I live in Cairo, it’s like the oddest mix of fast-paced / slow paced.

Need a home repair? Maybe the repairman will come, maybe not.

Deadlines? Never heard of ‘em, so if you miss a deadline, no worries there wasn’t one to begin with really it was just a suggestion.

The work extends to your personal life. You’re smoking hookah at a cafe on the street and it’s 11pm? No problem, off the record meeting just to ensure that everything goes well for the next work day.

With all these awfully lenient habits, you’re still expected to get many, many things done on time and most people here complain that they are exhausted from it - because it feels like most factors are out of your control. You have to hustle around the slow-paced culture.

It’s also beautiful. People make time to eat and spend time with each other. People are always laughing and take things lightly. You can make friends anywhere because everyone talks like they know each other. The community-based culture is obvious and makes everything better.

I’d rather have to hustle like this but still have that community feel rather than being in a fast-paced city and spend my free time isolated