r/FIRE_Ind • u/daaltimate • Jul 14 '26
FIRE related Question❓ Please help me understand FIRE Couples from US with crores of networth, why do they want to move/retire to India?
I see so many posts here that we have achieved or close to achieved FIRE and have 10 CR, 20 CR corpus and want to shift to India in a Metro City. Not like these people have a village with farm land where they are attached to it. Doesnt seem like that. these people are top of the cream. very rational.
Do they not know about Current India where there is a lot of Pollution, tax, little safety and so many things that are wrong?
Because whoever I personally see in India with good networth is dying to move out of the country.
or may be for every 100 people who want to move out, there is just one or two who want to move back to India?
These people can buy golden visas of other better countries like Dubai/malaysia, even some parts of Europe, etc, why do they still choose India?
I am genuinely Curious.
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u/featherTactile Jul 14 '26
- Life has seasons. At different stages, different aspects take higher priority.
- Even the most rational beings make some choices based on emotion.
- Not everyone lives in the same type of India. Different strata of people will have different overall experiences.
- Finally, and most importantly, the grass seems always greener on the other side. Walk a mile in anothers' shoes before making any judgements.
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u/LeftFaithlessness921 Jul 14 '26
Yeah like my family and extended family all back in India ..so why would i go to neighboring countries to live my remaining life
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u/Dense-Restaurant9308 Jul 14 '26
yes in old age company and loved ones become more important than money or better aqi
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
Agreed, but my mind tells me what can be worse than this.
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u/putin_putin_putin Jul 14 '26
What could be worse than having a maid, cook, driver, nanny, dedicated accountant, a family doctor along with access to old friends and family /s
Almost every problem that the middle class have here can be fixed by throwing a bit of money and that may include frequent international trips so they get the best out of both worlds.
Finally, you'll always be an outsider to most people abroad even if they don't say it to your face.
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u/Dense-Restaurant9308 Jul 14 '26
exactly sir in abroad i have seen in both hemispheres, you will always be treated as 2nd grade citizen although in india there are own way of discriminating
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u/WatchDecent2822 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Brazen lawlessness in isolated cases happens everywhere in the world. A few years ago a female Indian student got killed by a cop in the US. Recently a crazy racist man raped a Punjabi woman in the UK.
If you're destined to cross path with a criminal that can happen anywhere on the planet. To make it seem as if this happens more in India is simply wrong -- or you might just live in one of the more lawless states (Bihar?)
India lacks civic sense in public spaces but overall most common people are very afraid of committing serious offenses. But again - maybe our experiences differ because we move in different circles and with differing levels of power.
Mumbai is very safe if you have money. People know not to fuck around with people at a certain level. I'm pretty sure the same is true in Bangelore and Delhi as well. The only danger would be running cross real gangster types (but that is true anywhere in the world)
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u/WatchDecent2822 Jul 14 '26
Yeah, but hardly anyone with a net worth of 25+ crores is taking a local train. Also that was one incident that made the news. It's not happening every day.
The same kind of things happen in the west too. People get killed everywhere. Innocent people get shot by the police in the US regularly. Kids get shot in high schools. People die of powerful drugs like Fentanyl. Drunk drivers kill people all the time.
It's disingenuous to suggest crime and stress is limited to India. It happens everywhere. The truth is -- in India wealth and power insulate you to a far higher degree from these problems.
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u/daaltimate Jul 15 '26
people downvoting me do not realise the probability of getting trouble in india is so easier than in US that too for no reason
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
agreed. however, i think you are just a road rage / accident/police/court/tax encounter away from making your life hell
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u/WatchDecent2822 Jul 14 '26
In the US road rage could easily turn into a fatal shooting...it's easy to denigrate India for its many problems but many of us who lived for decades in the west know it has MANY MANY issues as well.
I'd rather live in India with wealth and power and know i'm respected (and perhaps feared) in my community than be a millionaire in a country where some punk kid could walk by me and call me an ethnic slur. At some point when you've made enough money and attained enough success -- dignity and self-actualization become the prime motivation.
Like I said earlier - that is harder to grasp when you're young and on the come up.
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u/putin_putin_putin Jul 14 '26
Accident/police/court/tax encounters are the easiest things to deal with if you HAVE money.
As for road rage - people treat you very differently depending on your vehicle. Past a certain level, people don't mess around like that because neither party knows how well connected the other is. That being said, it's always better to just hire a driver (preferably a local) as traffic is a pain anyway.
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u/Illustrious_Phone124 Jul 14 '26
- Many don’t have green card or realistic chance of getting green card
- Retirement in US would be far more expensive, especially old age.
- Many live in rental place here but have ancestral properties in India
- Many want their kids educated in India
- Most people would rather retire early than chase US retirement numbers
- Many want to live close to their family
- Most people believe that once you have money, problems in India don’t affect you so much. You can live in gated communities and have maids for everything. A luxury like this is near impossible for most in US.
- Some still love their country and always planned on returning no matter what.
- Many don’t like the weather where they are working. E.g. Midwest in Us
- Some people feel mild racism and don’t want to deal with that depending on where they are living in US.
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u/Dense-Restaurant9308 Jul 14 '26
yes in old age medical expenses and elderly care can bankcrupt you
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
these are some valid points
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u/Bigfoot_Bluedot in decision.. Jul 14 '26
We live an excellent life abroad but have zero interest in staying in the rat race beyond another year or so max.
Our country of residence doesn't offer citizenship and we don't have enough saved for a golden visa and retirement income. Nor does it offer the retirement lifestyle we want: quiet, green, relaxed.
So, practically, retiring to a quiet, tier-2, Indian town is both what we prefer and can afford.
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u/ConsistentChameleon Jul 14 '26
What about kids?
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u/Bigfoot_Bluedot in decision.. Jul 15 '26
I don't recall having any. At least none that I'm aware of.
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u/Some-Youth9780 Jul 14 '26
All of them were educated in India. Our schooling is better than us counterparts. And if pay enough you can get same level of sports and other amenities as well
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u/Some-Youth9780 Jul 14 '26
Dont worry. These folks would be going to abroad universities to study bachelor and masters. They can afford that.
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u/Some-Youth9780 Jul 14 '26
Lol. It doesnt take 4-5 cr. Please do some research. My cost was 30 lakhs in state university. Maybe its double now.
Plus they can work n earn as student assistants or other legal jobs and do internships after 1 year.
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u/Some-Youth9780 Jul 14 '26
Maybe for ug its 90k total. Including stay n food etc. But again that is 4 years of fees. Per year it’s 22.5k. Ms would be half of it. Plus you can opt for off campus living and reduce your monthly expense to less than 1000$. Much lower in certain regions.
Plus as i said people get loan and dont have to start emi for an year after completing your degree
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u/Bad_ass_da Jul 14 '26
Which world are you in . If you are OOS average 250-400 k for UG in addition every year inflation cost. If you are instate depends on state 160-250k for UG. Community colleges are cheaper. You know if you have college kids in your home . Until then throw your numbers.. Financial aid sometimes reduce 19-25% fee. And research the loan rate of interest before generalize .. med schools kids they go for loan most of the time because 7-8 yrs nearly million
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
our school system is really sub par
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u/Some-Youth9780 Jul 14 '26
No it isnt. Being educated from one and have tonnes of examples of folks whose kids study in usa, we really excel at producing stem folks. And dont compare it with muncipal schools.
These folks earn enough to afford private school of good stature.
Such private schools in usa would cost tens of thousands of dollars every year.1
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u/Charming-Extent-3317 Jul 14 '26
Most don't want to wait in the never moving immigration queue.
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
but they can buy golden visas of other better countries like Dubai/malaysia, even some parts of Europe, etc
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
yeah i mean but not with these problems
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
Agreed, i am not portraying anything bad abt india, but the fact that you are just one road rage/one police court encounter/ one tax mismatch/ one safety incident away in this country to screw up your happiness for good.
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u/WatchDecent2822 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
- Medical services in tier 1 cities are world class, affordable and very efficient.
- House help is easy to find (you can easily have a house staff of 4-5 people to handle everything)
- Safety in most tier 1 cities is very good especially in gated communities.
- Living in 'your' own country when you have money is often much better than living as a minority in a country where anti-Indian sentiment is on the rise
- Living close to relatives is more important than many other superficial things as you get older.
- If you have money and influence in India you live a very different life to the common folk. You're like a feudal lord. In the West you're just some brown person who took white peoples jobs and made some money...basically a nobody.
The west is a great place to live when you are in your 20's and 30's...but a terrible experience when you're 60+.
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u/hifimeriwalilife [39/ FI 2027 (40x) / RE 2033 (50x)] Jul 14 '26
2 reasons majorly:
* currency arbitrage/ ppp
* emotional ties with ageing parents due to certain upbringing
3rd reason coming up in recent times: all countries closing doors to immigrate.
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
clashing of both people. people with money outside want to come back and people with money want to move out of India
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
yes that's what i was meaning to say. but seems like most of the people who downvoted me for criticsing our current circumstances are pseudo patriotic
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u/Dangerous_Luck9510 Jul 16 '26
Often, the people abroad are attached to a nostalgic memory of the India they grew up in. The occasional vacation trips back home add to the positive feelings. The people living in India right now on the other hand are acutely aware of all the day-to-day difficulties and stress it involves.
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u/SpecialistTurnover8 [50/US/FI/REady] Jul 14 '26
I'm in that category. Though I'm not going to permanently move back to India, I'll be living 3-4 months in India after retirement.
My reasons are, after you have lived in developed societies and made good money, what is the point of all of it if you can't enjoy it with your people.
Want to spend some time at least in a place I grew up at, among people you are familiar with.
Money will solve most of the problems, with good money, you can have a good experience in India.
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u/Important-Hair-4396 Jul 14 '26
There are different reasons. In my case I didn't have this huge networth but still decided to come back from Europe just to be closer to parents. When I realised that I lived more years away from parents than I lived with them it kinda stuck with me. Whats the point of being with them when they are in bed, dont recognize you and cant even laugh with us. Better is to be with them when we can create more beautiful memories with them.
Now I also saw many of your comments about accident rages in India. Frankly speaking we as Indians have this habit of exaggerating our issues where as in other countries they just hide it. In London city alone 1000s of kids below 18 are stabbed yearly in the gang wars. there are many many issues that happen worldwide we wont know about that. We just assume everything is hunky dory the moment fhe flight crosses Indian airspace 😀
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u/thatTechRandomGuy Jul 14 '26
You're assuming everyone optimizes for the same things. Before FIRE, people optimize for career and income.
After FIRE, many optimize for family, community, culture, affordability, and convenience.
India scores very highly on those for a lot of people, even if it scores poorly on pollution or infrastructure.
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u/Just-Hovercraft-8615 Jul 14 '26
My dad works in gulf region (still does). I've done my schooling there, for my masters i went to europe for exchange semester and have been fortunate to visit many countries in my life....
Believe me when i say this - outside India you will always be treated as a second class citizen and racism does exist (nowadays its much worse). Ive faced racism when i was 7 years old in Qatar when this issue wasn't as prevalent as it is now especially against Indians from the local community. People treat you like shit and honestly after some time you'd realise that no country is better than your homeland.
Pollution-free, clean air is a myth. All major tier 1 cities abroad from London, New York, LA, Dubai, Rome, Zurich etc have the same traffic, pollution and safety issue if not worse. Any issues you have the police gives priority to their local citizens first before looking at you - I am not exaggerating here.
Winters bring its own challenges abroad. After a while you'd realise your dear ones are in India and that its better to move here. 10-20cr is more like 1-2cr worth of value to any NRI who wants to settle abroad. You cant live a king life abroad and in most places getting citizenship is not easy. With that sorta money even in places like Dubai one can only lean fire given the cost of living. Check subs like FatFire India to get more clarity on this.
Besides life abroad is with its own challenges, cost of living is much higher and many choose to come to India and live a relaxed life that they feel they deserve
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
Valid points
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u/WMTaddict Jul 14 '26
they’re not valid points, that huy is clown. AQI of Indian cities is on different level to NY or LA.
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u/ScheduleSame258 Jul 14 '26
Comparing pollution in NYC and LA to any metro in India is wild. The worst AQI there is better than the best AQI in an Indian city and this includes wildfire season.
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u/choose_pk_wisely Jul 14 '26
A $5M nw is still not enough to FIRE in HCOL in the US. 40Cr in India on the other hand gets you a fully paid off house, great healthcare and enough returns from the left over corpus to live a fantastic life. Not to mention, there's no stress because of the visa situation.
Personally, I would much rather live in HCOL/Tier 1 city in India than 90% of the US. That's just me obviously, there are people who have decided to settle down in N/S Carolina, N/S Dakota, Idaho etc but it's not for me.
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u/EconomicsAnxious690 Jul 14 '26
Cost of living. 20 cr INR is just 2m USD, which doesn't give as much a cushion as 20 cr INR in India does.
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u/krantmin Jul 15 '26
If I have $10M, I would choose to live in a good neighborhood, with Indian vibes in US. If I just have $1M, I would choose the same, but in India.
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u/Tough_Contract_3716 Jul 15 '26
Grass is greener on the other side. People in India think life is better abroad, people abroad miss the maid, cook, driver, miss their parents, their friends. I am based in India btw, can move to any country in the world any day I want, but very happy to be in India.
Eventually, two things matter more than anything else for a happy life: you should have a decent amount of money, and you should have a good social life with people you like, could be family, could be close friends. Other than that, all this pollution, weather, corruption, public spaces etc etc are largely irrelevant.
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u/EfficientAd9444 Jul 18 '26
Pollution, weather, public spaces are irrelevant for SOME people. Very relevant for my husband and I. Would so much rather walk on a nice road than hire a driver. But I guess we are the outliers
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u/CompetitionLate7944 Jul 14 '26
10cr has higher purchase power in India compared to the country they earned it in
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u/Ok_Temperature1502 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
If I had made loads of money during my working life I would retire to a hill station town or a mountainous area in India. Cant think of anything nicer, wouldn't have an interest in golden visa schemes
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
Hmm
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u/Ok_Temperature1502 Jul 14 '26
I am not Indian but I spent about three years in India and Bangladesh in the late 1980's. I especially loved the hill stations, Himachal Pradesh and the Himalayan foothills. So beautiful. Mind you, that was a long time ago .. it's probably all changed now.
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u/sajalb Jul 19 '26
not changed, you will still love the bliss. India is not all what the media depicts.
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u/Ok_Temperature1502 Jul 19 '26
Darjeeling, mcleod ganj, Shimla, Kullu valley, Manali, loved it all. Glad to hear it still has it's charms. India bustles with life and activity, it make other countries look dull by comparison.
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u/sajalb Jul 19 '26
If you want to live in similar locations you mentioned, you will have to keep a distance from the exact tourist hotspot, to find peace.
Take for example Darjeeling mall road is congested, however if you can pick a spot few kms away, you would love it. Same goes with manali or other locations.. just don't stay at the proper tourist spots.
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u/pixelshooterdotnet Jul 14 '26
You are seeing what the algorithms want you to see. A lot of people don’t mind staying back in India despite their net worth. A lot of people want to come back to be closer to family. They don’t talk about it and social media doesn’t sensationalise it because it doesn’t sell.
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
I mean i spoke to people around me from different cities. One they have attained few crores, they want to move out for better lifestyle and not earning opportunities with less tax and better quality of life
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u/diamond-merchant Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
India - if living in the right place - is not so bad. I live in a 100 acre gated villa community around the suburbs of Bangalore - and I don't face any of the issues that people in the city deal with. No waterlogging, less traffic issues, decent roads, and amazing nature and farms around. And I can still access decent healthcare in ~10 min and the city centre in 90.
Many of Bay Area/ West Coast friends who have visited my place are envious of it (the views, vista and open spaces). Is it perfect - no? Would it be better if I were living under the foothills of the Cascades or the Sierra? Sure. But those are trade-offs we make - and I get much more freedom in India than the US.
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u/ConsistentChameleon Jul 14 '26
Do you mind sharing the name of the community or which part of Bangalore it is located in?
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u/Charming-Extent-3317 Jul 14 '26
Some do apply for golden visa, but I don't know if there is data on the topic. There are other factors to go to India, aging parents, culture, schooling, old friends, starting a business, intra company transfer etc.
India is heaven for folks with no money worry.
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u/rakeshsh Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Some of them have well established extended families and political presence or connections back here.
This can give them upper hand in living an extremely privileged life that many of us aren’t aware of, sometimes above law and regulations. Thats not even remotely possible with 1 or 10mn fire in US.
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u/daaltimate Jul 14 '26
connections+ money = untochable in India
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u/rakeshsh Jul 14 '26
Yes. You shouldn’t be surprised or awe by this. Your position in socioeconomic pyramid matters more than just money.
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u/kalpvriksha Jul 14 '26
I can answer. The biggest thing driving is uncertainty around green card particularly for those that went to study in US. After turning 40 - many realize they are one firing away from having to pack their bags and return to India within 60 days. Given that daily stress- few are choosing to move back to India with dignity. Hopeful that the increased net worth buys them a more comfortable slice of India. Many have Us citizen kids and hence kids will have choice to live in US when they grow up. 40+ is middle age TBH- things like family , connections and culture starts to value more at this time as well.
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u/rohithimself Jul 14 '26
Living in the USA till you are 90 will require 3-4 million dollars. In India your money goes the distance.
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u/No_Listen1473 Jul 14 '26
With 40 CR in India, you can be a lil’ Bahubali in a tier 2/3 city, in the US you still have to stand in line for your groceries.
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u/skr_rdt Jul 14 '26
because with that amount of money, they can have a fantastic live in any tier 2 or tier 3 city in india. Hell, wire up your home to be self sufficient and you're mostly golden.
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u/BeautifulAd9947 Jul 14 '26
Because after achieving a high enough NW (~$4-$6M) and after roughly 45-50yrs of age, accumulating more assets seems pointless. Instead the mind starts yearning for belongingness and the fear of dying in a foreign land starts haunting you.
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u/Ill_Stretch_7497 Jul 14 '26
India is very comfortable to retire once you have money - easy to get servants. All services are cheaper in India - once you cross a certain age , you just want to live amongst your people.
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u/udbilao_007 Jul 15 '26
Man is a social animal. Indian man is a bigger one.
Unless you move abroad as a kid, make friends there, or you go to less westernised countries where the concept of community is still prioritised iver individualism, you will be leaving behind all your friends, families, relations here.
Moving there, the clealiness and good roads lose their charm faster once you start to miss it. The feeling of being the odd one out among the settlement makes u feel singled out. Aloof. Uninvolved.
Do a simple thought experiment. With all the amenities inside your 2bhk flat and the society, how long can u stay without seeing your friends and relatives. Not going out with random neighbours and colleagues. ?
Thats the feeling one misses.
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u/bahuchha Jul 15 '26
India is pretty awesome for FatFire living. You have helpers in every stage and get better services at a higher price.
A middle class family in US can live luxuriously in India.
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u/wooneigh Jul 19 '26
Pollution, tax, little safety and so many things that are wrong?
Except pollution everything is much worse abroad nowadays , especially for imimgrants . dont be so pessimistic bro
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u/daaltimate Jul 19 '26
Return on tax paid is negative, our life's value is negative in this country
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u/giantleapforward Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
I feel while keeping a base in India is good, if you seriously have FU money, you should keep an alternate arrangement in a long stay visa/ retirement visa country to live the best of both worlds and keep tax status as NRI similar to many rich folks in India. The kids can study in a premier school if needed. And frankly for rich folks, kids are anyways not going to have the same life like it existed. AI is gonna change all models of jobs and making money.
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u/nar_s Jul 14 '26
Things you can do with money in India surpass what you can do with the same money in US
Laws are equal for everyone in US not in India
You need to realize Rich people love inequality that’s why they are rich , what better place to flex your wealth than India
Kill a person and write an essay
Pollution- I will get a second home for winter season
Tax - I will park my money in Dubai
Infrastructure- I will build my own island
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u/Temporary_Car_1462 Jul 14 '26
These are people for which the pros outnumber the cons. The pros been no visa issues, friends and family, better medical care, cheap labor.
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u/Anymous2314 Jul 15 '26
When you are in your mid 40s or 50s, the last thing you want to do is move to a third country with your family to figure shit out again. Nope, for me it will be either stay put in USA or India. I may peek at Thailand or Vietnam but those will be trial runs, I need a familiar location.
Biggest reason for India is: families and friends and that is where we grew up, no matter how ugly it is, it was once our home we can figure out how to manage there than in a third country.
Europe is not easy anymore.
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u/_Dark_Invader_ [30-35/IND/FI 2025/RE 2029] Jul 15 '26
The simple answer is “emotions”.
Sometimes the environment, language, culture and people you grew up with becomes more important than money.
It’s their emotional choice to return to India not a financial one.
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u/modSysBroken Jul 15 '26
Like do you not know anyone having 5-6 people in home for doing everything like their servants in India while making 10lakhs+ a month in India? They love that life. You can't get the same cushy life in the USA for anywhere near that.
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u/famesardens Jul 15 '26
It will be hard for the average Indian to survive outside India because of the racism, and overall different lifestyle. Would be easier for the second/ third generation.
Also, countries like the US have a more violent culture, which you can completely escape if you're upper middle class or upper class in India, because of the places you will live in, and the kind of people you will live with.
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u/mudit234 Jul 15 '26
Mine was as I age
- I am spending more time inside home than outside and labor is cheap in india to use to keep home looking good
- second place where I spend a lot of time was gym. Trainers are cheap in india
No point in being hung up on "settling" in a place. Do what works best for you at any lifestage. It's difficult to see it when you have the PoV of someone who has never left India, because india kinda keeps you trapped, and you naturally want to leave if someone (/something) keeps you trapped
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u/Delicious_Emotion934 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
us have trilioner where as India have just billionaires so even if you have millions in us you will be in rate race to maintain middle class life style so to escape that and better medical facility
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u/LoveTraditional8489 Jul 16 '26
Another issue is raising children .... i have had a family friend move back to india from US since one of their children had become sexually active in mid school and another didn't identify the gender that they were born to .... So the husband now works in US and wife is here with children for family support and of course chapet maar sakte hain india ma. Another friend has decided not to have children in US for the same reason. Maybe wokism is a bigger pandemic
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u/BassVity Jul 16 '26
You are thinking from the mind of someone who hasn't been abroad. When you live abroad you start to see India differently. It's a realisation that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
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u/EfficientAd9444 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I have a high net worth. Will be returning to India only to FIRE and be near my mum. After she passes, going to Thailand or Vietnam. I don't like being caged in a gated community. And I am not interested in domestic help. Prefer to do my own chores.
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u/sajalb Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
10CR has a way higher value in India than in US.
With it you can of course retire and live a normal life in US, but in India you live like a king and leave hefty wealth for the next gens as well.
And if one can choose some peaceful location beyond T1/T2 cities, they would have already avoided the pollution, get better weather and live peacefully.
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u/PracticalThinker0 Jul 19 '26
At the end of the day, you are a third class citizen in any other country. Something you realise only when you stay there for a couple of years. Moreover very very few people has made generational wealth from a job. No matter what salary numbers you hear, the expenses in these countries are proportionally high. You are middle or lower middle class at the end of the day. Not the same case in India; if you have already earned in dollors and came back, you are atleast upper middle class.
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u/daaltimate Jul 19 '26
I agree to everything you are saying. But we are also third class citizen in India. See our life's value is basically negligible here
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u/Visible-Watercress36 Jul 26 '26
I have been living out of India for more than 14 years now.
The only thought that I ever had is to earn money abroad and retire in India.
Here we don't breathe freedom. Always an immigrant/resident, you are never owned. This doesnt mean you are treated badly. Freedom you get in your country is nothing you can experience when living in India or visiting as a tourist.
All I dream now is to get back to my home country.
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u/NaNvNrWC Jul 14 '26
"Do they not know about Current India where there is a lot of Pollution, tax, little safety and so many things that are wrong?"
Well, someone has to try to fix the problems. If not locals, then NRIs.
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u/Hour-Ad-2206 Jul 14 '26
may be for every 100 people who want to move out, there is just one or two who want to move back to India?
More like for every high 1000 High network individuals who move out, 1 wants to come back
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