₦airaland Forum

AirBere:


Cut your cloths according to your material abi size. Life is hard but we must make use of our head.

Staying in Lagos isn't by force and not for everyone nah lol. If you can't cope, find a place that suits you and move there. When I hear people constantly complaining about Lagos and how it's better elsewhere, I always wonder why Lagos is still vastly populated.

If you're tired, respectfuly leave. The complaints are getting too much. I'm not from Lagos but all my family members are there. Whenever I visit Nigeria, I stay in Lagos for weeks before visiting my hometown.

Lagos is safe, great, and things are relatively cheap. Yes, things are cheaper in Lagos than some places like Rivers state, Akwaibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River.

I visited my hometown and was surprised that banana, paw paw was cheaper in Lagos than my home town. I priced a paint of garri and I was shocked as well. Quality clothes are cheaper in Lagos than most places in Nigeria.

The two things that are outrightly expensive in Lagos are rent and transportation and it's not like rent and transport are cheaper elsewhere in Nigeria. Whenever I visit, there's something about Lagos lights that really gets to me

With all that said, Lagos is very chaotic and not for the faint hearted. Really tough place for beginners not gonna lie.

Peace 🙏

Half the time, you absolutely do not know what you are talking about. Saying Lagos is cheaper than PH.
Wow.

SoliBayNG:
Half the time, I absolutely do not know what I am are talking about. Saying Lagos is cheaper than PH.
Wow.

Toor!!!

Dey dia dey wow yourself. Lagos is cheaper than pH. Dey play

franchasng:
I know there are no industries in Asaba, I prefer Asaba for a reason. Besides, I am not looking for where to make money. If I decide to live permanently in Nigeria and I am not living in Lagos or Enugu, then it must be either Owerri Imo state or Asaba Delta state for a peaceful low-paced life.

These cities you mention have ONE common identity with Las Vegas

SoliBayNG:
Half the time, you absolutely do not know what you are talking about. Saying Lagos is cheaper than PH.
Wow.

Don't be surprised, except you've lived in both Lagos and Rivers at about the same time.

I'm more disposed to believing what he wrote MAINLY because he included Akwa Ibom. I found that food was comparatively cheaper in Lagos when I served there years ago - even in the rural community I was. Rent in Uyo and Eket was also somewhat comparable to that in Lagos at the time.

mercysamuelson:
I was born and bred in Lagos where I lived for more than 30 years in Nigeria. My everything was in Lagos to the extent that even when I traveled to other states in Nigeria, they are never enough for me. But in Lagos, it's all a comfortable zone for me. And now, I realize that living in Lagos had really helped me to prepare myself for the task ahead to being able to live here in Los Angeles. Almost same way of life. Here is just like living in Lagos.

Well said.

It's indeed almost the same way of life in both cities of Los Angeles (in California State) and Lagos State... except for the earthquakes which Lagos hasn't experienced in recent memory.

Segzy19:
Wealth, prosperity and God's blessings are spread all over, not only in Lagos.

Lagos isn't for the weak... I moved my family out of Lagos after my two-year rent expired in Akoka. We moved to Abeokuta, and rented a three-bedroom flat for #240,000 naira per year for 5 years. Compound was large, gated, enough parking space, each flat with its own water storage tank with central borehole. I paid #650k per year in Lagos without these amenities like in Abeokuta.

After 5 years I moved into my own 6-bedroom apartment in a GRA in Abeokuta. My wife got a government job, and she easily does her side-gig which earns her extra. Of course, I had other enablers that I wouldn't have in Lagos cos I'm from Abeokuta. Children's school fees are not crazy like you have in Lagos. No traffic! No agbero wahala... Environment is clean and spacious...

I still work in Lagos anyway but I come home every weekend. I am lucky to find a place to stay for free in Lagos. For me, Lagos is the worksite while Abeokuta is home where I retire to by the weekend to rest, relax, breathe fresh air and eat fresh food...

I have a big compound to plant stuffs and feed my family. My children are growing in the right way, and not the insanity and insecurity that pervades Lagos...

Lagos is artificial....

I hope someone will learn from my experience, and adapt it to what suits him or her.

There is prosperity all over o. Find out what works for you and start now... No die for Lagos... There are abokis up north who are illiterate and will never have anything to do with Lagos. Yet they are super-millionaires... They do and grow their businesses up there in the north...

Even abroad, it's the same story with those who want to die in London instead of moving to other cities where they can live their lives in peace and balance

You made a wise relocation move. "Cutting ones coat according to your cloth" still remains evergreen and the key mantra for centuries. Indeed, a location such as Manchester is cheaper to live in than London.

I remember reading the story of a man who told Punch newspaper that he had to move his entire family and school-age kids out of Lagos State back to his home town in Ekiti State in the same year that the first economic recession during the Buhari Presidency occured and he stated that they all lived far BETTER than they did in Lagos. A lot of people call into live phone-in programs in the Lagos area to complain needlessly about the high cost of things (feeding, rent and transportation) BUT if they took the bold steps to leave for their hometowns, or cheaper States, they would live far BETTER lives with cheaper fresh farm foods just down the corner and more.

flexyrule:
I got a training opportunity with an oil and gas firm in Lagos sometime in 2019. I resigned my job in Abuja and moved to Lagos.

Our office was in Ajah. So I got a place around Lakowe. One weekend I decided to check up on my cousin staying at Alapere. I spent the weekend at her place and headed back to Ajah on Monday around 2pm.

We got to the Landmark center axis around 3pm or so.. There was a crazy gridlock on that Lekki-Epe expressway.

I sat down at the back and held on to my bag firmly. Three hours later, we didn't move 300 meters. Passengers kept dropping one after the other, I thought they had either gotten to their bus stop or maybe were hanging around for the traffic to ease.

6pm or so we were around Jakande.. I noticed an exodus of people trekking... and almost all the buses were empty, while others were looking for the easiest way to turn back.

That was when it dawned on me that all the people I saw walking by were actually passengers that alighted from buses and were trekking back home... Omoh!

I jumped down from the bus, and joined the exodus of people happily cruising their legediz Benz to their respective destinations.

I got to Ajah bridge around 9pm, crossed over and got one Orijin bitters, crossed back and located the nearest transport company.. That was GUO.. I bought a ticket for the first bus heading to Abuja the next day.

That was how I ended my training with the firm.
Lagosians are very patient and resilient people!

That bolded section cracked me up. I can just imagine the scenarios. The allure of Lasgidy for some is on another level and they refuse to leave despite the discomforts hoping that tomorrow will be BETTER, but for realists, they learn pretty fast that the State ain't for them and leave for sanner environments within Nigeria.

Am not leaving Lagos to another city in Nigeria unless am leaving the country, Lagos is hard and high cost of living is unbearable but opportunities bokku here, if u are not lazy in Lagos u will definitely survive, eventhough na pure water u dey sell u will comfortably feed urself and pay ur bills

mercysamuelson:
I was born and bred in Lagos where I lived for more than 30 years in Nigeria. My everything was in Lagos to the extent that even when I traveled to other states in Nigeria, they are never enough for me. But in Lagos, it's all a comfortable zone for me. And now, I realize that living in Lagos had really helped me to prepare myself for the task ahead to being able to live here in Los Angeles. Almost same way of life. Here is just like living in Lagos.

Life is meaningless to me right now.
Depression has finished me

MistyDense

Life is meaningless to me right now.
Depression has finished me







I hear you, and I want you to know that what you’re feeling is real and valid. Depression can make life feel heavy, empty, and meaningless, but it doesn’t define your worth or your future. Even in the darkest moments, hope can exist, and healing is possible. You don’t have to face this alone reaching out to someone you trust, a friend, family member, or a mental health professional, can make a difference. Take things one small step at a time and be gentle with yourself. Your life has value, even if it’s hard to see right now, and you deserve care, understanding, and moments of peace.

mercysamuelson:
MistyDense

Life is meaningless to me right now.
Depression has finished me







I hear you, and I want you to know that what you’re feeling is real and valid. Depression can make life feel heavy, empty, and meaningless, but it doesn’t define your worth or your future. Even in the darkest moments, hope can exist, and healing is possible. You don’t have to face this alone reaching out to someone you trust, a friend, family member, or a mental health professional, can make a difference. Take things one small step at a time and be gentle with yourself. Your life has value, even if it’s hard to see right now, and you deserve care, understanding, and moments of peace.

Thank you so much Sir. You've spoken like an elder and father.
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b0rn2fuck:
To whom it may concern , moving out of Lagos has always been peaceful but boring, if you chose the peace part, you won't want to leave outskirt of Lagos but if you love the city life, Lagos is the best place for you, I have never witnessed congestion since leaving Lagos but there was a time I nearly died when one big hold up ,hold me from egbeda to ikotun , anytime.i visit Lagos, I will first prepared my mind for traffic and crazy people there
. I spent 27 years in Lagos before leaving

Did you leave because ur business wasn’t thriving or your pay from work was not worth the stress or the quality of life in general?

dawnomike:
Lagos is not for the faint hearted... I have considered relocating back to the city of Ibadan several times.
But, I cannot can

Are u a worker or a business person.

Does your decision as a worker have something to do on the reason you cnnnot can?

flexyrule:
I got a training opportunity with an oil and gas firm in Lagos sometime in 2019. I resigned my job in Abuja and moved to Lagos.

Our office was in Ajah. So I got a place around Lakowe. One weekend I decided to check up on my cousin staying at Alapere. I spent the weekend at her place and headed back to Ajah on Monday around 2pm.

We got to the Landmark center axis around 3pm or so.. There was a crazy gridlock on that Lekki-Epe expressway.

I sat down at the back and held on to my bag firmly. Three hours later, we didn't move 300 meters. Passengers kept dropping one after the other, I thought they had either gotten to their bus stop or maybe were hanging around for the traffic to ease.

6pm or so we were around Jakande.. I noticed an exodus of people trekking... and almost all the buses were empty, while others were looking for the easiest way to turn back.

That was when it dawned on me that all the people I saw walking by were actually passengers that alighted from buses and were trekking back home... Omoh!

I jumped down from the bus, and joined the exodus of people happily cruising their legediz Benz to their respective destinations.

I got to Ajah bridge around 9pm, crossed over and got one Orijin bitters, crossed back and located the nearest transport company.. That was GUO.. I bought a ticket for the first bus heading to Abuja the next day.

That was how I ended my training with the firm.

Lagosians are very patient and resilient people!

As someone who has lived there, can u say Lagos favours business people or employees?

Coldie:
Did you leave because ur business wasn’t thriving or your pay from work was not worth the stress or the quality of life in general?

the much of problem while Lagos, I did for my own sanity, I was born and I grew up in Lagos and ever since leaving, I don't even like visiting there, the congestion, and overcrowded isn't what I love and the lifestyle there was different from the one I am now, leaving restore my sanity, peace and cool environment, not making money like I was in Lagos but I am able to save more than when I was in Lagos, but the peace and environment, not the one police will be chasing me up and down while in Lagos, many things I can't even say, if I want to move to Lagos, I won't even spend more than a year there before I return

flexyrule:
I got a training opportunity with an oil and gas firm in Lagos sometime in 2019. I resigned my job in Abuja and moved to Lagos.

Our office was in Ajah. So I got a place around Lakowe. One weekend I decided to check up on my cousin staying at Alapere. I spent the weekend at her place and headed back to Ajah on Monday around 2pm.

We got to the Landmark center axis around 3pm or so.. There was a crazy gridlock on that Lekki-Epe expressway.

I sat down at the back and held on to my bag firmly. Three hours later, we didn't move 300 meters. Passengers kept dropping one after the other, I thought they had either gotten to their bus stop or maybe were hanging around for the traffic to ease.

6pm or so we were around Jakande.. I noticed an exodus of people trekking... and almost all the buses were empty, while others were looking for the easiest way to turn back.

That was when it dawned on me that all the people I saw walking by were actually passengers that alighted from buses and were trekking back home... Omoh!

I jumped down from the bus, and joined the exodus of people happily cruising their legediz Benz to their respective destinations.

I got to Ajah bridge around 9pm, crossed over and got one Orijin bitters, crossed back and located the nearest transport company.. That was GUO.. I bought a ticket for the first bus heading to Abuja the next day.

That was how I ended my training with the firm.

Lagosians are very patient and resilient people!

lol jesu . Haba you twarted the training