If you are not living on the Island side of Lagos, especially VI-Ikoyi-Lekki-Ajah axis, you may be missing the following:

1.Fresher air and sands: Truth be told, there is this special air you feel on entering Island, starting from Bonny cantonment, or, especially, entering through Ikoyi. Island generally has fresher air. Mainland air can be thicker and more polluted. Even the sands on the Island are fresher - the white, beach-type sands everywhere compared to the dirty brown sands of Mainland. There is even less noise on the Island. Less indiscriminate honking of vehicle horns by hardened drivers that are the kings of the roads on the Mainland, more neighbourhoods using soundproof generators, etc.

2. Less aggressive LASTMA: LASTMA, the Lagos traffic police, are generally more gentle and less aggressive than on Mainland. In fact, apart from a few spots on the Lekki-Ajah expressway, you hardly see LASTMA guys on Island. You hardly see LASTMA arguing with people. You hardly also come across VIO and other traffic law enforcement agents. Perhaps because Island drivers are more law abiding? Perhaps because of potential of the driver of that private car being a big man?

3. More exotic autos: Driving on VI-Lekki-Ikoyi axis on a Sunday evening can be therapeutic. You see fine cars being driven by young and upwardly mobile folks. You don't get much of that on the Mainland except in a couple of places.

4. Less heavy trucks: Until very recently due to Dangote refinery construction, you hardly see heavy duty vehicles on the Island. Although you now see a couple of them, usually late in the night, on Lekki-Epe expressway, the situation is still far better than in many parts of the Mainland.



5. Better security at night: You can drive around  late in night on the Island with little worry about security. You see heavily armed security men at almost every turning late into the night. If you are a night crawler, you have little worry on the Island as you are almost always covered.

6. No yellow buses: Let's face it, those yellow buses are an eyesore. No wonder the state government banned them from entering Island.

7. More orderly traffic: While there is traffic on the Island as it is on Mainland, there is hardly complete lock-down on the Island. No matter how bad, the traffic will still be moving. Island traffic is more orderly. Probably because there are more corporate gentlemen as road users. A major source of traffic on the Mainland is breakdown of one long articulated truck, you hardly see that on the Island. Add the fact that there are less trucks and carelessly driven yellow buses, and you will understand why Island traffic "schooled abroad" while that of Mainland "schooled" in you-know-where.

8. Less one-chance: Cases of one-chance, robbery using public transportation system, while they exist, are far less heard of on the Island.

9. Less traffic robbery:  Cases of brazen robbery inside traffic are very few and far between on the Island, although they exist.

10. Natural swimming pool: Okay, you may not miss this: your street (or even bedroom) turning into swimming pool at the slightest downpour!



Any other thing we have missed?

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/living-on-the-island-10-things-lagos-mainlanders-are-missing/

Why should I stay in island
When mainland sweet pass
Modified: FTC for the Fourth time Today
Never knew this will hit frontpage

The whole of Lagos have always been a shiiit hole. Whether main land or island

Went there as a Bini boy last year. In fact it was the day that tanker explosion happened
And i must tell you Lagos is overrated. Too dirty and noisy.

When i entered Abuja same last year November because i wanted an instant passport because there was no booklet in Edo state that was when i knew the difference between Abuja and Lagos

It was even more obvious to me that Edo was actually bigger than Lagos. It took like forever to leave Edo land when you are going to Abuja. All those Edo north was like forever. So Lagos is just one small shiiit hole place that is overcrowded.



Abuja is too good to be compared with that shiiit hole called lagos

This is unbelievable silly,
OP hasn’t been to many places on the island. You want to relocate cause you want to see fine car
Because of lastma that won’t bother you if you’re doing the right thing. Because of fresh air and sand not considering floods and expense?
Not your fault OP, you’re yet to start life

Hiss

You just listed 10 reasons why I shouldnt move to island..

Rank your business on Google and get more clients check my profile to see new results

Like for mainland, Share for island

I was at berger the other day looking for a bus to iyana ipaja then I asked one woman where the bus was heading to then she said "Lagos". I was like wtf. Which part of Lagos na abi no be Lagos we dey again ni then she specified Lagos island. So na only people wey dey live for island dey Lagos. Funny enough she isn't the first person I'm hearing that kind of stuff from.

Down pour

Different strokes for different folks.

Got a job of 60k in Lagos in 2011. My first week was enough.

I resigned almost immediately and returned back to Abuja.

It seemed like rapture was always taking place. Everyone always in a hurry.

Less friendly bus drivers and conductors. Every passerby were treated as suspects.

On the other hand, a friend of mine whom the company he's working for rented an 800k apartment for him in Wuse II Abuja. Dude worked his transfer back to Lagos and went to rent a house in Oshodi. Damn!

He said, he liked Lagos life better.

If I don't have enough money to stay on the Island, I better remain in my state capital. Shioor!

In fact one million reasons

Hm..

Here to book space

Like seriously... Island is too fake and expensive!!!!

Anything wey go make me go mainland from island , e better make I relocate from Lagos comot.

Ok

Street life is the best Jare.

boredom go kee you there (Island)

the lifestyle on the mainland is what makes Lagos what it is
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NB

We're still sending Buhari back to Daura
they only postponed the inevitable

Ok

over hyped island

I am just here to gather likes, because I know the post is a front page material.

If you don't have savings upwards of N5 million and a good paying job, don't bother.


As you go, na him you go come.

The ocean is coming to claim its land soon...Spits*

I see

Sick!

Opinionated:
If you are not living on the Island side of Lagos, especially VI-Ikoyi-Lekki-Ajah axis, you may be missing the following:

1.Fresher air and sands: Truth be told, there is this special air you feel on entering Island, starting from Bonny cantonment, or, especially, entering through Ikoyi. Island generally has fresher air. Mainland air can be thicker and more polluted. Even the sands on the Island are fresher - the white, beach-type sands everywhere compared to the dirty brown sands of Mainland. There is even less noise on the Island. Less indiscriminate honking of vehicle horns by hardened drivers that are the kings of the roads on the Mainland, more neighbourhoods using soundproof generators, etc.

2. Less aggressive LASTMA: LASTMA, the Lagos traffic police, are generally more gentle and less aggressive than on Mainland. In fact, apart from a few spots on the Lekki-Ajah expressway, you hardly see LASTMA guys on Island. You hardly see LASTMA arguing with people. You hardly also come across VIO and other traffic law enforcement agents. Perhaps because Island drivers are more law abiding? Perhaps because of potential of the driver of that private car being a big man?

3. More exotic autos: Driving on VI-Lekki-Ikoyi axis on a Sunday evening can be therapeutic. You see fine cars being driven by young and upwardly mobile folks. You don't get much of that on the Mainland except in a couple of places.

4. Less heavy trucks: Until very recently due to Dangote refinery construction, you hardly see heavy duty vehicles on the Island. Although you now see a couple of them, usually late in the night, on Lekki-Epe expressway, the situation is still far better than in many parts of the Mainland.



5. Better security at night: You can drive around  late in night on the Island with little worry about security. You see heavily armed security men at almost every turning late into the night. If you are a night crawler, you have little worry on the Island as you are almost always covered.

6. No yellow buses: Let's face it, those yellow buses are an eyesore. No wonder the state government banned them from entering Island.

7. More orderly traffic: While there is traffic on the Island as it is on Mainland, there is hardly complete lock-down on the Island. No matter how bad, the traffic will still be moving. Island traffic is more orderly. Probably because there are more corporate gentlemen as road users. A major source of traffic on the Mainland is breakdown of one long articulated truck, you hardly see that on the Island. Add the fact that there are less trucks and carelessly driven yellow buses, and you will understand why Island traffic "schooled abroad" while that of Mainland "schooled" in you-know-where.

8. Less one-chance: Cases of one-chance, robbery using public transportation system, while they exist, are far less heard of on the Island.

9. Less traffic robbery:  Cases of brazen robbery inside traffic are very few and far between on the Island, although they exist.

10. Natural swimming pool: Okay, you may not miss this: your street (or even bedroom) turning into swimming pool at the slightest downpour!



Any other thing we have missed?

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/living-on-the-island-10-things-lagos-mainlanders-are-missing/

Hope you’re not counting all those Ajah side as island sha

Number 10 though is one serious issue facing the Island
That's why u have more SUVs on the Island than Mainland

Na so i hear this kain advice enter Island too.....now everything tripple cost here

Thinking of relocating back to ikeja

No be everybody for island get money sha.

Noted!