Great Point By Bariis On Moving Capitol City

[Murax]

Why not build a new city from scratch? Somalia should start fresh.

I really don't understand why this isn't done instead of moving to a existing city. Build a city from scratch, make it very expensive to live, tax the hell out of the locals who already have money anyway and go from there. Somewhere along the coast will be ideal.

[FAH1223]

not happening, its more cost effective to restore Mogadishu... and more money is made in Mogadishu than anywhere in Somalia. This move the capital talk is only found on SomaliNet.

[Murax]

not happening, its more cost effective to restore Mogadishu... and more money is made in Mogadishu than anywhere in Somalia. This move the capital talk is only found on SomaliNet.

Dude I believe in Somalia starting completely fresh. I think Somalia needs some radical changes. You always here all this crazy stuff, people have to be evicted from public buildings, people's homes, all this craziness. If You move the capitol You won't have to deal with that stuff anymore.

[Methylamine]

No matter how much money is invested in Mogadishu, you will still have the presence of Al-Shabab...therefore rendering the city unsafe to tourists. You're better off establishing a new city north of Mogadishu that's still along the coast. It seems crazy, but with enough resources properly allocated to the cause, you can have a fully functional government town in 10 years.

[Daff]

No matter how much money is invested in Mogadishu, you will still have the presence of Al-Shabab...therefore rendering the city unsafe to tourists. You're better off establishing a new city north of Mogadishu that's still along the coast. It seems crazy, but with enough resources properly allocated to the cause, you can have a fully functional government town in 10 years.

It is not like these guys walk around with alshabab written on their foreheads besides timirtii horeba dab loo waa

[Addoow]

I dont know what to say,But i really advocate for such project as that will not marganalize Mogadishu because it still will function as the financial city.We can also refrain from any future clan confrontation by first buying the small land in which we can build upon it.it sounds unrealistic but it can happen.

[fighter]

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1317941

[Methylamine]

No matter how much money is invested in Mogadishu, you will still have the presence of Al-Shabab...therefore rendering the city unsafe to tourists. You're better off establishing a new city north of Mogadishu that's still along the coast. It seems crazy, but with enough resources properly allocated to the cause, you can have a fully functional government town in 10 years.

It is not like these guys walk around with alshabab written on their foreheads besides timirtii horeba dab loo waa

Exactly, but you will still have suicide bombings and assassinations happening spontaneously, so why take the risk with high-profile politicians? All I'm saying is, move the political capital of Somalia to new, established "town", while keeping Mogadishu the financial centre of the country. Having a small city as a capital isn't something new.

[KingBlack]

Bariis u r lost ders no Al shabab in xamar thy all left xamar is more developed then any other city even wit 22yrs of warr n now is opening up markets to land lock uganada n burindi little xamar is already starting in kamapla all u need is 100milllion to fix xamar

[union]

1. Building a new capital is expensive. Piss poor countries like Somalia don't have that type of money
2. International donors won't pay for retarded projects, they barley pay for the necessary projects
3. Building a new capital doesn't address the sanguinary clan feuds which have caused, and continue to cause Somalia's problems

[fighter]

Bariis,

No matter where the capital of Somalia is, there will always be problems. Mogadishu isn't facing problems because it is simply just "Mogadishu". It is facing problems because it is the capital. It is the centre. If you want control of the country, you go to the capital. If you want to cause problems in a country, you go to the capital. If you want to overthrow the president, you go to the capital.

Making a new town or city north of Mogadishu will not stop bombings and political assassinations. All the problems of Xamar will simply go to that new town.

[Methylamine]

Bariis,

No matter where the capital of Somalia is, there will always be problems. Mogadishu isn't facing problems because it is simply just "Mogadishu". It is facing problems because it is the capital. It is the centre. If you want control of the country, you go to the capital. If you want to cause problems in a country, you go to the capital. If you want to overthrow the president, you go to the capital.

Making a new town or city north of Mogadishu will not stop bombings and political assassinations. All the problems of Xamar will simply go to that new town.

I guess that will be best thing for the people of Xamar huh? lol

[fighter]

The people of Mogadishu are not selfish. They don't want to spill the problems to other Somalis. And besides, there is finally peace in Mogadishu to an extent.

[Daff]

Bariis

building new capital or simply moving the capital from xamar to some other city won't solve the security setuation. It is posible maybe if we get our acts together. Nigeria did it before by moving their capital from Lagos to Abuja, but that can only happen when we get a government that has full control of our country.

[Addoow]

Bariis

building new capital or simply moving the capital from xamar to some other city won't solve the security setuation. It is posible maybe if we get our acts together. Nigeria did it before by moving their capital from Lagos to Abuja, but that can only happen when we get a government that has full control of our country.

It is not only nigeria pakistan also did after they moved their capital from karachi to islamabad which is 1/10 the size of karachi? does that make karachi less popular,no actually karachi is still where the money is.I really think may be if we get that oil,we can build a new small well pre-planned city somewhere near marka or adale and give the native people of mogadishu some relieve from the burden of wars.