Cairo is collapsing.
23 million people, crumbling infrastructure, and a government that’s… building a $60B city in the desert? 📖 Read the full report → https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/06/04/cairo-overpopulated-overwhelmed-and-on-the-edge-of-collapse/
#Cairo #Egypt #UrbanCollapse #NewCapital #Megacities #Geopolitics

"Decided to spice things up a bit and choose Ottawa as the capital of Canada. Sorry Toronto and Montreal, love you both but Ottawa won me over with its charm! #RoyalDecree #NewCapital" - Queen Victoria

Dec 31, 1857 - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
Who built the city up each time?
- a worker who reads Bertolt Brecht.

#Astana Kazakhstan #Sejong South Korea, #Brasília Brazil 1960 & cities-to-be. New Administrative Capital #NAC Egypt #CentenaryCity Nigeria #Nusantara Indonesia

https://www.slow-journalism.com/long-reads/metropolis-now-2

#metropolis #newcapital #urbanism #dubai #constructionworkers

Explore the construction of Egypt's new capital, a massive and exorbitantly expensive project located in the Sahara desert. Learn about the reasons behind the construction, financial challenges, and the implications for Egypt's population and economy. #Egypt #NewCapital #Construction https://www.ryanjhite.com/2024/03/30/the-costly-construction-of-egypts-new-capital/

#Egypt-s economic, currency and balance of payments crises continue to fuel inequalities and poverty and once again force more and more people to leave irregularely

But upscale urban development projects for the rich and foreign investors florish unabated #NewCapital #ElGalala https://twitter.com/EgyProjects/status/1596114100853305344