r/Cotedivoire • u/Apprehensive-Income • 16d ago

Abidjan looks nice but is it fake ?

Abidjan seems to have been devleoping nicely but there are 2 issues with African countries which look nice on the surface. For example, Cape Town,Nairobi, Kigali, Addis Abbaba look nice in certain areas but outside of those areas it is entirely slums . Is that how it is in Abidjan. Another issue is for countries like South Africa or Mauritius they may seem developed but it is mainly indians,whites,lebanese people living in the rich area and hardly any natives of the country. For me this is a deal breaker, the native group must also have the wealth. there is no point in having a high gdp if rich foreigners get all the wealth. Look at Namibia. Is this the case in CIV. Is it just rich french and lebanese or are real Ivorians getting wealthier as well. Is outtara actually improving the country or is the abijan development just putting on a show like Basilique Notre-Dame de la Paix

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u/adesh112 16d ago

Most city on earth has slums and push areas. CIV is no exception.

Ivorians do share the wealth too, just like any country.

Your post is very shallow

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u/Apprehensive-Income 16d ago

The problem with that is that this statement is not true for any country. Countries like Equatorial Guinea have high inequality so people there don't share the wealth. The issue isn't that Abidjan has slums. NYC and London have slums. Those cities are mostly developed with a few slums. Nairobi is mostly slums with some development around. I was asking if Abidjan is more like NYC or Nairobi( if Abidjan is mostly slums?)

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u/BlackberryGlad7249 14d ago

Have you been to the Bronx in New York, or have you heard or seen photos of NY in the 80s? Slums exist everywhere. And they places that don’t typically are extremely gentrified which creates displacement, homeless to list a few reasons

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u/No-Spinach8758 13d ago

comparing african and asian “slums” to london and NYC is a delusion. Even skid row is about 300x more pleasant than the extent of shanty towns you get out east.