bakra eid and up until one day before bakra eid the traffic was really bad and everything was congested or claustrophobic but magically a day before till a day after bakra eid, Lahore roads were 'sunsaan'. You could drive freely without much traffic woes. The reason? A huge chunk of population had left for native villages to celebrate Eid/be with family etc.