Other than us Old Dhaka-Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara-Dhanmandi-Uttara folks, not including places like T&T Bosti in our areas, Dhaka sucks for most who live here. Most people living here, easily the overwhelming majority of the city's population, are forced to live here in order to make a bare-minimum living for themselves and their families. Life for most Dhakaites is far worse than anything we can imagine. Besides, the number 2 is quite appropriate for the most Dui-nombori city in the world.
That being said:
The current population is close to 20 million with 65-70% unemployment including endemic underemployment and not counting government/defense jobs. You'll have riots in any other city under these conditions but not here. Not because we're complacent, but because we're genuinely peaceful, patient, resilient, know how to make sacrifices for our families and accept the good.
Dhaka may one of the LEAST LIVABLE, but her people make her one of the MOST LOVABLE cities in the world, and that's the whole truth.
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"And do not curse those who call on other than GOD, lest they blaspheme and curse GOD, out of ignorance. We have adorned the works of every group in their eyes. Ultimately, they return to their Lord, then He informs them of everything they had done." (Qur'an 6:108)
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