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However, the high court ruled that it was illegal to move the capital from Seoul to Sejong, so most of the government offices will move anyways, but the capital and some key ministries will stay in Seoul. In effect, South Korea now has two capitals.
Assuming 5 people per house that's $12 thousand per house.
Even in Egypt I doubt building are so cheap.
Well, this is why Burma did the exact same thing (anybody who casts their memories back a few years might see how this relates to Egypt): >Naypyitaw, then, is the ultimate insurance against regime change, a masterpiece of urban planning designed to defeat any putative ‘colour revolution’ – not by tanks and water cannons, but by geometry and cartography. 320 kilometres to the south, Rangoon, with five million people,…
Top Gear Burma special: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwTnP8ioiU Empty 20 lane highway in the [Burma] nation's brand new capital. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-r... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_21) @downvoters: what's wrong? watch the video it's rather on-topic and interesting!
$45 billion for a city of 18 million? Assuming 5 people per house that's $12 thousand per house. Even in Egypt I doubt building are so cheap.
Is there an example of a successful government-planned city anywhere? Best I can think of is Canberra.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad I think it is more common than you think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community
I visited Egypt eight years ago, and the the thing that struck me about modern Egyptian construction is that there was rebar sticking out of the top of everything . From adobe shacks on the edges of fields to the five-star hotels, everything looked like it had been built with the expectation of adding one more floor on later. Our tour guide told us that this was for tax reasons -- "unfinished" structures are taxed at…
You can use Google translate to read Egypt Today's "New Administrative Capital in the NUmbers" piece, as well as see design pictures for those interest. http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/679047 I believe it has English pages. I still stick to pre-revolution oppo media, so Egypt Today (Almasry Alyoum) and the Constituion (Ad-dostour) "original", not the new one that was bought out and sold out. I hope the Egyp…
Almasry Alyoum and al dostour aren't as good as they used to be, they run the same crap the others do. The new kid on the block is mada masr http://www.madamasr.com/ , much more credible than the old opposition media these days. The key is following the writers, the outlets are easier to change than people.
So, I am not such a great friend. I also knew people who wrote for Cairo 360, which is not such a great news source, but a culture site. I find it too expat focused, and that for Cairo media is always garbage.