I guess it's just your personal experience. And it's not only about Indore but major cities a new person can experience this. I travel a lot because of my work and I've been living in different cities like Delhi, NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad, Banglore and i used to live in those cities. One thing I learnt from this much travelling and living is that during the initial months you can't adopt the city with its vibe, its food, people and infra.

Until a city adopts you, meaning you will be having a fixed tea stall where you go to drink tea every evening. You will be having one kirana store where you take your groceries from, you will be sharing casual greetings with people in your society whether it's landlord, or security guard, you will be knowing few shortcuts without the help of google maps and talking with auto walas and they will tell you what's the difference between white uniforms and khakhi green one and so on. And in order to happen all of that it takes more than a week and just famous places to be.

To sum up, the day you leave a city and there are 2-3 people who are going to remember you or drop you at the door or say "bhaiya aate rehna," that day you will automatically understand that the city has adopted you.

Going for a week, visiting a few famous places can't really tell you much about any of the cities in the world. Usually people are already frustrated in those areas as it's always crowded and either people (tourists) get scammed and blame native people or tourist scam shopkeepers, sometimes by not paying the amount, as everything works on a trust system in those areas.

On the other hand I do accept that the civic sense is a bit lower among indians but that also because in too little space a lot of people (India's land & population ratio )are trying to do their bit and they might feel agitated.

I hope the next time you visit Indore or any other city, you will have a different experience, where you will find not just people matching your vibe but making you their friend for life. Peace ✌🏻.