jpworld:

I am home already with my wife and kids. The issue is mostly money. Many Naija abroad are poor and overrated as rich people. That's the reason majority refuse to come back.

ruffrider:

Nope I wouldn't go back.  That place looks horrific.  But then again some people like it like that.  Not me.  I would be standing up the whole time I am their, not sitting down.  

DamiKhojie:

Seriously many of you Nigerians in Nigeria sound very bitter. No matter where you live unless you're blessed with connections (hell even if you are) you're going to have to struggle to try and make it. It's very misleading to suggest people who go abroad wouldn't have been struggling if they had stayed in Nigeria. It's also ridiculous to generalize every Nigerian abroad based on people you know of and from gossip it's usually the ones struggling who make the most noise, [size=14pt]people who are well off don't need to prove it to you.[/size] In reality most Nigerians abroad do struggle for awhile but it's not for nothing eventually many will be comfortably living in the Suburbs. You Nigerians abroad aren't much better some of you sound so condescending and snobby. We all know Nigeria has it's problems but at the end of the day it's still where your roots are. It also isn't nearly as bad as some of you are describing/thinking.

@Topic Maybe imo opinion the best time to try and do this would be when you're young or after your well settled (like when your kids are out of the house). To be honest the chances of me going to Nigeria after I graduate are slim but if the economy/jobmarket are still poor when I do It'd definitely be a possibility.

SSaemoenl:

My dream to ride Ferrari!! lol

buzugee:

i guess the conclusion to this whole argument is that nigeria is a wonderful place (it truly is, i have seen my rich friends on facebook on jetskis in the waters of the island, i have seen underground underwater restaurants where you are sorrounded by glass through which you see sharks and stuff, i have seen bentleys, beautiful mansions, cobbled streets, one of the best medical facilitys in the world in victoria island with all foreign trained doctors who specialize in stuff like cardiology, i have seen thousands of people in bike clubs (they all own harley davidsons and in groups of thousands ride around the island, i hear they even ride to ghana sef, i have seen incredible shopping malls, i have seen beautiful parks on the island with basketball and tennis courts, people now own yachts on the island, interior decorators with showrooms that bath and beyond will be jealous of, i have seen clubs on the beaches where you pay to rent ATV and drive it all over the sand i have seen it all in naija,

so what i am trying to say is that naija is the most beautiful place if you have money, and the most miserable place if you dont. so if you are broke and living abroad ? there is no point in coming home. seriously. stay where you are. but if you are extremely rich and living in diaspora ? now is the time to come and enjoy what lagosians under the tutelage of fashola, the chinese, the arabs have built. a wonderful paradise for the taking. but only if you are rich


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We all know what an ATV is grandpa , all the super exclusive activities like riding in the sand,boating,yachting,playing basketball and tennis is in every suburb of every major city in the US.you sound like a noob.From my house I can walk to a golf club,an airport,many tennis,basketball courts and endless trails for jogging,nature watching and relaxation.You really must be a roaster if you are fantasizing about naija so much.You need some sort of loan?

atampakoeg:

Exactly. So, why are you talking like that if the bolded is true?

If the likes of Awolowo, Zik, etc studied abroad and stayed put, maybe Nigeria will still be under her colonial masters.

Anyway, noone is begging you, bro.

Te hehehe.
Te hehehehe. People who are well off dont worry about what people say about them.

kabukabu50:

buzugee:

ok first off you are probably older than me. i am a young man but i started travelling early so i have tonnes of experience. secondly all those things are not in any surburbs. those kind of things are downtown. which surburb in america has yachts and underground restaurants ? none that i have been in. matter of fact all the american surburbs i have been in are boring and depressing. yes the houses are bigger but the people in them all stay indoors, and are very standoffish and snooty. good luck with that kind of living.

and lastly those kind of surburbs are filled with white people. good luck trying to play golf in the midst of all the archaic old white men.

imagine having all this in your own country ? you walk in there and everyone looks like you. no pre-concieved and hidden ideas about superiority ? utter bliss

a roaster ? what does that mean ? am i fantasizing about naija ? nope, but i am working towards making enough money so i can go back. if you call that roasting ? then i will be a roaster everyday all day. in fact from now on, just call me roaster. you see quite unlike you ? i had a very good time in nigeria. i bought my first car when i was 18 in naija. a datsun stanza. the only reason i stupidly left naija was because i am a british citizen. so i figured, hey you are british ? why not go to jand. i didnt leave naija because i was a suffer head like you. this is why i still have good memorys of the place. i no stay inside mushin slum like you  

EzeUche0:

And who d helll are you atampakoeg?

I guess you never have heard of the great EzeUche.

kabukabu50:

More,Georgia Aquarium,the largest aquarium in the world and Bikeweek in Atlanta.