| Tamil Nadu is called the 'Gateway of the South'. Higher educational facilities are available. Temple worship, splendid festivals, aromatic south Indian food and many more exotic things and places make it a place where everyone wants to buy a home. In addition to this, the state has maintained an amazing pace of industrial development, which, in turn, is providing a solid platform for all sorts of commercial activities to grow expansively and extensively. The high level of fundamental infrastructure and much developed social sectors have made the place more ideally suited for dwelling and building homes. Therefore, we find people seeking abode in different cities of the state. Chennai, being the capital and an important metro city, is the obvious choice for most of the home seekers. The other cities, such as Madurai, Coimbatore, Salem etc. are also getting attention from these new settlers. The success of IT industry in these cities of high ambitions is the most recent phenomenon that has increased the pace of demographic drift throughout the state. |