ezeagu:
Aesthetically and in some other ways Enugu is more liveable, while Port Harcourt is cheaper and you can make more money there.

azat:
There is no one who has stayed in enugu who will not rate it above other nigerian cities, except abuja. Enugu is the closest thing to abuja in terms of orderliness and planning.

Even the poor areas are properly planned. Areas like Asata, Ogui, Uwani an co are for the poor and very poor, yet they are not slums. Houses are well planned, roads are good and extremely interconnected, so much so that one hardly differentiates one street from the other. You dont call an area slum cos of the quality of houses there.

The network and quality of roads kn enugu is amazing. So much more you can drive the whole city in about an hour. No traffic jams....no bad roads. Few bad ones are constantly maintained and repaired as they r currently doing. No matter the rain, there is not a single flood anytime. The last governor really tried for the city.

I have lived in enugu, benin, lagos, uyo, abuja....I pick enugu anytime (asides abuja). It is a city i stay and feel like people are sane...so approvingly unNigerian. Uyo is cool. And abj is the best.

I have not been to calabar or ph. However, analaysis by neutrals is always positive for calabar as a neat, and ordely and livable city. By contrast, neutrals who stay in PH will always tell u of the negatives of the city, from being chaotic to badroads and the infamous traffic jams.

Being livable aint the same as economic viability. People would always diffuse towards the areas with more econmic viablity. As such, lagos (Commercial capital and former Admin capital of the country), PH (oil), Warri (oil), Onithsa (small and medium scale business, industries) witness more influx of people for economic gains. Same way south african, lebanese, chinese and Indian nationalz come to Nigeria for market purposes. It does not mean that Nigeria is more livable than south africa, etc.

It will surprise many ppl how residents of enugu feel about the town. It is not myopia or lack of travel, it is just the fact. These country just has no city in the real sense of the word. Travelling made me appreciate enugu the more, being born and bred there but left after university education.

Like the OP, I am from Asaba, which is a very overhyped town that has nothing really.

Abagworo:


If they were spaced out with good parking space, lifts, water and power I would not tag them slum. When you compare with Independence Layout it can give you a hint on what I mean.

menabadoo:
come back when akure starts receiving
1. Big artists
2. Nigeria idol audition
3. Gulder ultimate search audition
4. Project fame
5. Nollywood stars
6. International shows

Enugu is not industrialized but not when akure is mentioned. Stop derailing this thread with that town called akure.

azat:
There is no one who has stayed in enugu who will not rate it above other nigerian cities, except abuja. Enugu is the closest thing to abuja in terms of orderliness and planning.

Even the poor areas are properly planned. Areas like Asata, Ogui, Uwani an co are for the poor and very poor, yet they are not slums. Houses are well planned, roads are good and extremely interconnected, so much so that one hardly differentiates one street from the other. You dont call an area slum cos of the quality of houses there.

The network and quality of roads kn enugu is amazing. So much more you can drive the whole city in about an hour. No traffic jams....no bad roads. Few bad ones are constantly maintained and repaired as they r currently doing. No matter the rain, there is not a single flood anytime. The last governor really tried for the city.

I have lived in enugu, benin, lagos, uyo, abuja....I pick enugu anytime (asides abuja). It is a city i stay and feel like people are sane...so approvingly unNigerian. Uyo is cool. And abj is the best.

I have not been to calabar or ph. However, analaysis by neutrals is always positive for calabar as a neat, and ordely and livable city. By contrast, neutrals who stay in PH will always tell u of the negatives of the city, from being chaotic to badroads and the infamous traffic jams.

Being livable aint the same as economic viability. People would always diffuse towards the areas with more econmic viablity. As such, lagos (Commercial capital and former Admin capital of the country), PH (oil), Warri (oil), Onithsa (small and medium scale business, industries) witness more influx of people for economic gains. Same way south african, lebanese, chinese and Indian nationalz come to Nigeria for market purposes. It does not mean that Nigeria is more livable than south africa, etc.

It will surprise many ppl how residents of enugu feel about the town. It is not myopia or lack of travel, it is just the fact. These country just has no city in the real sense of the word. Travelling made me appreciate enugu the more, being born and bred there but left after university education.

Like the OP, I am from Asaba, which is a very overhyped town that has nothing really.

InyinyaAgbaOku:

Asata, awkwunanaw, uwani,coal camp are low class areas in Enugu but they are replete with good, wide and marked major roads, tarred inner street roads , planned settlements . Can any city beat that?
Chime avenue has good roads everywhere,Emene too. What's your argument?
All you Enugu haters can rot in hell for all we care.

Kagawa10:

Enugu is a basically a barren place! Nothing of interest over there!

InyinyaAgbaOku:

Simple and short.
And Enugu is more livable. Coal camp that is supposedly a slum has good tarred roads in the inner streets, are pH slums tarred?

Ioannes:
lol so why are people leaving Enugu to come to the southwest or am I missing something?

lyntiffany:
And your people are flying in like witches to come serve for the state? Simply because it's a livable and lovable City, to crown it all we pay them well, #10k no be here.

Remind me the amount your Akure town... O! City... my bad pays their corp members?

lyntiffany:
Why waste your time in educating that grumpy old fool from the 1940s?
Have taken my time to list our expansion and developmental areas yet his still leaving in denial.
Heard his from Imo State, little wonder he acts out his frustration of his deplorable state on this thread.

Pls I mean no harsh words to the imolites.

lyntiffany:
did I hear you say ph slums tarred?
My dear they are not.
Even the streets close to their airport road is not tarred, the road that leads directly to their airport is in a big mess.
Come to D-line you will cry Jesus wept and so many other places.

abagoro:



Ugly women always lack manners and think good of themselves. I don't blame you. Do you want to see the ugly side of Enugu here? You people are quick to condemn other people's state but yours is probably the least developed in Igboland. That Imo State Governor joined APC and PDP employed washing dirty linen in public does not mean Imo is not better than most states.

I don't believe in washing our dirty linen in public no matter the political differences but I warn you never ever to dare talk down on Imo again or I will let the Yorubas and other Nigerians know the true situation in Enugu State.

The picture below is Ugwu Aro. Would you like to have closer look at the streets?

WIZGUY69:
All I see is villagers.
You will always spot someone that haven't travelled out of his/her enclave.

To them, Enugu is the most livable city in the world!

Maxcollins042:
You are missing something o,People aren't leaving south-east for south-west beacause of infrastructure enhancement but because of Financial enhancement. Apart from Lagos,which other south western state has a throng of the south-easterners?

Ioannes:


obviously you haven't been to the south west. take a trip to Akure, Ondo town, Ibadan, Abeokuta etc you will find them en masse and am not saying this to insult any ethnic group, its just a statement of fact.

lyntiffany:
Abagworo you really are a stupid frustrated fool.
Am not here to meddle words or play hanky panky with you.
Go find your age grade in your village and throw your tantrums.
Daft.

Noneroone:
Biafra's capital!

OlujobaSamuel:

am not tribalistic to the point of not seeing good. I have been to about 18states, that's not close to the best if you are talking about state capitals.

abagoro:


Abagworo is a frustrated old fool" I understand. My type should be in the bathroom mastrbating to her picture and fantasizing her presence with my old rumpled rod.

lyntiffany:
re edited

IGBOPRINCE:
you made a mistake by comparing enugwu with osogbo..have you being to enugwu b4 ?if you know you re not bias.

IGBOPRINCE:
if you re the pretty girl on that profile then desist from all manners of insults. Doesn't suit you.


My take

OlujobaSamuel:

my comment was on the pix posted, I never claimed I've been there nor it's not better than that, it might be better but not with that pix. Hope you get my point.

IGBOPRINCE:
I read one of your comments where you said that you have being to 18 states in nigeria? So I thought enugwu maybe included.
anyway, I ve being to enugwu b4 and I can testify to you that those pix posted by the op is real.
Don't doubt it bro, just try your possible best to pay visits to enugu state one day.
I am certain you won't regret it.





It s a place to be in terms of social life and aethestic.
majority of the roads re tarred.

Ioannes:


obviously you haven't been to the south west. take a trip to Akure, Ondo town, Ibadan, Abeokuta etc you will find them en masse and am not saying this to insult any ethnic group, its just a statement of fact.

OlujobaSamuel:

Thanks bro. I never dispute that the state is/might be a nice one. Enugu is the only place I have never set foot on in the east but I hope to someday. I wish to visit all Nigeria states before death comes knocking, wanna have enough stories for my grandkids(not yet married o)
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Thanks for the spirit of love, appreciate that. 1bottle of Non Alcoholic drink for you.

Ioannes:


obviously you haven't been to the south west. take a trip to Akure, Ondo town, Ibadan, Abeokuta etc you will find them en masse and am not saying this to insult any ethnic group, its just a statement of fact.

DikeOha882:
Which akure? Even some parts of gra akure is not tarred, I have lodged at royal bird alagbaka, ondo town o Jesus have mercy on you. Ondo town that is full of mud houses? Or the one in uk? No dey lie put for here

IGBOPRINCE:
obviously bro, I ve being to ibadan town and abeokuta too, I can categorically tell you that apart from sentiment, ibadan town is ok, the problems with ibadan town is that they have ancient building which make the state looks local but apart from that ibadan is big and also well-developed. But ogun state is ok, ekiti and ondo state re still coming up like a normal state.




There is nothing there in your state or in my state in nigeria to killed ourselves over here on nairaland or to shown some prideness of,
when your leaders and my own leaders re looting the funds meant for state developments. Sometime I see all nigerian state including lagos and abj as backward state. Only a trip to united state of america or southafricans states will baffle you all or it will make you all close down this gaddam thread.

Maxcollins042:
Bro forgerrit, Enugu fine ni.......