u/ayushagwl

Trying to figure out where to settle after FIRE — purely on merit, not "family is nearby" type reasons.

What matters to me, in order:

1. Good hospitals/healthcare access
2. Clean air (year-round, not just winter)
3. Decent schools (if relevant)
4. Reliable infrastructure — power, water, roads, internet
5. Welcoming to outsiders — no state/regional bias for renters/settlers
6. Affordable relative to a FIRE corpus
7. Livable climate

Shortlist so far: Pune, Coimbatore, Mysore, Indore, Chandigarh/Mohali, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Dehradun

If you've actually moved somewhere post-FIRE (or for similar reasons), what worked, what didn't, and any numbers to back it up (AQI, hospital quality, etc.) would help a lot. Anecdotes are fine for the "welcoming to outsiders" point since hard data's tough to find there.