(I was inspired by some of the other User’s story about development in their country (Drevet especially)) I am Ife Kwane reporting for Lallemand Diary. Today we are going to talk about our largest city, Avewood. Avewood has been seen as the epitome of success and urban development in Lallemand it currently is one of the Top 10 biggest cites in the world. At 3.6 million it is also the largest city in the Central Ocean. It is sister cities with grand places like Itacolomi http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/List_of_cities_with_more_than_one_million_inhabitants http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Sibling_Cities_of_the_World http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Avewood But, Avewood has a dark side. Away from the glitz of Downtown Marina, the tourist trap of Ikeja City, the high tech new Airport, and the hip cool blocks of Cross-Ridge. Lies Avewood’s best kept secret, Umuofia. Umuofia at nearly 800,000 people is squeezed into a barely 10 km area people live in huge 30 story apartment that looked like they have been shelled out. A building meant for 10,000 poor people now has 60,000 living in squalor. At nearly 700 murders a year Umuofia contains 55% of all Avewood murders with just 22% of the population. This district only allows 4 men police patrols and nearly half of all night patrols take place in this district. This year over 40 officers have been assaulted or killed (7) while patrolling this district. 6 years ago this district reached a murder rate of 124.45 per 100,000. The government has been deciding whether to send the army in as crime has already spilled into all surrounding districts and even into suburban areas. This district has apartment buildings that have been raided nearly 200 times in the past decade. Their are checkpoints leading out and into the district on all 4 sides which has benefited keeping the City of Mmeri safe with an incredible murder rate of 6/100,000 yet bordering Umuofia for a mile. At this rate the referendum in June will pass for The military to not just enforce martial law on the district s apartments but to move the curfew of 9:00 PM to 8:00 PM. I am shoked that over half of these murder are The district though is some how growing as more and more poor rural villagers leave the safe countryside to dense Umuofia. They may seek a chance to earn money for remittances and a “higher standard of living”, but the may very well end up in a graveyard before the year is up. http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Top_100_cities_by_homicide_with_over_100,000_inhabitants