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lekki1444:
well it is a good choice. life is more important than adventure. i will drink to that anyday lol. SALUTE TO LIFE

If you get sick and die though how will you salute it?

lefulefu:
the only place we hear about in england is london so hence we all assume london is the only place there
anyway can someone be able to afford living outside london if his workplace is in london?

You tend to earn more in London, and houses outside of London tend to be cheaper (depending on where you are), so that actually sounds like a decent arrangement, transportation is what will probably disrupt that balance because travelling costs can be extortionate.

lekki1444:
Ohhh I see hehe well its too early to make a fully stamped decision not to go. the way things are going i think they will forget this virus in the next couple of months. soccer is about to start, trump has told all churches to start again, the NBA is about to start again. i think this whole virus thing will be history in a few months. dont count out detty december 2020 yet. its too early to do that

Nah, I was meant to travel to like 3 countries this year, but I’ve decided not to travel until at least a year has passed

lefulefu:
hm i heard london is like lagos.overflowing with black gangs

Depends on where you are/live, there are also other places outside of London

lekki1444:
there was no corona virus in december at all oo. i think this whole virus saga started in march or so

No I mean December 2020

lekki1444:
i am sure you are one of those galivanting lagos around during detty december loool. you do know cardi b was at eko atlantic during this detty december that just passed ? i was there lol

Guy, coronavirus messed up my December plans. SERIOUSLY

But I can't complain, the pandemic is a more serious issue than trivial holiday cancellations

lefulefu:
to prevent ur getting attacked in naija wen u return u dont announce that u coming.dats the mistake most nigerians overseas make wen coming back.they will tell every tom dick and harry that they are coming so and so time in naija.wen u making ur trip to naija do it quietly.U can maybe tell ur parents but if ur parents na guy men they will keep it a secret for u.dont tell any friend whatsoever that u coming back.come back qiuetly do ur business and go back if u have to.wen u announce to everybody that u coming back thats when they plan for u.they will arrange bad boys for u .There was a guy who spent all his years in sweden and on the day he came to his village in benin that was the day he was murdered.The farm company he setup that was the place they murdered him.The police said it was fulani herdsmen but most ppl believed that hit was done by ppl close to him.nigeria has become so bad and evil that nobody can be trusted.

I've never been attacked o, I was just using that example to counter his comment about stabbings in the UK. I have a love, hate relationship with Naija, I always enjoy my time there I just wish it were a bit more habitable for me overall

Bad things happen everywhere unfortunately

lekki1444:
finally we come to the same conclusion which is NO PLACE IS PERFECT haha. exactly. its a matter of pick your poison. to me ? naija is the more habitable choice. in the UK i feel claustrophobic. like the walls are closing in on me. i feel suffocated. i feel watched. i feel like too many people have a say in how i can live my life. i feel like a pawn in the hand of the puppet masters. i feel like a hamster in a wheel. i feel like a nobody. i feel like an unwanted visitor who is imposing himself on the host while the host is secretly seething at my presence. its not a good feeling mentally and spiritually. to feel unwanted

I have a love hate relationship with Naija lol, as frustrating as I find it I always enjoy my time there. It's good for holidays for me, I just don't think I could live there lol

CeterisXVII:
There is no country without its own drawbacks. I remember getting to the UK in the '90s, and having to do a 20-minute walk, from the nearest bus stop to my house in the frigging cold, every single day for months.

I worked in a rather exclusive part of town, and every few metres a police patrol car would drive by and stare at you, once you were black.

I got questioned a few times just for walking down that street. Something that never happened to my white colleagues.

Everywhere has its own stress. At least, in Naija your money can buy you comfort, if you have enough.

There are no countries without drawbacks but some places are more habitable than others. I'm thining beyond being in my own personal 'plush' bubble, about things like below standard health care facilities, bad roads, unstable light (I know there are alternatives like generators but I don't really want to stay in a country where basic ELECTRICITY isn't readily available, no matter how many alternatives there are). No place is perfect, but some places are overall 'better' when you weigh the pros and cons, depending on what you're after

lekki1444:
but in the UK you live in a comfortable bubble too. you cant hang out anyhoow or you will get stabbed by wastemen. people dont hang out. youu are in your house bored all the time. there is no community. is that not a comfortable bubble ?

No place is perfect, I can get killed by armed robbers or ritualists too lol. UK is the more habitable choice to me mate

lekki1444:
the problem of nigeria is not the infrastructure. the problem of nigeria is nigerians. its a beautiful country full of demonic people. during that lockdown period the country was like paradise. you drive on the road peacefully no aggression etc . its a great country. i am talking to you with 24 7 internet from spectranet. its faster than the one i had in UK with plusnet

I'm not just talking about the internet and light, they were just examples. Living in your own comfortable bubble doesn't necessarily change what's happening outside, around you

CeterisXVII:
If you have good money, you can build your own infrastructure and maintain it. There are estates in Lagos with 24x7 power, thanks to generators and inverters.

Others have constant WiFi thrown in. I have stayed in some places in Naija, and I thought I was still abroad....

A lot of things are possible, here. Just have your money.....

I use a generator whenever I'm there, luckily I have the means to live comfortably there, my complaining about the unstable light was more a jab at the substandard standard of living overall..in the 21st century. I'm still going to be moving around within the country, I can't be THAT far removed from everything. If it's not the light it will be something else, the light was just an example

lekki1444:
just move to lekki na. problem solved lol

That's not really fixing the problem, don't worry sha, when I'm ruler of the world there will be a serious infrastructural overhaul

angelfallz:
Please answer my own question.

Would I be offended if a white person called me the n word? Not at all, in fact it's a hobby of mine to be called it

Jahwinaboy:
With my desire to run away from Nigeria girls, I think I found myself with a great lady. Am I welcomed? Am for real. I got lots of gist/gossips I got lined up for u concerning Nigeria girls but we gonna do that privately

Sorry sir but I'm married

Disturbing

Jahwinaboy:
I Promise, if you can come back and locate ur ancestral (family) home, then I have found a wife

Lol oh boy

Married couples should generally inform each other of big financial decisions like that, before the fact, even if it were for her mum, even if she was going to do it against his wishes, she should've told him.

I get his anger, but divorce is a bit disproportionate to the 'crime' she committed unless other additional issues we aren't privy to are involved...

Jahwinaboy:
Then am inviting you dear. Come and enjoy first hand everything about Nigeria. It's fun. U gonna like it. I assure u

I have been there before dear, I just haven't lived there

Jahwinaboy:
you have been away from motherland (9ja)

Forever, I have never lived there before

fieryy:
Lmaooooo

fieryy:
But, I mean think about it, they now write jambs with computers

You might therefore really want to consider moving there

The bar is buried in the dirt very low...

Jahwinaboy:
that's great, u can live in Abuja, Lagos, PH within their GRAs(Govt, Residential areas).It will be a great honor to have u back home after...how many years?

How many years what?

angelfallz:
You didn't answer my question but i would answer yours.
No, i haven't been outside of Africa

There we have it. Lol I steer clear of this conversation with people who haven't left Africa (btw I'm not jabbing the fact that you haven't left Africa, it's more me rolling my eyes at your lack of first hand perspective)

fieryy:
Lol, not going to lie I would have gotten mad as well . I just can't imagine a day without electricity. My WiFi was fluctuating the other day and it drove me crazy. So me imagining having no electricity at all really does give me anxiety, especially during this corona period. All my classes are online biko

I get so mad because it doesn't need to be that way in the 21st century

I sha get angry with slow internet

pocohantas:
Who told you to go to Ogbomoso?

Lmao shebi I only went there to visit you

Jahwinaboy:
Then u can help bring ur foreign ideas and Goodwill to the table for a better Nigeria. Nigeria must be great

I wouldn't mind living there if the standard living infrastructure were up to par, and when I say par I'm not asking for anything fancy, just don't be a sh*thole

Jahwinaboy:
If u can't adapt, probably u not Nigerian. We are adaptive

I'm not 'Nigerian' in the true sense, I agree

Though it's not that I'm not adaptive, I'm just used to basic human rights/amenities lol

fieryy:
Oh, pleeeease nobody is talking about money. It's more than that. Nigeria doesn't offer the basic needs people should have in 2020. The infrastructure is nothing to write about and the health care system as well. That's just to name a few

Girrrrl, whenever I'm there and I'm faced with the unstable light issue I get sooooo mad.

Yuceeluv:
He had the option of grabbing a stick. In this case, there was an ALTERNATIVE that would have worked perfectly.
If he was say, in a desert, where there is only sand, then it would be "unrealistic" like both of you said, to keep trying to reach it. But in this case, guyman dey for forest. If you digest the details in the story, you will get my point dear.

I definitely get your point dear

I think it's also important not to judge people based on your own personal abilities and make assumptions, who knows, he may have been lazy, or he may have been practical. I understand the point you're trying to make though

Bbbwings:
You will adapt if you've no means of escape from the country.
Millions of us have adapted.

As of now, it's not a mindset I'm used to since I've lived outside of Nigeria for my entire life. I know myself, I wouldn't be 'adapting', I'd just be forced to tolerate it

angelfallz:
Story! So you are saying you would feel offended if a white man calls you a nigger or neggress? That is the definition of imported offence.

Please answer this question honestly, have you been outside of Africa and if so, what's the longest you've been away for?