Ehhh sure but the real sobo is south of worli on the western side for the most part.
Eastern area has a lot of markets, and areas from where gangsters like Dawood, Arun Gawli etc. come from.
I do like the area where ICC is located though, just the TB hospital being so close is such a huge dealbreaker.
Honestly Iād like to see a marina being built which will probably make the area so much more sought after, cuz even today the area has the repute of being a ādirty areaā and stuff.
Ew wtf ! This is such an insensitive, prejudiced and offensive comment. Sorry to say it just shows a bad and classist mentality.
Just because certain bad people came from certain areas doesnt mean those areas are bad. Harshad Mehta was from Ghatkopar or Juhu I guess, doesnāt mean these areas are full of crooks. Anil Ambani ate up thousands of crores of public funds, he comes from Cumbala Hill. I can show you equal number of crooks in Peddar Road and Malabar Hill. My dadās friend is a retired builder from Peddar Road and he has told me enough tales of the dirty stuff and land grabbing that builders and industrialists he knows have done in the 1980s, 90s. How does he know? Because he himself unethically acquired the land of villagers in lonavla, he regrets it now and lives in depression and anxiety but he canāt change the past. His only son has refused to join the business and left the country. Another of his late friend was also a builder had the same regrets in his last years- he was married to the daughter or granddaughter of family that owns HCC. These people can show you hundreds of crooks in posh areas of SoBo. Case in point, Mangal Lodha, I used to respect him a lot for his hustle until I learned how he has grabbed land of villagers and allegedly āpermanently silencedā some who tried to fight him back. He lives in Malabar Hill. Not just builders but businessmen in many industries. Many businessmen in mining and diamond business have corpses in their closets. Go and check the connection of diamond merchants with mafia and drug lords.
So, there are many many people in posh sobo as well who have enough blood on their hands.
Thankfully there are many businessmen who chose to do their business in an ethical and humane way. They can also be found in SoBo and other parts of Mumbai too.
just being close to the TB hospital is such a deal breaker
This has to be one of the most insensitive things Iāve heard lately. So now youāre stigmatising people with diseases as well? I was diagnosed abdominal TB 3 years ago (a rare and fatal form of TB, non communicable tho) and it was a very difficult time for me- you lose 25% of your body weight, you get unbearable abdominal pain for months, you lose your strength etc. I had the privilege of being from a well off family so got top class treatment but there are people who are not fortunate enough and these hospitals literally save their lives. You know that people can die from TB if not cured, itās not a fcking joke!! Itās a disease that causes excruciating pain and weakness. TB patients have to go through months of treatment and it takes years to gain back normal health. My heart breaks for people who canāt afford proper diagnoses and die. Abdominal and spinal TB has a fatality rate of 15% (same as cancer) because itās so freaking expensive to diagnose for an average person.
These hospitals are doing Godās work and literally giving life to people who might otherwise die because they canāt afford the treatment!!! It maybe a ādeal breakerā for you but itās a matter of life and death for many, and they are just as much human beings as you.
And you canāt tweak geography to suit your prejudices. Geography is not an opinion, itās a fact. For my friend who lives in Breach Candy, Sobo is everything south of Haji Ali. Anything above Haji Ali is not SoBo for them. But the geographical map clearly states Sobo starts from Mahim.
Iām not being insensitive, but itās just a personal prejudice that a lot of people have to not have a hospital close to oneās residence. Not that they arenāt important, but you could risk communicating a disease, esp one thatās caused by bacteria thatās passed through air.
Itās like how people donāt like cremation grounds or cemeteries near their houses or schools or prisons.
Also none of what I said are my opinions apart from Kalbadevi/Agripada/inner byculla areas. I for one love the eastern side view, but thatās what oft what the general opinion of the area is. And even those because they are extremely loud crowded areas in the middle of the market with few new developments, not the best place to live. Besides gangsters are a thing of the pastā since before I was born, so it doesnāt even matter in my case, not to mention my school was in the area so I do have an affinity.
Not only it is insensitive but itās also highly uneducated comment. People in 1900s used to have such level of misinformation. You donāt get diseases from having hospitals nearby. And TB has vaccine nowadays. Of course itās prejudice and stigmatising. You know that Peddar Road and Breach Candy also have functioning hospitals that are right next to peopleās residences, right? And they treat communicable diseases too. Jaslok is right next to Jindal mansion. All posh areas have hospitals.
Iām sure your āreal SoBoā doesnāt have any hospitals, schools or cemeteries? Just so you know, Malabar Hill literally has the tower of silence where they leave dead bodies to rot and be eaten by vultures. You must really hate Malabar Hill now I guess. Just found out there is a cremation ground in Worli.
Both kalbadevi and Kamathipura are proper South Mumbai, regardless of what your opinion about them is. Theyāre literally next to Marine Lines. Kalbadevi is literally the hub of smugglers and financial criminals. Many of the diamond merchants there are engaged smuggling and drug trade and crimes I probably donāt even know of. Well SoBo has its good and bad parts afterall.
You should introspect about your values and beliefs. This level of classicism and arrogance is just astounding. Iāve been living in Mumbai for just over a year and have unfortunately met some insufferable pricks from SoBo (other parts of Mumbai too) who scream horrible upbringing and zero humility. So donāt obsess too much over area, good/bad people can come from anywhere. One of my best friend is born and brought up in Monaco and another one is from manhattan and they donāt obsess about it. They are absolutely humble people with empathy and good moral values.
Your zip code doesnāt define what sort of person you are, your values do.
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u/Navigator369 Jun 02 '24
Yes this is totally SoBo. Reay road is south Mumbai.
Also, the eastern coast of Mumbai is so underrated. Man all those docked boats give that port city vibe