Saturday, September 20, 2008

Economics? of Alexandria

I wonder why they made a shopping town in the burbs.
I went to Carrefour yesterday by taxi. I didn't have any other way to get there. The only man who have a car or can take a taxi is able to visit. So, it looks open society.. there are many shops inside and outside of Carrefour, american style, high level trafic circumstance... but the truth is, it is closed society for rich.
But, if Carrefour was in the center of Alexandria, and in fact the price is reasonable though we can prefer Souq, everyone would go there. It becomes open society!

BUT, at the same time, this idea has the risk of destroy egyptian tradition, destroy Souk.. as destroied Shotengai in Japan.

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