So, I have been a Barodian since a decade.
Though, a city in western India, in this popular North-South divide which I am not a big fan of, they consider anything above Vindhyas as North.
I never felt Vadodara is underdeveloped city.
It is the third biggest city in Gujarat and 20th biggest city in the country.
- We have smooth roads where vehicles can race, just beware not to be caught by speed guns otherwise be ready to pay fine.
- Traffic though has increased over the past few years but it is still not bad as in some South Indian cities. We have a good network of city buses, along with auto rickshaws and cabs.
- CCTV cameras across the city takes care of you follow traffic rules or not otherwise you may get a challan at your home.
- Vadodara stands at one end of National expressway-1 and NH-48 also passes by, apart from state highways to nearby towns.
- We have one of the most beautiful bus stations in the country.
This image has been removed for violating Quora's policy.- We have only the second green airport in the country.
PM Modi inaugurates country's second green airport in Vadodara
- And Vadodara Railway station is very clean has all modern facilities and has been the busiest junction in Gujarat. Not to forget, in a few years we will be having bullet trains too.
- Talk of safety, it has been counted among the safest cities with low crime rate, and women safety has never been an issue.
I could not get the latest data, but this one is from a few years back when Vadodara was declared the safest city.
- Talk about cleanliness, Vadodara has been clean even before the Clean India Campaign was launched, and has performed well in the Rankings of Clean cities with the best being 10th position in 2017.
- Industries, we have L&T, Apollo, Reliance, Siemens, GSFC, Bombardier and many more big and small industries.This image has been removed for violating Quora's policy.
- Malls, we have many Inorbit, 7 seas, Vadodara Central, Centre Square Mall, Taksh Galaxy Mall, Eva Mall, Bansal Mall, Reliance Malls, D-Marts and many more.
- Education, we have many reputed schools and universities here. MSU is a very reputed university. Parul University has also built some reputation recently. There are many foreigner students studying here.
- Medical, we have many reputed hospitals. Even the government hospital SSGH, is a very good hospital in terms of facilities.
- And Bonus, we have amazing food culture, grand celebrations of festivals especially Navratri, Ganpati and Uttrayan, many hangout, heritage and tourist places and warm people.
So, I have no reason to feel bad.