Is Life Really Better Abroad?

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Is life really better? I suppose that that is a subjective question.

It is better for me, but then again there are just some creature comforts that I can not live without. I like having constant power in my home as well as running water to be able to do basic things like flushing the toilet at will.

I do not like walking around and seeing beggars with small children on the street, darting in and out of traffic. I do not like to see cripples having to fend for themselves and I do not like seeing dead bodies on the road while people conduct their daily business around without a care in the world.

But then again, each to their own.

@ poster: "Although, you might get paid a lot for working at six flags but, the government takes half your money for taxes. That's rough. Do Nigerians even pay taxes to the gov't?"

The answer to your question is yes (sometimes multiple), especially does in the formal sector. Talking about taxes, in Nigeria most of the taxes paid to govt. end up in private pockets, there is nothing to show for the taxes hard working and sincere Nigerians pay other than;
                                                    no power
                                                    terrible roads
                                                    fallen standard of education
                                                    fallen standard of health care
                                                    no water, and the list goes on.
My dear we Nigerians would love and wish that  life in Nigeria is better here than abroad, but the stack reality is that, for the average Nigerian living in Nigeria, life is an excruciating struggle.

@gaby, believe you me you are the bomb, i don't see any life abroad better than naija oo, i have never hv reasons to stay abroad more than a period of 6 months when i went on trainin in different countries,look life isn't better abroad i met naija people who i even hv to give a hand of feellowship and this were guys who made me reaslise they are living big when they visited naija,i was dumbfounded when i called on most of them without notice of me coming,when i was in the university i had friends who left for abroad immediately my dear people they are doing any where good, i am not rich ooo but with God i am comfortable but this guys hv noting to show off except slangs and pictures

@damsy07, look i am very surprise that we still have ppeople like you who believe abroad is better than naija, i have been to over 15 countries in the course of my working for one of the biggest oil companies in the world operating in naija i have met friends who left naija early enough as at when we graduated in 2000,but the question now what are they doing abroad?i am 100% comfortable here at home, i might not be rich but atleast i don't have to wash dead bodies,sweep,clean glasses or even arrange fake marriages all in the name of stabilizing,yes they all went abroad before me but they are either just in one country and never moved,i am home and have gone way far ahead i cried when i met a medical doctor who clean shoe abroad,haba health system in naija might be bad but i tell you if that guy happen to be in naija by now i am sure one these might must have loan him to set up a clinic,naija is improving it might not be the best yet but we will get there,go and read what GABY said,he actually said it all and let me ask a question if abroad is betetr why do i still go abroad and spend so much for my friends that has been there for years,they even envy me and i still wonder why???

simple answer:

somethings are LOST while somethings are GAINED.

it is not about better but are you HAPPY.

It depends on your situation wherever you are.

Not everybody living abroad wash dishes and dead bodies,I for one don't. I have a white collar job and I didn't have to enter a fake marriage arrangement with anyone to legalize my stay.

Gone are the days when doctors shine shoes abroad o, they simply shine their eyes these days. They are in high demand everywhere. Unless of course the doctor was cargoed in to the country or he graduated from a mushroom college and can't face professional exams abroad.

Why move around like migratory birds if they are ok wherever they are?

One of which people would've helped him? you? who? How many people are willing to help a brother in distress? How about starting with the doctors dragging their feet about town wearing cheap 2-piece suits looking for investors. I bet you won't give that doctor a dime if he comes to you for help tomorrow.

Well, yes. . . but how many people are feeling it?


You probably misrepresented yourself by giving them the impression that you are very rich, or like I said earlier, it depends on their situation.

I am very passionate about naija, I love naija too much, but let's face it; life aint easy over there. You are comfortable, my mum is comfortable, my siblings are doing fine,  but what percentage of Nigerians are ok? A country where corruption has eaten deep in to our flesh, about 70% of our graduates are either unemployed or doing derogratory jobs, Hospitals are no go areas, people who can afford it have to travel abroad for proper diagnosis and treatment, Roads are horrible, portable water is a tall dream, electricity is a forgone issue and people have to sleep in darkness or get choked by the fumes of their generator, most people are hungry, angry and frustrated. . . Abroad, you get readily available buses to work, get on a train or opt for a decent taxi, water aint no tall dream, Electricity is constant, Health care is top priority, no incessant blaring of horns by frustrated drivers. . .  All these alone make people think twice about settling in naija especially if you've experienced both sides. I feel bad when I go to naija and I see kids running naked with mucus running down their noses with no shoes on!

I know there's no single country without its ups and downs but out of two evils, one is still better than the other. I'm a professional, I contribute to the economic growth of a foreign country and I really look forward to doing that for my own country soon.

You are so right.
Bottomline: Abroad is cool if your stay is legal. Make money and go back home. That way, you can enjoy life or get a good job like Carnal and tour the world 

IS LIFE REALLY BETTER ABROAD?

There is QUALITY of life which is most important than having all the money in the world. It depends on individuals sha. While i only hold a temporary residence permit and i am happy living with no plan to return home in a hurry, my cousin who holds a British passport (by birth) is dying to relocate home after spending the first few years of his life in UK, back in Nigeria for his primary, secondary n uni educatn and returned to UK for the past 10 years. So u see it depends.

oh jezz!! i thought that i woul never have to do this again, because of what has been told to nigerians in the past most of us now tend to see any place outside nigeria as a better place, i was one of them, graduated from futo at 22, had the world in front of me, but then came these guys with body hugs, and black v boots, fucking all the good girls in town and making alot of noise cus they came from ABROAD, i wanted to be like them , apart from the body hug part, i did nopt even go to service, tried and failed once, twice then finally jetted out out our HELL, to anywhere but nigeria, only to discover that most of those guys where beggers in italy, factory workiers in germany, asylum seekers in denmark, telling stories like MY FATHER WAS KILLED, MY MUM BEHEADED, i mean you can imagine when one of the guys  told me that i was going to work, and i dressed up in my shirt and tie, with polished shoes, only to end up at a hacking shop inthe middle of prato in central italy, shop owned by an ibgo guy, attending to no less than 300 abled bodied nigerian men and women per day, to go an hack in italy, or the girls go and prostitute, ehh!!
or is iti the almighty, God be great LONDON, where we will all jump into not even thinking about what the next day might hold or runing into your dad´s mate still trying to make it or husler, i mean i even tried to tell some of these guys that you could go to school and try to make something better of your lives, the said nope, can't do, people where telling me you just the ozgoooo, you no want husle, hack for street, beg for money, date our prostitute girls and promise them wedlock, so that you can feed thro their cunt making hands, or work in a farm, or a factory that rates your performance with a computer, while your bosses, kick your asses, and drive away on porsches, my point is TELL THE TRUTH- it is not easy, has never been, will never be, most of us left with business or visiting visa, what do you think will be waiting for those kind of people on the great beyond, i mean you guys in we too large Yankee and we too great UK, you are not the only ones staying abroad, the lies, misconceptions and the borrowing to come and spend attitude combined with the ´doing all that you can to make it cus people back at home are counting the minutes you spent abroad, is not what people need,
what people need are: if you go abroad without the right papers, you are stucked and in deep shit
all that glitters is not gold
don't sell all you have at home just to come abroad,
try and get an eduction here
get yourself onthe right track
don't forget where you came from
would i say nigeria is better than abroad, if you look at the life of an illegal immigrant in europe, us, aussie land or maori land, its hell, for a person who is legal, you can begin or start on the right footting, but the question is how many of us come to abroad legal, how many of us even listen to it, there are two types of abroad for a nigerian, the poor, non englsh speaking, no free schools, discrimnatory, eastern block, cummnist mentality abroad, the likes of russia, ukraine, poland, greece, italy, even some parts of germany, holland, throw in france cus of language there and all the other places that the blk population is less than 2%, and the other one is the english speaking, past glory, flashy, facky too good to be true, all is well, weastern part of the world, uk, yankee land, canada, all all the rest, plus antartica cus we will soon be going there as soon as they begin to have an embassey, the question that we should be asking ourselves´, is how can we help to inform more nigerians, cus we that have gone abroad have seen how hard or how bad it can get, you will not tell me that you have never had a bad day i8n your lives since you crossed over, instead of asking where is better, cus if you have all and thro it away just to come abroad, you will regret it, even if the electricity is on 24 hrs in your stomach and a machine wipes your asses, my only joy is that i am going to school again and will be finishing soon and will be making the best out of my life once again, cus the world is my home, i come from the world too, this earth, be it in nigeria or anywhere else, hopfully nigeria

Carnal,this is the most despicable idea i have ever heard of a man who profess to have travelled far and wide and working with a multinational oil firm,above all educated with a university degree.It depict the type of product coming out of the decay Nigeria university system.
The topic of the thread is "Is life really better abroad ?".In your widely travel,its still difficult for you to see the difference.Thank God you work in an Oil firm that can afford to pay your lavishly,but you cannot see the reason why Nigeria public school children are at home for about 4 weeks.
You cannot see the reason why FRSC is discouraging people from Night travel.Tell exactly where you are Nigerian cleaning shoes?FYI every worker in the western country take dignity in doing their various jobs from the street cleaners to the CEOs.
Personally i am patriotic Nigerian but i hate situations people using their privilege position to down grade other,Achebe said"those who;s kernel have been crack for them by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble".
BROWN BONNO,THANKS,CARNAL IS JUST TRYING TO SHOW US THE BRAIN BEHIND OUR UNIVERSITY GRADUATES OF THESE DAYS.
MY ADVICE TO HIM IS TO STOP FEELING PROUD ABOUT HIS ACHIVMENT AND REASON WELL ABOUT THOSE WHO WHERE NOT FORTUNATE LIKE
HIM.
I ALSO THINK WHENEVER HE COMMES OVER HERE AND FIND A NIGERIAN DOCTOR CLEANING SHOES HE SHOULD STOP TELLING US THAT HE HELPS THEM BUT GO AHEAD TAKE THEM BACK HOME AND LOAN THEM MONEY TO OPEN CLINICS.
A LEGAL NIGERIAN WILL ALWAYS DO WELL.
ADVISE FOR THOSE COMMING:
DO YOUR RESERCH WELL AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE HOLDING A VISA THAT CAN ENABLE YOU WORK IN YOUR CHOICE OF PROFESSION.