Anyway, you get the picture of what i'm trying to say. This post isn't another whiny bitchy piece that revolves around me, for a change. But i do want to point out a fact: unless you're are moving homes around the some 20-kilometer radius, you are also moving lives.
Suppose that it does happen, one does move out of the ancient Heliopolis surroundings and into the vast desert. Where high walls separate sand from greenery. Where privacy is so private you don't know your neighbors' names. Where a trip to the supermarket is a car ride and no longer a pleasant three minute walk. Where there are accidents on the road due to heavy speed bumps and a few poorly lit kilometers. Where Zamalek is so far away from.
But some fresh air every morning would be nice. The trek back from work would be cut from an hour in heavy traffic to about a two minute walk.
But you then become new to everything. New surroundings take over your life. Like walking into the pharmacy and having to look at where they put the stuff you buy. Like ordering in pizza and having to give the delivery service a different address. Where the comfort of an entire city and its service are more than a few blocks away. It's not easy to become accustomed to everything so different when you are used to having everything so much the same. Introducing yourself to people who are supposed to have known you since you were a kid is strange.
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