This paper reports the findings of an attachment experiment in Nigeria's poor residential neighbourhoods. The study examined how residents were attached and the factors that predicted attachment to the neighbourhoods. Specifically, three ranges of attachment, the home, the area, and the city were investigated. In order to determine the degree of the attachment, it also explored the social and physical aspects of attachment. Statistics was collected from questionnaires distributed in the core of Akure, Nigeria, to a group of 532 household heads in four poor residential neighbourhoods. These have been evaluated using frequencies and models of categorical regression. Results indicate that the attachment rate varies across the three ranges. City attachment is the highest and social attachment has been found higher among residents of poor neighbourhoods than physical attachment. Length of residency and household number are the strongest predictors in all three ranges.