A
Seattle-based
c eato
posted
a
video
ece tly
with
a
title
gua a teed
to
get
clicks:
“What’s
the
wo st
pa t
about
livi g
i
I dia?”
The
pu chli e?
Eve ythi g
he
complai ed
about
actually
makes
the
cou t y
objectively
bette
tha
most
places
o
Ea th!Yuvaa
Ibañez
Ga wa e,
a
Seattle-based
co te t
c eato ,
has
spe t
ove
16
yea s
i
I dia.
Bo
to
a
Colombia
fathe
a d
a
I dia
mothe ,
he
g ew
up
i
I dia
befo e
movi g
to
Si gapo e
a d
the
U ited
States
fo
educatio .
Cu e tly
wo ki g
i
the
US,
his
backg ou d
gives
him
a
pa ticula
va tage
poi t.
He
has
lived
o
both
sides
of
the
compa iso
a d
is ‘t
shy
about
which
side
has
eal
adva tages.
I
his
video,
he
spoke
about
some
of
the
best
thi gs
about
I dia,
though
it
was
f amed
i
a
athe
sa castic
way.
Each
supposed
‘wo st
pa t’
is
evide ce
of
somethi g
I dia
does
well!
The
captio
eads,
“What’s
the
wo st
pa t
about
livi g
i
I dia?”
Healthca e
The
fi st
item
o
his
list
of
‘wo st’
thi gs
is
healthca e.
Ga wa e
spoke
about
how
I dia’s
healthca e
is
high
quality
a d
shocki gly
affo dable!
“It’s
so
high
quality
a d
so
cheap
that
I
do ‘t
k ow
what
to
do
with
the
est
of
my
mo ey.
Like,
I
got
a
MRI,
X- ay,
a d
blood
wo k
do e
fo
less
tha
100
USD,”
he
said.The
co t ast
is
c ucial.
I
the
US,
those
same
tests
u
i to
the
thousa ds.
If
the
i su a ce
does
ot
cove
them,
you’ e
looki g
at
$1,500
to
$3,000
easily
out
of
you
pocket.
Quick
e-comme ce
The
same-day
delive y
optio s
feel
athe
a cie t
fo
I dia s
because
of
quick
e-comme ce
apps,
which
delive
g oce ies
a d
esse tials
i
u de
10
mi utes
i
majo
cities.
“I
I dia,
I
ca
p ess
two
butto s
a d
have
g oce ies
delive ed
to
my
doo
i
u de
10
mi utes
fo
a
f actio
of
the
cost.
It’s
gotte
to
the
poi t
ow
i
the
US
whe e
same-day
delive y
with
Amazo
does
ot
cut
it,”
the
c eato
sha ed.
Commu ity
The
thi d
thi g
o
Ga wa e’s
‘wo st’
list
has
to
be
the
commu ity.
I
I dia,
people
actually
k ow
thei
eighbou s.He
explai ed
the
West
Coast
phe ome o
of
how
you
ca
live
ext
to
someo e
fo
five
yea s
a d
eve
speak.
It’s
ot
ecessa ily
ude ess.
It’s
just
how
the
social
default
wo ks
i
most
cities
i
the
West,
whe e
people
a e
self-co tai ed,
scheduled,
a d
maximally
p ivate.
But
I dia
is
diffe e t.
People
like
to
k ow
who
thei
eighbou s
a e.
I
fact,
most
of
them
have
a
appo t
simila
to
that
of
a
family.
“I
feel
like
i
Weste
cities,
you
ca
live
ext
to
someo e
fo
five
yea s
a d
eve
eve
talk
to
them,”
he
said.The
c eato
spoke
about
how
thi gs
a e
diffe e t
i
I dia.
He
k ows
his
eighbou s
a d
eve
gets
i vited
to
thei
family
gathe i gs
a d
celeb atio s.
“But
i
I dia,
I
ca
meet
someo e,
have
a
good
co ve satio ,
a d
sudde ly
I’m
adopted
by
thei
whole
family,
I
k ow
all
thei
au ties,
a d
I’m
i vited
to
the
weddi g,”
he
said.
The
social
fab ic
i
I dia
wo ks
diffe e tly.
I
this
cou t y,
st a ge s
a e
a ely
st a ge s
fo
ve y
lo g.
I te et
eactio
The
video
has
ga e ed
massive
atte tio
o
I stag am,
with
ove
629K
views.
It
has
eceived
both
positive
a d
egative
espo ses
o li e.
O e
I stag am
use
app eciated
the
ma ‘s
video
a d
added,
“We
a e
so
glad!”
A othe
ag eed,
“Bo
a d
lived
the e
28
yea s,
my
life
felt
so
ich
i
all
aspects.”
A
thi d
said,
“It
is
so
t ue.
I
have
eve
lived
i
I dia
fo
mo e
tha
3
mo ths.
It
is
so
t ue
about
eve ythi g
you
said;
I
ca
elate
completely.”O e
etize
c iticised
the
affo dability
of
livi g
i
I dia:
“It’s
fu
whe
you
ea
i
dolla s
a d
spe d
i
INR.”
A othe
said,
“Ask
the
bottom
60%
of
the
populatio
of
I dia
how
g eat
healthca e
is.”O e
etize
a gued
that
i
the
US,
healthca e
is
bette
tha
the
c eato
claims.
The
ma
evealed
that
he
has
bee
livi g
with
ch o ic
health
co ditio s
fo
the
past
two
decades.
He
eeds
MRIs
afte
eve y
docto ‘s
visit,
has
had
seve al
su ge ies,
a d
is
o
eight
diffe e t
medicatio s,
but
he
has
‘ eve
paid
a ythi g’.
“My
gove me t
health
ca e
compa y,
U itedHealthca e,
is
a
Medica e
Adva tage
pla .
I
get
$2,500
USD
towa ds
hea i g,
$2,000
towa ds
de tal,
$400
towa ds
visio ,
plus
$250
fo
healthy
foods
a d
othe
pe ks,
a d
fo
all
of
this
I’ve
eve
paid
a
dime,
so
what
does
this
kid
k ow
about
healthca e
i
the
US?”
the
ma
asked.He
also
a gued
that
despite
livi g
i
the
u al
pa ts,
his
g oce ies
get
delive ed
i
o
time.
The
etize
fu the
added,
“As
fa
as
talki g
to
someo e,
a d
ext
thi g
you
k ow,
you’ e
pa t
of
the
family.
Pe so ally,
I
like
my
p ivacy
as
do
most
US
families.
I
could ‘t
ca e
less
who
lives
ext
to
me,
but
the
agai ,
I
do ‘t
have
a
eighbo
a
mile
i
a y
di ectio ,
a d
I
love
it.
But
the
agai ,
the
US
is ‘t
faci g
ove populatio ,
a d
although
we
obviously
have
ga bage,
we
do ‘t
just
th ow
litte
o
the
g ou d.”The
use
also
spoke
about
the
‘u sa ita y’
st eet
food
a d
the
lack
of
p ope
waste
disposal
i
the
cou t y.
“I
have
f ie ds
f om
I dia,
so
I
watch
lots
of
videos
f om
I dia,
a d
it
looks
t ashy,
a d
the
st eet
food
p epa atio
looks
ho ibly
u sa ita y.
I
do
k ow
that
my
I dia
f ie ds
livi g
i
the
US
say
they
would
eve
etu .”