Dubailand

1. MommaBear
   February 23rd, 2009 at 9:45 am

   Too bad no one will want to travel to a country ruled by extreme Islamist Sharia law.

2. Yo
   February 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 am

   Exactly, I'd be to worried I'm drinking OJ on the wrong day.

3. Sugarimp
   February 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 am

   Ah... money can't buy good taste.

4. Gerry
   February 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 am

   But the economic downturn is hitting them hard, too....
   Lets just say I know someone who recently met with a US developer who has been working over there. When asked about all those magnificent new buildings over there, he said, "Yeah, but it's like a 'Night of the Living Dead' film over there.... all those pretty buildings are EMPTY SHELLS with no tenants and it's a ghost town with NO activity."

   The contractors are fleeing in droves, leaving everything behind.

5. Jerome
   February 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 am

   Cool. But it won't happen.

   Dubai will crumble soon.

6. old news
   February 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 am

   It has been clear for years now that Dubai's future is as the world's hugest urban decay setting for paintball.

7. Mytake
   February 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm

   They went too fast in Dubai, it's one megalomaniac plan after the other, and few of them are ever completed. What about that palm-shaped condo? I think it will be hard for the city to swim against the current economic crisis. And the thing is, how sustainable is Dubai as a city? How does it fare regarding energy saving, waste management etc?

8. mu
   February 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm

   Dubai is cargo-cult culture. They want all the goodies that come from open Western culture but they don't understand that the goodies are an effect not a cause.

9. David Govett
   February 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm

   What do you expect when you give a kid a handful of unearned money?

10. Namowal
    February 23rd, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    Dubai is circling the drain.
    They should rename it "Bye Bye"

11. MadMolecule
    February 23rd, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Dinosaurs?

12. Alex
    February 23rd, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Dubai wants to build a Las Vegas, but without the sex and alcohol ...

13. just a guy
    February 23rd, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Dubai is quite obviously a modern worlds avatar of indulgence and decadence. In a really odd sort of way.

14. Paul in Boca
    February 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    However, Dubai is where Halliburton moved their world headquarters to, from Houston. Which means that they pay no US income tax on all of the no bid cost plus contracts they have been awarded in Iraq, in Aghanistan, and other locations.

15. Lex Fear
    February 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    Sentiment in the comments above is correct, Dubai will not survive this recession.. not because of strict laws, but simply because they have built the worlds largest and most glamorous ghost town.

    My friend, a construction engineer had a job lined up and was ready to transport his family and possessions over before Christmas. They contacted him just in time to tell him that there was no longer any job for him - he's now going to Australia instead.

16. Zombie
    February 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    You can't build a Vegas without the booze, gambling and sex and expect to survive. Why else are people going to suffer such hostile weather if they can't drink their way to being broke and infected with an STD?

17. kevin
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    SECOND tallest ferris wheel?
    what gives

18. Curtis Lowe
    February 24th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Will they have the stoning pit, the honor killing ride and wife-beating show?

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