Interesting Observation on Society in Burco/Hargeisa

[Abaq]

Keep crying and blaming others like Madows of America. Your people are incompetent fools which is why the only major city Habaar Yoonis & Habar Xabusheed dominate is economically dead. It is SL’s Detroit

This is it. It’s due to culture. Some people are enterprising whereas others are lazy

 

[Abaq]

A similar dynamic is at play in Hiirshabelle & Galmudug. The elite of those two federal states are all living in Xamar. Having all of your smart people in a single cluster has large advantages. Mogadishu and Hargaysa have a huge variety of goods & services that are not available in smaller cities. the drawback is that this comes at the expense of places like Beledweyne and Burco.

It is still an unresolved question in economic geography whether it is preferable to have one dominant urban center (Paris in France, Bangkok in Thailand, Seoul in Korea) or many similarly sized urban center (United States, Germany, India, China).

It’s better to have multiple, work and opportunities will be spread, cities will be a more manageable size, and greater areas of the countryside will be able to benefit from proximity to cities

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Seems pretty resolved looking at those two lists of countries you have

I don't think it is a clear cut thing. There are many developed countries that are heavily centralized and many that are not. I don't know which is better. I suspect that for countries with populations more than ~30 million, it is better too be have many urban centers. The opposite is likely true for countries that are smaller than that. This is just a guess. This only applies outside of Africa, there are no economies of scale in African cities so getting larger has quickly diminishing returns.

I think at least in africa it's much better to have multiple urban centers. Since it spreads out development and reduces the chances of resentment developing. I think somalia woukd be in a much worse position if everything was concentrated in Mogadishu alone. It also probably helps keep coppruoption down.

What's intresting though is that of the top urban centers in east africa. The only country with 2 of them is somalia. Everywhere else in east africa has only 1 city where development is concentrated. If you leave that place everything declines.

African cities have no economies of scale, so it is probably right that it is better to have many urban centers.

 

[berberaboy66]

They need to go back to their city. In fact I suggest all of New Hargeisa pack their bags

Borama,Wajaale,Gabiley city and Berbera have surpassed Burco economically. Burco is a dead city because the inhabitants are ignorant Bedouins. It is a cultural issue. Easterners love to blame the West and specifically HA for their own dysfunction.

The mayor is HJ and a certain sub claim Togdheer as theirs. Your grievances are not with me but Musa Arreh and everyone knows what Burco looked like when they ruled the roost.

 

[Dooyo]

Reality punches you in the mouth when you actual step foot into any part of Somaliweyn Every time I see a diasporian kanging about how great their region is, I blow a fuse.

 

[Garaad Awal]

The mayor is HJ and a certain sub claim Togdheer as theirs. Your grievances are not with me but Musa Arreh and everyone knows what Burco looked like when they ruled the roost.

You are all khanazeer easterners