1. family + friends. highest lever on life mostly. as people are mostly interesting 2. can hangout in the city (gym, sports, entertainment) without traffic . must otherwise feels imprisoned to a location, like bangalore whitefield. transportaion is must 3. people doing interesting thing around me - may be can sub from internet ### problems with USA life 1. visa - have to renew every 3 years, with stamping and interview. In reality, we are temp workers unless I push and get a green card (which will create insane taxation problems) 2. House - 2.5M on the lower end for a decent house 3. Is USA going to be world leader even after 30 years for our kids? Is this their root? Do we want to adopt USA and its problems? 4. What are we choosing over our parents? money? kids future. how are we sure its better here. Arent we seeing women do well in India business? Archana kalpathi etc. Are we not going to be part of the solution 5. What about all the wealth accumulated in india? ### Advantages of life in USA 1. Structured and Organized. 1. Get a house in Fremont = Good schooling. 2. Already better for girls 3. not too much time in commute 4. Already set career for abhi (is this what you want to do for life) ### Life in India 1. Family, Social. Definitely better for us in the 40s and 50s 2. Support Structure. Honestly our current day to day * multifold people are living 3. - - tribe that you can connect to - access to talent - interesting + social story business - time + cricket - no traffic - - Big place in a good city(friends, family, curious society, nature, sports, ashram, airport, teacher, music, online presence, yogic body, pranayama, write a book) - [[lifestyle]] great team to execute. So that gives me time and capital to deploy. + market insight for [[idea]]