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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Some really great photos and videos of African cities on this page. Kigali, Luanda and a few others don't look bad at all...in fact, they are quite attractive.
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Yes, but unfortunately these are the nice areas that generally only represent a portion of the city, while much of the rest of the city and urban area is made up of unconscionable (for us, anyway) squalor.
The difference between the best and worst one is the relative % of the former vs. the latter.
None of these cities really has even a
relative absence of widespread squalor, sadly.
Also, nice buildings, roads and greenery don't take away other problems. A city like Abidjan (one of the best-looking ones in West Africa) has in recent years become beset by extremely serious crime and terrorism issues.
(Though sure, some cities are safer than others.)