Distopia in Dubai

Bleeding hearts unite!

bosdevelopment, as much as you may despise our reasoning, you NEED us.

I read it the same as you, Ron. There are de-facto slaves in Dubai, and even if there's only one of them, it's too many.
 
Justin7 said:
He's not arguing that there is nothing wrong with the article. He's just asking for some examples. Can you give him some or is the above the only way you know how to respond?
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bosdevelopment said:
If you were to take this liberal rag for truth...
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bosdevelopment said:
...you are just another bleeding heart not to be reasoned with, just manipulated.

But wait, I already knew that.
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I guess that answers my question. It must be fun being you. You seem to have failed to notice that you are the one having trouble being reasoned with. Take a deep breath and reread the past few posts. Ron asked for an example. That's all he did. You in turn seem to have had an aneurysm. Again, who is being unreasonable?
 
With all these stories about how this building is opening while being empty I've noticed that, through either poor journalism or as an underhanded cut at Dubai, no one seems to mention that America's grant skyscraper, the Empire State Building, also opened in the midst of an economic downturn and sat empty (the "Empty State Building" they called it) for a long long time. It wasn't until the 1960s that it was finally full of tenants.
 
vanshnookenraggen said:
With all these stories about how this building is opening while being empty I've noticed that, through either poor journalism or as an underhanded cut at Dubai, no one seems to mention that America's grant skyscraper, the Empire State Building, also opened in the midst of an economic downturn and sat empty (the "Empty State Building" they called it) for a long long time. It wasn't until the 1960s that it was finally full of tenants.
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Is that supposed to be a cause for hope? Practically nothing was built for two decades after the ESB was completed. And New York at least had a fairly solid, diversified economy. Dubai was built largely on a speculative real estate bubble alone (it doesn't even have oil - Abu Dhabi does, and it's reluctant to put money into its fellow emirate) so it could be even more affected.
 
Does Dubia have adaquate sorce of fresh water? Does it have enough good soil to feed itself?
 
Not sure about the water (desalinization plant?) but it imports all it's food. It's built on sand!
 
That and modern slavery! At least Las Vegas is located in a country w/ much natural resources. This city/state dosen't have any of the basic elements of life and yet it is trying to creat a megalopolis. Seems like the world passed on this area long ago for good reason. Also their climate is too extreme, Atlanta in the summer is probably the threshold that most people can handle, and Dubia is even worse. Sorry but swamp ass is not cosmopolitan . Unless we figure out how to do nuclear fusion to run all those AC's and far more efficient desalinzation of water, this city stands no chance vs mother nature. In 100 years from now we will know where we can get a lot of scrap metal.
 
Plenty of countries import all/most of their food, and plenty of raw materials and other goods. They specialize in other sectors and their exports make up for their deficit in other areas. Think Japan and Singapore and hi-tech manufacturing and finance. The UAE has managed to build a very diverse economy - energy is a relatively small percentage of its economy - it has vibrant manufacturing and services sectors. Dubai is a major port.
None of this is to say it is a socially or environmentally sustainable model. Economically though, it has a lot more going for it than what most people understand - short term difficulties aside.
 
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"Dubai feels like it was designed by a five-year-old boy."

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Seen at:
http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2010/09/01/dubai-a-childish-folly/
 
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