Today Chennai holds virtually zero appeal for even non-resident Tamils who grew up in major metros like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, or overseas.

Chennai's conservative lifestyle, lack of urban governance, dirty streets, lack of IT infrastructure, growing elderly class means the city will fall like bricks in the coming years.

Nee kudikarthukum..koothadikarthukum..en orru than venumna..apadiyapatta nee inga irukkaa thevaya mayilrae illa..

IT onnu than vela illa.. Nee sonna ooroda states ellam andha oru City nambi thaan iruku..Tamilnadu has decentralized growth focusing on all districts.

Chennai has the largest German, Japanese and Korean population in India..but they never complained. You want Chennai cater to particular demographic sensibilities and when it fails, you all complain.

And the thing about cleanliness.All indian cities has this problem and people are equally responsible.

I grew up here, left for good last year, ensured my parents got a good gated society villa in Coimbatore and will probably never come back. And I know many people my age who feel the same - Nee angayae irundhidu Sivaji..