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Originally Posted by sammysonny1
Um whats the big deal with Dubai....
First of all for the most part no booze, no history, no cultre, were are the musems, parks, collages, banks, stockmarkets, muscial theatre, opera.
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Dubai does in fact have alcohol, history, culture, museums, parks, colleges, banks, stockmarkets, musical theatres and will soon have an opera. I am not sure where you heard that Dubai has none of these, but I need to inform you that whatever that source was, it is incorrect.
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Originally Posted by sammysonny1
When all I see is a gross Houston/Miami/Dallas/Atlanta/Los Angelos/Minneapolis/Almost every city in America. I mean reallly didn't we learn from the mistakes of building expressways, and freeways. And building low density really ugly and tacky buidlings.
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When you say "we" you are talking about the United States. Dubai is not the United States and they still have
a lot to learn. They are testing everything out, like all other developing cities in the developing world and like the United States did throughout the 1900s. I should also add that the United States still has a lot to learn about expressways, suburbs and buildings just like Dubai.
Although this is not the subject of this conversation, I would like to add that Europe is probably one of the best places to learn about cities. Dubai and the United States should attempt to learn from those cities. But still, I am sure that many cities all over the world (especially in the developing world) have features to offer European cities.
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Originally Posted by sammysonny1
Also this may be off topic but i dont care... America gets all of the crap for being wasteful, but for us we need to revese and redesign our cities to use mass transit and not use cars and have better land management. But Dubai gets away with buidling all fo this stuff.
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Actually, many media outlets (if you try to keep up-to-date with Dubai in the American media) criticize the United Arab Emirates for having the world's largest ecological footprint per capita. Also, many times they mention things about Dubai that are extremenly wasteful: such as Ski Dubai (the world's largest indoor ski slope), man-made islands, building out into the desert, many homes with private pools, etc. Also, Dubai is not as powerful or influential as the United States. The U.S. is always in the news and is noticed by many people all over the world. Therefore, they receive a lot of more criticisms than Dubai.
Many of the thoughts that you mentioned are a result of an over-generalization of Dubai. I like to think that I know a lot about Dubai. I try to keep track of things happening in Dubai and the view of Dubai in the West. Many times people do not know Dubai or understand the city. By attempting to learn more about Dubai, you will learn many things that you did not know; just like I have.
Despite my defense of Dubai, I myself see many problems throughout the city. Many times I ask "why, why, why?" I know Dubai is making so many mistakes that I am sure will impact them hard in the future. I can only hope the leaders of the emirate will notice these and attempt to fix them. Actually, many problems are beginning to appear (such as high rents, too much traffic and congestion, and a loss of local culture and many others) and there have been several attempts to remedy them; but not enough in my opinion.
Please, if you have any more questions, I would be glad to answer them. My only goal is to show the truth of Dubai.
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