Living in Gated Communities in Hyderabad
I’m currently hunting for an apartment in Hyderabad. Obviously I want a place that is safe, has no water shortage and is close to work. Hence, I decided to look at apartments in the posh and plush gated communities of Hyderabad. So far my visits to these popular, in demand locations have been thoroughly depressing. Among the popular gated communities I visited were SMR Vinay City, Rainbow Vistas and Reliance Paradise. I have many friends who live the high life in these towering buildings but a visit was enough to convince me that this is not how I would like to spend my days. Although the high rises look inviting and statuesque from the outside, there were no better than posh ghettos. There was concrete dust all around, in the basement, in the elevators, in the corridors and inside the apartments. Most apartments ended as soon as you entered, leaving nothing to your imagination. Gated communities in Hyderabad made me claustrophobic and I could just not see myself living...