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Sophistonauts Travel: Western Africa Heating up for Jet Setters

While billionaires may be getting kicked off the coast in Italy, a new playground is popping up for them in Nigeria. Turns out that Lagos is even more pricey than LA and DC, though it hasn't yet hit Moscow levels of decadence. The New York Times has a sampling of prices you can expect to pay:

Dinner for two at an average restaurant costs more than $200. A cocktail costs more than $15. A box of cereal costs $12 at a supermarket. Hotel rooms under $400 are difficult to find.

Of course, only an elite few in the capital can afford those things, but that doesn't keep oil executives and money managers from popping Dom and partying all night on yachts. While the average Nigerian earns less than $2 a day, kids in the capital try to catch just a sliver of the city's new wealth, hawking gum and phone cards to the superrich as they spill out of clubs.

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