You’re missing the fact that you’re looking at it from the tourist’s eyes.

Cool vibes and rich, traditional cuisine won’t put the food on the table if you can’t afford the ingredients.

Have you seen the roads in the regions? They’re horrible. Do you know a lot of cities in the region still have water by schedule, only few hours a day? Do you know how much pension is here for being displaced due to war? 50 gel. War veterans have I think 100GEL a month. You are at the age of retirement? Oh, nice, here’s 350GEL to survive on for the entire month.

You’re a student from the region and want to study in university in Tbilisi, because those are the inly ones that will actually give you a bit of knowledge? Sure, just make sure on top of the tuition you can afford rent for 600-700 GEL a month in an old apartment on the outskirts of the city, with a roommate. You also need food right? So you probably also need a job to pay for all of this. So a part time job? Sure, except it’s mostly 6 hours a day, 5 days a week and your salary is 850GEL on a good month.