ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN LAGOS

ADVANTAGES
Lagos has a huge Market for your Products and Services. Infact someone said that if you package a refuse bin and sell it in Oshodi, you will sell off everything in a matter of hours , if not minutes. That is to tell you that there is a market for any kind of products and services you offer.

Lagos has the best nightLife: If you are the type that never sleeps, you love clubbing and flexing then Lagos is your home because as the "City that never sleeps and the headquarter of Entertainment in Nigeria, Lagos is a City filled with fund, coastal Tourism activities, Clubbing, patties and all Kinds of Events.

Lagos Supports and Nurtures Small and Medium Scale Business: Lagos helps you to nurture your Small scale Business. The City has all it takes for an Entrepreneur to succeed, from vibrant Startup EcoSystem, access to finance, grants and high profile events to different Networking events, master classes and exhibitions to mention but a few.

Lagos has many Job Opportunities: Although Lagos is no longer Like before in terms of Job Opportunities, when compared with other states, Lagos is still ahead.

There are many Business Opportunities in Lagos: Your One week Stay in Lagos will bring thousands of business ideas rummaging your brain. The City is full of business Ideas.

Lagos is a City of the Hustlers: If you are born a hustler, there is a high tendency for you to survive in Lagos. If you are hardworking, Lagos is the best place to be.

DISADVANTAGES OF LAGOS

Cost of Transport is on the High Side: In Lagos, if you are not careful you may end up working and have transportation gulp up your earnings. Just yesterday I spent around 2500 naira just to convey myself from Ikeja to Lekki Phase 1. Just imagine someone spending such an amount of money everyday to convey his or herself to Lekki everyday. By the end of the Month he will be spending close to 70K only on Transport. Now you understand while people are working in Lagos, yet they have nothing to show for it.

LAGOS TRAFFIC IS A NIGHTMARE: Lagos is a City where you can stay in the Traffic for many hours. Have you heard the Story of Funke who went to drop her Aunty who is based in London at the Airport. While Funke was still in traffic, her Aunty called her that she had successfully arrived at London. That is a tip of an iceberg on how horrendous Lagos Traffic is. When I first Entered Lagos, I was to attend an Interview at VI, then I was residing in Ojo. Since I was ignorant of Lagos traffic, I woke up around 6 O'clock to prepare just like every other person's living in other cities will do. But did you know that singular act cost me that Job which I was pretty sure of being selected for because I arrived at the interview venue by 12 pm.

House Rent in Lagos is on the High Side: Unlike other Cities in Nigeria, Lagos is the only City where you will pay for agent and agreement as equal or sometimes higher than your House rent. Still don't know why the state Government is not rising up to criminalise such evil perpetrated by Landlords and agents. You will hear them saying 50, 50 for a self Contained apartment of 120,000. Another thing is that finding a decent house might be a little challenging to you unless you have enough bucks or are ready to live in the satellite towns which will be far from the City center. Another thing is may God help you not to enter the wrong house which Lagos is mostly Characterised with.

There is No fresh Air in Lagos: With a population of about 30 Million people crowded in the smallest state in Nigeria by Land mass. It will be a miracle for you to have fresh air. If you need fresh air in Lagos maybe you might just relocate to Ikorodu or Epe part of Lagos which is currently being hit by high waves of urbanisation.

Lagos is a Dirty City: Although the present Government is trying all it can to keep the City clean but that does not take away the fact that Lagos is one of the dirtiest Cities in Nigeria.

There is too much Noise in Lagos: Yes there is too much Noise in the City. From the Danfo drivers and conductors who rant like a Sallah ram, to Agberos who are vociferously constituting nuisance with their cracked voice, indeed Lagos is very noisy except you live in quiet Estates in luxurious neighbourhoods.

Connecting with the Rich in Lagos is a little bit hard: Unlike in Abuja and other Cities in Nigeria where you can always run into an influential person and you connect with them and possibly exchange contact. That will only happen in Lagos by Devine connection from above. Everybody in the City is very careful because of "Onye ma Onye" (who knows who).

FINALLY
Before you make that move to either relocate to Lagos or to relocate out of Lagos. Just sit down with one bottle of cold Trophy and a plate of Isiewu or Delicious Nkwobi and ask yourself some mind boggling questions that will enable you to make a good decision you will never regret.

Written By Emmanuel
A Real Estate Consultant based in Lagos Nigeria.

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2500 from Ikeja to Lekki phase one
Seems you used Caverton private Jet?

Davash222:
2500 from Ikeja to Lekki phase one
Seems you used Caverton private Jet?

If not more than Self
From Lekki to Oshodi is 700, from Oshodi to Ikeja 400 no be 1100 be that, I entered 200 again down to my house no be 1300 be that. This is just for returning home I don't want to go into how much I spent going

After we finished school most people moved to cities like Lagos and Abuja after graduation but some stayed back in the east to pursue their careers and business. Fast forward to five years after. 99% of us that went to Lagos or Abuja had not settled down with a wife and were sweating to pay city rent. Most of the guys who stayed back in the east quickly married and started building their own houses at a much cheaper cost at their own pace. People need to start changing the paradigm

Center of excellence Eko for show. Lagos for action. EKO O NI BAJE O

The village is better,

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Any reasonable Igbo man that came to Lagos and return to the East poor is cursed.

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*I can't forget my first day in boarding school. They served us rice, while i was waiting for stew one guy passed and whispered to me "guy na jollof be that ooo better chop"*

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when I live there we comment....

Lagos is for those who are mentally strong

DISADVANTAGE too many mad aggressive pipo

Do you even know that 1 Cup of rice contains 7,532 pieces... Pls, don't buy if it's not complete...
I will count beans tomorrow so someone should help me count garri.
I hate cheating...

Lagos will boost your inter-personal skills.This is a multicultural state with different tribes and nationalities.You will always meet new people.

Lagos is a state with so many opportunities and resources.
If you are really hardworking,You will earn your daily income.

There are many advantages, it's just like living in any metropolitan/cosmopolitan cities anywhere else in the world.

Higher job opportunities

More business opportunities (you can start any trade (with dedication, hard work and small capital) patronage is certain.

The city does not sleep (i.e. you can run your biz 24/7)

More social amenities

People mind their business so no one to poke nose in what you are up to.

But beware there are disadvantages too
Let's leave that to the OP of the thread


Below is from a Lagosian personal perspective......
"I was born in Lagos and spent my first 18 years on the mainland.Now listen to the advantages of living in Lagos.

Lagos will teach you how to be street smart. I once purchased a fake phone padded with fufu at computer village in Ikeja.I learnt to be smart in a hard way. Lagosians are rugged and smart people because of their day to day experience"

Lagos, the city of money

Even with all the disadvantages OP, I still love my Lagos

The only advantage of living in Lagos is job opportunities . Others ehn...make I just shut up

Lagos is making many rich though not for the faint hearted.

@ op, you're correct. I hate the traffic in Lagos but sometimes while in my abode down South south, i always remember some nice places and how the janitors shadows for passengers by calling names of bustops as if they are rapping. In Lagos, the silence is never certain. I'm missing Lagos right now.

lekki1444:
DISADVANTAGE too many mad aggressive pipo

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I hail those living in Lagos!!

There are many beautiful babes in Lagos tho!!

Op , you should add that to the Advantages!!

Opportunities dey quite alright but the stress, tussle and traffic is just on another level

I no fit can

There are some point you feel like parking your car along the road and take a bike home.

Traffic can frustrate your life

Not that i like Amaechi bt wen he said lagos was a glorified village a lot of people were insulting him.Since we always judge things in diz country with emotions anytin we see we should take it dat way. With d money lagos generates,they should atleast hav a working rail system dat would take pressure off d roads and possible electric buses but no.Nobody knows were all d money heads to

Disadvantages is 69%,while advantages is 31%

Very true,but i luv lagos