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10 of the best neighbourhoods for a woman to live in Nairobi

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  • While men don’t give a hoot where they live in the city, women do
  • Some are moving to servants’ quarters in upmarket neighbourhoods to get well-of men

Trust me, nobody cares where you live in Nairobi. But women do. Why else would a woman move out of a spacious two-bedroom apartment in Embakasi to a tiny servant’s quarter in Valley Arcade, where she can’t even keep a pet?

While a man might agonise over reasons for moving houses, a woman could be chasing a well-heeled man in such a hood.

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