Life at Chepauk vs Life at Mylapore

It is about a month and half since our family have shifted from Chepauk to Dhevadi Street, Mylapore. Life is quiet different from what it was at Chepauk.

At Chepauk, it was my dad's quarter. It is about a 60 yrs old building and very spacious. We have a pleanty of place to park our vehicles. People can manage having 2/3 cars even. Also with the Chennai Press Club next door and a couple of DSPs as your neighbour, you really feel like being in the power zone. Also need to mention pleanty of free space in acers around that area that we guys used to play cricket in. It would be a dreem come true for a kid at 7th or 8th grade.
We have rented a 3 BRHK rented house here at Dhevadi Street. We are paying a sweet 11K for this house. For the locality it is in, may be, it worth the money. Dhevadi street is in heart of Mylapore about a forlong from the Kabaleeswarar temple, about a Km from Luz corner and very close to Santhome. I love to be in Kabali temple in odd hours. At peak hours(for a temple it is by evening 6.00 to 8.00), it is a pain to be in any temple in the city. More so if it happens to be an auspicious day. Being at Mylapore I will have the option of gong to the temple as and when I like to.

When parking space is a privilege in Mylapore, we have ample parking space thou not covered. Just have a stroll thru the street by 11.00 at night. You can see pleanty of cars parked right in the roads. By 8.00 in the morning all of them would be gone.

My dream has been to buy a plot at Mylapore and construct a house. With the land prices sky-rocketing, it looks as like it will be a dream for ever. 2400 sq ft plot cost around a crore around Dhevadi street. Only commercial builders or business men can afford it. Not a salaried guy like me. I had some plans, but for sure my job or the stock market doesn't look like helping my cause. I am racing against time and let me check how soon I can beat it, if at all.