Somali GTA5 vlogs 😂

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[Internet Nomad]

To niggas in Somalia gta 5 is science fiction because of all the paved roads and infrastructure.

 

[Abdisamad]

To niggas in Somalia gta 5 is science fiction because of all the paved roads and infrastructure.

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[Idilinaa]

To niggas in Somalia gta 5 is science fiction because of all the paved roads and infrastructure.

I doubt it, most Somalis are well traveled both abroad and in the country.

That GTA video looks not much different than some down town areas of Mogadishu

 

[thou shalt not pass]

I doubt it, most Somalis are well traveled both abroad and in the country.

That GTA video looks not much different than some down town areas of Mogadishu
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2/3 of these photos are A.I generated walaal

 

[Idilinaa]

2/3 of these photos are A.I generated walaal

They are not AI generated they are real photo's of certain roads and districts who's quality have been enhanced.



Some other pictures not enhanced

A drive through of down town areas.

 

[Idilinaa]

A drive through of down town areas.

They really beautified certain neighborhoods, hopefully they will make every part of the city bloom like this. I also noticed the modern traffic signs in this.

More and more roads connecting neighborhoods and districts like this have been paved, tarmacked and cleaned up since late last year.

 

[EritreanPost_]

What does Qer si geh mean

 

[EainA2]

What does Qer si geh mean

He was telling the pilot to go higher
kor si geh

 

[RidwanYare]

Dudes here saying downtown Mogadishu looks like LA

Respect the pride but cmon

 

[Idilinaa]

Dudes here saying downtown Mogadishu looks like LA

Respect the pride but cmon

I said that it has in some areas paved roads and modern buildings.

Mogadishu shouldn't look like LA it should have it's own characteristic.

 

[Shimbiris]

I said that it has in some areas paved roads and modern buildings.

Mogadishu shouldn't look like LA it should have it's own characteristic.

@Internet Nomad is just trolling in good spirits. He knows most Somalis have high-speed internet access and some have travelled and obviously seen paved city roads and infrastructure within the peninsula itself like areas of Xamar or Hargeysa.

But he's also just tongue-in-cheek teasing how most Somali towns outside of those two do indeed suffer from a dearth in proper infrastructure due to the incompetence of the central government. Just looked up Ceerigaabo on Wikipedia and notice the near complete lack of cobbles, interlocks or cement roads:

Boosaaso not to far to its east is basically the same for the most part. Not their fault. That shit's expensive without the kind of funding a central government can get together but yeah... lots of Somalis back home don't grow up in cities with good infrastructure. Most everything is built with the investment, business acumen and determination of the local people.

 

[Taintedlove]

@Shimbiris when did you become VIP?

 

[Shimbiris]

@Shimbiris when did you become VIP?

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[Taintedlove]

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It's just I didn't remember you being VIP before. You were one of us peasants

 

[Shimbiris]

It's just I didn't remember you being VIP before. You were one of us peasants

I've had that icon for over a year. You just now noticed my shine is all.

Put on sunglasses, you might hurt yourself.

 

[kamek]

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you don’t have to be around for 2 years, you just have to hit 3000 posts I think.

edit: you also have to be on here for at least 3 months, I forgot that part.

 

[Idilinaa]

@Internet Nomad is just trolling in good spirits. He knows most Somalis have high-speed internet access and some have travelled and obviously seen paved city roads and infrastructure within the peninsula itself like areas of Xamar or Hargeysa.

I actually shared a video about Xamar/Mogadishu's road funding. The funding usually mostly comes from local business, private community banks, property owners etc. The government in Mogadishu doesn't fund it.


I suspect it's similar in Puntland and Somaliland that local business and private community banks fund it. I think A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is higher amongst them.

In Hargeisa they have completed 21 roads within a 17 month period back in 2022 not sure how many it is now, probably way more

Somaliland: Hargeisa municipality has completed 21 roads within 17 months - SomalilandCurrent.com

By M.A. Egge The initiative of the Mayor of the capital city of Hargeisa Cllr. Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge and the efforts exerted by the town hall are unprecedented as far as infrastructure is concerned. Their palpable services are felt and are largescale beyond the historic road works. The local...

www.somalilandcurrent.com

There is also Garowe the capital of Puntland, they hae built many new paved roads.

Garowe Roads – Nagaad Project

nagaad.mpwr.gov.so

Not only that they have fund other infrastructure

Like a drainage

Garowe Drainage – Nagaad Project

nagaad.mpwr.gov.so

They also built a large bridge above the Garowe seasonal river that connects to the roads. Alongside a tunnel to redirect the flooding of water.

Garowe Bridges – Nagaad Project

nagaad.mpwr.gov.so

Just to show that major infrastructure projects don't only happen in Hargeisa and Xamar.

 

[Idilinaa]

But he's also just tongue-in-cheek teasing how most Somali towns outside of those two do indeed suffer from a dearth in proper infrastructure due to the incompetence of the central government. Just looked up Ceerigaabo on Wikipedia and notice the near complete lack of cobbles, interlocks or cement roads:

Boosaaso not to far to its east is basically the same for the most part. Not their fault. That shit's expensive without the kind of funding a central government can get together but yeah... lots of Somalis back home don't grow up in cities with good infrastructure. Most everything is built with the investment, business acumen and determination of the local people.

I don't think they are particularly dearth in proper infrastructure or should i say neglected in someway. These settlements used to be small towns or villages not to long ago , Somalis call Tuulo, very different from Magaalos which are larger town or cities. They were newer and less populated.

Places like Lascanood have grown and expanded really fast in the past few years trying to keep up with increase in demands, that's what happens. Even Bosaso used to be a very small town that has mostly grown in size in recent years. I remember you shared a bit about it.

So they prioritize things electricity, storage facilities, businesses, community banks, electricity, water, telecom etc before they start building out other infrastructure like major cement roads, cobbles , interlocks etc. Lascanood has all of those things now and growing. You can even see solar panels in that picture.

One thing to notice is that Somalia's suburbs don't develop into crowded slums or open sewers at all like you see in Kenya, Egypt, South Africa or Ethiopia etc. Most of if not all have some semblance of zoning that separate them into orderly positions, i noticed that in the picture you provided, there is even plots of spaces and land where they make room for new housing or buildings and surrounding it with gardens, trees or some greenery.

Aside from the lack of paved tarmacs . It looks a lot like the suburban small town build out of rich developed countries. It shows you that wealth circulation in Somalia is really good.
Two other northern towns.

Compare it to a small town in Norway for example.

 

[Shimbiris]

I don't think they are dirt poor in infrastructure or neglected. These settlements used to be small towns or villages not to long ago , Somalis call Tuulo, very different from Magaalos which are larger town or cities.

Places like Lascanood have grown and expanded really fast in the past few years trying to keep up with increase in demands, that's what happens. Even Bosaso used to be a very small town that has mostly grown in size in recent years. I remember you shared a bit about it.

So they prioritize things electricity, storage facilities, businesses, community banks, electricity, water, telecom etc before they start building out other infrastructure like major cement roads, cobbles , interlocks etc. Lascanood has all of those things now and growing. You can even see solar panels in that picture.

One thing to notice is that Somalia's suburbs don't develop into crowded slums or open sewers at all like you see in Kenya or Ethiopia. Most of if not all have some semblance of zoning that separate them into orderly positions, i noticed that in the picture you provided, there is even plots of spaces and land where they make room for new housing or buildings and surrounding it with gardens, trees or some greenery.

Aside from the lack of paved tarmacs . It looks a lot like the suburban small town build out of rich developed countries. It shows you that wealth circulation in Somalia is really good.
Two other northern towns.
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Compare it to a small town in Norway for example.
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Yeah, I found it peculiar when I was in the northeast relatively recently how there weren't really slums. There was just one semi-shanty town outside Bosaso that wasn't very large and was inhabited entirely by IDPs from Koonfur rather than the local people.

An aunt of mine used to often boast to me that no one in Puntland or Somaliland goes hungry. "Not everyone is rich, yes, but every man has a bed to sleep on and a meal on his table." — kinda wild when you compare them to many other parts of the world with far more in terms of access to resources and a functioning central gov.