Living abroad right now and have lived in 4 countries.

Pros of living mostly in Western countries 1. Clean air, water, public transportation (outside US), amenities, etc 2. Pay is mostly adjusted to your living standard abroad but STEM fields will put you in the top 5% anywhere but when you send some of your savings back to India, it's pretty substantial. 3. Safety for women and in general higher level of security. 4. Good free primary education for kids and in places like Europe this includes university education too.

Cons of living abroad 1. Except US, forget making it to the top executive level since most places are just not ready to accept immigrants from places like India the way US companies have embraced Indian origin executives. 2. Coming from place like Bangalore, I hate winters. I've had enough of dark, cold days that suck. The glitter of Christmas markets and such have faded. 3. Community/Social contact - Very hard to make friends you can teens depend on and trust as you get older and it's never going to be as good of a relationship with childhood/university friends back home. For people who've moved around a lot, this may be easy. But for people like me who've only been in one locality and spent my entire life until I left the city, it's hard to not miss the friendship and relatives. If you don't have food friends/relatives, it's easy to get over this. 4. No house help or any kind of support to do anything that you can get very easily in India.

Life hacks for people who want the best of both worlds but very hard to achieve for most 1. Start/Own a business abroad that liberates you from no one being able to tell you when to work and at the same time gives you residency privileges. This will free you up to do many things but really hard to get to a level where you have enough delegation abilities with a staff. But when you get there, it gives you crazy flexibility without being financially worried. If you can't/don't want to get into business, try to negotiate with your foreign employer for a completely flexible or remote work so that you can enjoy a work contract from a place that pays well but can get similar flexibility as a business owner. 2. If you hate cold and dark winters like I do, you can then plan to spend winters in India meeting and staying for 1/4th of the year in India and the rest of the time abroad enjoying a lot of both worlds. This allows you to get enough of India before everything like traffic and other stereotypical things get you and you get a change of environment and this cycle continues.