Moving from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai often meant challenging decades of assumptions about location prestige, lifestyle trade-offs, and what constitutes as acceptable urban living. For generations, Navi Mumbai has existed in a peculiar psychological space, acknowledged as well-planned and affordable yet perpetually dismissed as ‘too far’ or lacking the authenticity and vibrancy that makes Mumbai feel like home. This has created a persistent discount in desirability despite infrastructure advantages and systematic urban planning that can put the Mumbai’s chaotic development to shame. However, this assumption is fast becoming a thing of the past, multiple forces are converging to potentially overcome this historical resistance …Read More
