Maximum City

Mumbai has had many epithets. The lastest one and also the the title of a brick sized novel (fiction or non-fiction not known), is the Maximum City. Even without reading the novel, you will know why it is so called. All you have to do is to spend six months in the city.
It is a great place to live (mind you, I am not a Mumbaikar hence my assessment is not biased).
1. people on the street actually guide you to your location
2. Cabbies do not normally cheat
3. Local municipal body actually works (whatever the critics say)
4. There is constant supply of electricity and it is of good quality (It is the only city in India, apart from Kolkata, where you do not have to buy a UPS with your PC or a voltage stabiliser with your fridge).
5. Water supply is sufficient (whatever the ciritcs say)
6. Jobs are aplenty
7. People have a "professional' approach to their work from the bais to the bhais everybody is a professional
8. people are socially and politically conscious
9. Petty crime is low including crime on women
The list can go on......

I have started liking this city (I do not know of any other city anywhere in the world and not certainly in India where booze is home delivered!).

Just a few points of caution to the citizens (I am still an alien)
1. Your fourth floor window is for the breeze to come in and not the exit point for garbage and used STs and hair to the coutyard below
2. Filmstars wear "work clothes" while shooting for films: Please do not wear them to your place of work
3. The BMC did not re-lay the pavement with fancy tiles so that you could extend your shop
4. There are no vegetarian Chinese, Mexican, Italian meals. People selling them are taking you for a ride
5. This is not the last weekend in your life, and it won't harm you if you stayed indoors this weekend. It is not compulsory to visit a mall on the weekend, you can read a book at home
6. And please do not blame the traffic if you are late (you started late!)
7. Finally, you need good schools for kids. At least the number of good schools should be more than the number of malls

Cheers!