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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by mc32 on Friday March 19, 2021 @08:31AM (#26512501)
Indonesia is doing something similar for some of the same reasons as well as due to subsidence.

Brasilia was hundreds of Km from the original capital, this move is 45Km away.

It will probably produce some stratification but also relieve pressure from Cairo.

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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by fakedang on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:34AM (#26513109)
> relieve pressure from Cairo.

* relieve pressure for the elites in Cairo

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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by mc32 on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:25AM (#26514395)
They expect to have six million people on the new city. If six million are elite, then they have a pretty good ratio of elite to commoner in Cairo.

Anyhow, lowering Cairo’s pop by six million should make it more livable traffic and smog wise.

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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by pasttense01 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @04:14PM (#26525780)
The Cairo area was previously projected to grow another 6 million people in the next 12 years.

https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22812/cairo/population

It will take longer than 12 years for this new city to reach 6 million people. So what will happen is the population growth will slow some in Cairo; there will be NO population decline there.

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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by Ericson2314 on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:35PM (#26518826)
Lowering population is not how cities become better. Building more floors and more public transit is.
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by mc32 on Friday March 19, 2021 @10:13PM (#26520192)
Not if it's overcrowded and unhealthy. Cities improve by obviating slums/shanties and overdensity and by modernizing.
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by Ericson2314 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @12:03AM (#26520734)
"overdensity" as people per land area or per floor area? Because I pretty firmly believe the former doesn't exist.
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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by fakedang on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:12PM (#26515071)
You're going to believe the numbers of what is essentially a vanity project?
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