Bangalore's USP: cool city, cool folk

Let's talk the weather. This city has had many dog-tags to it. One of its pretty sobriquets has been 'air-conditioned' city.
The city may not be an air-conditioned one anymore, but it surely is an air-cooled one. For most part of the year, the weather is very livable and wanting-to-live-in.
Add to the weather the even more cool nature of the Kannadiga.I think we are one of the most tolerant species: all-embracing and welcoming to all. We hate fights and controversy. Jingoism is not for us. Everyone is welcome in Bangalore, and the welcome sign makes it an even more livable proposition. Bangalore is a mixed city as well. We are a 'Bisi Bele Baath' city of our own, with a healthy mix of every national and international ingredient in our midst.
Bangalore is today the capital of many a movement: end-to-end IT services industry, BPO industry, biotech, and nearly the capital of luxury retail, with our very own version of luxe street, if I may call Vittal Mallya Road that! Bangalore boasts of every cuisine there is to try -- Vietnamese, Korean, Thai or our very own 'raagi mudde and bas saaru'. There is every variety of food to eat and drink, the people are friendly and there is little to quibble about Bangalore, save the weather.
Bangalore is livable for the rich, the wannabe rich and poor alike. Just as you may buy a meal for all of Rs1,600 a plate, you can pick the best plate of sambar-rice and a 'bajji' or boiled egg for Rs 20 on the street. Believe it or not, the nutrition value is the same, and possibly the street fare tastes better than the 5-star dishes.
You can live in Bangalore the way you want to: you want a lifestyle of living in the cocoon of your home, your car, your golf course, your specialty gym, your club and your office, you can. If you wish to live the public life with the spanking new Namma Metro, the streetside darshini and your PG digs, you can! Bangalore allows you your space.
And how do we make it more livable? I believe Bangalore is a city that needs to strive to be a better place to be in. It is time for Bangalore to adopt an ethos that is more-embracing. It is time for Bangalore to go green and inclusive. "Green" and "inclusive" are global mantras which speak the language of the future. Bangalore has the potential of emerging a top-notch livable destination on both counts. The city has lots to do on the count of water-harvesting, for a start.
Time to invest in green practices that embrace every bit of our commercial activity as well. Time to look at CNG as a fuel for public vehicles. Time to look at curtailing vehicles on the road with a colour-coded day pass which will allow only 25% of the vehicle population of Bangalore to use the roads on selected days. Pollution levels need to be checked for Bangalore to be even more livable.
We have the very rich and the very poor. Time to make this an equal-footed city with investments from the rich and those who have much too much, to improve the mite of those who don't have enough. That will help us remain on top of the chart of the most livable cities in the world: looking forward to that list in 2021 then!