So many Indians at my complex.

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bigrash

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I work in Manhattan and 95% of Indian people that I work with live in NJ. I think because it's cheap and easy transportation to the city.
 

Anonemous

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I remember I had to help a friend clean out an apartment that previously had Indian tenants. Couldn't get the curry or cooking smells off the walls and it was so pungent and overpowering. I love the food but man that stuff doesn't come off easily when you are cleaning. Ended up having to repaint the entire place and redo the floor since it had embedded itself into the entire apt.
 

manimal

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I remember I had to help a friend clean out an apartment that previously had Indian tenants. Couldn't get the curry or cooking smells off the walls and it was so pungent and overpowering. I love the food but man that stuff doesn't come off easily when you are cleaning. Ended up having to repaint the entire place and redo the floor since it had embedded itself into the entire apt.

My moms house always smelled like basil. To this day I equate it to home. Food smells. Get over it.


Ever smelled Bacalao after being cooked? You can smell it three days later.
 

alkemyst

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In general, most rentals I have been in tend to be 'funky'. Too small living arrangements and poor ventalation.
 

Childs

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Sunnyvale CA is very similar. Haha

Yeah, its like there is a metaphorical fight between Indians and Mexicans to see who will take over the Sunnyvale. There is a section like that in Cupertino, where its like every apartment complex in a two block radius is occupied by Indians. Not that different than any other group coming into the US. First time in a new country you want to be around your own kind to ease the transition. Many older big cities still have Little Italys, Japantowns, ChinaTowns, Irish, Little Odessas, etc.
 

hans007

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Yeah, its like there is a metaphorical fight between Indians and Mexicans to see who will take over the Sunnyvale. There is a section like that in Cupertino, where its like every apartment complex in a two block radius is occupied by Indians. Not that different than any other group coming into the US. First time in a new country you want to be around your own kind to ease the transition. Many older big cities still have Little Italys, Japantowns, ChinaTowns, Irish, Little Odessas, etc.



sunnyvale is one fo those cities though where everyone is pretty upper middle class, but its still all the same race.

when you think china town you usually think less well to do. i went to visit a friend who lived in sunnyvale and the brand new complexes around him were called things like tamarind townhomes which i thought was hilarious.
 

zoiks

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Lived 5 years in Sunnyvale. If you see a Toyota Corolla there on the street, you could bet and win money 9 out of 10 times that its being driven by an Indian.

Have no issues with them. Except that I wish that they bathe routinely (daily). The train everyday used to stench with a sweat smell when full of Indians when commuting to SF.
 

busydude

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Have no issues with them. Except that I wish that they bathe routinely (daily). The train everyday used to stench with a sweat smell when full of Indians when commuting to SF.

We shower every day.. but the problem is we Indians sweat profusely. Heavy sweating + No mainstream acceptance of using deo = We stink.
 

hans007

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Also try washing hands after shitting.

I agree on the body odor thing. My Indian coworkers are stank. Especially the work visa ones who haven't been Americanized as much .

One other disturbingly disgusting thing. Guy at work on the shitter or pissing talking on a cellphone. Always and Indian guy . I've seen Indian guy texting while at a urinal. Seriously
 
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I agree on the body odor thing. My Indian coworkers are stank. Especially the work visa ones who haven't been Americanized as much .

One other disturbingly disgusting thing. Guy at work on the shitter or pissing talking on a cellphone. Always and Indian guy . I've seen Indian guy texting while at a urinal. Seriously

a lot also do not wash their hands afterwards.
there's this indian guy at work who just rinses his hands under the faucet for 2 seconds without using soap, as if to show he's conforming to tradition.
 

busydude

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a lot also do not wash their hands afterwards.

Somehow just one sample in your life suddenly became a lot.


I know this white guy who goes straight for the exit after he is done peeing. Therefore, a lot of white guys don't wash their hands at all.

I also saw this white guy with poop stains and a homeless guy who reeked of urine in walmart. Therefore, all white guys go to walmart to shop, are homeless, reek of urine and have poop stains on their pants.
 

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a lot also do not wash their hands afterwards.
there's this indian guy at work who just rinses his hands under the faucet for 2 seconds without using soap, as if to show he's conforming to tradition.

I work with some Israelis who don't even glance at the sink after taking a dump, so Indians don't hold the gold medal in that event.
 

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If you think about it, here in america we just smear a thin layer of shit on our asses with toilet paper... more so with the cheapo 10 mile long 1 ply toilet paper they have in public restrooms.
 

Svnla

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All of the posts in this thread and no one mention Indian movies with song, sing, and dance yet?

What with movies AND sing/song/dance?
 

hans007

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I work with some Israelis who don't even glance at the sink after taking a dump, so Indians don't hold the gold medal in that event.

I work with an Israeli who is basically the least politically correct guy on earth and will reach into has pants randomly to scratch his ass then randomly come to peoples desks and put his hand on their shoulder . I am assuming this is not typical . He's yet another programmer so I know this might just fall in the programmer stereotype