Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Jin's 0 to 10 scale on Indian cities

Not that I claim to know all the cities of India but I feel that I should judge each place I have visited like a beauty contest.  I created the 5 area, 10-point system method while backpacking around Europe years ago. The 5 areas are 1.Sights/things to do, 2.Shopping, 3.Food, 4.People and 5.General impression.
I did not include small towns or villages. Although the best parts of India are sometimes in those areas. 
So here's the list, Drum roll, please.... 
 

Cities
Sights/things to do
Food
Shopping
People
General Impression
Total Score
Agra
 9/10
 7/10
 7/10
6/10
 7/10
 36/50, 72%
Bengalore
 8/10
 8/10
 8/10
 8/10
 8/10
 40/50, 80%
Chennai
 5/10
 8/10
 6/10
 7/10
 6/10
 32/50, 64%
Delhi
 7/10
 8/10
 10/10
 4/10
 7/10
36/50, 72%
Jaipur
 9/10
 5/10
 8.5/10
 2/10
 5/10
 29.5/50, 59%
Mysore
 7/10
 6/10
 6/10
 8/10
 7/10
 34/50,68%
Varanasi
 10/10
8/10
 9.5/10
 9.9/10
 9/10
 46.4/50, 92.8%
*Disclaimer: This judgment is sorely from a foreign tourist's perspective. Please do not refer this table when you're making decision on where to live. Also, this does not reflect on those from these areas or live*

As you can see, I am a tough critic. What I realized is that it's usually the people and shopping that make the city lovable or hatable. So here's to you, Varanasi, for your amazing shopping, wondrous ghats, and lovable people. 



The rest of Varanasi pictures can be found here . And all the other pics can be found on this link

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