http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/lagos_grids_and_swerves.html black looks Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:34:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/lagos_grids_and_swerves.html#comment-109969 Sokari Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:32:33 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/lagos_grids_and_swerves.html#comment-109969 Beauty @ Personally I cannot afford to live in Lagos and that from someone who lives in London! Beauty @ Personally I cannot afford to live in Lagos and that from someone who lives in London!

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/lagos_grids_and_swerves.html#comment-109968 Beauty Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:26:17 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/lagos_grids_and_swerves.html#comment-109968 <i>But high prices do not always mean high quality. The city was built to accommodate fewer than 100,000 residents, but it is now home to an estimated 14 million people or more, according to the state government. So no matter your station in life, it is impossible to avoid the city's traffic or its lack of reliable water and electricity. Most homes and businesses on the islands run on diesel-powered generators nearly 24 hours a day, resulting in thousands of dollars in energy bills.</i> Yet people tell me I am fool for living elsewhere. But high prices do not always mean high quality. The city was built to accommodate fewer than 100,000 residents, but it is now home to an estimated 14 million people or more, according to the state government. So no matter your station in life, it is impossible to avoid the city’s traffic or its lack of reliable water and electricity. Most homes and businesses on the islands run on diesel-powered generators nearly 24 hours a day, resulting in thousands of dollars in energy bills. Yet people tell me I am fool for living elsewhere.

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