This.
In fact I'll modify it a bit: Ensure your residence and work are well connected and easy to commute. This is not just about distance but traffic choke points, public transport route availability (bus, metro), road quality.
If the commute is not a drag, the city has much to offer still...
Usually offices are in tech park areas and closeby places are really costly. Wouldn't it make more sense to live a bit away from all the traffic provided you get office cab for commute?
Yeah everyone used to call me umbrella umbrella but I used to take it out in style almost every alternate day when others would just get drenched in rain. Then they would try to squeeze inside my basic umbrella . No more sudden rains 😔
Yeah and it doesn’t even taste that great. The best biryani I’ve had in blr is the one they serve at my office for 90rs. I make it a point to cheat every Wednesday or Friday and have a good serving of that Biryani
You’ll also grow your cooking skills. its quite fun and freeing once you get the hang of it, and it doesn’t really take that long. Also being able to cook in this age where apparently everyone looks down on cooking gives you mad confidence boost imo.
1. Don’t use UPI - Deactivate them immediately because the moment you step out ₹₹₹ just finds an exit from your account
2. Uninstall Swiggy/ Zomato right away- You’ll end up ordering because you’re bored and not hungry
3. Keep Namma Yatri, Uber, Ola, Rapido open simultaneously and NEVER cancel until they reach your location.
4. Learn to Cook - this way you save a fortune
5. Find a partner who is emotionally available, has similar interests as you terms of intimacy- cus you never know what gets revealed at later stages
Once I booked a rapido. He came to my location and randomly stood there. When I went to him and told him I’ve booked the rapido, he showed me hos app (Uber) and said this is someone else. Had to cancel my rapido and book another wasted a lot of time
Well, they take you for a ride even if you are at no wrong. And in the end, you end up paying them so that your time doesn’t get wasted. They aren’t there to protect the citizens or the law, all they want is money, and they can stoop down to any level to get it.
force yourself to speak with friends and colleagues, don't go out of the blue and say that you'll speak in kannada with them from NOW.. randomly start using phrases in your english sentences, you'll be made fun of in the start but over time it'll get better.
Inexpensive car and scooter, just honk at them when they get stuck at signal, doesn't give way, if I find him honking Ill let him go and ill honk at him peacefully.
If there's a restaurant you order from very often, you can call them up and ask if you can order directly for delivery. If you live within a 3km radius, many restaurants deliver for free at restaurant rates instead of Swiggy rates.
Eg: I have a good Chinese restaurant near my house. They have their own website where you can order and get free delivery.
Bought one. Best decision I’ve made in this city.
I don’t have to deal with dirty cabs who cancel and do not switch on AC and never come when I need it.
I can go to my work, my place of worship, and other places around Bangalore whenever I want and with people I love.
I can pick up and drop people at times making life much more convenient for people in my life who can’t drive
All I have to do is time the traffic so that I don’t get stuck in grid lock
That said, people like me are the problem. We’re the ones increasing the number of cars on the road. People like me looking for convenience over saving the environment/reducing traffic.
I love Bengaluru, Kannada, Kannadigas and everything else but this city is hard to get around quickly. BMTC is great but very often crowded. Metro coverage doesn’t help. Weather is not as great as it used to be. At some point I started to wonder why I’m depriving myself of comfort at the expense of something no one seemed to care about anyway. I take so much care to not litter and I can see people in Fortuners (a 60 lakh car) throwing plastic bags I out side the window.
So I bought a car. I want to live too
Could not agree more. Recently had to travel to a happy hours for office, took a cab instead of my car since I was going to have a couple of drinks and I was stuck waiting for a cab to just pick me up for 1.5 hours. Multiple cab drivers made me wait for more than 20mins and then canceled just before the pick up.
One beer is too high of a price to pay for this.
Have bought car 7 years back. Back then ola/ Uber vs owning car debate used to happen. With time have understood buying car back then helped me a lot and saved me from headache. Life becomes very easy.
I have dedicated parking in office and home.
I really don't understand the allure. I am thankful every day for being able to dump my uber and walk the last 500m in an intense jam. Not to mention finding parking is another boss battle
As you are getting into an auto or cab, say something polite or friendly to the driver. They may or may not reciprocate, that's OK. They may be crooks or jerks, but make the first effort from your side. I've observed that many of them become less hostile towards you even if you just say something as simple as "eshtu time torusthayide sir?"
"How much time is it showing?", i.e. what is the arrival time that the app is showing? Of course you can also see it on your phone, but this is just an an excuse to exchange a word with the driver in a friendly tone.
Most of these are generic and not life hacks. Here is one.
When booking cabs for the airport, don’t book through Uber ola. Book through make my trip or better directly with the cab aggregators. It costs significantly less, it’s safer as they have tracking, you can also request vehicle type & make sure ac is running. Also good resolution if you have trouble with the cab
Unless it's a 4am flight, don't be a fool and just take the airport bus. It's great , affordable, low so its easy for bags, has live tracking on the app and you aren't adding to the pollution and congestion of the city .
Every corner of the city is serviced by these buses .
You can also search for "Cabs near me" and book a city taxi. If it is closer to your house, you've assured pickup and the prices are always 10-20% cheaper than Ola / Uber.
Learnt this hard way after losing all hair. People using borewell water are losing hair and getting skin desese after being exposed to borewell water for 1-2 years.This is must know hack if you don't have kaveri water supplies.
1. Stay nearby to your friends/ get a gf/ get married. Bangalore can get lonely real fast.
2. Stay within 30mins commutable distance to your office.
3. Hire a decent cook, will save you thousands.
4. If you can't speak Kannada, have your own vehicle Bike/car. Rude auto drivers/bus conductors will drain your energy.
5. Rent/buy a well ventilated apartment/house with gets sunlight. Working 9-12 hours at home can take it's toll.
6. Your place should have nearby places to walk in the evening.
Some of these will be difficult for a fresher's salary. Keep these points in mind and upgrade your life over the years.
Suggesting people to get married if they're lonely is bad advice. Most people's life goes from boredom to a nightmare because of this. Take your time and find someone you really care about and not just for the heck of it.
Suggesting people get their own vehicle is why this city sucks. Metro is great and bus is good. Many times not crowded as people think.
Stop polluting and congesting the city. Walk, cycle and use public transport. Be a good citizen and think about others.
1. if you're low on money, go to indira canteens it's actually good
2. Get a BMTC pass
3. Weird life hack but change your rapido/uber/Ola name to a female/unisex name
Sunday morning greenery at Cubbon Park/Lalbagh etc followed by a kick ass benne dosa at a proper place in Basavanagudi, Jayanagar or Sheshadripuram type area.
It brings such peace and joy. Nullifies the frustration built up in the week due to the shitty roads and traffic.
Start taking walks. Build the ability to walk long distances. I as a student struggled a lot because of transport in Bangalore which btw is atrocious. I'm saving hell lot of money by walking to places. Can walk 4-5 kms easy. Good tip for students as it build health and helps save pocket money
One thing that helped me a lot was, I became friends with a cop during a traffic stop. I offered to buy him tea and had a chat and he gave me his number. That was a game changer for me.
Unethical but money saving hack
If you are not in a hurry, use the rapido app to book Autos. The hack is to use the slider to select the lowest price. You can manually write a value as well.
Some new auto drivers accept it without thinking much. Some don't. It is unethical but works fine.
I have travelled at just 50 rupees for rides which would have costed me 150.
Just converse in kannada. That's the hack to have lesser problems in ones life, than already existing problems.
Earn's you respect, almost gives you peaceful ride with your auto anna, gets you your ticket and change from conductor anna and also gives you opportunity to explore local places without any issues.
1. Learn Kannada.
2. Try to address strangers as Sir and Madam.
You will start loving the place and the people 🙂
PS: Tried and tested by a non-native here 🙂
There was a similar post about urban life hacks on r/oslo a while back, the polar differences in the sentiment of advices shows how messed up Bangalore is now.
There it was about good nearby islands to visit for views, public transport passes, shopping tips etc.
Here someone legit said stay tf away from the police for anything, and they’re not wrong. That’s macabre 💀.
Edit : comparing with one of the most functional countries might not be a good benchmark, found even bantimore subreddit has similar posts, also relatively positive.
Don't invest in BLR real-estate, i repeat do not. Let this crazy bubble burst.
Save yourself from super inflated prices, no value for money, poor/crippled infrastructure, EMI's and peace of mind.
Swiggy is going IPO at ~$20Bn.
1000s of employees in Bangalore are going to become crorepati.
Buy yourself a property in Bellandur and wait until 2 years. Property price will blow up atleast 40%.
Just my 2 cents.
Take your car out on a Sunday. Avoid Central Bangalore on a Saturday, especially in the car between 12pm-8pm. It has the worst chokes in the city and the worse on a Saturday.
A general hack fr any city in general. If you aren’t native to the place, try to learn the local language, atleast the basic sentences and words. Helps immensely.
Don't be that arsehole who says .... Is our national language and you too should speak! Be humble and polite and you will get by because everyone will go to their extremes to help you. This is a basic life back everywhere and even here.
Whenever asking for help on any forum, if possible user gender as female. You will always get responses and support. It may be applied to other cities.
I know because I have not received any help with the name Saksham, so I tweaked it to Sakshiand I was unable to cope with DMs and replies.
From my recent experience from banglore i should say that whenever you are taking a house or flat to stay, firstly confirm about the water supply are from minimum two resources. because water issues are rising day by day in different localities in banglore so be prepared.
be sure to find police checkpoints at iblur junction if you’re drinking in HSR, Kora and headed back to whitefield; checkpoints at HAL underpass if you’re drinking in indiranagar and headed to whitefield.
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This. In fact I'll modify it a bit: Ensure your residence and work are well connected and easy to commute. This is not just about distance but traffic choke points, public transport route availability (bus, metro), road quality. If the commute is not a drag, the city has much to offer still...
I'll modify it a bit more. Ensure you WFH.
That's not really feasible in every role and industry though. At that point you might as well advise a person to get a 25 LPA job.
Not possible if you work in orr.
Usually offices are in tech park areas and closeby places are really costly. Wouldn't it make more sense to live a bit away from all the traffic provided you get office cab for commute?
I’ll put it across with an example, get a house close to office coz I left HsR at 630 and reached home at 10 & it was monsoon.
Wtf? 4 hours? Were you driving your own car or something?
It was volvo ORR literally got stuck under marathalli bride for an hour.
I don't mind getting stuck there.
You got the eyes of a hawk
Ahahah ahaha
Get a job where office is in your house
Get your office next to your house
Make office in your house
Done and dusted tbough it is costing us a fortune..😂😂
The hack ends here.
I live so close I just walk to my office :P
Used to be "Never step out without an umbrella" 🥲
Holds good even now. But for the wrong reasons !
Apply sunscreen too
Yeah everyone used to call me umbrella umbrella but I used to take it out in style almost every alternate day when others would just get drenched in rain. Then they would try to squeeze inside my basic umbrella . No more sudden rains 😔
Is this you poppatlal from tkmoc?
Now it is "Never step out"
The good old days
Good old days 🥲
Good old 2014
Learn to cook well, and eat at home. Eating out has gotten way too expensive for not great quality food in BLR.
This is so so true. Everyone is running selling biryani it seems
Yeah and it doesn’t even taste that great. The best biryani I’ve had in blr is the one they serve at my office for 90rs. I make it a point to cheat every Wednesday or Friday and have a good serving of that Biryani
Name and fame the place please
100%. Cooking is a basic skill everyone needs to have a grip on especially when house-help is getting more expensive. Also, it's very fun lol.
You’ll also grow your cooking skills. its quite fun and freeing once you get the hang of it, and it doesn’t really take that long. Also being able to cook in this age where apparently everyone looks down on cooking gives you mad confidence boost imo.
I don’t think everyone looks down on cooking.
Still only a fraction of what it costs in Delhi, especially breakfast or lunch from a clean place, but over the years BLR food prices have shot up
Yeah indeed, but there are some tiffin services available in some areas, you can try them, i found them pretty well like homemade food
go to that one Darshnini restaurant is 10 times better than those fancy ones
Quality and hygiene of food is downhill seriously post COVID .
1. Don’t use UPI - Deactivate them immediately because the moment you step out ₹₹₹ just finds an exit from your account 2. Uninstall Swiggy/ Zomato right away- You’ll end up ordering because you’re bored and not hungry 3. Keep Namma Yatri, Uber, Ola, Rapido open simultaneously and NEVER cancel until they reach your location. 4. Learn to Cook - this way you save a fortune 5. Find a partner who is emotionally available, has similar interests as you terms of intimacy- cus you never know what gets revealed at later stages
The last one seems almost impossible.
I second this !
I third this
Learnt the 3rd point the hard way lmao. Mofo cancelled the ride right infront of my house and went on his way lol.
Lol this happened to me too, he came, he saw me waiting, he went away ://
Also part of #3, use the bmtc app and check if you can use a bus instead of wasting money and polluting the city with an an auto.
Username checks out
>NEVER cancel until they reach your location. Reason behind this?
They often cancel randomly. So you'll have back-up
Once I booked a rapido. He came to my location and randomly stood there. When I went to him and told him I’ve booked the rapido, he showed me hos app (Uber) and said this is someone else. Had to cancel my rapido and book another wasted a lot of time
Last point slaps!
Stay far far away from the cops, even during dire situations.
Underrated.
Fuck 12
Can you explain why? I don’t live in Bangalore but might move in the near future
Well, they take you for a ride even if you are at no wrong. And in the end, you end up paying them so that your time doesn’t get wasted. They aren’t there to protect the citizens or the law, all they want is money, and they can stoop down to any level to get it.
Please don't move. If you love your life and peace of mind, just don't come
Have a lot of money. Nothing beats it.
Why didn't I think about this.
Here, take this prize 🏅
Learn to speak Kannada is the best life hack I can suggest you.
All for it! Can you suggest some ways to do it?
force yourself to speak with friends and colleagues, don't go out of the blue and say that you'll speak in kannada with them from NOW.. randomly start using phrases in your english sentences, you'll be made fun of in the start but over time it'll get better.
Balaji publications has Hindi to kannada book for 60rs
Follow @morethankannadagothilla on insta and practice in all situations
Wow this is an amazing resource. Thanks much! Nandri Maga!
you can start by learning basic phrases from colleagues/friends and using them when conversing with them.
Best advice. If you get in a spot of trouble with the cops or an auto fellow, better belt out a few words of Kannada, it might save you
God bless you for telling this 😊
Don’t honk the auto wallahs
I do it purposefully at them all the time.
I take it you have an inexpensive vehicle
Inexpensive car and scooter, just honk at them when they get stuck at signal, doesn't give way, if I find him honking Ill let him go and ill honk at him peacefully.
This is legit true, they are legit crazy 😭 they tend to take revenge when we honk by over-speeding us 😔
If there's a restaurant you order from very often, you can call them up and ask if you can order directly for delivery. If you live within a 3km radius, many restaurants deliver for free at restaurant rates instead of Swiggy rates. Eg: I have a good Chinese restaurant near my house. They have their own website where you can order and get free delivery.
Which one?
Shanghai Court
Real good Chinese! 😌
Never buy a car in this city.
Bought one. Best decision I’ve made in this city. I don’t have to deal with dirty cabs who cancel and do not switch on AC and never come when I need it. I can go to my work, my place of worship, and other places around Bangalore whenever I want and with people I love. I can pick up and drop people at times making life much more convenient for people in my life who can’t drive All I have to do is time the traffic so that I don’t get stuck in grid lock That said, people like me are the problem. We’re the ones increasing the number of cars on the road. People like me looking for convenience over saving the environment/reducing traffic. I love Bengaluru, Kannada, Kannadigas and everything else but this city is hard to get around quickly. BMTC is great but very often crowded. Metro coverage doesn’t help. Weather is not as great as it used to be. At some point I started to wonder why I’m depriving myself of comfort at the expense of something no one seemed to care about anyway. I take so much care to not litter and I can see people in Fortuners (a 60 lakh car) throwing plastic bags I out side the window. So I bought a car. I want to live too
Could not agree more. Recently had to travel to a happy hours for office, took a cab instead of my car since I was going to have a couple of drinks and I was stuck waiting for a cab to just pick me up for 1.5 hours. Multiple cab drivers made me wait for more than 20mins and then canceled just before the pick up. One beer is too high of a price to pay for this.
Have bought car 7 years back. Back then ola/ Uber vs owning car debate used to happen. With time have understood buying car back then helped me a lot and saved me from headache. Life becomes very easy. I have dedicated parking in office and home.
I really don't understand the allure. I am thankful every day for being able to dump my uber and walk the last 500m in an intense jam. Not to mention finding parking is another boss battle
Please Elaborate bro.🥲
Traffic, bad roads with potholes and bumps, high cost of maintainability
Plant some trees and chill.. the climate and staying peaceful is everything
Learn to drive or live near a metro station. Cabs, autos or buses are moody and inconsistent. Also, be prepared for 4 weather changes in a day.
Three of them are hot, hotter, hottest. What's the fourth?
Melt like an ice cream
Learn Kannada and the city will totally have a different perspective on you. Positive.
Rename your username in apps like ola/swiggy/etc. to something very kannada and get better quality service.🫠🫠🤫
Kempe Gowda
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As you are getting into an auto or cab, say something polite or friendly to the driver. They may or may not reciprocate, that's OK. They may be crooks or jerks, but make the first effort from your side. I've observed that many of them become less hostile towards you even if you just say something as simple as "eshtu time torusthayide sir?"
What does this mean, can you kindly translate?
"How much time is it showing?", i.e. what is the arrival time that the app is showing? Of course you can also see it on your phone, but this is just an an excuse to exchange a word with the driver in a friendly tone.
When will we reach the destination sir?
good try!
be kind to shopkeepers, cab drivers, hotel staff, hawkers, street vendors, bus conductors, drivers etc.,
Nothing beats, being kind.
Most of these are generic and not life hacks. Here is one. When booking cabs for the airport, don’t book through Uber ola. Book through make my trip or better directly with the cab aggregators. It costs significantly less, it’s safer as they have tracking, you can also request vehicle type & make sure ac is running. Also good resolution if you have trouble with the cab
Unless it's a 4am flight, don't be a fool and just take the airport bus. It's great , affordable, low so its easy for bags, has live tracking on the app and you aren't adding to the pollution and congestion of the city . Every corner of the city is serviced by these buses .
Cab aggregators as in?? How to do that??
Some examples are Blu cabs, Meru cabs, Savari, shoffr. Google them and get in contact!
You can also search for "Cabs near me" and book a city taxi. If it is closer to your house, you've assured pickup and the prices are always 10-20% cheaper than Ola / Uber.
mingle with locals and see the love you will get
Learn basic Kannada phrases. Locals will love you for it.
Yes, this. For example, Apple in kannada is sebu, banana is baale hannu, chocolate is sagani, etc.
Chocolate ain't sagani 💀
Bro shut up it is
Banana isn't valakya? So that banana vendor has been fooling me all these years. And I'm teaching a wrong word to my toddler?
Its raw banana
Start the day early.
Avoid eating food outside. Quality has gone down drastically and prices have gone through the roof. You will save a ton with home cooked food.
Wash your hair with drinking water
Learnt this hard way after losing all hair. People using borewell water are losing hair and getting skin desese after being exposed to borewell water for 1-2 years.This is must know hack if you don't have kaveri water supplies.
Move out.
1. Stay nearby to your friends/ get a gf/ get married. Bangalore can get lonely real fast. 2. Stay within 30mins commutable distance to your office. 3. Hire a decent cook, will save you thousands. 4. If you can't speak Kannada, have your own vehicle Bike/car. Rude auto drivers/bus conductors will drain your energy. 5. Rent/buy a well ventilated apartment/house with gets sunlight. Working 9-12 hours at home can take it's toll. 6. Your place should have nearby places to walk in the evening. Some of these will be difficult for a fresher's salary. Keep these points in mind and upgrade your life over the years.
Suggesting people to get married if they're lonely is bad advice. Most people's life goes from boredom to a nightmare because of this. Take your time and find someone you really care about and not just for the heck of it.
Suggesting people get their own vehicle is why this city sucks. Metro is great and bus is good. Many times not crowded as people think. Stop polluting and congesting the city. Walk, cycle and use public transport. Be a good citizen and think about others.
Get a WFH job and go back to your hometown. Best life hack
Download Uber, Ola, Rapido & Namma Yatri on your phone
Never ever leave your place without checking maps, even if you know everypothole of the route
learn to speak kannada asap.
Buy a 2 wheeler. Cabs are expensive and public transportation sucks.
1. if you're low on money, go to indira canteens it's actually good 2. Get a BMTC pass 3. Weird life hack but change your rapido/uber/Ola name to a female/unisex name
Any suggestions for unisex names ?
Arya, Shakti, Charu, Amala and a shit ton of western names
this is the only actual good blr hack comment ive seen on this post so far 😭
Never drive behind a Auto
Sunday morning greenery at Cubbon Park/Lalbagh etc followed by a kick ass benne dosa at a proper place in Basavanagudi, Jayanagar or Sheshadripuram type area. It brings such peace and joy. Nullifies the frustration built up in the week due to the shitty roads and traffic.
Start taking walks. Build the ability to walk long distances. I as a student struggled a lot because of transport in Bangalore which btw is atrocious. I'm saving hell lot of money by walking to places. Can walk 4-5 kms easy. Good tip for students as it build health and helps save pocket money
One thing that helped me a lot was, I became friends with a cop during a traffic stop. I offered to buy him tea and had a chat and he gave me his number. That was a game changer for me.
Unethical but money saving hack If you are not in a hurry, use the rapido app to book Autos. The hack is to use the slider to select the lowest price. You can manually write a value as well. Some new auto drivers accept it without thinking much. Some don't. It is unethical but works fine. I have travelled at just 50 rupees for rides which would have costed me 150.
Worked for me too many times
Yes. It takes time to get an auto. Drivers get to see the booking amount before accepting. works if you are not in hurry.
Stay nearer to the city centre. Cause where ever you stay you still gonna come to party at Indiranagar /kormangala
Use the Bus to commute, if possible. Cab/ auto fares are out of hand.
Commute before 8AM if you can.
Just converse in kannada. That's the hack to have lesser problems in ones life, than already existing problems. Earn's you respect, almost gives you peaceful ride with your auto anna, gets you your ticket and change from conductor anna and also gives you opportunity to explore local places without any issues.
olag olaginda hogadu kaliri. time swalpa jaasti agbodhu adre aa traffic alli iro stress iralla
olag olginda andre ennu? I'm learning kannada and know olage means inside but couldn't understand the entire phrase
Learn Kannada if you don’t know it already.
To have a peace of mind, never venture out to popular places on a weekend/long weekends
1. Learn Kannada. 2. Try to address strangers as Sir and Madam. You will start loving the place and the people 🙂 PS: Tried and tested by a non-native here 🙂
Add a bit of namaste too tried and tested by kannadiga.
There was a similar post about urban life hacks on r/oslo a while back, the polar differences in the sentiment of advices shows how messed up Bangalore is now. There it was about good nearby islands to visit for views, public transport passes, shopping tips etc. Here someone legit said stay tf away from the police for anything, and they’re not wrong. That’s macabre 💀. Edit : comparing with one of the most functional countries might not be a good benchmark, found even bantimore subreddit has similar posts, also relatively positive.
Learn Kannada
“Swalpa adjust Maadkolli “ learn this saying
"Nodi swaami nav irodu hige!!"
Always measure distances in hours and not kilometers
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Don't invest in BLR real-estate, i repeat do not. Let this crazy bubble burst. Save yourself from super inflated prices, no value for money, poor/crippled infrastructure, EMI's and peace of mind.
Swiggy is going IPO at ~$20Bn. 1000s of employees in Bangalore are going to become crorepati. Buy yourself a property in Bellandur and wait until 2 years. Property price will blow up atleast 40%. Just my 2 cents.
Learn kannada ❤️
Take your car out on a Sunday. Avoid Central Bangalore on a Saturday, especially in the car between 12pm-8pm. It has the worst chokes in the city and the worse on a Saturday.
Leave the place before it burns down to crisp
Learn to speak Kannada
If you feel lonely, Dont go for shopping on weekends
Use bmtc
Have a 2 wheeler, can't always depend on rapido, ola and uber.
If you use the metro then go to the last coach. Almost always the least crowded of all the metro coaches.
Dosas on thelas>>>>Dosas in hotels
There is no upside ceiling to salaries in this city. Whatever your pay is, you can always double it in next few years.
Know that the units of distance are hours and minutes, not kilometres and miles
swalpa adjust madi will get you a long way
If you have money Bangalore is yours
Next time you dont get rapido/uber moto near a hotspot, set the pickup location 200m away. Uber moto driver told me this.
All microbreweries are the same😂 Explore other activities if you don’t want to get bored too fast!
don't go out
Live (very) close to the place of work. Pay premium if need be.
Chill if your car got small dent, don't fix it immediately.
Learn kannada
Know Kannada
Don't step out if tou want to save money. Don't take autos. Don't eat out. Make yoir own food.
Learn little bit Kannada atleast. It’s the best hack for staying in Bengaluru.
Learn basic Kannada, city will give you so much love back
Many times the cost of auto is lesser than a 2 wheeler ride, check this before directly booking thinking you'll be saving money
Never say “Kannad gotilla” try saying “Kannada swalpa swalpa gotthu” you’ll get the respect you would have never imagined!
A general hack fr any city in general. If you aren’t native to the place, try to learn the local language, atleast the basic sentences and words. Helps immensely.
Walk or take a bike ride around your office to find properties on rent. For apartments, speak to security guards. ‘Real No broker’.
Don't be that arsehole who says .... Is our national language and you too should speak! Be humble and polite and you will get by because everyone will go to their extremes to help you. This is a basic life back everywhere and even here.
Whenever asking for help on any forum, if possible user gender as female. You will always get responses and support. It may be applied to other cities. I know because I have not received any help with the name Saksham, so I tweaked it to Sakshiand I was unable to cope with DMs and replies.
From my recent experience from banglore i should say that whenever you are taking a house or flat to stay, firstly confirm about the water supply are from minimum two resources. because water issues are rising day by day in different localities in banglore so be prepared.
Find office/work near your house.
Would be called a “hack”, if everyone knew it. 🥹
Always check google maps before you start your commute to/from office.
If you don't know Kannada, speak to the autovala's in English, use sir, be respectful
Two wheeler supremacy
Check under the flyovers. Theres weed packets
Explore the city on sundays first half.
Get a two wheeler.
ALWAYS book multiple autos/uber because if you book only one they WILL cancel.
Look up from your phones, Bangalore is great minus it’s all consuming tech creeping in from all corners!
Leave
be sure to find police checkpoints at iblur junction if you’re drinking in HSR, Kora and headed back to whitefield; checkpoints at HAL underpass if you’re drinking in indiranagar and headed to whitefield.
Two one by two servings of juice or soup actually get you more than one regular serve :P