... could be scaled down, these buildings could be redeveloped and made to an acceptable quality. These new towns were not targeted at all the people in the city; they were created as a more attractive place for the more well off man who can afford to commute to work. As these towns will not be far away from the main urban area, this then means that commuting for them becomes a lot easier and the pressures of living in a city are no longer there. A good example of this process is Cairo in Egypt. Being the only major city in that area, people needing jobs would go there. As there were so many people migrating into Cairo, the place was becoming over crowded and the whole area was getting worse and worse, with the nice upper class areas soon becoming over run with homeless people sleeping on the street and ...

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