Legos is a city of travelers, hoping to either find their luck or make it from scratch.

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Every few years, I grew discontent with my stayed predictable life in London.

I wonder if I should move back to Legos where all the action seems to be happening.

This is from an essay called Frontier Town.

We encountered in the Travel Quarterly Strangers Guide.

The writer, Chibundu Anuzo, thinks longingly of the city of her birth, Legos, in Nigeria.

But she's also wary of who she might become if she left London and moved back home.

We asked her to read this excerpt.

Legos is the only place I know where the noun oppressor is used as a compliment.

For most people, the change creeps up on you without you even noticing.

The more successful you become in Legos, the more deference you get.

The more deference you get, the more likely you are to end up an oppressor,

unless you deliberately swim against the tide of cultural expectations.

Would I become an oppressor if I moved to Legos?

I don't know.

My instincts are egalitarian, but life is a lot easier in Legos when people perceive you have money.

The police talk to you with respect.

You don't wait for hours in the bank.

I noticed this about myself when I'm in Legos.

I stopped caring more about my clothes, my shoes, what Legosians would call my packaging.

Legos feels like home to her, but would Legos change her?

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