Dubai always looked to me like it was some sort of Las Vegas without gambling, alcohol or sex. i.e. a hollow shell.
Now it turns out that it isn't even that.
Can't say I'm sorry.
Now it turns out that it isn't even that.
Can't say I'm sorry.
""There is also another side to Dubai’s booming market. Most large hotels are little more than dens of prostitution."
http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/
"It was difficult at the time to get any sense of realism from the city. You’d try to apply for credit cards, and find that nobody at the banks were really interested in giving you one — they had bigger fish to catch...
It was that way with houses and apartments you wanted to rent. The landlords never bothered to follow up on whether you wanted it, if you thought it was a reasonable price. If you had a problem with it — with handing over US$50 000 in one cheque, for example (they have a practice of paying for yearly rental in one or two cheques at a go), then it was your fault, and you had suck it up if you didn’t like it.. It felt unreal...
Nothing about this city is sustainable. The property boom, led by the multi-million dollar apartments along Sheikh Zayed Road, are perhaps doable in the upturn. They were built for investment, not for living."
"Blair is determined to stay in Dubai at all costs. He said:It’s the clubs, the bars, the beautiful women, its tax free, all-round good weather. I could give you an A to Z. He added:This is the place to be.
"http://www.7days.ae/storydetails.php?id=72910&title=A%20...
There were a lot of almost convincing articles about how the Dubai building boom had a lot to do with laundering global organized crime money.