Originally Posted by NZCowboy

My advice to everyone live close to where you are studying or working, communting is a disaster, one day it may take 40minutes the next day 2 hours. Most people go to work or study twice as many times a week as they go out socialising, its easier to travel to socialise and usually socialising is more flexible, it doesn't matter the same if you are late your friends will understand.
If you are attending AUC @ the New Cairo campus, I would suggest live in New Cairo.