Why are American cities so dirty and ugly on contrast?
They lucked out discovering a massive amount of oil to provide for a very small population. Imagine if they had to support a country of 330 million people with that same amount of oil money.
They also don't need to spend 800 billion dollars every year on military, unlike the US.
We are responsible for what others did hundreds of years ago?
Ah, I see the problem. You are mentally ill.
Slavery is a foundation of society in Dubai today. Slavery is not a foundation of society in the US today. I am sorry that you are too mentally ill to see the difference?
Dubai was built on slavery. The US was built on slavery and stolen land. Just longer ago.
You can confirm that I am correct now and apologize.
I took a run in Baltimore years ago and it looked about like that picture except there were people living there and hanging around. Depressing and more US cities are like this. It is an embarrassment whenever we have a big marathon in our cities and all of our urban blight is on display. We can't showcase anything nearly as beautiful as Berlin.
Oil + cheap, unlimited, and dispensable human labor + small population
They built the country out of nothing starting just decades ago, so it's a lot easier to plan and build. It's the city equivalent of someone suddenly coming into big money, like winning the lottery or becoming a sports/rock star, and spending ungodly amounts of money to convince others that they are upper class. Don't get me wrong, life there is comfortable and it's fun to visit, but not all is what it seems if you scratch beneath the surface.
We are responsible for what others did hundreds of years ago?
Ah, I see the problem. You are mentally ill.
Slavery is a foundation of society in Dubai today. Slavery is not a foundation of society in the US today. I am sorry that you are too mentally ill to see the difference?
Dubai was built on slavery. The US was built on slavery and stolen land. Just longer ago.
You can confirm that I am correct now and apologize.
Ah, I see the problem. You are mentally ill.
Slavery is a foundation of society in Dubai today.
Slavery is not a foundation of society in the US today.
I am sorry that you are too mentally ill to see the difference.
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You are now dismissed. There is no point in trying to help a mentally ill person come to grips with reality. Reality does not exist for you.
Now, please feel free to rant your mental illness to your heart's content. You will be ignored.
Why are American cities so dirty and ugly on contrast?
I ask how many invisible Khaligi are in this site...
I know them just by of their answers.
One of them playing the "englishman" some years ago jocked about the recent family issues of Aouita. I know he could not be a Western to "fall" to this level.
Well, at some times I was naively "nationalist". Now I adopt the attitude of Jiddu Khrisnamurti.. Just observe and don't judge...
If a part of Africa (mostly the English part + Algerian regime) is hostile to the Royal Moroccan regime ... then there is a part of truth on it. Ours always hide some details of history.
I took a run in Baltimore years ago and it looked about like that picture except there were people living there and hanging around. Depressing and more US cities are like this. It is an embarrassment whenever we have a big marathon in our cities and all of our urban blight is on display. We can't showcase anything nearly as beautiful as Berlin.
Try taking a run in Dubai. Seriously. The car is king.
I’m an American living in Dubai and the negative things people point out about Dubai are pretty laughable.
First of all, it is not expensive. You can choose to buy expensive things, but the general cost of living is lower than in the U.S.
People also love to bring up the different classes and “slave” labor which is a big LOL. Yes, people from third world countries do a lot of the dirty work here. Yes, in a perfect world this would not happen. Let’s not pretend the U.S. doesn’t do the exact same thing with illegal immigrant labor and that the labor system in the U.S. doesn’t have the exact same goals and outcomes for people.
The low class workers here generally enjoy a higher standard of living than their home countries and if you tried to give them better circumstances most wouldn’t know what to do with it, they are uneducated and filthy for the most part. They form communities with people from their home countries and provide for themselves decently with facilities that somewhat resemble where they are from typically.
People love to point out a couple negative things about Dubai and ignore the amazing architecture, opportunities, lifestyle, safety, organization, etc. America has a lot of deep problems. Here has some too, of course, some pretty bad like LGBTQ etc. But on the whole it’s a very organized society. Look inward to unsafe cities, city streets full of homeless people’s piss and sh*t, rampant youth mental health issues.
As far as culture goes, the culture here is for everything to be nice and super cool but yeah for non emirati at least it doesn’t go much deeper than that.
Perhaps some of the criticism is overstated, but recall that it was in response to someone essentially saying that Dubai was great because it was clean and shiny. Not surprising that people who have been there or lived there pointed out some of the low points.
Quick anecdote from next door in Abu Dhabi from last year: Visitor to Grand Mosque required to turn his t-shirt inside out before going in because they (government) suspected it was a pro-gay rights symbol (it was a rainbow guerilla head, whatever that is). Major issue? Maybe not. Pathetic, and indicative of something far short of a great, modern country? Yep.
I’m an American living in Dubai and the negative things people point out about Dubai are pretty laughable.
First of all, it is not expensive. You can choose to buy expensive things, but the general cost of living is lower than in the U.S.
People also love to bring up the different classes and “slave” labor which is a big LOL. Yes, people from third world countries do a lot of the dirty work here. Yes, in a perfect world this would not happen. Let’s not pretend the U.S. doesn’t do the exact same thing with illegal immigrant labor and that the labor system in the U.S. doesn’t have the exact same goals and outcomes for people.
The low class workers here generally enjoy a higher standard of living than their home countries and if you tried to give them better circumstances most wouldn’t know what to do with it, they are uneducated and filthy for the most part. They form communities with people from their home countries and provide for themselves decently with facilities that somewhat resemble where they are from typically.
People love to point out a couple negative things about Dubai and ignore the amazing architecture, opportunities, lifestyle, safety, organization, etc. America has a lot of deep problems. Here has some too, of course, some pretty bad like LGBTQ etc. But on the whole it’s a very organized society. Look inward to unsafe cities, city streets full of homeless people’s piss and sh*t, rampant youth mental health issues.
As far as culture goes, the culture here is for everything to be nice and super cool but yeah for non emirati at least it doesn’t go much deeper than that.
Perhaps some of the criticism is overstated, but recall that it was in response to someone essentially saying that Dubai was great because it was clean and shiny. Not surprising that people who have been there or lived there pointed out some of the low points.
Quick anecdote from next door in Abu Dhabi from last year: Visitor to Grand Mosque required to turn his t-shirt inside out before going in because they (government) suspected it was a pro-gay rights symbol (it was a rainbow guerilla head, whatever that is). Major issue? Maybe not. Pathetic, and indicative of something far short of a great, modern country? Yep.
I wonder if they'd let you in with an Israeli flag image of any kind on your person......? Wouldn't risk it.
Perhaps some of the criticism is overstated, but recall that it was in response to someone essentially saying that Dubai was great because it was clean and shiny. Not surprising that people who have been there or lived there pointed out some of the low points.
Quick anecdote from next door in Abu Dhabi from last year: Visitor to Grand Mosque required to turn his t-shirt inside out before going in because they (government) suspected it was a pro-gay rights symbol (it was a rainbow guerilla head, whatever that is). Major issue? Maybe not. Pathetic, and indicative of something far short of a great, modern country? Yep.
I wonder if they'd let you in with an Israeli flag image of any kind on your person......? Wouldn't risk it.
When I was there, they wouldn't even let you past immigration if there was an Israeli stamp in your passport. People visiting Israel would use extra passport pages that could be removed from the passport, and they would have those ones stamped in Israel and then remove those pages when entering the UAE. I don't believe this is the case anymore.
I wonder if they'd let you in with an Israeli flag image of any kind on your person......? Wouldn't risk it.
When I was there, they wouldn't even let you past immigration if there was an Israeli stamp in your passport. People visiting Israel would use extra passport pages that could be removed from the passport, and they would have those ones stamped in Israel and then remove those pages when entering the UAE. I don't believe this is the case anymore.
I meant the mosque, but yeah, perhaps far more important "entry considerations," as well !!
I don't know anything for sure about it, but I have heard (in the not-too-distant past) of Israeli stamps in passports causing problems traveling in the Arab world.
Why are American cities so dirty and ugly on contrast?
Lol, ok random European dude. I have lots of terrible friends from Dubai- that place is full of the worst kind of intelligent and cruel people- prostitutes, psychopaths, NPD narcissists, worthless drug and sex worshiping people. Everyone I’ve known that goes to Dubai, either is a multimillionaire bachelor who lives off cheating people out of money or a “model”. It’s a joke. It’s in the desert, not the best place- and it’s near massive war zones and unstable countries.
any girl asking you to take her to Dubai probably does too much ketamine, just to forget what they had to do to get their. Don’t trust her- just because she says “ketamine is the saddest drug” like wtff does that mean? Safe….
i remember my old 41 yr old divorced Indian landlord in Boston who hooked up with his 21 yr old college tenets- yeah he was buying a place in Dubai, with more people like him
i promise Dubai is the place where your soul goes to die. Of course it’s known and talked about- just like hell is.
Living in the UAE is a great deal if you get the full package that includes free housing, utilities, airfare, etc. (It used to be sweeter with no sales tax and a more generous foreign income exclusion) and don't buy into the materialistic mindset. Besides saving money, you are close to so much of the world to travel and can be exposed to many cultures. In the short-term, it's great. However, I couldn't ever picture myself being there in the long-term because of reasons discussed here.
Oh, and in terms of running, it's terrible. Weather is too hot for most of the year, there's nowhere to run, and it's probably one of the most dangerous places in the world for a pedestrian.
Living in the UAE is a great deal if you get the full package that includes free housing, utilities, airfare, etc. (It used to be sweeter with no sales tax and a more generous foreign income exclusion) and don't buy into the materialistic mindset. Besides saving money, you are close to so much of the world to travel and can be exposed to many cultures. In the short-term, it's great. However, I couldn't ever picture myself being there in the long-term because of reasons discussed here.
Oh, and in terms of running, it's terrible. Weather is too hot for most of the year, there's nowhere to run, and it's probably one of the most dangerous places in the world for a pedestrian.
And it really does say something about how many things there are for a reasonably fair person to critique about Dubai that, ON A RUNNING BOARD, most of us forgot a not-insignificant fact that we've been reminded of above.
For anyone who's never experienced Persian Gulf-level heat and humidity, you probably SIMPLY CAN'T. I've been a runner for decades, and I've seen my share of hot and humid weather (American southeast, Caribbean, Japan, etc.). But what I've seen in that gulf in the summer is SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE. Take the worst "It's a sauna out here" day/run that you've ever experienced in the American east/southeast, and.....roughly speaking, DOUBLE IT, in terms of perception ???
The best and only word I can think of for it is UN-GODLY.
I’m an American living in Dubai and the negative things people point out about Dubai are pretty laughable.
First of all, it is not expensive. You can choose to buy expensive things, but the general cost of living is lower than in the U.S.
The low class workers here generally enjoy a higher standard of living than their home countries and if you tried to give them better circumstances most wouldn’t know what to do with it, they are uneducated and filthy for the most part. They form communities with people from their home countries and provide for themselves decently with facilities that somewhat resemble where they are from typically.
Just think about the ignorance of this paragraph. Its exactly this kind of person who can find places like Dubai likeable or livable. They place themselves on a pedestal and think the lower classes deserve to live in drudgery to serve them.
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