Comments on: Dubailand

By: Curtis Lowe

Curtis Lowe — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:27:08 +0000

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

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:16:09 +0000

SECOND tallest ferris wheel?
what gives

By: Zombie

Zombie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:50:48 +0000

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?

By: Lex Fear

Lex Fear — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:18:48 +0000

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.

By: Paul in Boca

Paul in Boca — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:33:31 +0000

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.

By: just a guy

just a guy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:57:12 +0000

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

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:46:20 +0000

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

By: MadMolecule

MadMolecule — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:28:20 +0000

Dinosaurs?

By: Namowal

Namowal — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:19:38 +0000

Dubai is circling the drain.
They should rename it “Bye Bye”

By: David Govett

David Govett — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:16:14 +0000

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

By: mu

mu — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:10:02 +0000

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.

By: Mytake

Mytake — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:46:04 +0000

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?

By: old news

old news — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:50:19 +0000

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

By: Jerome

Jerome — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:16:54 +0000

Cool. But it won’t happen.

Dubai will crumble soon.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:06:16 +0000

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.

By: Sugarimp

Sugarimp — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:00:26 +0000

Ah… money can’t buy good taste.

By: Yo

Yo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:47:59 +0000

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

By: MommaBear

MommaBear — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:45:12 +0000

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