By Odey Owojela
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| Lagos at night. |
Now let’s head on to the main point that brought us here, and it’s the 5 traits you would find in many Lagosians, irrespective of their gender.
1. Lagosians are Always Busy:
The business of Lagos people is one thing that distinguishes Lagosians from other people living in other parts of Nigeria. 24/7 you would see someone hustling without rest.
It’s very hard to find Lagosians just having enough time for themselves, let’s a relaxing somewhere very cool at least once a week although this happens once in a while during festive periods.
2. They Wake Up Early and Sleep very Late:
There is an adage that says “Early to bed and early to rise” but Lagosians would always disobey the first part of the adage.
Even if you wake up by 5 am in the morning you would still find some shops open around Ogba, Ikeja, it’s a norm in Lagos to find such things happening rather than my state’s capital where civil servants go to work by 9 am and return back home as early as 4 pm.
That’s why you would realize that if a person from Lagos relocates to a town like Calabar, he would find it hard to adapt to the environment and this goes vice versa for some who lived in Calabar and relocates to Lagos.
3. They Could Be Very Arrogant Sometimes:
It’s hard to find a Lagosian who just too cool and takes everything calm. Just try stepping on the toes of a random person in Lagos and before you open our mouth to say sorry, you might have being insulted.
Not all Lagosians are arrogant, but many of them have the trait of being arrogant, due to stress, depression and many other problems.
4. They are sharp:
It is actually hard to find a hardcore Lagosian, who is dull and does not take things seriously. Lagos is just like an open field where everyone tries to play his or her own game of being the smartest, while some may be good others may want to use their to exploit from people I may better describe as “Jolly Just Come”.
If you have a business idea or you need to achieve something fast, you can head on to Lagos and very smartly and you would find out that you would achieve success easily.
5. They Spend A lot:
The last but not the least trait you would find in many Lagosians, is that they spend so much in the city. In Lagos there’s lot of competition, everyone wants to show off. The poor wants to be rich, the rich want to be richer.
In many cities in Nigeria, there are few people who have more than a car they use but in Lagos state, everyone wants more and more cars and everyone wants to take it out, maybe that’s one of the causes of heavy traffic jam in the city.
Some people may end up living their whole lives in Lagos without remembering to establish something in their hometown, be it building a house or even starting a business.
So if you are in Lagos and you haven’t started investing in your own community, you should start making plans to own at least an asset in your own community because a time is coming when you would be too old up with the Lagos hustle and struggle and you would have to retire to your hometown.
I hope you enjoyed the article and also learnt at least one or two things that you can relate with the people living in Lagos state called Lagosians.
Written by Odey Owojela, He blogs at Owojelasblog.com
So true, though all depends on the individual
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