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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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McReggae wrote:Haisha @Kiash!!! 
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If it was not for Table Mountain and the Ocean, I would place Windhoek at the top. Windhoek is a much cleaner city, but smaller. That Nrb is better than Jhb & Pretoria, Lol! They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/1/2010 Posts: 3,024 Location: Hapa
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murchr wrote:Surely what makes Accra better than Nairobi? was wondering the same.....is it because of the beaches? hata hiyo Kotoka yenyewe inafanya tu utake kutoka  Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - Muhammad Aliπ
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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butterflyke wrote:murchr wrote:Surely what makes Accra better than Nairobi? was wondering the same.....is it because of the beaches? hata hiyo Kotoka yenyewe inafanya tu utake kutoka Very boring city I wonder what they saw there "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/1/2010 Posts: 3,024 Location: Hapa
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ION Cape Town makes top ten most dangerous cities to travel to rinkkweli goggles ni za aina nyingi Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - Muhammad Aliπ
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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D32 wrote:If it was not for Table Mountain and the Ocean, I would place Windhoek at the top. Windhoek is a much cleaner city, but smaller.
That Nrb is better than Jhb & Pretoria, Lol! Serious?...  Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/16/2012 Posts: 808
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Njung'e wrote:D32 wrote:If it was not for Table Mountain and the Ocean, I would place Windhoek at the top. Windhoek is a much cleaner city, but smaller.
That Nrb is better than Jhb & Pretoria, Lol! Serious?... Yes. Have been in both places. Cape Town has several slums, and one of them is one of the biggest slum in the word, but you never hear of it. Cape Towns Kibera is called khayelitsha. Google it. http://www.ibtimes.com/5...gest-slums-world-381338
There is also widespread crime, gangsterism and drug abuse. It's only the good side that is put out. No doubt that the good side is good, but when weighing other factors, I'd go with Windhoek anytime. Windhoek is a small but very neat city. In different places, Windhoek has been lauded as the cleanest city in Africa. A few pictures. http://www.skyscrapercit...howthread.php?t=1484104
They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/6/2008 Posts: 3,548
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I think there are qualitative aspects and it is probably from sampling so sio "Infrastructure" pekee, i will add the beautiful women you see in Nairobi town, in some Johannesburg, you can spend a whole day without seeing a beautiful lady, and our food is not that bad, also people walk on the streets everywhere more or less "cam-fart-ably" though they say beauty is relative, but the result is qualitative so it matters! A New Kenya
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/8/2013 Posts: 2,517
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In related news Nairobi-ousts Lagos to-become-Africa-s-most-expensive-cityStatistics can always be twisted to favour the financier of the research / poll ask Ipsos Synovate  "ππ‘KQ makes money for everyone except the shareholder ππ " overheard in Wazua
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/24/2012 Posts: 331 Location: Vantage point
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Top ten cities to live in... To live in as what???? A fish in uhuru park? A waiter working night-shifts? or vegetation in Jivanjee gardens? It is completely pointless to rank cities without informing people what criteria was used to do so. Everyone will have very diverse opinions on what the rank should have been
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/18/2008 Posts: 353
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/18/2008 Posts: 353
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/17/2011 Posts: 627 Location: Mbui-Nzau, Kikumbulyu
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D32 wrote:If it was not for Table Mountain and the Ocean, I would place Windhoek at the top. Windhoek is a much cleaner city, but smaller.
That Nrb is better than Jhb & Pretoria, Lol! Windhoek is no bigger than Kericho town ..is it really a city?..its very neat though...Nairobi can learn a lot from that small town
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Why is Machakos not ranked? If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/19/2012 Posts: 552
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I can see the "Nairobi Blue sky" Lupita was talking about Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.... Leo Buscaglia
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/11/2008 Posts: 401
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These rankings are from the point of view of a lily white mzungu who has some cash to burn and is either a tourist or an expatriate.
The factors they look at:
Geographically - Nairobi and indeed Kenya is centrally placed in Africa and most capitals are no more than 6 - 8 hours away.
Financially - being in a tough neighborhood (think war on terror), expatriates are paid up to 1.7 times their pay with benefits like free housing and schooling, etc.
Food - a lot of our food is not processed and therefore tastes better, is healthier and cheaper than in their home countries
Weather - a Mzungu once told me Nairobi is naturally air conditioned and has no weather extremes
People - the majority of Kenyans still look up to the mzungu and they get preferential treatment.
Nairobi National Park - to a mzungu seeing wild game up close is magical; something miros care less about
Time - the cost of labour is cheap so many of their households can afford a cook/chef, a housekeeper, a gardener and a security guard leaving them with a lot of time to enjoy various activities like driving to Naivasha, Mt Kenya or the Masai Mara over the weekend or eating at restaurants.
Coffee - they love our coffee and can't believe how cheap it is compared to Star Bucks in the US
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/13/2010 Posts: 869 Location: Nairobi
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Kenyans... We are so good at bashing ourselves. We need to travel more and actually smile in relief at getting home in JKIA. ....above all, to stand.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/27/2010 Posts: 951 Location: Nyumbani
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McReggae wrote:Haisha @Kiash!!! Hiyo ni phombe like someone has said.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/27/2010 Posts: 951 Location: Nyumbani
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Ms Mkenya wrote:Kenyans... We are so good at bashing ourselves.
We need to travel more and actually smile in relief at getting home in JKIA. I do bash Kenya @times but always feel relieved when the plane starts the descent but do not say when you get to JKIA ,unless things changed, you have to wait till you get home to go to the loo especially for the arrivals. Departure is OK but i think its coz its only used by people who have passed thru ile screening ya KA. As of now, read the stories on security even in Nakuru and tell me why you should not complain.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/27/2010 Posts: 951 Location: Nyumbani
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