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Re: Dubious Dubai

Yunxiong Chen — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:50:34 -0000

@#$%^&*( Arizona, Nevada, California, The Western Coast FULL of sunlight not year round but MOST TIME. Plus US diversitified the energy sources in the future.

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Solare — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:23:48 -0000

Quarty>>> well, you have to face it that this world is not to be the main destination for the fundamentalist muslim....

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Quarty — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:21:08 -0000

I am afraid Islam will not be there anymore since it has been only designated for those unbelievers.....

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Quarty — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:19:19 -0000

It is sad to realize they build the city only for the wealthy and wealthiest. Singapore and Hong Kong are thousand better than Dubai....

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Adrian — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:17:43 -0000

It is sure will become the most sinful city in the middle east after Israeli's cities and Lebanon....

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Dubai Hotels — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:24:08 -0000

Dubai since the start had a vision and built the largest Free zone and one of the largest port in the world where the hip can turn into 360 degrees without reversing and The ruler of Dubai always knew the importance of its geographical location and importance and therefore is a hub between the east and the west and will always be.

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Dubai — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:19:45 -0000

right now Dubai is affecting the financial crisis. since October 2008 until now, large company are laying off employees more than 500 to 2000 people, like Emaar & Nakheel the largest property development.. Hundreds of property was delayed including the Metro and the famous burj Dubai.

We hope that mid this year Dubai will raise up again and continue to become one of the fastest booming city.

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Sir Roland — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:42:19 -0000

some of your comments remain a very good piece of advise to those who look forward to travelling to the United Arab Emirate

Sir Roland

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Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:27:42 -0000

I would love to live there, if it wasn't in the middle east...

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Chase — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:24:51 -0000

there is no way 1/3 of the worlds cranes are in Dubai , that has to be the dumbest thing I

have ever herd, look at how many large developing cities there are in this world, to make a claim like that is just ignorance

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cellulartraders — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:18:35 -0000

crazy,crazy,crazy. They should spend some of those money to build farms that can produce fruits and vegetables so they do not import from overseas and help save the earth.

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cellulartraders — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:15:38 -0000

crazy,crazy,crazy

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Armando Gascón — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:35:02 -0000

Ski slope: There is a ski slope in Milton Keynes, England. Not more nor less sustainable than this one in Dubai. Expatriates: The English do not like to call themselves Immigrants, but that's what they are. Most speculate they can buy (a mortgage) a flat or something, then sell it for 3X, while working as hairdressers, such like jobs. I wish them luck.

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Arthur Bell III — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:06:32 -0000

Dubai rocks! I enjoyed my stay there, that's for sure!

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JLuis Franco — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:02:32 -0000

I need information about cost live in Dubai, General services p.ej. gas, water, electricity, telephon, gasoline, diesel, for car and truck. cost cel call.

cost use car.

I am apreciate this information, because I am intented job in Dubai or Abu Dahbi..

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Dubai one — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:33:49 -0000

Sometime I feel that many persons here only want

say something without knowing anything not only

about Dubai but what is going on the rest of the

world.

Is there a storm effect Normally Dubai !

so what are the engineers so stupid not to put that

consideration when planning.. very simple mind!!

just not to go through all those purring rubbish.

I remember when Dubai built its largest man made port late 70s,, most of the western "intelligent" experts ,said its waste of money!!

now that port is not enough and need to be extended.

what that’s prove its only jealousy of people , `cos all this things happening in the middle east.

by the way when the oil well finish in this part of the world, mostly the western will suffer not Dubai :)

another thing to know you guys that most of the investors or whom buying properties are from the west ! you know why: it’s the safest place and all the year round sunny days.

The last thing is when Dubai or the middle east will finish the oil, they can still have another source to sell to the western it the SOLAR. 24 hours a day ,7 days a week and 365 days a year sunny day.

Keep wondering with your jealous guys.

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Dan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:43:49 -0000

yeah seriously, I mean okay, yes Dubai looks AMAZING, the buildings and the attractions, but Dubai is a destination for the rich only, and maybe some upper middle class, which is a small population of the earth keep in mind, also, there is a huge amount of expatriates residing in Dubai, aka the construction workers (42% of the Dubai population is Indian, and 13% are Pakistani), and there has been plenty of evidence that the construction companies have been treating them horribly, paying them close to nothing, housing them in these crappy shacks, they are treated less than human, just check out various human rights sites, and you will get plenty of results, of course this is probably filtered if you look for this in the UAE, because the government monitors the country's internet and blocks anything on the internet that is against the UAE, or any basic human rights found in westernized countries. Sure, the city may look great now, but when and IF all these rich people from around the world movie to dubai, they are going to want basic human rights that are offered in other luxurious places, smog will get worse, there will be an even bigger income distribution gap, then people will start to move out unless the UAE cleans up its act soon, really, how many people can afford to rent a room in the Burj al Arab, or buy a house on "the palms", "the world", or any other of these luxurious high rises? Do they think that EVERY wealthy person in the world will move to Dubai?

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report from the heartland — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:40:56 -0000

why is Dubai fun? what is there to do there? shop? is this a tourist destination to shop and eat? I have heard that one can drink at the hotels, even thought it's a Muslim country. so that's something. but how else is it fun? I really don't understand what the appeal of a highrise desert city with no natural or cultural attractions-- or history. am I blind to the fun of consuming? is that it?

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jasmine — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:39:39 -0000

wow!!!!!!!!!!! this is really cool pictures i really like it

jasmine

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koshish — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:32:46 -0000

Buildings buildings and more buildings .....!

where we are leading with this????

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Properties in Dubai — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:25:20 -0000

The country is growing very quickly, there are so many investment opportunities here. Here's hoping they plan to offset their emissions with green practises.

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Joe — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:17:36 -0000

I feel 'stupider' after reading most of the comments above. The internet is dead to me.

Live long and prosper,

Joe

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foreign body — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:29:52 -0000

For a critical glimpse of yet another very unsustainable city,

check out

http://sustainablehongkong....

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anil — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:34:35 -0000

I want to know some informations on the making of the resorts like burj al arab hotel , world & palm oil resort.

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Jeremy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:44:58 -0000

Wow, of all the comments on here, mine was the one that got the moderator to insert a complaint?

http://www.treehugger.com/f...

I didn't insult anyone, but maybe now I will: many of the posters on this site are dingbats. "Like omg globl warmin is gonna like totally reck tose islinds! so dats where all my gas money is going!" The moderator's response to my comment is the dumbest of all: "If there is no oil how are they going cool all these buildings? Do you see any nuclear plants going up?"

I never said anything about how Dubai would POWER all those towers, I said it is developing an alternative economy to oil because it knows oil is not the energy of the future. I mean, how will the rest of the world power its buildings in the future? Trust me, the people on this planet who matter, who actually do things, rarely leave matters like sources of energy to chance.