Would you return to somalia in it's current condition

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  • Yes

    Votes: 27 38.0%
  • No

    Votes: 45 63.4%

  • Total voters
    71
I went to Xamar recently and I can't lie it's actually very nice. Especially around the central Xamar area, Hodan, Buulo Xuubey, number 4 area. I think those regions and Xamar as a whole is very easy for a diaspora to live. You can basically find anything you are used to in the UK over there. Coffee shops, supermarkets high quality restaurants are all available.

However outside of Mogadishu it is kinda difficult to live especially as a diaspora because it isnt really developed like that. You probably won't find any nice restaurants or supermarkets , electricity can just turn off any time and there isn't hot and cold water in demand.

So personally I would say Xamar yes, the rest of Somalia needs to be developed more though.
I chilled in garoowe for 2 summers so far. I also stayed in Xamar for 2 weeks. One of the things I noticed is the beggars of Xamar are far more bold and almost demanding compared to Garoowe. Although you can't beat Xamar sea breeze weather.
 
If skint, a student, a dropout, a pauper, or a dole-accustomed numpty still suckling on, or your average wastrel with dependency inclinations, and with no ingenuity, you can not, 'cos you are more of a burden on the locals than an asset. Those doing well outside could easily transfer and establish themselves with ease, as many have done, and are doing.

Worse yet, if not fluent in Somali, or at a minimum proficient, let alone culturally, then you are technically a foreigner.
 
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I chilled in garoowe for 2 summers so far. I also stayed in Xamar for 2 weeks. One of the things I noticed is the beggars of Xamar are far more bold and almost demanding compared to Garoowe. Although you can't beat Xamar sea breeze weather.
Yeah of course there are more beggars because the population of is in the millions. So it attracts more people to come even if they are basically poor with nothing
 
If skint, a student, a dropout, a pauper, or a dole-accustomed numpty still suckling on, or your average wastrel with dependency inclinations, and with no ingenuity, you can not, 'cos you are more of a burden on the locals than an asset. Those doing well outside could easily transfer and establish themselves with ease, as many have done, and are doing.

Worse yet, if not fluent in Somali, or at a minimum proficient, let alone culturally, then you are technically a foreigner.
That's one of the biggest issues a person who is a diaspora especially those born and raised in the west face back home. Your always seen as a foreigner and a say wallahi. You will find it hard to fit in and mix with the locals as they always just look at you as an outsider. Unless you just find other diasporas and stick with them it's kinda hard to be a say wallahi back home.
 

Aseer

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If things stabilises significantly and the economy is stable, developing nicely and industrialisation is happening then I will go back and further contribute with my skills and knowledge.

But if somalia is still the same as it is now then I will just have to wait until I am retired and then go back while also investing in a firearm and combat equipment cause I am not going to allow some cawaan interrupt my peaceful unemployed death in my picture f*cking perfect villa on the beach.
 

Gojo Satoru

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Unless you have perfect health conditions the last thing you'd want to do is move back to somalia. People take their health for granted and a lot of my relatives went back to the west because something happened to them and they didn't have access to medical care
 
I know people who moved back to Puntland or stay there for long periods of time. You just need to have a business or a job back home.

This is how it ought to be, people that decide to eventually move back should be going there with the mindset of contributing to the growth of the nation. It doesn't have to be anything crazy big, it can be something as simple as creating tutoring program that would help a local school, or if you're more into infrastructure a recycling plant for basic plastic/glass. There's an insane amount of opportunities for anyone that has a little bit of vision and entrepreneurship.

Rihanna became a billionaire by addressing a huge gap in the cosmetic world that nobody bothered to address. Imagine if @caanoshaah created some sort of fitness program/gym exclusively for women and corners that market. Who know's maybe the founder of a Somali equivalent of Loblaws (grocer in Canada) or Home Depot might be right here in SSpot.
 
Honestly it's much better for people to go back for vacation or to be visiting for business then for them to just go back to retire. Since retirees don't bring much benefit to the country when they move back . Retires are not gonna be transferring skills and knowledge to people back home or buidling the necessary connections to foreign institutions or companies. The Chinese who moved back to China didn't go as retired but as college graduates or people who had been working for several years.
 
Unless you have perfect health conditions the last thing you'd want to do is move back to somalia. People take their health for granted and a lot of my relatives went back to the west because something happened to them and they didn't have access to medical care
But realistically who has better health. Someone in the west who eats proccessed food or someone back home who barely eats processed food, whose diet consists of fresh camel milk, fresh camel meat and fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms.


Yes the healthcare systems are not as good, but generally the people back home are healthier then people in the west.
 

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