what's with chennai that recession seems to have taken a detour down here..none of the effects that one saw in the rest of the world seems to have happened in this developed village that is presently known as chennai..things are more costlier..real estate keeps booming with sqft rates sky-rocketing ..cars gets sold faster than they arrive at the showroom..crowds keep milling at textile shops and even at jewellery stores there is no dearth of people even when gold hovers around 2000 a gm..Is it because outsiders have started to overtake the locals..Maybe yes.. what with all the auto and IT giants setting shop here we the city's ancients are slowly being nudged out by upcountry youths who have marched in to take control with their heavier pockets..