The further out from downtown Cairo, the more the landscape begins to resemble the above: dense multi-story housing in the form of concrete frame buildings with red brick infill, many of them with unfinished rooftops, as if they will be built up further in the future.
I got a little anxious just reading about crossing the street.
ReplyDeleteYou should see what it's like driving. I havent managed to find a working seatbelt in any car Ive been a passenger of.
ReplyDeletei have been told the unfinished roofs are a means of dodging taxes (or fees of some sort). an unfinished building is not taxed as much as a finished building, so if your building is perpetually unfinished... well...
ReplyDeleteWow, really. Ill have to look into that. Looks like almost all of Cairo is taking a tax break then...
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