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cemaphonic

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2. My dad has a friend that lived in Senegal for 6-7 years.

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 02:28 AM

Nov 2012

And it was exactly that - tiny squalid highrise apartments (or even more shabby mud/brick one-story homes) or large colonial-era mansions with full staff which he could easily afford on a ~90,000 USD salary.

As an African-American couple from Atlanta, they were initially extremely uncomfortable with the idea of living in a mansion, surrounded by African servants, but they quickly realized that the local community really depended on those jobs.

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Question for people who live/have lived overseas [View all] XemaSab Nov 2012 OP

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