₦airaland Forum

ibobabe:
i hope that is not true,

iHart:
...very good business if you put your mind to it.

Papanwamaikpe:
Will the house take him to heaven? Its all boils down to vanity

greenprince:
I'll be willing to try Kenya, Tanzania and maybe Uganda.
Got a few friends from there and our perceptions about such places are totally false sometimes.

For instance, I know Kenya has constant power though they're poor and we don't. Plus they pay professionals well. Especially university lecturers and medical doctors.

Jakumo:
It is a misconception to assume that only "lazy people" can wind up homeless and out on the street in America. All it takes, for any individual or entire family to wind up with no roof over their head, is for there to be a loss of employment that leads to falling behind on rent for one month, or at most two months, at which point the landlord will post eviction notices on the front door, issuing a very short ultimatum for payment of back rent to be made, or for the tenants to pack up their baggage and vacate the building. Failure to pack out will trigger a visit by local police sheriff's deputies, who will use whatever force is required to evict the delinquent tenants from their abode.

The loss of a job due to corporate downsizing, injury, or prolonged illness, can have immediate and devastating consequences to anyone in the USA who rents their place of abode. As mentioned in my initial post, drug use, mental illness and other personal issues are also common reasons for homelessness, BUT, that is by no means the full picture.

In Western countries, the extended family system that serves as a safety net to people who are down on their luck in Africa, simply does not exist. A person who loses their home or apartment in America, is very likely to find that they are all alone in this world, with no relatives or friends willing to lend a helping hand, leaving the evicted person with no alternative than to live in their car, a parked camper van or a tent erected in the street.

In the American gambling capital Las Vegas, where millionaires go to lavish money at the 24-hour casinos, entire communities of destitute homeless people live UNDERGROUND, in a network of tunnels designed to drain away flood waters during the infrequent rain storms that ravage that city "where the fun never sets" located out in the Nevada desert. When heavy rain does fall in 'Vegas, it is common for many of those tunnel dwelling homeless people to be drowned by flash floods that arrive suddenly, and submerge the entire tunnel network with raging waters, in a matter of minutes.

A common presumption that buoys the hopes of intending immigrants to the USA and Western Europe, is that employment is ALWAYS available, and that the income so derived will always be adequate to cover living expenses from month to month. This assumption is simply not true at all. A recent series of articles in the Los Angeles times highlighted the plight of high school students whose parents resided in converted car garages, or even in their cars on the street, whilst using the a viable street address to give the impression that they have a home, in order for their children to qualify for admission into schools in the area where they live in absolute poverty.

The prevalence of homelessness in the warmer states of the union, such as California, Florida and even Hawaii, that "island paradise", would shock and alarm a first time visitor arriving in the USA.

Everything that glitters, is not gold, as the old saying goes.

DisGuy:
Ndipe!!! is that you?!?!?!?!!? senior member!

Brunicekid:
Is the Kano NYSC camp not at Karaye, Kasala Dam again

how is this news or how is this relevant were ur neigbours going to stop u travelling or confiscate ur visa lame gist

scoundrel:
Who dey look this old cargo? Her youth ended ages ago. I’m sure Yahoo boys with misplaced wealth are blowing her inbox on the daily.

Brunicekid:
Is the Kano NYSC camp not at Karaye, Kasala Dam again