Hello Friends,

I may look be an outsider here, because i am brazilian, and not nigerian. I am an Anthropologist and found this survey on "the best and worst cities to live in" to be extremely ethnocentrical. I dont think that outsiders can judge the quality of a city based on numbers that "they" (the europeans and north americans) think are important.

I would like to make my doctoral work by living a year or so in lagos and by making friends, hanging out, doing stuff try on my phd work show what people really feel about lagos. It not a survey, its not about numbers.

I live in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most violent cities in the world and yet full of tourists the whole year. We are living a war here, between drugdealers and the corrupt police and everyone thinks rio is a paradise.

It is all year long full of "gringos" - it´s how we call americans and europeans in portuguese (and also in spanish). Trying to dance samba, spending money on hookers, etc.

I´d like to publish something trying to contest this metod of survey: i dont plan on saying if Lagos is good or bad, but the complaints about "quality of living" MUST be made by people who live in Lagos.

Thank you friends, and sorry for the intromission

ps: if anyone can reply me, or is disposed to guide me and help me finding lodging in lagos and making friends, i´d be more than happy.