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No way should you move to US. First of all 70K is low in NC and very decent money in Pune. From pictures my cousin shares from Pune, it looks like a really good city. Greenery and nicer weather. It is very difficult to match provide the kids any sense of Indian belonging LIA unless you travel back ...

[QUOTE=techynt;680991]50 is not too late neither is 60, all it matters is how we get there.....and how we feel about it and how soon can we afford to retire..... if we have 3 million at age 30, thats the perfect age to stop working for money :) but then there is reality....most people cant afford to ...

[QUOTE=drb;678419]Yes. Some part of the highway are absolutely fantastic (but with chaotic lane change driving, excess speed limit etc). However, some resemble one's trip to moon or mars. On top of this, some highways - Chennai-Bangalore highway as an example (via vellore) [B]has barricades in the ...

[QUOTE=wd40;656885]I just came back from a quick vacation to India. Mainly Bangalore and Udupi. My wife has some digestion problems. In Singapore we were not able to diagnose it for 1 whole year. Finally this vacation we went to Manipal hospital in Udupi and in 2 days we did all kinds of test like ...

[QUOTE=SamSan;677420]Just out of curiosity, which is this tier II city? Anywhere in Karnataka?(since you mentioned kannada) Material things yes, you can almost get anything in India, which makes it perfect for retiring. But if you plan on working, its the intangible things like work life balance ...

Our preparation came short for a full year?s move. So we decided on a 1/6 scaled down version of the original plan. Wife is taking two month?s leave and staying back with the kids. I took a week?s vacation and dropped them there. I have a major project to finish before venturing into vacation or R2I ...

[QUOTE=jk66333;648023]We have completed one month of stay in india, this is the longest stay for me in india from past 10 years. DW integrated with the society very quickly and now she even started driving an AT car. I tried driving the car but I felt like I am on verge of having a panic attack ...

If you have lived this long in rental, I would suggest not to buy - especially in West Coast where one needs to outbid by $100k to get the place. As far as Indian properties go, make a long term plan for their disposal. It will take time to offload real estate. So plan ahead. R2I may not be wise ...

[QUOTE=wd40;669168]The other reason to continue going to office is that if you sit at home and while away your time, it becomes a negative influence for kids. Also wives hate to see their husbands relaxing at home. So have to go to office until atleast the child reaches 21. Sent from my Redmi Note 4 ...

[QUOTE=techynt;669136]I did not know that mid life crisis happens when you are done with most responsibilities and have a bank balance which can pay the bills for at least 15-20 years... :)[/QUOTE]It happens when you have figured out how the career is going to go and realize that you can surely get ...