djon78:
Op you talk true. On Friday I was with a friend who went to summer in US with her daughter. She went to 4 locations while there New York, Atlanta and two more other cities. Her own account was that plenty Nigerians she met there were wretched. She said she sustained some of her close relations, that as she dey spend dollars na so they were shaking. They have no life, working for days without rest. She said America na just mouth people dey make, that naija better pass there well. Paying over 3kdollars for house rent. She told me anybody earning 60k for naija here better pass most of those guys.


My Sister went to deliver there some years ago, she made the same statement that there is nothing special about America. My aunt a Vet Doctor/Nurse she staid in her house na so she was borrowing money from her. If they see stack of $100 bills note na so there body go dey shake.


The truth is that there is money here in naija, but people because of myopic mindset, cannot see. Even ordinary women selling stuffs like pepper in market has a lot of cash reserve yes I can tell you that. Many people feel that life outside is better, but travel abroad and see 100s of people wallowing in misery who left the good thing they were doing here all in pusruit of a better life.

Nigerians should stop crying about this and that and look much closer and see that there is serious bread in this country.

supersystemsnig:




How about Nagato ?

ItachiUchiha:


You wanna know pain?

SIRTee15:

Apologies...
I thought the guy said 3 bedroom flat for 80k....
He meant someone earning 80k per month
I actually went back to read his post when I read ur message...
I lived in Benin 4 6 yrs so I know what obtains...

supersystemsnig:


No please....I wanna know Hokage....

erico2k2:

Bro I think you are missing the point seriously,you are,you chose to live like that, you can live 70% less if you want to,i can give you the stat
on a second note, i just re-read your post, you claim you rent fridge?microwave and washing machine? are u for real?

thebosstrevor:



stop lying,america has the highest rate of murder/arrmed robbery in the world,if people are so safe in america,why are there lot of gated communities in america,why do most people own guns in america,there was almost 25,000 attacks in america this year,from mass shooting to break in and there are many videos on youtube showing armed robbery and break in in america. stop deceiving us,Nigeria is safer than america and many foreigners in nigeria have attest to that.

DrGoodmanFather:

He pain am. Let me send you an application link if you need job. I help less privilege like you. Just to let you know how uninformed and stupid you are, snow is not in all part of the US.

ItachiUchiha:


Only few becomes Hokage, but if you work really hard, impossibility becomes a mirage.

hodari:


Mr. man which UK? Is it not the same one that I'am staying?

Rent-£ 850 pcm
Internet (BT)-£30
Phone (EE) -£15
Tube (Oyster)-£161.84 monthly.
Renting fridge, microwave, washing machine & drier-£40
Utilities (SSE)-£150
Shopping-£400
Drycleaning-£30

That's a total of £1700 (almost 800,000 Naira!) And that's a very modest student lifestyle ooo, assuming you stay locked up in your crib with no enjoyment whatsoever.

To be honest, people are just managing in this fcukd up place.

This dude is probably living in London to be paying these ridiculous prices ?

Which city in the UK do you live in, Bruv?

hodari:


Mr. man which UK? Is it not the same one that I'am staying?

Rent-£ 850 pcm
Internet (BT)-£30
Phone (EE) -£15
Tube (Oyster)-£161.84 monthly.
Renting fridge, microwave, washing machine & drier-£40
Utilities (SSE)-£150
Shopping-£400
Drycleaning-£30

That's a total of £1700 (almost 800,000 Naira!) And that's a very modest student lifestyle ooo, assuming you stay locked up in your crib with no enjoyment whatsoever.

To be honest, people are just managing in this fcukd up place.

timesup234:
A pained broke ass immigrant. Young man the days of lies and illusion are over. Going to America has set your life backward 20 yrs. It is a hole you will never come out from. I opened a thread hoping to see people counter me with facts but not a single one to prove that even 16% of the US. population has $10,000 saved up. I educated you guys how it will take over 20 yrs just for you to make a down payment for a moderate $200,000 home but you choose to ignore and turn it into a personal matter. When it comes to personal exchange, trust me, you are a kid. You will get served.Stop with all the lies, don't you see how we were even brainwashed about college in the US.? Even people doing menial jobs have more money than those with college degrees. If you are not ready to dispute and engage all the facts I am presenting then fvck off! S

timesup234:
well i was replying to the other guy who called me a "mumu". How much do you make monthly and how do you manage to save $1,000. I wanna learn from you

Moety:

Yeah, I'm only here for a year. Why should I buy them? 70% less for where? Peckham abi?

supersystemsnig:




I hear guys in UK are locked up like monks... Na by force, they should come back home...The only guarantees people seem to have abroadis fresh skin, besides this almost nothing..

spartacus11:
at bolded dis yankee people will never agree
Dey know how many times their parents or family members send dem money b4 their hustle begin pay, but dey won't agree

timesup234:
common man, thats just $6 daily on food. That wont even buy you a single meal if you are eating out

hodari:

London zone 6.

Afam4eva:
Pidgin2 has definitely gone to recruit her fellow people who have been constantly rejected by Walter Carrington.

There's really no need to lie to ourselves.

While America is no bed of roses, someone doing menial jobs in America will definitely be well of than a regular banker in Nigeria even if the persona doing menial jobs spends his entire money in the US.

The fact that after paying taxes, one can get uninterrupted power supply, good roads, great food is enough to discountenance whatever arguments you have. In America, the dream is not necessarily to own a house there but to live a comfortable above average life. Here in Nigeria, the dream is to build a house, whether in Sango Ota, Mowe or one obscure village where you will probably be kidnapped, robbed or killed.

Let's not kid ourselves, really.

stacyadams:
,,,wow,,have u paid your friend back?the guy na angel

erico2k2:

Stop talking rubbish, you have no clue.I was doing my masters back in 2000
ALl what you said up there r BS and you know it, who rents fridge,dish washer, washing machines among us Nigerians living in the Uk, when fridges are less than £150 to buy? so you rent a room and hire all these right? or you think you speaking to bunch of idiots on here
There is no point claiming U live in the Uk wen you are in Ghana

leboss6:
why would u eat out? What happened to cooking your own meals ?

erico2k2:

well I save more than that a month, Im lucky to be working ehre after my masters, that was 2002, Im a profesional so you can guess,But that been said I will give you facts with figures.
Now Akpos just got his papers in the Uk he is 30 years old, job pays £31,560 a year so month pay is in teh region of £2100
job here https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-2/xf-51e4d8e9654c/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/12836-201709-Prison-Officer-HMP-YOI-Pentonville-HMP-YOI-Wormwood-Scrubs/en-GB

now he moves near work and rents a room in North London £400 to £500 rent https://www.gumtree.com/p/property-to-rent/single-studio-room-to-let-on-high-road-totteridge-whetstone-n20-9hs/1270881345
transport £100, feeding £150,with my analysis overhead is £700 roughly.

erico2k2:

Oga stop lying, where in London do they call zone 6?
people like you are the ones the OP is referring to
London zone 6 my azzz

hodari:

So you did your master's in 2000 and yet you're doing manual work for £1,600 bah? Atleast be consisent with your lies fvcktard.