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Unless you’re directly comparing hygiene of Delhi with Chennai, I don’t see how southern cities are much more hygienic than northern cities. One thing you’ve to keep in mind that there are way too many cities in north (including all Tier 2 cities) when compared to the south.In the Swachh Bharat survey 2017, you can see that 9 cities are from south in the top 30 cities list; while 10 are from north and 10 are from west (I am not counting New Delhi Municipal Council as it does not reflect the state of all of Delhi).Full list of Swachh Survekshan 2017 Rankings: Know where your city ranks in Swachh Bharat surveyList of cleanest cities in India - WikipediaCities in Kerela have slipped to abysmally low positions on the list of clean cities of India, which was released by the Ministry of Urban Development on Thursday. To make matters worse, four Kerala cities are there in the bottom 100, the hall of shame.Of the nine cities surveyed this year under Swachh Survekshan-2017, the best ranked Kerala city was Kozhikode which was rated the 254th cleanest among the 434 Indian cities surveyed.In hygiene, God’s own cities take a tumbleIt has been a known and accepted opinion that south Indian cities are much more clean than their northern counterparts. When you pull up rankings from 4–5 years ago, you will see south Indian cities dominating the list.Kochi fell from 4th in 2014 to 271st in 2017Thiruvananthapuram fell from 8th in 2014 to 372nd in 2017Chennai fell from 36th in 2016 to 235th in 2017Chennai Declares Itself Open Defecation Free, Hopes This Will Improve Its Swachh Survekshan 2018 Rank | News No city in Kerala is clean enoughSince last 4–5 years, north Indian cities are quite playing the catch up game and with Swachh Bharat campaign the drive to clean has entered the tier 3 cities too. 4200 cities were included in the survey which resulted in north bouncing back on the virtue of having more number of cities than south. Indore is cleanest city from a couple of years and it has happened only recently. I have a friend from Indore who said that Indore was like any other city with garbage dumped everywhere and the development in cleanliness are only recent, the rankings are not wrong.Similarly you can see the western cities in Gujarat and Maharashtra doing very well.The question should actually be why has historically south Indian cities been more hygienic than north Indian ones. And I know people would come up with answers like population, literacy which is true to an extent. But the most important point I’ll say would be the difference in culture.I hail from a small town in Bihar which is currently 275th on the list. I have lived in New Delhi, Mumbai and currently residing in Chennai (covering the urban centres of north, west & south). The main cultural differences I’ve seen is that in north people think that they’re sole owner of public property while this is relatively less common in the south.In north, people have mentality of throwing garbage anywhere on the road as they do not think for once that it’d be harmful for travellers and people dwelling nearby. Kids see their parents doing it and they grow up thinking that its the right way. Also, as people start throwing garbage somewhere, people start to treat it as a dumping site even though its not. Its human mentality to throw a waste where you see heaps of waste piling on, given there is choice between such a site and a cleaner site. Thus they keep throwing garbage at any site and owing to more population, more garbage is dumped openly.In south, the kids have seen their parents keeping their surroundings clean and have grown up that way. Also less population means lesser waste.Also another reason for better hygiene in south India would be due to air quality. World’s topmost 14 polluted cities are in north India. 14 of world's 15 most polluted cities in India, Kanpur tops list As North Indian Cities Gasp For Clean Air, Chennai Breathes Easy Due To Reasons Natural And Manmade | FeaturesIn terms of development, I do not see southern cities being better than northern ones. Travelling is way more easier in Delhi when compared to Bangalore or even in Chennai, courtesy of Delhi Metro. I even find difficulty in getting an Ola or Uber cab in Chennai (It takes 4–5 minutes to find a cab after I confirm and the available cab is generally 20 mins away). I never had such difficulty in northern or western cities. Kolkata was the most developed city 3–4 decades ago until the communist parties sent it back to 50s.Suburban railways were also developed much earlier in northern cities.Also if you look at the cities where metro rail is under service / construction / planning or approved/proposed, there are much more number of northern cities compared to the south.Now you may think that even with more amenities, living in northern cities is much more difficult than southern counterparts. That has happened basically dues to high population and less urban centers in the north. If you pin point all tier 1 & tier 2 cities, you will see a majority of them in the west, not north or south. With less urban centers, people have encroached the existing cities in the north, crippling the infrastructure which was never designed to handle such a population. Southern cities are less affected by this problem and thus you can see the result in their better standard of living.Urban rail transit in India - WikipediaGDP per capita of Indian StatesSo again its matter of population. The lesser it is the better it is to manage the region.Most of the fastest growing cities also lie in the northern region.India's fastest growing cities | Top 35 Fastest Developing and Emerging Cities of India | World's fastest growing urban areas (1)Also if you see the cities in south India, most of them are located on the coast, or only a few miles away. Having ports is very beneficial for any city and opens up many opportunities, which is not an option for northern cities. Northerners are more focussed on agriculture owing to the fertile plains. Thus, industries have been set up in west & south where ports are easily accessible.On an average scale, I think the south Indian cities are much more balanced with the north. No side is having an upper hand overall.

That would be simply because the ancient eight have individual character derived from well intended philanthropy across generations and passionate faculty choosing to influence the next generation.There are many of us here on Quora who write with the hopes that as we help with understanding and strategy that aspirants will enroll in happy matches.For those of us that are older -- who attended universities in the 60a through the 80 the Ivies were certainly if not prestigious a significant curiosity. I mean not all were courted or even welcome. You were going to have resources and important connections. But we did know that there was no choosing Cornell and expecting an NYC Columbia or an independent Bown experience.I think we go along with general modern preferences but we know that if people wrote questions about the Ivy they are most curious about individually alums would readily appear with answers.All this to say that if every third higher education question refers not to anything specific but to a coveted group I fear that students will prioritize making the group ahead of serving their genuine interests.Cornell and Dartmouth people find stress release in back to nature day long retreats, at Harvard, Penn and Yale people surrender an hour or two among house friends to chat about their absolutely nothing. Sure those who can go skiing but how will YOU enjoy the few hours a day that are non-academic? This is important to satisfaction.Columbia students are assumed to be found at three happy hours a week. They actually do that once or twice monthly as volunteering responsibilities are a heartfelt interest more worthy of the timeThere is no one way to do colleges. The eight have all sorts today. It might be nice to read blogs and to discover that you can be with crunchy granola tupes, social types or hard driving career types if you choose to be.We will keep answering your inquiries about Ivy. The other 40 schools that vie for top rsnkings are graduating very satisfied students or they couldn't hold their places.You might get dinged by Georgetown and decide to take up Pomona on that offer (a lark application to the west coast) if you never come back east of the Mississippi it will be that personal touch in the west coast education, your new friends and connections that provided a reset not just sunshine and pleasant climes.) West coast people have a similar awakening at. Cornell and Columbia (and also at NYU.)I say serve yourself and investigate outside your three dream schools. Only you can turn up the gem of an experience. For some that becomes Texas A&M --HOWWdy or a down home northern tier state university you never move far from.

I’ve never personally heard the statement that poor people are better off in Canada than in the US or vice verca, but I can assure you this would be a difficult variable to prove.For the sake of this answer, I’ll use the term ‘impoverished’ to describe poor people. But it’s important to note that being poor can have many different meanings.Canada is known for high employment, great health care, and a central banking system that is the envy of the world. Stability is our middle name - but this does not mean poverty does not exist in Canada.As recorded in 2016 by the Canada Without Poverty Organization, approximately 1 in 7 Canadians live in poverty (4.9 million people).Of these people, those with disabilities are twice as likely to become impoverished. Those who lack proper skills to add to the workforce will also be more likely to live under poverty. For these “poor citizens” food becomes harder to get, shelter becomes more susceptible to natural damages, and disease all the more likely.The Canadian Governments RoleThe Federal government and provincial governments in Canada have established numerous social programs to help the poor.All provinces maintain a program of this sort known by names such as "social assistance", "income support", "income assistance" and "welfare assistance"; popularly they are known as welfare.The purpose of these programs is to alleviate extreme poverty by providing a monthly payment to people with little or no income. The rules for eligibility and the amount given vary widely between the provinces. The welfare program for low income families exists in all provinces.Canada also has unemployment benefits, which are social welfare payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people. Benefits may be small or large, depending on the type of unemployment any given individual faces. Those with disabilities receive more, while those who are simply ‘discouraged’ from working will receive less.Canada also provides free education, free healthcare (up to a certain age) and subsidized housing. I actually live in a subsidized housing neighbourhood (my home not being one of them) and I can safely say that having these homes here is a great use of taxpayers money. They provide an opportunity for young parents, the disabled, and immigrants, to put a roof over their head.Funny story actually. While I was growing up in this neighbourhood, I have 5 really close friends. Their parents were all either young, disabled, or had newly migrated to Canada. My one friend was from Nigeria; his family left due to poor living conditions, and found a safe, capable neighbourhood. He is now graduating university on a full basketball scholarship and has even played for Team Canada.My other friends had both parents living under a disability. Their mother was partially deaf, and their father was, well, who knows. They have both gone on to play basketball for top-tier universities and I’m sure they will be successful in whatever it is they do.Perhaps without subsidized housing, I would have never met these great friends. Perhaps my African friend would still be in Africa, with little hopes of becoming a basketball athlete.Thus, I cans peak on Canadian poverty and disabilities from a personal experience; there are disabled individuals living all throughout my neighbourhood, and they are the kindest, most caring individuals you will ever meet. The short hand they’ve been dealt by God has been adequately met by the sound institutions implemented by the Canadian government, and I am proud to call this nation home.The ComparisonI apologize if this answer seems a bit biased; it is. I love my country, and frankly, I’ve only been to the States a handful of times, but every time I have gone there, I’ve seem some unruly things. Like driving through Detroit at midnight, or taking a wrong turn through the projects of Indianapolis while looking for the Lucas Oil Stadium.Speaking from personal experience, I’ve never felt so scared in my life than when I was in these neighbourhoods in the states. I’ve never felt so threatened. You could literally feel the sense of desperation and hardship when you were in those towns.Detroit, a once flourishing metropolis, is now only a shadow of what it once was. Thing is, there are broken-down cities and neighbourhoods like this all across America, and it really speaks volumes.It is a well-established principle of social justice that a society should make its first priority improving the lot of the worst off among it, and is to be judged by how well it does in this regard. What is more, the news on this front is remarkable, even extraordinary.Taking the graph above, we can see that Canada lies slightly above the States in terms of unemployment, and well above the US in terms of total employment.In 2011, the latest year for which StatsCan has figures, the proportion of the population living on low income — that is, with incomes below the agency’s Low Income Cut-off (LICO) — fell to its lowest level … well, ever. At just 8.8%, it beat the previous record of 9.0%, set in 2010. As recently as 1996, it was at 15.2%. In 1965, the first year for which LICO rates were calculated, it was 25%.Although Canada performs slightly better than our Southern neighbour, according to statistics from LICO, it will still take “another 150 years to eradicate poverty in Canada” and much longer in the US.Incomes for the poor in Canada rose a mere $400, in the US, about the same.We can draw from this that when you are poor, it is indeed very difficult to make money, but when you are rich, money is not a problem. Income inequality in North America is a rising issue, and with the underperforming trends of the poor’s income growth, it seems that this problem will only become bigger in the future.If we compare social benefits of the two nations, things get tricky, very fast. Welfare, health, and education benefits in the States differ from state to state, whereas in Canada, you will likely see uniform distribution.The States does have subsidized housing, and a lot of it. They do have many programs in place to help the poor, I just can’t comment on how effective these programs really are, because I haven’t really seen them first hand.What I do think gives us an accurate comparison of poverty in Canada and the US, is the amount of crime in impoverished areas.A Comparison Of Crime In Canada And The USIt is a fact that neighbourhoods where the poor are concentrated are more prone to high crime rates, and poor residents are the most common victims of crimes. Beyond a simplistic answer of "poor people want/need more stuff so they have to take it," what are other, more researched answers? Oscar Newman offered several in "Creating Defensible Space" (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1996, $15):• A one-parent household headed by a female is more vulnerable to criminal attack.• Families with only one adult present are less able to control their teenage children.• Young teenage mothers are often victimized by their boyfriends.• The criminal activity by the poor is tolerated, if not condoned, among the poor.• The poor, and particularly the poor members of racial minorities, are unable to demand as much police protection.• Committing crimes against residents in rundown and "ghetto" areas requires minimal skill and riskHomicide is 4.5x more likely in the States than in Canada. Police brutality has also made its way into the spotlight as being a major issue in the US.A reason for this may be due to population distribution; poorer areas in the states are much more closely concentrated than areas in Canada due to their 320 million+ population.Crime rates in Chicago and Houston are 30% and 20% respectively. Chicago has a population of 2.7 million, and Houston 2.2 million.Compared to that of Canada,Red Deer, Alberta (population of 100,000) and Drummond Region, Quebec (population 72,000) top the list of Canadian cities with the highest crime rates, with 6.4 and 6.1 respectively; a ways off of 30 and 20 for America’s most crime-induced regions.Now, it is difficult to attribute the United States’ higher crime rates to any specific factor, but I tend to find population distribution a key factor. If Red Deer and Drummond Region had the same populations as Chicago and Houston, this would be a different story.But since we are comparing the different levels of poverty, it is safe to say that because Canadians are for the most part, more spread out, they are less susceptible to life-threatening crimes than many low-income areas in the US, which indeed, makes life for poor citizens in Canada a great deal easier.But There Is One More Interesting Comparison To Be Made HereGeography.Canada’s northern region is one of the coldest places on Earth, yet, thousands of people still live there.41,000 people live in the Northwest Territories, another 36,000 in Nunavut, and 8,000 in Iqaluit. These numbers aren’t large, but these are still Canadian citizens, who for the most part, are dangerously poor, and cold, very, very cold.But their struggles go beyond that of Northern Canada’s harsh climate. People living in Nunavut don't need to be reminded they pay more for groceries than other Canadians, but the Nunavut Bureau of Statistics has released some new statistics showing exactly how much more they pay.A price tag lists the price and subsidy of a four-litre jug of milk at a grocery store in Iqaluit in December 2014. The average price of a one-litre jug of two-per-cent milk in Nunavut in March 2015 was $3.21, compared to a Canadian average of $2.34, according to the Nunavut Bureau of Statistics. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)The territorial statistics collector sampled food and non-food item prices in all 25 Nunavut communities in March 2015. It then compared them with what Statistics Canada says is the Canadian average for those same items.The average Canadian pays $5.03 for a 2.5-kilogram bag of white flour, while Nunavut residents pay more than double that, $13.60.In general Nunavummiut can expect to pay around twice the price other Canadians pay for the same items. The same goes for residents in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Iqaluit.So how does food get to this isolated region?You guessed it, mostly by plane during the winter months, because Northern Canadian roads are too icy for trucks to drive on.The hardship of living in Arctic Canada is difficult to compare to anywhere on Earth, let alone the States.If we are to take geography into account when comparing poverty of these two great nations, I think I can speak on behalf of Quora when I say I’d rather be living on the Street in Miami than living in an Igloo during a Canadian winter.Overall, poverty remains one of the most crippling issues that we face in North America. The wealth inequality gap continues to grow, and the economy is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of the poor - in both Canada and the States.However, I trust that the Canadian and US governments are capable of taking the right steps to alleviating poverty in our great continent.Thank you for reading this answer! Please leave a comment and share this answer if you enjoyed it. If you want to read more about economics, make sure to visit my website, The Global Millennial. God bless.