internationalman:
Why the sudden rise in comparison between America and Nigeria..

Because things are so hard in Nigeria we are merely working for survival. That's why the fuse about salaries.

People in America just work to pay bill and feed themselves and if by the end of the day they couldn't afford to build a house or achieve much, they will have still lived a better life than a rich man in Nigeria..

You see all these Yahoo boys with flashy cars and mansions for a house, their maga abroad are mostly average citizens..

People that are poor abroad can make someone in Nigeria millionaire. That's to show you the difference between the standard of living and quality of life..

ILoveDemMANNA:
This is interesting.


Is this an error or what?
What do you mean by spend 100 MILLION for 5 years?
Or You mean 5 Generations ?

catice:
NY crazy bro!

adonainana:



I understand your feeling, but one of the major mistakes you made was to plan or leave the house you rented for 250 pounds as a student

One of the really easy ways to make it in the UK and the years would not turn to years upon years with nothing to show for it is either to live with a family member for free or a parent for free or for next to nothing or you just continue living life like a frugal student

Yes its almost unexplainable having a professional job on a good salary but still living in a a cramped student house with sometimes no heating or cooking

Even girls wont want to date you, cos you wont even try bringing girls home

But the benefit is that you will have a lot of disposable income left, a lot of it

The idea is that you bring this to nigeria as capital and try something out with it

Or bettter still after the years accumulate, get a mortgage in the uk but beware it may make you trap you into the UK system

Trust me there is no other way around it living in the UK except above

The other way is credit card fraud or something else

just speaking from experience bro

BigDawsNet:


One of the best State in the world

Triple prices of what you get in other state

uuzba:

Nigerian students are not serious when looking for jobs. Plain and simple.
You think it's one fantastic job with AC that they give student?
Student jobs is basically something like messenger, office assistant, Burger seller, car washing, labourer, or home carer for sick people.
Yes, over there, an employer will go to the University career building and advertise these kind of low skill jobs on the university website, or some pamphlet on the school notice board.
You are the one that will run after the employer to beg for the job. The only thing is that because you are a student, the employer cannot keep you more than 4 hrs per day. So that is part-time work. Plus you still have to read your book and pass your course O.
You can't do full time 8hrs, until you graduate.

So for you in Nigeria, you better go and run around and see who can take you part-time, and show your seriousness with the work as well.

RisenPhoenix1:


You are correct. But most Nigerians will not understand this write up.

When you tell them that a litre of petrol in the US is about N400 and you can pay up to N75,000 monthly electrical bills for a two bedroom apartment and close to a million naira monthly rent even in low brow areas of New York, they don't believe. Heck, even a bottle of Coca Cola is N500. By the way, these are old prices from around 2014. I don't know what prices are like now.

catice:
What makes it one of the best Sir?

Iatrogen:


So the cheapest decent studio apartment is $650 right? Always thought it was $500 oh. Do you have any idea of that for the UK?

BigDawsNet:


$1500+ NY
$850+ L.A

ThreeBlackBird:


He's one of the reasons? Lol.. How, please?

Billyonaire666:
The wise and the well-traveled know the OP is right.

Those who disagree should be truthful to themselves and confirm if they have ever lived abroad. If you havent, then you should not argue.

The OP is right.

bloggerblogger2:
YOU MAY AGREE OR DISAGREE.

A 100K monthly salary earner in Nigeria is better than a 400K monthly salary earner in the United States.

The luxury lifestyles some of us live here with 100K, cannot sustain us a day over there. We can’t try such in US and save a dim.

Some of our annual rent here is weekly/ monthly rent over there. Can you pay over 100K naira monthly house rent with 400K monthly salary here in Nigeria? You can’t do that, but you don’t have a choice over there. You pay or kicked out of the house.

Some of our people over there are becoming wiser now. They don’t mind sleeping on the streets, work for at least 5-10yrs, move back to Nigeria with their savings. You cannot survive with 100M living comfortably a year over there. Tax go finish you up. But you can live large with 100M for 5yrs or more here in Nigeria depends on your lifestyles tho.

You don’t pay unnecessary tax here. But in foreign countries you pay almost everything.
In naija you can own 10 cars..not in the United States because you pay for packing space for each car. You get the point now?

Some of our people in diaspora, once they earn $10K in a month or so, depends on the job, they’d send $9K down to their Nigeria account and keep $1K for their upkeep. Some would buy lands and build houses for rent or some other businesses.
If you don’t do that, you’d work all your life and come back with nothing. Those of you on this method are wise. But becareful of the people you send your money to here. Trust no one! Get a trustworthy lawyer involved.

U can make unnecessary noise or play loud music here. You can’t try such over there and not find yourself in police cell.

So you see….We are privileged here. We only need to get bad political leaders off the way. By getting involved in politics, national, state, LGA and community affairs. That’s how American youth you admire, do.

They don’t just fold hands, wailing and waiting for a miracle. They debate, disagree, challenge, involved and create. You get the point now?

Alday:
I'm just smiling reading these.

My rent as a student for my single room when converted from Euro should come to around $650 per month bills inclusive.

Some of my fellow Nigerian students who lost their jobs get almost twice this amount as covid-support from the government per month and have similar, costlier or a bit cheaper accommodation.

OP simply threw figures into the air and forgot the PPP and HDI Index reality.

WakeNbaked:

How much job can a student fetch averagely 30k.

Laxy009:
The misconception the op is having is because of the currency involved . A weaken currency like Naira look much and a good currency like dollar look small. But the power and value can't be compared. 100k rent might look big for a month rent in US because you've converted it to our naira but do you also forget you earn in dollar. You get paid in dollar and jobs over there is base on hourly rate and you can do more than a job over there. You do a job for savings only and while the other job take care of your feeding and accommodation . Can you do that here in Nigeria ? You can only do a job here because the restriction is 8 to 5 daily .

On daily basis you can't guarantee the value of the money you have in your savings account as naira keep deteriorating ,if inflation rate is 20 % Just know that you've lost 20% value of what ever amount you have in savings . Investment is to help hedge inflation but do we have any investment that can give you 20% return ? Not possible . They can only give a little above a single digit which help to reduce the effect of inflation on your investment while those who those invest will lose 20% value. Does the one happen in the US ? The US dollar is strongly stable hence you can't compare standard of living between Nigeria and US . Food items are subsidized in the state ,do we have any food items subsidized here in Nigeria ?

You get tax refund yearly from the government ,do we have tax refund here in Nigeria ?You have access to sane environment, healthcare system, security, and other better infrastructures to increase the quality and span of life . But here in Nigeria is a death Zone. You have a system that works and far ahead of Nigeria in billion years.

Adakintroy:


Guy you are a walking contradiction.

The priviledge you enjoy is in part a result of poor governance. If the right politician comes in and the laws start working so will the tax laws.

That means the u.s system will be in full flow here. If they are well tax, you will be well taxed. That means your 4000k stipens won't do much for you cus you won't have any corners to cut

usagee36:
I dont know if you are trying to say Nigeria is better of to live than America but if you did,
stop misleading people. How many people in Nigeria can make 100k a month in Nigeria or even a year? The money you make in America will feed you well monthly with change after bills and still send home. I make $15000 weekly ooo not biweekly. Guy maybe you just came into America or you are just a blogger who has been lied to. America is a country blessed with jobs. America jobs are 8 times high than Canada. God bless America

BigDawsNet:


New York is called "The Empire State" because of its wealth and variety of resources.

Iatrogen:


Choi!

catice:
Nice! some of us dont just want to hear Newyork just because of the high cost of living, but i hear say the place beautiful.

nini007:
You yourself don't understand what you're saying.

You got no credible points.

If I'm in The US to hustle, why will I want to live large there?

The quality life, no bandits, no power failure, no Boko Haram, no food scarcity, no university strike and other good things are the reasons why people run from your Naija.

Be wise!

HellVictorinho:

Nigeria's economy is doomed.
Corruption in the government cannot be destroyed.
.

bukatyne:


On point.

It also applies here;

N250k/month in Ibadan vs N400k/month in Lagos.

uuzba:

Nigerian students are not serious when looking for jobs. Plain and simple.
You think it's one fantastic job with AC that they give student?
Student jobs is basically something like messenger, office assistant, Burger seller, car washing, labourer, or home carer for sick people.
Yes, over there, an employer will go to the University career building and advertise these kind of low skill jobs on the university website, or some pamphlet on the school notice board.
You are the one that will run after the employer to beg for the job. The only thing is that because you are a student, the employer cannot keep you more than 4 hrs per day. So that is part-time work. Plus you still have to read your book and pass your course O.
You can't do full time 8hrs, until you graduate.

So for you in Nigeria, you better go and run around and see who can take you part-time, and show your seriousness with the work as well.

Laxy009:
The misconception the op is having is because of the currency involved . A weaken currency like Naira look much and a good currency like dollar look small. But the power and value can't be compared. 100k rent might look big for a month rent in US because you've converted it to our naira but do you also forget you earn in dollar. You get paid in dollar and jobs over there is base on hourly rate and you can do more than a job over there. You do a job for savings only and while the other job take care of your feeding and accommodation . Can you do that here in Nigeria ? You can only do a job here because the restriction is 8 to 5 daily .

On daily basis you can't guarantee the value of the money you have in your savings account as naira keep deteriorating ,if inflation rate is 20 % Just know that you've lost 20% value of what ever amount you have in savings . Investment is to help hedge inflation but do we have any investment that can give you 20% return ? Not possible . They can only give a little above a single digit which help to reduce the effect of inflation on your investment while those who those invest will lose 20% value. Does the one happen in the US ? The US dollar is strongly stable hence you can't compare standard of living between Nigeria and US . Food items are subsidized in the state ,do we have any food items subsidized here in Nigeria ?

You get tax refund yearly from the government ,do we have tax refund here in Nigeria ?You have access to sane environment, healthcare system, security, and other better infrastructures to increase the quality and span of life . But here in Nigeria is a death Zone. You have a system that works and far ahead of Nigeria in billion years.