[mc32]

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.

[pasttense01]

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.

[Ericson2314]

Lowering population is not how cities become better. Building more floors and more public transit is.

[mc32]

Not if it's overcrowded and unhealthy. Cities improve by obviating slums/shanties and overdensity and by modernizing.

[Ericson2314]

"overdensity" as people per land area or per floor area? Because I pretty firmly believe the former doesn't exist.

[fakedang]

You're going to believe the numbers of what is essentially a vanity project?