Hi, living in whether 6th October or new Cairo will be enjoyable .you can get every thing you need from malls round there .you just need to go to town center when you want to go round for walking or have a look on shopwindows exetra. Transportations are available .Any way any thing you need whether tips or suggestions I will be ready . As westerner you would better to learn local Arabic to be easy for you to deal with pepole in Egypt to make you safe from bad pepole .this is my advice I wish you good luck .