What makes Dubai so different form the rest of the Arab world?
They have petrol and the support of the US and Israel
>>69829138
Too small to have multiple tribes.
Its secular and caters to white businessmen.
>>69829223
It's beautiful how in as short as 100 years it literally went from a desert with a bunch of mud huts to one of the richest metropolises on the earth.
>>69829138
It has a shitton of money pumped into it.
It won't last long though. Dubai's funding is slowly drying up and its foundations are literally unstable. Once it gets abandoned it will get swallowed up by sandstorms and become a forgotten land
>>69829138
They are moderate Islam. Only one person participates in beheadings while a smaller crowd watches
>>69829138
Are you retard?
Oil money and money laundry
>>69829544
Not until their oil runs out, but yeah they suck at investing so once the oil's gone they'll be broke.
>>69829138
Why would anyone travel to it when you have options like Europe, Asia and America that are way better?
Seriously I don't find it attractive at all.
>>69829138
there tallest building does not have affective plumbing
>>69829223
They have no petrol. The UAE has some oil and gas. Dubai, not so much.
>>69829769
See ^
Also see: >>69829544
Dubai was built on banking and money-laundering. As well as slave labour.
They pay non-arabs to pay their shit for them
>>69830015
This, they have to have all their shit carried out in trucke
>>69830234
build their shit*
>>69830277
Classic Arabic mentality. Build palaces, don't worry about the plumbing.
Poo in the Loos and Arabs are great at building giant megastructures and neglecting vital infrastructure.
>>69829138
just a bunch of debt, they are still bedouin goat herders.
>Imam an-Nawawi (d.1278 CE) (in his interpretation of Sahih Muslim) >mentions:
>The people of badia (the desert Bedouins) and their like are people of need >and poverty. (A time will come) when the world will be laid open for them >until they compete with one another in (the construction of) buildings, and >Allah knows best.
>>69829938
You wouldn't believe how many people actually consider Dubai a dream destination because of the beaches, good gastronomy and entertainment. Europeans go there because it has less retarded folk like partybros and hoes, and disgusting all-inclusive families from ones own country running around than Spain, Greece or Turkey. It's more expensive but not too expensive.
>>69830488
It's a meme-tier city which has capitalized on massive economic and financial growth.
It will be ruins at some point in the future.
>>69829138
unlike most arab states, they actually tried to diversify their economy instead of just coasting off oil revenues. when the middle east started heating up around 2001, they started building hard and promoting themselves as a stable middle east country to do business in; it's worked reasonably well.
>>69830389
They're not building those structures, Western trained people are.
>>69829138
I stayed at the Armani hotel inside the Burj for 3 nights. Classy. As. Fuck.
>>69830643
If by "business" you mean global banking and money laundering, yes.
They were basically accepting Russians with briefcases full of cash prior to '06. Trading dirty money for property investment.
>>69829138
Western influences.
>>69830615
I wasn't talking about myself, though. I'd never spend my precious vacation in any muslim country,
Dubai is fucking awesome. Best city in the world to travel to.
>>69830691
Indians literally built Dubai.
>>69829138
Nothing.
Dubai is a real-estate and tourism bubble that relies on handouts from Abu Dhabi and oil money, just like every mid-east state. The only difference is that Dubai is shinier.
You think Dubai is the only place in the Middle East that is filled with modern skyscrapers?
Doha in Qatar, Kuwait City, Abu Dhabi or Bahrain are similar
>>69830691
No lad, you don't understand. Western contractors, architects etc. win the contracts and build them to the specs of wealthy Arab owners.
Trying to get Arabs to invest (price tag wise) in anything beyond "Muh palace looks good" is absolutely futile. Dubai is a colossal vanity project for the Sheik and his children.
>>69829138
Not politics go to fucking /int/
SAGE
Round-a-bout entrnace in front of Burj Khalifa
They're atheists
>>69829544
>You might get to explore the ruins of Dubai in your lifetime
>>69829138
I'm working there for a few months next year. What should I expect?
>>69829544
I lived there in 07-08, right before the crash. Can confirm. Western engineers all over the city were shaking their damn heads to be quite honest- building boom was insane and the Sheiks weren't willing to let the concrete set properly, etc. Plus they used labor that wore flip flops to construction sites and often went unpaid for months.
>>69831057
>>69831251
Enjoy living in the bullshit capital of the world, my friend.
Try not to get roped into spending too much skydiving, jetskiing, or hanging out in luxury hotels.
Dubai is literally Disney World in city form and everyone who lives there ends up plowing their earnings back into living the YOLO Plebbit life.
Money
>>69829138
> they import labour from curry nations
> give them strict only work visas
> when work is finished they go home
> they dont get to cry for muh rights and gibsmedats and become citizens with votes
Literally not cuckfaggots like us.
>>69829544
It'll be fine.
>>69829544
>you'll see the collapse of the middle east in your life time
>Saudi Arabia will become a third world country in your life time
>>69829522
and after the downfall of petrol they will go right back to mud huts
>>69830987
For sure. Al Maktoum had his propaganda pumping 20 minutes before you even land.
>>69831451
they're building a disney-clone that's city size
the entire place is bullshit. i don't see it lasting 100 years. people will end up squatting the high-rises when it all settles
>>69831685
Now.. if only there was a way to keep these faggots out of our countries when the desert swallows their shitty nations.
>>69829138
>What makes Dubai so different form the rest of the Arab world?
Go bankrupt
>>69831757
That's why they built this big city with cool buildings. because they want to live thanks to tourism.
>>69831451
I'm not paying to live there, my company is providing me with housing and is supposedly providing all transportation and a card for food. But really, entertainment there is that expensive? Like if I wanted to go see a movie in the theater how much in USD would that set me back?
>>69829138
so how soon until it looks like spec ops the line
slave labor
>>69831552
Who would by their own volition stay in a country that would force you to convert to islam?
>>69831757
with less then 8% reliance of oil & gas in their economy , they will manage
If I wanted to visit a desert full of people in love with petrol, who hate white people, I'd visit Alice springs
>>69831913
by the time they are done , they would have bought half of london & paris
>>69831397
I can't wait for when that giant tower they built catches on fire and falls over.
They just had a major fire last week IIRC. Huge condo tower went up in flames.
>>69832229
>Who would by their own volition stay
protip: migrant workers are indebted to their employers, their passports held, they're not paid enough to get out of indebtedness, labor organizing is severely and violently repressed
welcome to global capitalism in the 21st century
>>69831869
It won't last longer than 40 years m80. What rises into the stratosphere in a short space of time, comes down equally quickly.
>>69832121
The cost of food is high. Water too. Entertainment is rife.
Honestly the biggest problem is the expat culture. You are forced to spend spend spend on living it up in most social circles.
If you can avoid that shit and make bank, more power to you anon.
>>69832283
Reliant on banking. Reliant on tourism. Reliant on international capital flows. Reliant on global trade.
Yeah sorry Bangladesh, I with international freight at all time lows, and with durka tribes on their borders I don't see much of a future.
>>69832496
Implying people in London and Paris aren't on the verge of revolt. That property will be forcefully seized, or collapse 60% in value due to blood in the streets.
>>69832121
Haven't been in years, but in 07-08 you could find cheap meals, etc. There was a Russian district that was pretty fun, in an insanely reality blurring way: All signs in Russian, all Russian/Uzbek hookers, weird hotel discos, and thirsty pajeets crushing overpriced Johnnie Walker and bothering said hookers.
>>69831869
>mfw after everyone evacuates you get the presidential suite to yourself while exploring the city ruins
Can't wait desu
>>69831913
We can start a cottage tourism industry to emulate Mad Max, but with live ammo and buggies and humvees equipped with M60s
>>69832656
Britbro is dead on about ex-pat culture, especially the English. Cool people generally, but holy fuck the money goes quickly if you aren't careful. Best advice- get into a few sports that don't cost much and do your socializing that way.
>>69832656
I'll be working with 4 other people from my company who have apparently been there for a few years. I'm fine with hitting up clubs with other Westerners I just don't want to end up blowing my salary out of boredom. Good thing it's only 5-6 months.
>>69832667
I'll try and check it out, sounds like a fun place to stumble around while drunk assuming I'm not going to get robbed.
>>69832845
With the logo being a four of clubs. Let's make it happen Ameribro.
Once the oil dries up they'll be back to being nomadic goat herders within a few years. Muzzies, like niggers, are not intellectually capable of creating wealth.
>>69829138
They are going for science victory and avoided early war.
>>69829138
Heard that they buy 10/10 white women and have them join harems, prostitute themselves, and do the most degenerate sex acts imaginable just for their amusement.
I'd bomb the shit out of them for that.
>>69829138
oil money
I can't wait for the oil fields to eventually start drying up and watch the entire place implode.
>>69833376
whenever you post , must you always look ignorant ?
Oil and gas is only 3% of Dubai economy
Diversified well but seems like it can all burst really easily
The 'world' Island property development is sinking into the sea as well lol
>>69833514
Just How big a fag are you ? just go and fucking join them you Wizerd
>>69833850
Like tgeir buddy the GOP they dont belive in Global worming either KEK
>>69832656
the big thing that they are doing is cornering the market on trans-continental air travel. Dubai is the biggest air hub between Europe, Africa, and Asia. Their airline industry is kicking ass.
>>69833514
nothing wrong with a few hookers, it's great for business
Americans are embarrassing ITT
>>69834135
So much salt. Do they mine it in Bangladesh?
>>69834135
Wat
>>69829138
It's not so different from other small rich gulf states.
>>69834232
tell me all about salt bro , we are going under the sea in 50 yrs time
This thread makes me wanna play Spec Ops: the Line.
What a great game that was.
First time I played that game I thought I saw the real ending. Then when I replayed it a second time (on the hardest difficulty for maximum immersion and story suspense, ofc) I realized that I actually DIDN'T get the real ending. And that there was a completely new chapter after the chapter I thought was the end. Once I got this alternative ending I realized how great this game was. This alternative ending is one of the most red pilled things in story telling PERIOD. It itself also has divergent endings, but regardless of which ending you choose, that final prologue chapter's message is the same, and it truly makes the entire game stand out from the rest of the war games.
It really is one big slap in the face for people who believe in Call of Duty heroes.
Fuckin amazing game. Tight gameplay too.
>>69834386
*their
>>69834135
Cryptically Funny joke here
>>69831397
>Sheiks weren't willing to let the concrete set properly, etc.
Are you surprised?
>>69834638
Funny yet sad reality for Bangladesh and Netherlands
>>69829138
Money.
That, and the UAE isn't as crazy as Saudi Arabia.
>>69829138
Money. They buy all this wonders from western engineering firms and so on and so on and so on.
As long as America and Europe still keep their robbery tax policies, Dubai will stand strong.
UAE economy is far more diversified than Russia
>>69832093
too bad they won't get many tourists thanks to their batshit mudslime laws
>>69833850
>Diversified
It's all real-estate and tourism financed by oil money from Abu Dhabi. Every time either of those things become unstable (tourism post 2001, real estate post 2008), the city's finances collapse and need bailouts.
>>69829522
Dubai was one of the major Ports in Asia for british Shipping in 1800's just behind Singapura and Colombo
>>69835439
>too bad they won't get many tourists
Yah man , only 13.2 million tourists visited Dubai last year ...
