The difference
Lately, I've been thinking about a lot of things concerning Lagos, the roads, the population, the people there and a couple of other things, this is basically my mind trying to come up with more excuses why choosing to remain here is the best option for me, because with everything that I think of, lagos ends up losing.
If there's one thing that I'm sure that I, along with every other person there hates about lagos, it's the too many population. Lagos state is a state with more than times two of what it could contain comfortably, and yet there are still more people coming in.
I remember the first year I spent here as a student, how peaceful and non-chaotic everywhere was. I didn't fully appreciate the difference until I traveled down to lagos to go see the rest of my family, that was when I realized that I was living in hell. Over there (Lagos), you literally have to fight for almost everything, you have to fight to get on a bus, you also have to fight to get off the bus.
I still remember the one night where my phone got stolen just because I was struggling to get on a bus, a bus I ended up not getting on. Then about thirty seconds later of me struggling, I realized that my phone was no longer in my pocket. What was even more crazy about this whole event back then was the fact that I had my earpiece plugged into the phone and was listening to a song the whole time, and yet when the song stopped and the earpiece got disconnected, I had no idea.
That was probably the day I made up my mind and decided that lagos wasn't for me. That was the day I knew that I'd never be settling in that stressful, violent state. But unfortunately for me, my family still lives there and I do have to visit them from time to time to say hi and each time I go, I have to put on a strong face, one that shows that I'm not scared of the troubles that comes with the place, as that is the only way I know that I could guarantee a little bit of safety for myself.
Because the slightest hint to this people that I'm scared of there or that I haven't been to the state in a long time, could see me being placed in potential danger and that is the last thing I want for myself.
I know all of this sounds like it's all bad in Lagos, it's not. Just that I live in the side of the mainland where it's mostly just chaos.
I truly can relate well to this and saying that Lagos is for the strongest is the truth. I have lived in the city during my secondary school years and all of these are what I have experienced. Days when my clothes got torn while struggling to enter a bus or when I had to fall while coming down especially when drivers and conductors are hurrying you to get down just because they don't want to get caught at a spot.
I don't see myself living in Lagos with its struggle and I hail those living there. Whenever I am travelling to Lagos on a visit, I make sure to get myself prepared and at alert because anything can happen and I cannot think of losing my precious phone in that city. Lagos life isn't for me. Lol
Lol. It's crazy out there and most times the people there don't know it until they leave, that is when they realize that they've been living in a jungle all their lives.
Lagos is indeed a jungle 😆
The situation you encountered was indeed bad. Nobody wants to lose their mobile. More population bring more trouble unless they can be turned into asset although it mostly depends on government. Fortunately, I haven't lost my mobile anytime. It because I was always cautious about it because I know If I become careless, I may pay the price of it.
I guess sometimes some things have to happen for us to learn and be more careful next time. I say this because I haven't lost my phone ever since that incident and I think it's all thanks to that first experience.