For many, winning more than 1.5 Lakh per month in a city like Bengaluru looks like a dream. But for the user of Reddit Onepoint5zero, reality is far from ideal. In an article entitled “Why does life in a metro feel so fragile?”, He exposes his difficulties, revealing that despite his high salary, financial security remains elusive.
His monthly savings? Just 30,000 to 40,000 ₹, enough enough to last three to four months if it had to lose his job. With the family to support, the issues to pay and the increase in subsistence costs, he feels like a “fragile flower pot” – ready to crack under pressure.
Bengaluru’s dream against reality
Growing up, he envisaged a glamorous life and filled with opportunities in Bengaluru, with financial freedom and excitement. But now the dream seems hollow.
Despite his income, he and his fiancée still live in PG housing, unable to sail the costly and competitive rental market. The city’s cost of living in the city only adds its anxiety, which makes basic necessities like food and housing out of reach.
The burden of responsibility
Her biggest fear is not only personal financial instability – she fails her family at home. His parents are counting entirely on his income, and without his support, their survival is uncertain. This responsibility weighs heavily on him, amplifying the stress of employment safety in a volatile economy.
A fight shared by many?
His frustration does not only concern Bengaluru – this is a broader question about financial fragility in urban India. He wonders: “When life has become so difficult for those who earn what was once a lucrative salary?”
His position resonates with many young professionals taken between growing aspirations and severe economic realities. Bengaluru’s dream, it seems, has a high price.
His post struck a sensitive string with several other redditors who shared their survival experience in a metropolitan city.
A user commented: “You have put the Mornesse of life so well. I am single 24F living on 60k and I have saved anything and I did not spend anything at the same time. Right, transport is simply sad, hospitals have an incredible price and I do not even want to talk about the education of a child.”
Another user said: “Income is not wealth. It is a sad achievement. The only people who can be safe have generational wealth. Anyone can face heat.”
