I've never met anyone from somaliland. But, aforementioned friends from Mogadishu say that the situation is completely different there. The crux of the issue

I've never met anyone from somaliland. But, aforementioned friends from Mogadishu say that the situation is completely different there. The crux of the issue in Mogadishu, as they describe it, is that many basic things which we rely upon in the US just don't exist. E.g. when something gets set on fire, it literally just burns to the ground because there's no fire department to come save yo shit. My guess is that in the absence of government, large cities would be terrifying. I've not heard of a large city without government before though.