Obviously, most people cannot afford to rent apartments and have to live with their parents. It makes for a tough existence. The parents' house would be cramped because the son may have started his own family and it would be virtually impossible for her to rent or buy a house in Mumbai. These problems lead to tremendous stress and family physicians have noticed an increasing trend among women to present with resultant headache, lassitude and depression. Things are a little better outside Mumbai, especially in the smaller towns.
Housing is more easily available, and rentals are reasonable.
Most don't succeed and live a crazy life, but they still think their lives are better than what they would have been in the small towns and villages that they have left behind. For an American, it can be a complex question to answer. Sometimes it's easier for some of us to just let the nasty stereotypes out of their pens so they can mess with your mind. I have blonde hair, for instance, and I live in sunny southern California. There you go.