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In Africa, since the beginning of the 1990s, the development of middle-class suburbs boomed.

Due to the industrialization of many African countries, particularly in cities such as Cairo, Johannesburg and Lagos, the middle class has grown.

In an illustrative case of South Africa, RDP housing has been built.

In much of Soweto, many houses are American in appearance, but are smaller, and often consist of a kitchen and living room, two or three bedrooms, and a bathroom.

However, there are more affluent neighborhoods, more comparable to American suburbs, particularly east of the FNB Stadium.

In Cape Town there is a distinct European style which is due to the European influence during the mid-1600s when the Dutch conquered the area.

Houses like these are called Cape Dutch Houses and can be found in the affluent suburbs of Constantia and Bishopscourt.