Egypt Built a Supertall Skyscraper in the Desert

[@neolithictransitrevolution427]

"The military, which plays a huge role in Egyptian politics, is represented here too" lol, an understatement really

[@jody024]

The English are are so humble (/s)

[@neolithictransitrevolution427]

@@devinreese7704 Well, also yes, particularly under Ramses the 2(?). Also you might want to throw in Sarnians and tumulus cultures or other "sea peoples", although they have less an organized military force. Also india and China, and maybe the srubnaya culture of the western Steppe. Rough times. But I more meant the way in which the military is widely involved in all facets of the economy and political process in modern times. Egypt borders on a stratocracy.

[@mehmehmeh360]

@@devinreese7704 and how they got obliterated by Assyrians, Persians, and Kushites (lol)?

[@bazsnell3178]

The military Generals own a huge amount of the businesses and manufacturing too!

[@Baraa_42]

Plays the only role.

[@MassiveChetBakerFan]

Imagine being a pedestrian there, in the blazing desert sun. Would be so much better with traditional Arab design. Narrow streets, arcades, courtyards with orange and lemon trees etc.

[@mehrcat1]

Same as Dubai.

[@timmccarthy872]

No pedestrians = no protests.

[@neilrulz24]

they dont care, they want to build a mini Dubai that guzzles energy to power a trillion air conditioners to make it livable

[@gtctv7000]

Why would people walk if the clearly superior modern futuristic Techno Keanu reeves epic bacon technology of cars exists.

[@rowantharwat9195]

@@mehrcat1 dubai is much,much hotter

[@ahmedhany7035]

the New capital is just 45 kilometers away from Downton Cairo and 60 kilometers away from the Suez canal economic zone, so logistically speaking, its location is good. Also, it's considered an extension to New Cairo, which is 10-15 km away from the new capital.

[@oliverschmidt1988]

“We could improve Cairo's infrastructure and people's living conditions …or we build a skyscraper?” 😶

[@tres311]

It’s not the job of the government to do anything for any people besides get out the way, and leave the people alone. Occasionally enforce a contract here and there and defend the homeland from foreign invaders, that’s it! It’s really crazy everyone not only doesn’t know this, but expect this from in own governments. Only question really is where is the money for this coming from? Predatory bank loans or theft from national community? Now I’d still support this development 100x over welfare checks and dependence on government money to enable shit behaviors.

[@shifokh]

Both can be done at the same time

[@baggern]

@@tres311 spotted the US American 🤡🤡

[@Kamila.k]

@@tres311 lmaoooo literally false.

[@Mohamed-bc3on]

And who told you that Cairo’s infrastructures aren’t being improved over the past few years? Subway lines being extended, slums being eradicated, roads paved, train stations built, tunnels and bridges like no other. New compounds replacing old slums are taking place, within the city and on its outskirts. However, Cairo is old and congested and there is only so much can you can do to “improve” and at some point, you’d need to start fresh. This is the parallel work that’s happening in Egypt. Improve and renovate as much as possible, all whilst building new elsewhere. We are not going to live on the same 7% of land forever. Please invest more time researching instead of writing a sentiment to score some points. Come down here and see for yourself if you’d like. Cheers.

[@geistlos333]

The straight streets to prevent protests reminds me of what the architect designing the boulevards in Paris said: "A bullet can't take the first turn to the right."

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

There will be no protests again in Egypt

[@nightwhisper8520]

Yeah, otherwise the military will kill the protestors, democratic...

[@horus6915]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q (X) Doubt

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@horus6915 our president inaugurated this 👇 yesterday. So that any dog. Has the fetish to protest in Egypt. Will be brought in a minute our president is not playing around he was the head of the military intelligence in 2011 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6Cwi6CshNJ2qac

[@hmy77-77]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJKmnI2sp6mneZo

[@KimKong_ML]

I Love EGYPT ❤️ greetings from Philippines 🇵🇭

[@michabetaro3306]

love you too❤

[@llothar68]

I love Mindanao, hate Manila and Cairo

[@etienne8110]

How cute, autocraties waving at one another. 🥰

[@RSCB]

Awe 🥰🥰🥰

[@GTKJNow]

[Isa 19:18-25 KJV] 18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform [it]. 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal [it]: and they shall return [even] to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

[@Arational]

Years ago, when my dad was sent to Egypt to consult on another matter, he was shocked that a new apartment building had a problem where running water did not reach above the 4th floor. They had not installed pumps to get water to the upper 6 floors.

[@ekay4495]

@@devinreese7704 Are you high? Did you just read the comment, new apartments, water doesn't even work.

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

@@ekay4495 And? Theres no details in the comment. Couldve gone to an apartment in some slummy neighborhood?

[@stayfesch]

@@bonafidemonafide7810 So people in "slummy neighborhoods" don't need running water?

[@Tech-WonDo]

The Pump should send the water to water tanks on the roof; then have the water go down via gravity or further boosted by small pumps in case of slow water flow; not having pumps deliver to each and every apartment..that’s not smart

[@MetalY2KMusic]

@@devinreese7704 I think before they even consider answering you, you should answer exactly why you're asking?

[@timg2727]

Surely there are no downsides to this project at all.

[@mefisto05s.20]

Especially with Chinese investment and a part of failing bri

[@anantpathak2899]

It’s gonna be a big failure. Hopefully stops other countries which neglect their existing cities and dream of building utopias

[@thecomment9489]

There is one major downside that B1M mentioned in the passing, that Chinese construction companies are helping in building this new capital city. And according to Western propaganda that's the biggest downside to any project.

[@thecomment9489]

@@mefisto05s.20 Is that why about 140 countries have signed up for the BRI?

[@timg2727]

@@thecomment9489 my comment was sarcastic. There are many, many downsides to this idiotic project.

[@UnicFoot]

Cheers to our brothers in Egypt from Morocco 🇲🇦 we wish you more success

[@GTKJNow]

What did this famous prophet say about the future of Egypt? See below for the answer [Isa 19:18-25 KJV] 18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform [it]. 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal [it]: and they shall return [even] to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, [even] a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed [be] Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

[@ruprectmorales]

The powerful getting away from the poor. CLASSIC.

[@Norplaser]

Less opportunities for them to directly protest since it's not even that close to the current capital.

[@Tod_oMal]

That's world history mate. Nothing new.

[@nextlevelenglish5858]

no one wants to live around "poor" people, not even the poor themselves.

[@bababababababa6124]

@@nextlevelenglish5858 ...and the only people that have the power to change anything are the ones running away...

[@nextlevelenglish5858]

@@bababababababa6124 and WHY do you think that is?

[@Venaloid]

Why would anyone build a skyscraper where land is cheap? Why not just build shorter wider buildings?

[@PeakVT]

Ego. That's all there is to it.

[@qataribananahamock1495]

That’s like asking why build a city when you can build a suburb. Denser places serve batter and make more money. I don’t like these plans, terribly car reliant, but going up is beautiful and strategic.

[@RobyWanKenobi]

Girls don't like cheese wheels.

[@ItsAVolcano]

It's a showpiece for a showpiece, the skyscraper is being built in the middle of Egypt's new artificial capital, rather highlighting the sort-of military serfdom that Egypt is shaping into.

[@harbl99]

Egotecture.

[@fredashay]

Impressive! But it doesn't look like a new city to me. Unless there's more to it than shown in the video, it just looks like a new office park with a skyscraper in the middle.

[@ahmedalaa-ec2qq]

because u haven't seen the whole city

[@nikoc8968]

...sounds like a DOWNTOWN to me...

[@ahmedalaa-ec2qq]

@@nikoc8968 the city the tripe time cairo which has 22 million of population ur seems are dumb

[@nikoc8968]

​@@ahmedalaa-ec2qq ...translators are NOT reliable, dude...

[@bighater4472]

7:17

[@ThomasGodart]

As far as I understand it, it's not a new "city" that's being built there, it's a new "administrative and military center", which means that the economic activity that one can expect to arise into a city (and even more into a capital) will never happen in this project district. If a city is a center of value creation, one has to understand that an administrative center is a center of cost (as it doesn't produce anything, except projecting power and domination). I'm so sorry for the people of Egypt who will just suffer from this, having to pay for it every step of the way: construction, usage, and maintenance. It will mostly be an administrative bunker built to secure the future means of running an autocracy

[@2ollyEzay]

The new capital is actually mostly private funded.

[@ThomasGodart]

@@2ollyEzay ...source?

[@ThomasGodart]

@@2ollyEzay from the NYTimes: "The projects, mostly constructed by the country’s powerful military, make Mr. el-Sisi the latest in a long line of Egyptian leaders, stretching back centuries, who have sought to mirror their authority in imposing structures that rise from the desert. But as Egypt limps through a dire economic downturn, its finances dangerously strained, increasingly loud doubts are emerging about whether the country can afford Mr. el-Sisi’s grandiose dreams. ‌In the past six years alone, the International Monetary Fund has given Egypt three loans totaling about $20 billion, even as American aid kept flowing in. Even so, the country is once again in trouble."

[@2ollyEzay]

@@ThomasGodart This sounds mostly like a political critique, Politics aren't my point here at all. Also loans from the international monetary fund will mostly aid the economic growth, As this is considered by investors as a sign of the monetary fund's trust in the economy. Many of the measures taken to meet the requirements of the loans will very much be beneficial in the long run too. All that said, This is not really the thing I'm even arguing here. And the source, I actually live here and I'm very aware of our local affairs, I don't think that I could find you any English articles about bridges being built or new transportation being constructed seeing how this is not news-worthy for any foreign media outlet, But feel free to google. The new cities can be seen as easily as looking at the edges of Cairo if you open google earth.

[@ThomasGodart]

@@2ollyEzay Alright then, thank you for the explanations 🙏

[@Cendrity]

Although it’s a good investment to build a new capital, it’s a better investment to renovate the current capital because 20 million people already live there.

[@jameswalker366]

Do you live in your house when you fully renovate it? It’s impractical.

[@wondersoftheremnants]

there is much money pumped in old cairo development as that pumped in the new capital which many egyptian think cairo doesn't deserve cairo isn't worth saving and doesn't deserve it

[@Planet_Xplorer]

Old Cairo is like an old broken TV. It's cheaper and easier to buy a new TV.

[@porterijsseldijk3953]

@@jameswalker366 you do realize this whole thing is built for a maniacal dictator.

[@shogun2215]

@@jameswalker366 If you have no choice, then yes.

[@tomtucjr]

Depressing that this is a brand new city but it still looks car oriented based on those massive 8-lane roads passing by residential tower blocks.

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

This are highway. Dummy

[@tomtucjr]

@@pharaohtheegyptian1714 why is there a highway cutting through a residential district?

[@kareem54592]

there are at least 4 methods of transportation (all of which should also be constructed by early 2023) which he failed to mention in the video despite being massive and unprecedented to us egyptians. The methods are: a monorail line, a 'Light Rail Transit' Train, a High Speed Electric Train (linking the entirity of egypt from red sea to mediterranean like a suez canal) and a large buses system

[@cyrusaugustus4640]

Arabs love their cars

[@nikoc8968]

yeah, imagine giving people the freedom to travel in and out and ANYWHERE they want to go as they please, without being packed shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of random assholes and thugs... sounds like hell on earth... -_-

[@mohdrazif777]

Thanks B1M. Now I have sudden urge to play Cities Skylines.

[@worldmapping4895]

if the game doesnt give you 4fps then sure

[@michaelflores23]

@@worldmapping4895 imagine

[@hokieflea]

@@worldmapping4895 Powerpoint presentation cities skylines

[@DiegoGomez-pk5tg]

@@worldmapping4895 just get 32 GB of RAM

[@worldmapping4895]

@@DiegoGomez-pk5tg 32gb also aint enough the games optimization is dogpoop

[@DeusEx.Machina]

Elsisi studied in the US. He had a culture shock from the amount of highways and the wide open spaces, and thought it was a good thing to replicate that experience back home. Instead of spending more on Public Education, Parks, Housing and Healthcare, he went all out with his Happy Farm ambitions.

[@paulocezar8833]

don't forget the *useless* octagon

[@harbl99]

I read a scifi story where humans subvert an enemy government by getting them all hooked on status symbol only available for playing strategy and management sim games. The punchline is something like "Any fool could have his family buy him high position, but only personal excellence could attain the most coveted of golden cheeves." There's a lesson in there.

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

@@paulocezar8833 How is it useless? Lol

[@bababababababa6124]

@@bonafidemonafide7810 how is it not? 😂😂😂You must be incredibly naive to think any part of this project is even remotely "useful"

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@bababababababa6124 it is useful dummy

[@Απάτσι1]

I am Greek and I believe Sisi is a visionary. I support him

[@online3010]

They are already running out of water as a country. How are they going to keep all these parks, trees and people alive?

[@porterijsseldijk3953]

The dictator always finds a way... Probably not, the people will revolt, and he'll 💀 himself.

[@B4DR003]

Egypt is not running out of water 🤨 These parks will be watered with treated sewege water from new cairo city

[@nextlevelenglish5858]

water desalination

[@porterijsseldijk3953]

@@nextlevelenglish5858 for 20,000,000 plus people, do some research, modern desalination doesn't even come close. Plus a lot of Cairo is poor, what makes you think the government will give a shit about them

[@JudeMarchisio]

@@nextlevelenglish5858 You keep posting really dumb answers.

[@fatehhaddad9573]

A great country with rich history. good luck and all the best.

[@dankamp2872]

NOT a great country anymore, just some 3000 yr-old piles of rubble.

[@fatehhaddad9573]

@@dankamp2872 it’s called rich history. You are not expected to understand that :)

[@dankamp2872]

@@fatehhaddad9573 I understand what I see - a bunch of uneducated filthy rabble existing on the laurels of a much greater civilization. Like rats moving into a nice apartment complex.

[@fatehhaddad9573]

@@dankamp2872 you haven't been looking..I urge you to educate yourself. because only an ignorant individual disrespects a whole civilization just because they can !! read more books and take your head out of your colonial a$$. btw where are you from ?

[@dankamp2872]

@@fatehhaddad9573 I'm from your mother, Fatwa. And my ancestors never CONQUERED your shitty country because the cleanup would have broken their entire budget. Go back to your Grand Theft Auto for more driving tips - the West gave you primitives technology and all you want to do is play with the horns,.

[@EricLehner]

Hello from Canada. I wish our Egyptian friends all the best in this project. It would be a real morale booster for Egyptian society, and a source of pride for all. Cheers.

[@pianoconcertono2]

0:43 a road with eight lanes next to family homes, lovely (even better than Dubai)

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

You don't have 8 lanes. Roads in your country?

[@porterijsseldijk3953]

America, 👃🥲 progress

[@pianoconcertono2]

@@pharaohtheegyptian1714 I do but not next to my home ☠

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@pianoconcertono2 all I see in this. City. Is roads. Surrounding family homes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqnWkqqHhLZsorc

[@MYT1FL]

@@pianoconcertono2 are you in the market for a new place in Egypt?! Why do you care?! You’ve never seen houses close to a highway?! Do you even leave your mother’s basement?

[@living_peace]

Thanks 🙏🙏🙏 Egypt is historical country Love Egypt ❤

[@clitisswood7330]

WAS ! islam has destroyed everything !

[@dausdk]

pentagon to octagon, truly genius

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

Yeah

[@oussamarahhab1128]

Morocco is also building a mega project alongside the bouregreg river that separates the twin cities rabat (the capital) and Salé. There is also the CFC (Casablanca finance centre). Also, the construction of a new high speed railway line between Casablanca and Agadir (the one between Tangier and Casablanca already completed and fully functionning)

[@miroslavbulldosex]

projects like this seem like a better thing, they actually serve a purpose building a supertall skyscraper isn't going to do much for egypt

[@markiobook8639]

good for Morocco, but it's no major power or economy like Egypt let alone on an anti imperialism historic or cultural level.

[@hosamelsayed5723]

@Zaydan Naufal only natural resource Morocco got.

[@clitisswood7330]

Great, call back all your people from Europe to work on it !

[@clitisswood7330]

@Zaydan Naufal True; iSSlam is a plague.

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

Imagine building an entire city to avoid congestion and still design a car-centric hell.

[@عمررمضان-ب2ز]

I wish Egypt success in all domains❤❤🇪🇬🇪🇬

[@paxtoncargill4661]

Honestly I'm really glad to see more development in Africa

[@Hudpix16]

Yes from an architectural perspective, but this doesn’t seem to improve the lives of people, it’ll be a few lucky wealthy citizens and government big fishes that will live here whereas the average Cairo inhabitants will still live in misery. Quite sad. It’s just a huge gated community for rich people.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@Hudpix16 it will improve the lives dummy

[@egyptianpharaoh3721]

@@Hudpix16 it’s a huge city for 5 million people .. supports economy .. not gated .. we are glad to see development

[@hjgc22]

I really love the videos from this channel! Highly informative as the discussions revolve not only around architecture, geography, and history, but politics as well. More power!

[@johnl5316]

and to climate BS and good China

[@algeriaforever1942]

Great video, Thank you and good luck for our brothers in Egypt 🇪🇬

[@NfidelNet]

They created urban sprawl- awesome!

[@andyt8216]

Imagine what all that money could have done to Cairo - to new improved housing, public transport systems and infrastructure.

[@wiseclock20]

Imhotep must be proud of his descendants...

[@MichaelDuntz]

The main reason the main government offices are moving outside of Cario to the desert is to avoid another people's revolt.

[@DesperateDigger666]

It certainly is not coincidence, but they may be surprised at how easily isolated from vital supplies it can become.

[@markiobook8639]

Maybe, but it costs a lot to maintain and repair an old city that has grown with minimal planning. Cairo outgrew itself in the 1970s. London, for example has massive infrastructure projects ongoing since Victorian era.

[@B4DR003]

If that was the main reason There are multiple modern cities in Egypt where they could have moved immediately where revolt could never affect So naaah

[@zombieat]

or maybe there is a simpler reason. Cairo is too dɑmn crowded. I can't imagine the us for example having the whitehouse, congress and pentagon buildings scattered throughout Manhattan the way government buildings are scattered throughout downtown Cairo currently.

[@markiobook8639]

@@zombieat That's essentially London- a medieval town pretending to be a grown up global city. Cities like Zurich, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin and lesser extent Frankfurt and Munich work because they have a New City alongside the touristy & hyper-cultural Old City. We need a proper grid structure layout- impossible to do in London. Nearly every major public works project is held up, rightly, by a major archaeological find. That's all well and good but a city in either the centre or North of UK would be much much easier (and less of a flood-pan delta perched on silt- with rivers leaking in everywhere). Much like what you have in sensible NY rather than a larger Mad Hatter's Manhattan of madness.

[@hamdimoutad48]

3:33 I rendered that! Always nice to see your work on random KZbin videos here and there.

[@RSCB]

nice render

[@genxeratl]

Well that's what we need in the middle of the desert - grass and palm trees

[@rear5118]

Oh boy, I hope they don't forget to build another tower that let's you ski indoors like in Dubai

[@admiralal5153]

Great vid , I am Egyptian and an architect plus I work in it One comment thought the average Egyptian household income is roughly yes around 3000 USD yearly not monthly

[@Lekurishkun]

how much is the average house price in Cairo compared to the new city?

[@admiralal5153]

@@Lekurishkun like he said 60k USD

[@admiralal5153]

@@Lekurishkun that's an apartment not a house same as in the more fancy parts of Cairo not a common apartment for a regular part of Cairo

[@Uhoh11111]

Not in Cairo

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@Lekurishkun there are cheaper than that there are 30 and 40 k usd in cairo.

[@weijingburr2392]

A perfectly sensible project, with ZERO exploits.

[@sebastianvangen]

I love the development around the world! Love B1M.

[@garrardhn336]

unluckly this development is just so they can further opress the common people

[@margix1172]

These skyscrapers looks like SHIT, these DUMB skyscrapers builders are POLLUTING our planet with their GARBAGE!!!! WE NEED TO RETURN TO CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE!!!!

[@aaaargl]

The ultimate gated community. Just put some desert between the rich and the poor instead of walls.

[@clitisswood7330]

Normal in these countries !

[@ahmedkamal4924]

Finally XD , thank you for making a video about NAC and making it so professional and clear 👍

[@augustusimperator.avi1872]

you could make a video of the construction of Barcelona's eixample. a very well thought purpose built part of the city, and yes, the straight lines were used to control worker's riots, very common in 19th century Barcelona

[@imjashingyou3461]

Got to love all those renderings of Greenery in the the Sahara Desert while a country struggles for water.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

Who said we are struggling?

[@imjashingyou3461]

@الإخواني الجيد هو الميت science, the future and your current fights with Ethiopia over a dam. Either way it's irresponsible use. Over the next 50 years the Nile Basin is going to get drier and your population is exploding with the amount of young people in Egypt.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@imjashingyou3461 don't worry about Ethiopia dummy the Egyptian army can deal with. It. And. This is what I am talking about 👇 this is the science 👇kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJjHY4x_fJ6jqs0

[@Sam_Guevenne]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q Your Government

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@Sam_Guevenne my government said Egypt is the mother of the world and it will become the size of the world

[@ladyhonor822]

Thank you. Philadelphia USA🇺🇲

[@Desire123ification]

Great Project for Egypt

[@Preludedraw]

In the case of Indonesia and Egypt, being the current capital is overpopulated, things won't change by building new city for capital, the mindset is centralized development and advancement, so everything will follow; housing, industry, entertainment, etc, etc, would always attract people to go there for better living, which in fact won't all get that.

[@Calebakeenhughes]

Said it before and will say it again-thank you for not turning away from the social/political aspects of these projects! such a necessary lens

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

Don't. Worry. Afrocentric. What the westerners say about the reason for building this new capital is just like black Americans claiming that they are the descendants of ancient Egyptians

[@albertomoschin7179]

Building a city in the middle of the desert sound like a very good and green idea. Well done

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

It is not. The first. City to be built in the desert in Egypt you dummy

[@szymon2078]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q most egyptian cities are built next to the nile

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@szymon2078 I live. In Egypt. Do. You know better than me dummy 🤔

[@lookwhostaking6700]

So...go ahead genius, where else would they build while 90% of the land is desert???

[@albertomoschin7179]

@@lookwhostaking6700 in the other 10%

[@chriswhite3692]

Gotta love it when China builds things really fast. Usually has an "interesting" outcome.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

What is china building actually 🤔

[@UhOhUmm]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q Did you not watch the video

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@UhOhUmm why. Would. I watch video made by outsider. While Iam Egyptian living in Egypt 🤔

[@UhOhUmm]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q and you don't know that China is building that thing? Maybe you should be watching it.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@UhOhUmm which. City. China is building in Egypt 🤔 tell me. The name of the city

[@gvbalajee]

Good great growth of Egypt🇪🇬

[@joji_okami]

I like that you are touching on the political aspect of this absurd project. More of this please 🙂

[@Mohamed-bc3on]

Speak for yourself. This project isn’t so absurd to many people. It’s labour intensive and it’s keeping millions of homes and families afloat. Keeping employment low. This project and the many other “absurd” cities being built. Do more research rather than typing a one dimensional comment to score some points. Cheers.

[@WynnofThule]

@@Mohamed-bc3on You know what would also give jobs with labor and lift people out of poverty? Basic traffic management, fully interconnecting public transit instead of isolating the rich people trains, enough affordable housing to even put a tiny dent in the slum population, any kind of good urbanism practices etc.

[@Mohamed-bc3on]

@@WynnofThule all what you’re saying is actually happening on the ground folks. It’s highly regrettable that this video didn’t give enough justice and was predominately one sided dimensional, striking a certain sentiment that would leave a bad taste in the viewers’ mouths. Especially those not fully educated on the subject and those who haven’t indulged in research. Slums are being eradicated at record levels. We see it here live - the residents of Cairo. And there are plenty of KZbin videos that document that. New cities and towns are being erected on the outskirts of Cairo to house all the slums ex resident and have a dignified life. There is literally a govt initiative to turn around the lives of 65 million people. Almost 2 third of the population - called ‘decent life’. Google it, don’t take my word for it. It’s the largest of its kind in the world. Bridge, roads and tunnels are being built like got cake to mitigate congestion in this bottleneck city. Urbanism in old Cairo is long passed. You can only do so much and “urbanize” so much in a highly dense area with old and poor infrastructure. No matter what you do, it won’t be as good as starting and planting new (NAC). The Decent Life initiative is employing hundreds of thousands, lowering crime and unemployment. Subway lines in Cairo are being extended. Old carriages are being replaced or upgraded. Major roads widened. And we witness that here, as residents, in traffic time reduction and lesser fuel consumption. We can’t live on the same 7% forever. Egypts population growth isn’t also helping. Expanding outward is inevitable and mandatory at this stage and only those who are here would know best! The new capital isn’t simply deserting the poor. This is a fallacy that this video has gladly flaunted. The picture is much bigger and that’s why it upset that this video didn’t really give justice and interview people from the different spectrums. Hence, most comments on this beautiful project are negative. Which is unfortunate. There are cities being built right on the cusp in this new capital for those with middle to lower incomes. Take for example Badr City (google it) - it’s literally 5 min drive from where this tower is. Middle/low income people can easily attain apartments there thru facilitated 30 year mortgage. Did the video talk about this? No! It was one dimensional for the most part and that’s why most comments are negative and lack research. The largest interchangeable train station in Egypt and the Middle East had been inaugurated 2 months ago - connecting old Cairo with the new capital. So it’s highly accessible, allowing for more mixing of demographics, and not exclusively reserving the new capital to the “elites” there are different segments. I would know. I know of folks who purchased there from different walks of life. Cheers.

[@WynnofThule]

@@Mohamed-bc3on In the last 4 years Cairo managed to take 750,000 out of slums... *out of 22 million.* At this rate it would take over a century to get everyone out of slums, and that's assuming no population growth. Some "record numbers." Shiny new car infrastructure almost certainly will make traffic worse thanks to induced demand. Now you don't just have traffic, you're also wasting valuable space on shitty urban freeways. If you think it's impossible to modernize a dense historic city well, look no further than most of Europe. As to the Adly Mansour station, it's literally useless. It only exists to transfer people from regular rail to monorail, which you wouldn't even need to do if all rail was built compatible. All it does is waste time with the extra stop & transfer, cost more thanks to the multiple types of rolling stock, and charge riders more because monorail tickets are separate from regular ones.

[@Mohamed-bc3on]

@@WynnofThule dude I’ve heard these narratives before. It’s honestly getting old. This is “shitty” that is “pointless” this is “useless” that is “harmful” - believe what you will, you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. I’ve stated that these roads have made us, the locals, (because I don’t know where YOU are), all the more efficient in moving around. And you come around and say it’s shitty and it’s absurd and we should just keep the same roads while population is growing. With no regard to the positive return that we gotten from lesser pollution, more investment since goods travel at a faster rate, lesser fuel consumption, and less traffic. But you’re right - it’s such a dumb idea. How are you even fathoming this? There is a different between building and widening out of necessity and just out of beautifying and earning a ticket in elections. Adly Mansour as far as I’m concerned hasn’t reached its full potential, not remotely close. You be the judge when it does. This “useless” project has earned the best engineering project for the year from a reputable US engineering magazine, and the Category of practicality is part of the assessment. It’s pessimistic folks like you that feed on only picking the negative, even if there isn’t any. Check yourself. The rate of slum demolition is increasing every year, things are becoming more efficient. I don’t knew where the hell you getting this “century” of a timeline from. The govt put a time line to eradicate all slums within a 10 year period, by which all residents will have their social housing built ready for them. Just make sure you’re following the right sources that’s all. There is nothing more rampant on the internet than deception, and it seems you got little bit of it. Take care.

[@Yawksha12]

China is really going hard for Africa isn't it?! A massive geopolitical move barely being talked about but which will have huge future bearing.

[@daveotuwa5596]

1:30 This used to be the tallest building on earth when I was a kid. My mother has been inside the binary skyscraper. There is a cup she purchased there in my house. I see it pretty often.

[@tuckersabath2099]

Looks like a tool to create a permanent cast system.

[@themonomineestation5815]

This is something that Africa should've thought about longer ago

[@alisayed9857]

Iam Egyptian recently i saw some documentaries about our new a capital and all have one common factor criticism , our new capital project have Created a lot of job opportunities and help reduce the unemployment rate, Some documentaries even say the main purpose of the city is to isolate the government from people ignoring all the new public transport to link between the new capital and Cairo the new capital will be the Dubai of Africa

[@koantao8321]

I live within sight of the tower and it is impressive. However, much has been done to improve Cairo's infrastructure as well. Better public transportation and roads. Egyptians is now a better place.

[@BLWard-ht3qw]

Always entertained by the renderings of what could be and the planning layouts on projects, but seeing one in progress leaves me a bit stunned by the amount of the building material somehow procured, as in the case of this build so far. That's a lot of concrete and rebar.

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

The building materials in Egypt are stronger than that in the USA. In the USA. They still build with woods. That. Is. Why. They were destroyed in the hurricane in Florida

[@phasorthunder1157]

@@pharaohtheegyptian1714 What are you talking about? Houses aren't typically built with concrete reinforced with rebar outside of fhe foundation.

[@guilhermetavares4705]

@@pharaohtheegyptian1714 Are you stupid?

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

@@guilhermetavares4705 no. Dummy

[@vejet]

@@pharaohtheegyptian1714 hahah OK. Skyscrapers are built with STEEL in the states baby! Its better than concrete 💪💪😤 a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1/172308190.3d4nyS30.pic0128228_InPixio2.jpg

[@TheLandOfJonny]

Water availability does worry me when building in desserts as well as climate change being a factor. I’m interested how they expect to service a city like this.

[@markiobook8639]

Desal. Most likely reverse osmosis perhaps solar powered. It's going to be huge in 5-10 years as water runs out.

[@andrephx90]

@Guodlca In some places, yes. South Iberia better have a rainy Winter otherwise next Summer will be quite the challenge...

[@curtisdaniel9294]

Curiosity Question: How thick is that slab support? And will all the towers built in this NAC have them?

[@vejet]

What kind of a question is that?? We don't do engineering in the youtube comments section (see above 👆👆and below 👇👇for examples of what we DO, do)

[@maxrockatansky5657]

More cross section area means less stress

[@curtisdaniel9294]

@@maxrockatansky5657 I understand that. I guess another way to ask it is the following: how tall does a building in those sandy conditions have to be before a larger base for it needs to be considered?

[@Cbricklyne]

Raft slabs are typically between 10 to 15 and sometimes even as much as 18 feet thick. It all depends on the soil conditions.

[@feels.like.coffee]

The city looks amazing and Chinese engineering capability is actually insane!

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

It. Has nothing to do with Chinese engineering. It is Egyptian engineering

[@feels.like.coffee]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q Eh... The video literally said that is built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation as part of its Belt and Road initiative. Basically Egypt tells China what it wants, and China builds it.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@feels.like.coffee first. Your. Stupidity. Is amazing because you think the city. Is the few sky skyscrapers in picture the Chinese company is working with Egyptian in the central business district only the rest. If the capital is built by Egyptian companies only. And. This video is a western video

[@feels.like.coffee]

@@user-or1rm1ol3q So rude, and so wrong.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

@@feels.like.coffee there is no wrong in what I said dummy

[@Mercps]

Ah yes. Instead of building and fixing the traffic by trains public transport you decide to build a city in the middle of the desert far away from the Nile

[@barath4545]

Tbh, I'd rather have that 700 sq km city than Twitter and they cost about the same.

[@Omegatonboom]

B1m posts a video. *Pushes back my entire schedule of doing nothing to watch this video*

[@sweetwater4583]

Nice and informative. Could you do a piece on how they construction this and how material was gathered and how the assembling was done?

[@bangkokstallion]

Paper machee and chopsticks

[@djsmithe]

That's exactly what the world needs, a new financial hub. I was talking to my friends about this the other day. We were saying that the world doesn't have enough bankers.

[@clitisswood7330]

I propose we dod like in the Inca days, human sacrific, a banker every day. You will see the world improving very quickly.

[@shoemakerleve9]

Egypt: "Five sides is not enough... let's do EIGHT" USA, The Pentagon: "....shit.."

[@markiobook8639]

China- hey that mean lots of good luck, Egypt- you clever. Hey, Hey you! Buy stuff from me now!

[@FootballWarld]

If they can afford to build a new city, they can afford to build a desalination plant. No More Blue Nile!

[@i_crime8738]

This channel is so incredible. Really nuanced explorations of these projects. Feel like I learn more about the world on this construction channel than from any modern news source.

[@stuartneil8682]

Is it more like building a new Versailles, to herd all the important people into one place so they are easy to control?

[@visualized-information_times]

B1M I Subscribed To Your Channel!!!🎉🎉 I Love Urban Design & Architecture!❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🤩☺️

[@giuseppecimato4945]

Hope the best for Egypt 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌎🌅⭐❤️🐪🐫🌍💚💜💙🧡👌👌👌

[@Mr.Septon]

There are a lot of problems with the reasons and way that Egypt is going about this and there are a lot of issues likely to arise. Having said that, a lot of the construction wave in Egypt is still impressive. I hope that it does the Egyptian *people* a lot of good.

[@Mohamed-bc3on]

Thank you. The picture is much bigger. Even from an economical stand point. These are all labour i intensive projects that keep millions of families afloat. It’s regrettable the video and the narrator didn’t touch up on that aspect. Also, many African counties have asked Egypt to assist them in building similar projects in their respective capitals. This increase your soft power and return on investments. But why bring the good side to the story?

[@anotheranon3118]

Projects like these have indebted Egypt beyond belief. The military's mismanagement of the economy and their appetite for large scale, impractical projects are just... sad.

[@zombieat]

egypt's debt to gdp ratio is only 89.153% compared to jordan's 90.992% for example.

[@anotheranon3118]

@@zombieat In 12 years, Egypt's external debt has increased from $52 billion to $190 billion. That's nuts. Much of that is Sisi and friends' doing.

[@zombieat]

@@anotheranon3118 egypt's total external debt is $158 billion as of March 2022. that is only 34% of egypt's gdp and less than qatar's $159 billion external debt.

[@anotheranon3118]

@@zombieat $190 by the end of the year expected, I forgot to say. Total debt to GDP ratio was 87% in June 2022.

[@_winston_smith_]

I look forward to visiting one day to see the new leaning tower of Egypt.

[@McIntyreBible]

3:59, the massive foundation of the Tower.

[@robertgeorge7914]

It's a human tendency to resist change. For whatever reason the new and modern capital is being built, let's be optimistic that it will make Egypt not only a land with a glorious history but also a modern nation on par with cities, such as Dubai or Mumbai.

[@aryanhassan4659]

Mumbai??? Lol.. it's a mess without any decent public amenities

[@moarx25]

This is insaneee 👀

[@markhemsworth2670]

If I were a dictator worried about being overthrown....this is exactly what I would do

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

Lucky we Egyptians that we don't have dictators we have democracy

[@jamaly77]

@@pharaohtheegyptian1714 What a joke. As if Egypt is in any way comparable to a real democracy like Switzerland. You're out of your mind. Egypt is run by a military regime.

[@egyptiansoldier6535]

I don’t understand what foreigners are complaining about to be honest. This is our country and we are proud, lecture yourselves and your own societies.

[@selleryy]

For 45 billion $ in NYC, you could build half a bridge and a high school stadium.

[@mohamedalaa-bn5qp]

great egypt the mother of the world🇪🇬🇪🇬♥️

[@Fadedfrost1]

stfu “mother of the world” pfft

[@escola83]

Brazil did the same in the 60's building Brasilia

[@mahamaysam]

3:15 It's actually not in Washington DC. It's located in the US state of Virginia.

[@moneybags179]

Water is important

[@lookwhostaking6700]

To Egyptians??? Go to Egypt u will find them throwing it on the streets to cool the air

[@MBond-qn4wo]

Great video! I appreciate the focus on architecture/urban design but also including the social issues that accompany it.

[@margix1172]

These skyscrapers looks like SHIT, these DUMB skyscrapers builders are POLLUTING our planet with their GARBAGE!!!! WE NEED TO RETURN TO CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE!!!!

[@galaxytb147]

Any update on the proposed 1km tall Oblisco Capitale??

[@DonVitoCS2workshop]

Ah yes, now let me stop showering so I can counteract the waste of water for this project

[@Uhoh11111]

Actually, continue your shower since it's all gonna be treated and recycled and reused again

[@mzee5533]

I’m going to buy an apartment in this new city i bet you. Egypt 🇪🇬 I’m coming there.

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

You can. Actually you need to. Do it now because every years the prices gets higher there

[@Uhoh11111]

I bought one in shorouk!!❤ find me one with 2 million cap in NAC I really need one near the planned metro line

[@qhuizatlantis8484]

Me too I hope

[@curiousmind_]

Lol what is this you don't need to tell us what you do with your life and I'm not betting anyobody

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

@@curiousmind_ don't cry. Don't be jealous

[@mohamedeldemery1647]

Why are you showing graphics and not the finished districts there ?

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

Some people in the comments have never been to Egypt "Just improve the existing Cairo infrastructure" Egypt went through Colonialism‚ Monarchy‚ Republicanism‚ Dictatorship‚ and Socialism all in less than 100 years. The capital is full of buildings with no owners‚ bad infrastructure‚ and enough legal problems to make a lawyer want to game-end themselves. The main issue with Cairo is that its the most densley polulated city on earth‚ because of this the cost of a project which would normally cost nothing for the country costs instead twice or three times as much. Egypt has over 1 million square kilometers of land‚ less than 5% of that is actually used. The government has been slowly using more and more of the land in order to make future development easier to carry out.

[@clitisswood7330]

Ah AH COLONIALISM MADE YOU JUMP CENTURIES FROM THE DARK AGE AND BROUGHT YOU MEDICINE THAT SAVED TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN FEED ! Instead of breeding like rabbits, STUDY AND WORK !

[@singularityraptor4022]

Cairo is not the most densely populated city on Earth.

[@nefertut6750]

egypt never was a colony

[@amirabdulazeez3241]

@@singularityraptor4022 it’s May not be denkt populated but guys got a point . Greenfield development is much easier than brownfield development. If you are in real estate and construction industry you will know .

[@bonafidemonafide7810]

@@singularityraptor4022 Apologies. The Cairo Metropolitan Area ranks as one of the most densely populated in the world.

[@cowser67]

One thing I just learned from this video is, I make $58k a year in the us at 27 and that’s nothing but I can go buy a new place in Egypt and be cool. Wow

[@answerman9933]

The median household income in the USA for 2022 is $67,000, which suggests that you are doing no worse than average.

[@llothar68]

@@answerman9933 The median income is $33k, so he is doing very well. If he thinks thats nothing he suffers from the mental disease of consumerism and the cultural educatial failure of most US Americans of not knowing how to budget money.

[@answerman9933]

@@llothar68 You may be correct about median individual income. I was quoting media household income. But I do think he that he probably has the attitude that he should be able to buy anything he sees.

[@xl000]

Excellent choice to build a skyscraper in the desert. Lots of materials are available around it for the concrete and whatnot

[@jamaly77]

There's still people around that are not aware that you can't use desert sand for concrete? Educate yourself please.

[@fernbedek6302]

Building a new city could have some value with Egypt’s land constraints, but building it along the Red Sea to have access to water (both for trade and desalinated drinking water) would have made more sense.

[@ahmedelnokrashi8324]

It's actually not that far off suez about a 2 hour drive plus they are constructing a high speed railway connecting the 2 cities plus building your city by the sea is kinda a disastrous decision security wise.we could upgrade suez as a better example.

[@singularityraptor4022]

@@ahmedelnokrashi8324 2 hour drive is far what are you talking

[@ahmedelnokrashi8324]

@@singularityraptor4022 moving from the Nile delta to one coast from province to province this isn't alot. and turns out it was one hour 20 min from nac to suez not 2 hours as I expected. My point is building a capital close to city which has been historically known for being the primary target of any offensive military and away from 15 million Egyptinans who support the vast majority of my country's gdp is a worse idea than building a city next to mainland cairo close It's biggest financial hubs like ,5th settlement,sheikh zayed,maadi and downtown

[@thkiwi1]

Egypt is about to join the BRICS, so this project will help to grow the relationship with China and Russia China takes care of the construction and Russia takes care of the energy I think it will work quite well, making Egypt the new centre of Africa 👍

[@Sedna063]

BRICS so far isn’t all the hype… It certainly isn’t a common market right across the sea…

[@thkiwi1]

@@Sedna063 Before the conflict in Ukraine began, nobody cared about BRICS But since then, countries all over the world began running away from USA, because now everyone realised that USA is a poison So now we have a huge queue of countries waiting to join BRICS, as it's becoming a very strong organisation They are already discussing to implement economic union, free trade, military union, and so on In a few years from now, BRICS will be the big world power, this is an union between the east and countries from the west which are sick of USA So that's why Egypt is preparing everything to join the BRICS, this is the biggest move in the history of the country, they know how massive it is

[@Sedna063]

@@thkiwi1 They want to join a non-descript organisation that insofar has yielded little political and economic cooperation. The actual results of BRICS so far have been more than modest. Cooperation is little. Hence why I don’t freak put about Egypt applying. It won’t save their economy. That was the IMF with 20 billion USD and probably more soon. BRICS gotta do some serious work before they can be taken as serious as competing organisations. And I doubt any cooperation will extend to the same NATO like architecture. Something that has been maintained ror over 70 years. Don’t forget that there are many rivalries inside BRICS. Oh, and in Egypt‘s case; they would not try to get rid of the US. The army especially sees the US overwhelmingly positive - they get lots of equipment from there.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Egypt has the geography and agriculture to be a powerhouse nation. Its unbelievable that they've been virtually nowhere for over 1000 years.

[@Sedna063]

@@JohnFromAccounting Egypt doesn’t have the agriculture. They need to import food. The population just exploded

[@Chanman-614]

“The octagon” I about died 😂

[@pharaohtheegyptian1714]

Died of what🤔

[@solomonokoli212]

Egypt is spending $60 billion for a 'Dubai' in the middle of the inhospitable Egyptian desert. For a country with dwindling oil exports and a knack for taking IMF loans, I hope this doesn't backfire horribly.

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

Are you sure it is inhospitable Egyptian desert 🤔

[@noodengr3three825]

I got to explore Cairo in Jan 2019. Yes chaotic and filthy but vibrant and exciting too

[@theshadowman1398]

When the description of a city starts with: chaotic and filthy I won’t come near it ever.

[@llothar68]

@@theshadowman1398 Don't go to any South-East-Asian or Californian city than.

[@theshadowman1398]

@@llothar68 Wasn’t planning to

[@fjooyou]

the rich building a bubble in the desert safe from all the peasants lmao

[@daveotuwa5596]

Egyptians will be so glad to see the newest skyscraper in their country! As well, they would go inside to see the contents! If they're thermal handlers unlike me, they would be adorable to live in the new capital!🐫

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

We are. But. This is not the only project that makes us glad