Top five reasons to move back or stay put

I am Natarajan and have been in the US since 2001, been in Chicago for three years now. I have a 10 month old and am thinking of a move back for about a year now. I have been trying to think of my top five reasons to move back or stay put and am recording some of my thoughts in brief. Please feel free to add to it or debate existing reasons.

Top five reasons to move back:

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Food - I am vegetarian and am tiring of how few options I have in this country.

Help with uninteresting household work - Having a help at home, however expensive he/she is a big thing for me.

Kids - I think it would be nice to have kids speak more than one or two languages as in India and get to know Indian culture. By the time they grow up, the cool place to move to could be Shanghai instead of NY. Who knows.

Culture - I am an avid Carnatic music fan and long to be able to go to concerts beyond just the summer.


Top five reasons to stay put:

Work like a dog - I have heard that weekends are not truly weekends. I have also heard that a 50 hour week is the norm as against a 40 hour US workweek. I would be happy to hear that this is not the case.

Systematic way to obtain basic services - Things might have changed dramatically but I recall my Mom having to run from pillar to post trying to get something done with the Electricity department of the local government about 4 years back.

Mobility - My primary nightmare is to drive on Bangalore roads during commute hour. I would much rather take a trip to the dentist.

Exchange rate debate - How much more can you do with the dollar than with the rupee. For instance if I wanted to travel to Latin America, how much more does the dollar help me out than the rupee.

Pollution - One of the first things I recall the first time I got out of an airplane in the US in Dallas is how clean and fresh the air felt to breathe. Similarly when I landed in Bombay in 2004, the experience was not good.

I hope I have been relevant enough to the topic.

Best!

Natarajan