Dubai is one place i want to be - check this topic out !
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Biggravy22
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Be prepared to spend the rest of your life in prison.
nickfury510
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what a waste of an education.....
DWR
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Twistyman
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Doobie or not doobie........ So dubai is the swing both ways of doobie....????
NewGrowth
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this got me thinking. Looking at all this amazing infrastructure and technological advancement going on here. Does anyone know any US Citizens that vacation in the middle east? Specifically Dubai?
Most their money is not actually from oil, it comes from construction mostly. They have kind of become a world center of innovative and advanced construction projects. What we are seeing is a world economy emerging free trade and open borders means the USA is no longer the only powerful economy, Free Market Capitalism has spread across the world. It seems like a big part of the boom is the availability of cheap foreign labor. Employees are basically owned by their employers.
This made me wonder, are UAE citizens extremely wealthy compared to the working class?
The world is changing, the rich will live like kings . . . better hope the US economy improves.
Most their money is not actually from oil, it comes from construction mostly. They have kind of become a world center of innovative and advanced construction projects. What we are seeing is a world economy emerging free trade and open borders means the USA is no longer the only powerful economy, Free Market Capitalism has spread across the world. It seems like a big part of the boom is the availability of cheap foreign labor. Employees are basically owned by their employers.
This made me wonder, are UAE citizens extremely wealthy compared to the working class?
The world is changing, the rich will live like kings . . . better hope the US economy improves.
nickfury510
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where does this money to fund the construction come from....construction doesnt just fund itself...?this got me thinking. Looking at all this amazing infrastructure and technological advancement going on here. Does anyone know any US Citizens that vacation in the middle east? Specifically Dubai?
Most their money is not actually from oil, it comes from construction mostly. They have kind of become a world center of innovative and advanced construction projects. What we are seeing is a world economy emerging free trade and open borders means the USA is no longer the only powerful economy, Free Market Capitalism has spread across the world. It seems like a big part of the boom is the availability of cheap foreign labor. Employees are basically owned by their employers.
This made me wonder, are UAE citizens extremely wealthy compared to the working class?
The world is changing, the rich will live like kings . . . better hope the US economy improves.
nickfury510
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oh...I am very well aware of this....some people however are not
The elite go to dubai as a vacation and shopping spot, I don't think many actually live there.This made me wonder, are UAE citizens extremely wealthy compared to the working class?
The world is changing, the rich will live like kings . . . better hope the US economy improves.
And the rich have always lived like kings while half the world struggles to eat. Since the beginning of civilization. I hope the US economy DOESN'T change, maybe then people will see this a bit more clearly when the disparity between middle class and wealthy grows greater.
The Son of Man
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some brits got prison for kissing on the beach----fuck that place.
Stoney McFried
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The architecture is beautiful......
Essential Architecture- Dubai
DUBAI IS NUTS!!!
[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness[/FONT]
The same street in 2003
Last year
The madness. Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.
The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world.
All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree.
The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.
Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.
The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.
The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea.
Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.
The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the the current tallest building, the Taipei 101.
This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed. It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.
The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai.
Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building. This is a city on crack.
[FONT=arial,sans-serif] The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower. Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009. At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101. [/FONT]
The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.
Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size.
Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.
Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.
Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the #1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily.
The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will contain over 200 highrise buildings when finished. It will be home to some of the tallest residential structures in the world. The completed first phase of the project is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010. 
The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008. 
Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned. 
Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina. 
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. I'm not joking... Some other other crazy shit...
read original here : http://www.dubai-architecture.info/DUB-GAL1.htm
The Son of Man
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I say we let them build it up---then go over there and take it---make Dubians the new Indians yo. 
NewGrowth
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Here is what I have read, they are running out of oil. New industry is being built with old oil money. It's interesting to me, one of the few countries that has managed to shield itself from US World Bank Loans.
Dubai's gross domestic product as of 2005 was US$37 billion.[9] Although Dubai's economy was built on the back of the oil industry,[66] revenues from oil and natural gas currently account for less than 6% of the emirate's revenues.[8] It is estimated that Dubai produces 240,000 barrels of oil a day and substantial quantities of gas from offshore fields. The emirate's share in UAE's gas revenues is about 2%. Dubai's oil reserves have diminished significantly and are expected to be exhausted in 20 years.[67] Real Estate and Construction (22.6%),[10] Trade (16%), entrepôt (15%) and financial services (11%) are the largest contributors to Dubai's economy. [68]
It is like a vacation spot for the Uber rich, run by slave labor. Like cxt said the disparity between rich and poor grows but what I think we fail to realize is that as Amercians we are a VERY rich people. Not many people in the world have the material wealth and high living conditions we enjoy. So yes it is bad that US economy fails because as an American I enjoy a relatively nice living. If that wealth moves over seas I might have to start living like the rest of the world.
Think about what you own as an American:
1. Car
2. House, Rented or Owned
3. Computer
4.Television
5. Phone
6. Probably a laundry list of other random stuff that would be worthless in the 3rd world.
Not to mention we enjoy:
1. Large entertainment budgets
2. Cheap available food
3. Cheap personal transportation
4. Well maintained roads, strong infrastructure
Some of the things you may not even think about:
1. Running Water
2. Sewage systems
3. Electricity
4. Heat and A/C
Dubai's gross domestic product as of 2005 was US$37 billion.[9] Although Dubai's economy was built on the back of the oil industry,[66] revenues from oil and natural gas currently account for less than 6% of the emirate's revenues.[8] It is estimated that Dubai produces 240,000 barrels of oil a day and substantial quantities of gas from offshore fields. The emirate's share in UAE's gas revenues is about 2%. Dubai's oil reserves have diminished significantly and are expected to be exhausted in 20 years.[67] Real Estate and Construction (22.6%),[10] Trade (16%), entrepôt (15%) and financial services (11%) are the largest contributors to Dubai's economy. [68]
It is like a vacation spot for the Uber rich, run by slave labor. Like cxt said the disparity between rich and poor grows but what I think we fail to realize is that as Amercians we are a VERY rich people. Not many people in the world have the material wealth and high living conditions we enjoy. So yes it is bad that US economy fails because as an American I enjoy a relatively nice living. If that wealth moves over seas I might have to start living like the rest of the world.
Think about what you own as an American:
1. Car
2. House, Rented or Owned
3. Computer
4.Television
5. Phone
6. Probably a laundry list of other random stuff that would be worthless in the 3rd world.
Not to mention we enjoy:
1. Large entertainment budgets
2. Cheap available food
3. Cheap personal transportation
4. Well maintained roads, strong infrastructure
Some of the things you may not even think about:
1. Running Water
2. Sewage systems
3. Electricity
4. Heat and A/C
