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Dubai from above (3.bp.blogspot.com)

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[–]jammz 139 points140 points ago

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What game is this?

[–]Chubbstock 61 points62 points ago

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"Count the swimming pools"

[–]chadextrabacon 19 points20 points ago

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I was looking for a bright red Ferrari. Or 20.

[–]Ty_lerrr 6 points7 points ago

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TOO MANY.

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    [–]Awesome_Bobsome 28 points29 points ago

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    It's the game of how many resources of our world we can piss away into nothing.

    [–]34939242838432434832 5 points6 points ago

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1TeV0a4lYU

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      [–]squrs 5 points6 points ago

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      sim city, it looks alot like it

      [–]thiswontbeefunny 1 point2 points ago

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      came for the sim city joke, still happy to be one of 2 :)

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        [–]TheMattAttack 1 point2 points ago

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        Find Waldo, except for trees.

        [–]TheHappyYogurt 1 point2 points ago

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        anno 2070

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          [–]maznio 177 points178 points ago

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          You should probably link to the source

          [–]lagasan 29 points30 points ago

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          That source is pretty rad, should be it's own post I think. Thanks for the link.

          [–]dr_rentschler 1 point2 points ago

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          there's a little triangle at the upper right corner where you can set "movequality" to high!

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            [–]prmaster23 9 points10 points ago

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            That is a great site. Finally a good way to see how the Palm Jumeira looks like. Just to think ten years ago that wasn't there, just wow.

            [–]indoordinosaur 6 points7 points ago

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            Dubai actually looks a lot prettier when you turn the view around and there's a bright blue ocean right there.

            [–]Radioheadless 3 points4 points ago

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            awesome music

            [–]3334break 4 points5 points ago

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            This is too awesome.

            [–]shockage 1 point2 points ago

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            They need to add a setting to change the navigation controls. To move the camera right, you drag the screen to the right... that's really annoying since dragging to the right should move the camera to the left like in google maps or any touchscreen phone.

            [–]mapkinase 1 point2 points ago

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            All I can think of is that no one should try to sit on Dubai.

            [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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            Pictures of Dubai (Sheikh Zayed Road, the main road through the city) in the early 1990s, here and here.

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              [–]slapFIVE 17 points18 points ago

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              Looks like the city in Wall-E.

              [–]I0I0I0I 61 points62 points ago

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              Man I soooo hope GTA VI is set in Dubai w/ someone from Yusuf Amir's family as the protagonist.

              [–]drokcab 54 points55 points ago

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              Burj Khalifa. Home. At least it was before I fucked errthang up.

              [–]D3m0nk1d 9 points10 points ago

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              All you had to do was follow the damn shit convoy, Muhammad!

              [–]bigstinkyniggerdick 25 points26 points ago

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              Yea a GTA where if you sneeze in public you get 3 stars and if you bump your car into an emirate you get 6 stars, you can't bribe your way out of prison so its automatic game over at arrest. Also if you do anything so much as stealing a piece of gum you get executed.

              Yea please bring me that game.

              [–]rtechnix 27 points28 points ago

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              At the beginning you can customize your character though. If you choose female you can customize the color of your burka, also you immediately go to jail and lose the game.

              [–]I0I0I0I 1 point2 points ago

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              But you're filthy rich. None of that will apply to you. Just to peasants and women, in that order.

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                [–]specialk16 2 points3 points ago

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                Getting Arab money!

                [–]nicholmikey 53 points54 points ago

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                Where is the poo snake?

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQdjwliLMA

                [–]deafcon5 9 points10 points ago

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                I never understood why they have no sewer system. Didn't they just build the entire city from the ground up? How does that get left out?

                [–]RandomMandarin 36 points37 points ago

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                I am not easily impressed. I am impressed.

                And my opinion of Dubai, already low, sinks yet another notch.

                [–]mooprankster 5 points6 points ago

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                I...heard they had no sewer system.

                I assumed it just all got spewed out into the street.

                Not that this is all that much better, imagine a pileup...

                [–]tiddercat 5 points6 points ago

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                It's astonishing they could build sky scrapers and forget something as important as a sewers and treatment plants.

                [–]genna_TALL_warts 1 point2 points ago

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                There's no chance they forgot about it. If I had to assume, I'd say that because the way that we dispose of waste uses a large amount of water, and being that they are in the desert, there isn't much water. So they instead transport the waste to a location and probably just dump it.

                [–]DownvoteAttractor 8 points9 points ago

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                Shit!

                [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                What episode of Trailer Park Boys was this in?

                [–]biggbuckz 1 point2 points ago

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                That's kind of crazy

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                  [–]woyteck 307 points308 points ago

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                  It's still a desert.

                  [–]snarkyaardvark 135 points136 points ago

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                  It is a desert hell hole, they don't even have a sewer system. Dubai is beyond insane. Here is video of the poop trunks:

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drq-WhpmfkU

                  [–]yellekc 63 points64 points ago

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                  How can you build the worlds tallest skyscrapers and not install a sewer system. The economics alone should justify it. Those trucks aren't cheap. Plus they need fuel and drivers.

                  [–]aphasic 25 points26 points ago

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                  Also, the economics were/are skewed by practically free subsidized gasoline.

                  [–]Hadlockk 8 points9 points ago

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                  Sure, but you have to build roads for the poop trucks to park on, and deal with the increased congestion. Even a poop-railway would make more sense, since it wouldn't eat up existing road infrastructure. I wonder if there's no sewer system because the water table is only about 2' below the ground? Then again that's the same case in houston, but they have a functional sewer system. Go figure.

                  [–]RDandersen 10 points11 points ago

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                  There's actually a very simple explination for that. A sewage system does not look as good on pictures as another skyscraber does.

                  [–]zararock 6 points7 points ago

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                  That's what I kept asking myself the 4 years I lived in Dubai!! I used to see the poop trucks lined from my hood... There would be Kms and Kms of lined trucks with their lights on as if it was Xmas. About the costs of fuel and drivers: fuel is cheaper than tap water in Dubai and drivers are ridiculously low-paid. There is tons of exploitation..

                  [–]LLordRSom 1 point2 points ago

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                  It's a priapic monument, not a practical decision.

                  [–]snarkyaardvark 1 point2 points ago

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                  I am not sure I understand the nuances between using phallic vs priapic.

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus

                  [–]LLordRSom 2 points3 points ago

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                  Same thing, just mildly more poncy.

                  [–]snarkyaardvark 2 points3 points ago*

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                  poncy

                  Wow you really put point on it with poncy. English is subtle language man.

                  Poncy: Someone, something or somewhere which is overpriced, over styled, over rated, or thinks more highly of itself than it deserves. 1. Darling, do you fancy going to that new little Italian place tonight? Nah, it's a bit too poncy for me. I prefer the chip shop.

                  1. What about the lovely diamond ring there? What? You must be joking, that's far too poncy.

                  2. Why don't you dress like Mike? Sorry, love, that's just too poncy for my liking.

                  pri·ap·ic [prahy-ap-ik] Show IPA adjective 1. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to Priapus; phallic. 2. characterized by or emphasizing a phallus: priapic figurines. 3. (of an image) suggestive of or resembling a phallus by itsshape. 4. exaggeratedly concerned with masculinity and malesexuality.

                  phal·lic [fal-ik] Show IPA adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a phallus. 2. of or pertaining to phallicism. 3. genital ( def. 2b ) .

                  [–]irishgeologist 1 point2 points ago

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                  The entire place is highly unsustainable. They have to use oil to desalinate seawater. I give it 30 years.

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                    [–]MTknowsit 48 points49 points ago

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                    Wait. Wat? This needs its own thread.

                    [–]Kuhio_Prince 14 points15 points ago

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                    It has had its own thread...multiple times in fact

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                      [–]mkulo93 14 points15 points ago

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                      HOLY SHIT

                      pun not? intended

                      [–]imwearingatowel 1 point2 points ago

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                      I'm Ron Burgundy?

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                        [–]helllomoto 204 points205 points ago

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                        So is Vegas

                        [–]miniman 196 points197 points ago

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                        And Vegas is still a hell hole outside the strip.

                        [–]lostinvegas 13 points14 points ago

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                        Really, have you ever been outside the strip? In what way is it a hell hole?

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                            [–]wasappenin 53 points54 points ago

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                            Vegas you can go wild. Dubai, you spend the rest of your life in jail.

                            [–]Gpr1me 17 points18 points ago

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                            They should make a girls gone wild Dubai except call it girls gone to jail

                            [–]seblasto 23 points24 points ago

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                            It's called Locked Up Abroad.

                            [–]devskull 40 points41 points ago

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                            It's called Locked up a Broad. FTFY

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                              [–]zerobeat 17 points18 points ago

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                              Vegas serves alcohol. And has gambling.

                              [–]heylisten 12 points13 points ago

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                              Dubai serves alcohol. Not sure about the gambling.

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                                [–]NoctGent 2 points3 points ago

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                                ah yes, Dubai. It's Vegas, minus any of the fun.

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                                  [–]armenta 42 points43 points ago

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                                  It's not a nice thing to say, I try to not be inflammatory on here and to be positive, however in the case of Dubai I cannot. I hope in my lifetime it becomes a ghost town. With our diminishing resources and feeble attempts at improving the health and rights of all people, this city fails on both counts. I would hope that the middle east would use its wealth gained by finite resource could find itself looking for renewables. Then again why would they, when every other international energy company could give a damn.

                                  [–]iwishiwasrelevant 31 points32 points ago

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                                  The middle east is so hot and sunny they could easily get a much better return on solar energy than most places. But they'd rather build artificial islands in the shape of palm trees.

                                  [–]Strategic_Management 10 points11 points ago

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                                  Though Dubai is both hot and sunny, it is not a good candidate for solar energy production. Solar panels are actually less efficient at high temperatures. The "temperature coefficient" states that, "for each degree over 25˚C … the maximum power of the panel is reduced by 0.48%". So, though Dubai gets, on average, 11.5 sunlight hours per day in July, temps average about 38˚C, and that still isn't even the surface temp of the panels themselves, which are much higher.

                                  [–]iwishiwasrelevant 3 points4 points ago

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                                  I would have never guessed that. Do you know if we will have solar panels that could operate at higher temperatures anytime in the near future? Or is that just not possible?

                                  Also, I always hear that the American SW would be an ideal location for mass production of solar energy. Why would that be so if extreme heat is not good for solar energy production?

                                  [–]Strategic_Management 4 points5 points ago

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                                  Monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar cells will have a temperature coefficient in the –0.44% to -.50% range.

                                  Amporphous Silicon, which consist of a layer of monocrystalline silicon covered with a thin coating of amorphouse silicon have a lower temperature coefficient of –0.34% - making them a good choice for solar panels in areas closer to the equator.

                                  The best in terms of dealing with high temperatures are the Cadmium Telluride solar panels – with a temperature coefficient of –0.25%. However, while they are good with dealing with temperature changes, they are not as efficient at converting sunlight into electricity.

                                  Newer technologies such as CIGS and some of the 4th generation solar cell technologies being developed show show promise of also being less affected by the temperature.

                                  Also, "they" say the SW US is ideal because of its high number of sunlight hours per day - which is the most important variable in figuring out the systems output. But still, the average solar system loses about a third of its max output due to the heat and other inefficiencies.

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                                    [–]robrmm 7 points8 points ago

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                                    The entirety of Dubai's development is based on real estate, very little if any comes from oil - less that 6%. More likely sources are foreign investment and tourism. It's suppose to be an international hub for multi-national corporations and tourism.

                                    edit - did some googling:

                                    Although Dubai's economy was built on the back of the oil industry,[74] revenues from oil and natural gas currently account for less than 6% of the emirate's revenues.[8] It is estimated that Dubai produces 50,000 to 70,000 barrels (11,000 m3) of oil a day[75] and substantial quantities of gas from offshore fields. The emirate's share in UAE's gas revenues is about 2%. Dubai's oil reserves have diminished significantly and are expected to be exhausted in 20 years.[76] Real estate and construction (22.6%),[10] trade (16%), entrepôt (15%) and financial services (11%) are the largest contributors to Dubai's economy.[77]

                                    from wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Economy

                                    [–]iwishiwasrelevant 2 points3 points ago

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                                    I know, I think you might be responding to the wrong person. The guy above me is the one talking about oil problems. I'm aware that Dubai is no longer an oil strong city.

                                    [–]robrmm 1 point2 points ago

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                                    You're right I meant to post to comment above, sorry about that.

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                                    [–]iwishiwasrelevant 2 points3 points ago

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                                    Really? Good for them then. What about Dubai though?

                                    [–]rat22 1 point2 points ago

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                                    its the same country -.-

                                    [–]seblasto 6 points7 points ago

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                                    Agreed. It's hubris on a spectacular scale.

                                    [–]dracy69 9 points10 points ago

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                                    Architecture major here.

                                    Google "Vernacular Architecture" and you will now have another objective reason to hate Dubai. when I was learning about it we spent some time hating on Dubai.

                                    building that city makes absolutely no sense from any point of view. It is also very ugly compared to the original renderings.

                                    [–]AmazingThew 9 points10 points ago

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                                    Okay, I looked it up, but I must confess I don't follow. Are you saying Dubai was built by amateurs trying to emulate Western architecture, or something else?

                                    [–]dracy69 3 points4 points ago

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                                    Vernacular architecture is a category ofarchitecture based on localized needs andconstruction materials, and reflecting local traditions.

                                    It's generally accepted that you apply this concept when designing buildings or cities. The skyscraper was conceived in places of highly dense populations and restricted real estate like Manhattan. Dubai has no use for them, they are unintuitive and actually inefficient use of space.

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                                        [–]h3llm17 1 point2 points ago

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                                        If any of you can get the chance you should see the documentary "I have Always Been a Dreamer." It hasn't been widely released yet, but if it is showing near you at a festival or something it is totally worth your time.

                                        Very interesting perspective on the future of Dubai.

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                                          [–]GP3 2 points3 points ago

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                                          with no working sewage plant.

                                          [–]we_love_dassie 2 points3 points ago

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                                          And they still don't have a proper underground sewage system.

                                          [–]darkbrethren 5 points6 points ago

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                                          They've already shown how much they're willing to invest in unnecessary, landscape altering construction projects. Would it kill them to finance some greenery?

                                          [–]iwishiwasrelevant 1 point2 points ago

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                                          Or a sewer. Or public transit.

                                          [–]Howard_Beale 1 point2 points ago

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                                          It's going to be 107F and arid in Dubai today. Not a lot of greenery will work in that kind of weather. Place is a desert.

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                                            [–]cfuse 1 point2 points ago

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                                            It's still a desert shithole.

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                                              [–]orangepotion 171 points172 points ago

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                                              You can almost see the impoverished immigrant workers from here.

                                              [–]biggmclargehuge 53 points54 points ago

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                                              i love the smell of perpetually inflating debt in the morning

                                              [–]skyclown 30 points31 points ago

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                                              Indians, Indians everywhere.

                                              [–]procastinator4life 10 points11 points ago

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                                              dont forget the filipinos!

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                                                [–]bizhead 56 points57 points ago

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                                                More like slaves

                                                [–]MindCorrupt 32 points33 points ago

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                                                Yeah, why cant they just keep their slaves in prisons like in the US.

                                                [–]TigerTrap 13 points14 points ago

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                                                Posted from a device with parts produced in china by equally impoverished laborers... Stones and glass houses, dude.

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                                                  [–]johnnyfalcon13[!] 75 points76 points ago

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                                                  As cool as that looks, until they change their silly laws I will be going nowhere near that dangerous tourist-trap

                                                  [–]revolution15 33 points34 points ago

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                                                  How can it ever be fabulous if they don't allow gays to visit?

                                                  [–]peelingback 14 points15 points ago

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                                                  Dubai is the gay Mecca of the Middle East. Secret gay bars a plenty.

                                                  Just don't bum a dude in the mall.

                                                  [–]OrangeBubble 2 points3 points ago

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                                                  Lived in Dubai for 25 years. Its not really the gay Mecca of the Middle East, its just that most of the other countries in the Middle East come down much harder on homosexuality.

                                                  There arent that many secret gay bar, unless you count the number of Filipino karaoke bars.

                                                  Ive seen gay dude holding hands here, but you can hold hands in a casual, friendly way here, so while its blandly obvious that two gay dudes are holding hands for other reasons, they just end up being looked down on.

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                                                      [–]WhiskyBear54 29 points30 points ago*

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                                                      It's not as bad as everyone thinks it is. It's not a tourist trap and they really aren't "out" to get you. I was just there for a 10 day vacation last month and I had an amazing time. It's very clean and very safe. Yes, there are a ton of laws to abide by but there are plenty of places to let loose and have a great drunk fun time. Because there are so many rules, you will rarely, if ever, see someone act like an asshole. People know the rules/laws and they don't break them. You'll never see a fight at a bar/club. You'll never see people being assholes to each other and all you have to do is respect the people that live there. Believe it or not, you are allowed to hold hands in public, and girls are allowed to show their knees/shoulders. But if an authority figure asks you to respect their beliefs while in a public place (mall, supermarket,etc.) you kindly cover up or stop holding hands and go on your way. It's the people who are whoringly making out in public or continually disobeying the authority figures that start all those bad stories. So, basically, if you are a decent human who respects other cultures and loves to have a good time, Dubai is a wonderful place to visit. Just don't go in the summer. It's a ghost town with temps approaching 130F.

                                                      TL:DR don't be a dickhead in a foreign country and you'll have fun.

                                                      [–]ShitsHappen 33 points34 points ago

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                                                      I lived in Dubai for 15 years. It might not be a horrible place but the xenophobia is to another extreme. I have seen people getting beat up for the color of their skin.

                                                      Sorry but the rules and laws apply to some and not to others. I have seen people crash cars and walk away. Along with that I have known of inside connections and backdoor dealings so immigrants can get or maintain their visas. This mainly affects individuals from third world countries.

                                                      TL:DR Dubai's laws are selective depending on the ethnicity.

                                                      [–]Breakingbad8 10 points11 points ago

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                                                      I lived in Dubai for 15 years. It might not be a horrible place but the xenophobia is to another extreme. I have seen people getting beat up for the color of their skin.

                                                      I've lived in nearby Doha for 17 years and I visit Dubai at least once or twice a year. I've never heard of anything like this.

                                                      Sorry but the rules and laws apply to some and not to others. I have seen people crash cars and walk away. Along with that I have known of inside connections and backdoor dealings so immigrants can get or maintain their visas. This mainly affects individuals from third world countries.

                                                      TL:DR Dubai's laws are selective depending on the ethnicity.

                                                      This I agree with, with one slight correction: they are selectively applied based on class, not ethnicity. Some of the richest and most successful people in Dubai are South Asians, and they take advantage of the system all the same.

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                                                      As a resident of Dubai with very rich south asian friends (my friend's dad bought the 100th floor or some shit like that of Burj Khalifa, there's an article about it) i can vouch for this.

                                                      [–]somerandomguy15876 1 point2 points ago

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                                                      Yeah, and what about the thousands of South Asian slave workers who actually built that building? Living in horrible conditions, not receiving their pay in time? Most of them are extremely poor and taken advantage of. You should know this, since you live there mate..

                                                      [–]Sloppy1sts 2 points3 points ago

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                                                      Which is why he said treatment was based on class, not race.

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                                                          [–]WhiskyBear54 1 point2 points ago

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                                                          Thanks for the proper insight. Obviously, only being there 10 days, I didn't grasp as much as you. I'm not saying it is a perfect place or without huge glaring but hidden faults, but I honestly had an amazing time visiting various malls, skiing indoors, going to brunch, going to the World Cup, and tasting various foods. I would never live there, but I'm happy I went as a tourist from the USA. I'd encourage any of my friends to go at some point, as long as it's still prosperous and friendly to those who respect the culture.

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                                                              [–]heylisten 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              How is it dangerous? I felt safe, especially considering where I came from.

                                                              [–]Sonicpanda 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              Well for starters, there have been cases where women who reported being raped were arrested for adultery. That alone makes me lose enough faith in their justice system to never go.

                                                              [–]Onatu 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              I'll be honest, when I went to Dubai this past February I felt quite safe. I mean it was somewhat intimidating at first, but I basically did whatever I would normally do and I didn't get in trouble. The only things I did otherwise were to respect their culture (ex. rarely wearing shorts and not staring at the veiled women). It really is a fairly nice and friendly area for the most part. Of course, I suspect that's also because they're only too happy to continue raking in the money from all of the tourists that visit.

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                                                                [–]shadybrainfarm 218 points219 points ago

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                                                                God, it's so hideous. Give me my Seattle any day. I like trees. And water.

                                                                [–]robbiedo 270 points271 points ago

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                                                                and the Bill of Rights.

                                                                [–]Malhavik 42 points43 points ago

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                                                                The what?

                                                                [–]not_entirely_true 33 points34 points ago*

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                                                                The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, which enumerates a number of freedoms (presumably not all of which exist in [edit] UAE).

                                                                [–]Forhavu 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                His username makes me question if I have been lied to all this time.

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                                                                    [–]MoonJive 63 points64 points ago

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                                                                    And buildings not constructed with slave labor.

                                                                    [–][deleted] 49 points50 points ago

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                                                                    Nearly everyone in those buildings is wearing sweatshop clothing, and they're all living a life style that is indirectly subsidized by foreign slave labour though. You might to want to reconsider standing on that soapbox.

                                                                    [–]Neebat 48 points49 points ago

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                                                                    Here in America, we keep our slaves 10 thousand miles away. You hear that world? MILES, because we're better than you.

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                                                                      [–]ProjectileHerpes 24 points25 points ago*

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                                                                      Umm, wasn't America built on slave/cheap labour?

                                                                      [–]HoverHand_For_Life 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                      Not all of it. I know that San Fran was built on rock and roll.

                                                                      [–]iamnotimportant 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                      Not most of it. You're thinking of plantations and railroads.

                                                                      [–]smpx 10 points11 points ago*

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                                                                      No? I mean, yes there were slaves, and they did contribute to a certain period of development, but how many buildings where you live are actually built by slaves in the past 30 years?

                                                                      *America had slaves before human rights and when there was no rapid industrialization. Dubai has slaves because it's cheaper. The context is what makes it inexcusable.

                                                                      [–]Freakazo 38 points39 points ago

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                                                                      But America wasn't really built in the past 30 years.

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                                                                          [–]kevinchewy 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                          Who gives a shit if it's constructed with near slave labor. The workers still get paid and they make a lot more money than they would if they were still living in India or the Philippines, etc.

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                                                                            [–]tehreal 28 points29 points ago

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                                                                            Do you really think it's hideous? I think it's beautiful. So obviously crafted with intent from the very start. There is nothing aimless or incidental in this image.

                                                                            [–]TigerTrap 15 points16 points ago

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                                                                            I don't understand the complaints about the "hideous" desert. I'm from Bahrain, a pretty arid Arabic desert island (about 20 minutes from Dubai by plane, actually) and the desert has always been beautiful to me. I love greenery and trees and such, but the desert itself is also really pretty.

                                                                            [–]DrBibby 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                            I've hear that hordes of Saudis go to Bahrain to get drunk, gamble and pick up prostitutes. Is that true?

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                                                                                [–]QuayleSpotting 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                I lived in a building that is in this picture for about six months. I have to say, its a pretty spectacular neighborhood. Sure, lots of dust and pretty horrible working conditions for the immigrant labor force, but it is rather beautiful.

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                                                                                  [–]footballfanatic 29 points30 points ago

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                                                                                  this is a tiny part of Dubai. THIS shows you the whole city from above, and the part posted by OP is just a small subsection of the man-made river you see on the left of the image.

                                                                                  [–][deleted] 27 points28 points ago

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                                                                                  Except most of the things on that map were planned, but never built or finished.

                                                                                  [–]imwearingatowel 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                  And the parts that were built are eroding away.

                                                                                  [–]gtarget 38 points39 points ago

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                                                                                  I hope the rebels destroy that death star before it becomes fully operational!

                                                                                  [–]HardtoReadIlIllIlllI 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                  I like your one-upsomeship.

                                                                                  THIS shows you the whole country from above, and the part posted by the commenter to the OP is just a small section of the country.

                                                                                  [–]boomerangotan 40 points41 points ago

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                                                                                  I'm going to just go ahead and save us some time.

                                                                                  [–]DawnWolf 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                  Thank you for saving us from yet another predictable thread.

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                                                                                      [–]MajorVictory 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                      Is this what Dubai is planned to look like? Because I only see the Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira on Google Maps.

                                                                                      [–]Breakingbad8 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                      Yup. A lot of that never happened. And the part pictured isn't the "river", it is the Dubai Marina, marked as number 6 on the map.

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                                                                                        [–]Has_It 64 points65 points ago

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                                                                                        Am I the only who sees this as an impressive display of civil engineering?

                                                                                        [–]ChaosRobie 55 points56 points ago

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                                                                                        No sewers - so no, not really.

                                                                                        [–]rat22 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                        dubai has sewers -.- i live here and i can conform that its only ajman and some new residential areas that dont have sewers yet in dubai

                                                                                        [–]ChaosRobie 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                        I stand corrected.

                                                                                        [–]TheLobotomizer 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                        Because sewers are the most impressive part of a city.

                                                                                        [–]ChaosRobie 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                        Hey, sewers can be pretty impressive from the civil engineering perspective.

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                                                                                        Well sewers are a pretty damn important part to take into consideration when building a city.

                                                                                        [–]UpvoteHere 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                        The sewer system IS quite impressive, actually.

                                                                                        [–]LORDJEW_VAN_CUNTFUCK 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                        I still can't get my head around this.

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                                                                                          [–]caldera15 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                          yes but as city planning it sucks. I don't see any sign of public street life, just tall buildings and transport to get to them. I get that it's the desert and hot and that the good stuff needs to be indoors but still. It looks like such a dreary place to live.

                                                                                          [–]ivybutcher 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          The part that's 'just tall buildings and transport to get to them' is only one very small part of the city, but unfortunately, it's the only part that most people who don't live in the UAE actually see. If you go to the residential neighbourhoods, Bur Dubai, Deira, etc., the city life is very busy. Driving through Bur Dubai is very slow and tedious because there are SO many people walking around.

                                                                                          [–]mangochutney63 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          really? have you been there?

                                                                                          talking about the public life in dubai like its dreary... the gall

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                                                                                            [–]TheLobotomizer 25 points26 points ago

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                                                                                            Stop being thoughtful and get on the "Dubai is a shit-hole durr" bandwagon!

                                                                                            [–]ClassyMuffaFucka 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Thats sort of what I thought when I saw this...

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                                                                                              [–]Aleksander73[!] 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                              It seems like they may have overbuilt.

                                                                                              [–]mangochutney63 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                              Whoo boy, yes... just built and built on the back of false demand.

                                                                                              Theyre paying for that now.

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                                                                                                [–]mangochutney63 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                                                Circle jerk topics for quick reference:

                                                                                                • Slave labour
                                                                                                • Concrete jungle/so damn artificial
                                                                                                • No sewage
                                                                                                • Depends on Oil
                                                                                                • Shariah law sucks ('MURICA!! FREEDOM!! DEMOCRACY!!)

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                                                                                                [–]AintGettinDatKarma 32 points33 points ago

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                                                                                                Ey, I don't think this picture does such a great job of showing what it looks like.

                                                                                                It is a desert, but desert+city views can be pretty nice.

                                                                                                [–]this_barb 22 points23 points ago

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                                                                                                What we're seeing here is tons of steel and granulated silicates, but no life.

                                                                                                [–]helllomoto 29 points30 points ago

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                                                                                                What else are you expecting from a city in a desert? Verdant countryside?

                                                                                                [–]Pheet 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                That's from the newer areas. More life in the old part like Deira.

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                                                                                                  [–]NickPow43 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                                  but...but what what about the curvy man made river

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                                                                                                    [–]kernowgringo 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                                    This photo makes me want to go there every time I see it.

                                                                                                    [–]archonemis 37 points38 points ago

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                                                                                                    That's a lot of vacant buildings right there.

                                                                                                    [–]helllomoto 18 points19 points ago

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                                                                                                    You can tell that from an aerial photograph? Woah.

                                                                                                    [–]archonemis 35 points36 points ago

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                                                                                                    It's discussed rather often that Dubai is all construction with nothing to back it.

                                                                                                    The same thing is happening in China.

                                                                                                    Tall and impressive buildings that are under-used or unused.

                                                                                                    Note how few cars you see. How many boat docks are empty.

                                                                                                    It's symbolic of the current manifestation of the human endeavor in my mind.

                                                                                                    [–]TP740 16 points17 points ago

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                                                                                                    I've been. The ground floors in a lot of the buildings are designed to be shopping plazas - they're empty and full of sand.

                                                                                                    [–]OrdinaryPanda 16 points17 points ago

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                                                                                                    Which is it? Are they empty or full of sand?

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                                                                                                        [–]helllomoto 24 points25 points ago

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                                                                                                        Quick! Someone start the Dubai-relies-on-oil circlejerk!

                                                                                                        [–]cfang 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                                                        They must love earth tones.

                                                                                                        [–]skyclown 10 points11 points ago

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                                                                                                        Sandstorms are unavoidable

                                                                                                        [–]Hamicsat 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                                        DAMN IT, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES! You're making us look bad!

                                                                                                        [–]baconated 25 points26 points ago

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                                                                                                        It's amazing what you can accomplish with an endless supply of slave labor.

                                                                                                        [–]helllomoto 20 points21 points ago

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                                                                                                        The clothes you're wearing has also been made with slave labour. It's a very hypocritical soapbox to stand on.

                                                                                                        [–]Howard_Beale 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                                        I'm not wearing any clothes.

                                                                                                        [–]iwishiwasrelevant 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                                                        I like how you just assume that. Cause no one could possibly be wearing clothes not made by slave labor. Most of my clothes are via thrift stores or made in the US. Not all, but most. Nobody is perfect.

                                                                                                        And as FuckingDIY points out, there's a huge difference between the kind of 'slave' labour you're talking about (being a sweatshop worker is miserable but not the same as slavery) and what Dubai does: which is lie to people and entrap them. They lure people in under false pretenses and don't allow them to leave, giving them just enough food and water to not die.

                                                                                                        What's even worse, is that in the case of 'my clothes', I never see the sweatshop worker. Indeed, I'd be hard pressed to remember a single instance in my life in which I've witnessed oppression on that level in my daily life; I imagine it would change my perspective quite a bit. Meanwhile in Dubai, the slave population is so large it's rumoured to outnumber the locals. These people see slaves day in, day out, and they don't care. It's despicable.

                                                                                                        [–]smpx 19 points20 points ago

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                                                                                                        What kind of clothing are you wearing? Mine was made by a factory where workers can quit their jobs and leave to find other jobs.

                                                                                                        There is a difference between "underpaid" and "slavery".

                                                                                                        [–]kevinchewy 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                                        The workers in Dubai are paid, just not very well. However, many people here are making much more money than they would if they were living in the Philippines or India or wherever they're from. Our live in maid, for example, works 12 hours a day 6 days a week and makes 2000 dirhams ($234 US) a month. Back in the Philippines, she would have made less than half that, and she was a nurse.

                                                                                                        [–]StephanBotha 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                                                        I want to add to this.

                                                                                                        This is the case. People jump on the "slave-labour" bandwagon because of a few cases they read in the news.

                                                                                                        My mother's live-in maid didn't want to go back home for her annual vacation, because at home she lives in a shack with no water and electricity.

                                                                                                        People on Reddit can be such total idiots. They only see one side of the coin and jump the wagon.

                                                                                                        Just like with the latest unpacking of the Samsung GS3. Then XDA did a benchmark comparison and now everyone loves the GS3.

                                                                                                        Fucking hypocritical idiots.

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                                                                                                            [–]WaTar42 9 points10 points ago*

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                                                                                                            You have such a terrible understanding of how the world and economics works that I don't even know where to begin.

                                                                                                            You can not compare giving factory jobs to impoverished farmers that pay on average 2x the average local wage to abducting workers from India, and then stealing their passports so they can never leave. In addition, the UN has done studies and has found that if you do not give these textile factory jobs to poor people in developing countries, or if you take them away (or what do you call it, "slave labor?") then they end up starving to death, joining criminal gangs, resort to far more dangerous work like stone crushing, or are forced to sell their children into prostitution. So a textile company hiring impoverished desperate people in poor countries is a far cry from what goes on in Dubai.

                                                                                                            Furthermore, these textile factory jobs that you call "slave labor" (which I've already established how they are anything but) are essentially a stage in a country's development. Remember, everything wasn't always made in China, originally during the 70's and 80's the countries which provided cheap ["slave?"] labor to the western world were Japan and South Korea, particularly in textiles(clothes). This provided massive investment and increase in wages, which led their economies to grow at impressive rates, and with (relatively) stable governments which were able to implement the correct social policies, they became economic powerhouses with very high standards of living, and in some cases both countries have higher standards of living than some of the western countries they once provided cheap labor for.

                                                                                                            In short, these clothing manufacturing jobs that you call "slave labor" are quite frankly by far the best opportunity for people in these developing countries and are a stepping stone to greater prosperity. We have seen this process in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and it's beginnings in Indonesia, Vietnam, and China.

                                                                                                            Heck, you can see this happening right before your very eyes, in China thanks to it's massive growth in export industries, over 300 million people have risen out of poverty that's hardly the same as "slave labor"

                                                                                                            [–]FuckingDIY 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                                                            One difference is that the workers in Dubai are imported from abroad under false pretenses and not allowed to leave...despite lower then promised pay and harsh work/life conditions. Pointing something like that out isn't hypocritical.

                                                                                                            There are harsh working conditions all over the world, but shit like this is especially despicable.

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                                                                                                              [–]brussels4breakfast 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Holy shit. Just looking at that made me dizzy.

                                                                                                              [–]cowcaddens 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              This makes it look like iD concept art. So brown!

                                                                                                              [–]TheUnseenForce 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              This picture needs to be sharper.

                                                                                                              [–]skaternewt 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              It looks like a city made by megatron.

                                                                                                              [–]vfxDan 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              If there's a modern Assassins Creed, please let it take place in Dubai

                                                                                                              [–]pepperMD 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Sim City is getting pretty good isn't it?

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                                                                                                              1979

                                                                                                              [–]captgrizzlybear 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Is there a version of this image without the watermark? I would like to use it as my wallpaper.

                                                                                                              [–]one_of_reddit 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              "We have the most creative use of architecture in the world" (yeah but they are all empty)

                                                                                                              [–]Blu- 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Must be a bitch to keep those windows clean.

                                                                                                              [–]evolvedfish 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              It looks like a planned community designed by one person.

                                                                                                              [–]bacondeprived 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Looking at this picture makes me think of this quote from the Matrix: "I'd like to share a revelation that I've had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure."

                                                                                                              [–]sparx483 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              How cool would this be as one of those gigapixel photos?

                                                                                                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Looks so lifeless.

                                                                                                              [–]LittleLionHaw 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Set in the once utopian city of Dubai comes a new thriller from director Michael Bay. There was a time when it stood as a beacon of hope for Western Asia. Now the crystal clear pools have been tainted, and the whole city smells of corruption. The streets are no place for a tourist anymore. Yet one man's fate could change it all. Shia LaBeouf. Martin Lawrence in... Wave Dubai To Holidays

                                                                                                              [–]kornflakesxd[!] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              OP, you really need to delete this post.

                                                                                                              If EA sees this... Another Assassins Creed will be on our way.

                                                                                                              [–]knightofmars 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Is there a better quality version of this? It's all choppy lookin ;\

                                                                                                              I don't get what all the hate is about, I think Dubai's a pretty cool looking place.

                                                                                                              [–]Easythaiger 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

                                                                                                              This place is fucked up

                                                                                                              [–]alchemist23 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              If only it was a good place to live...

                                                                                                              [–]Gliffie 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Hideous city, in my opinion

                                                                                                              [–]decius88 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              Thank you! It lacks character, it looks bleak and dreary and just plain terrible.

                                                                                                              [–]mkulo93 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                                              I'm an architect. I would be okay if I never went here... This is scary, it's like suburban sprawl had a crack baby with cities, and now that baby is grown up and on steroids. Yup I think that describes this picture pretty accurately.

                                                                                                              [–]cokeandhoes 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                                              It's like the type of thing a kid would draw for a city's 'cool skyline;' a dozen or so of really tall buildings that stand out, and are differentiated between them only by their top ending in a impractical feature often made of triangular protruding things. Every other building in between them is just your typical generic tall building of square windows. They all, of course, lack any detail when inspected closely. Oh, can't forget the wide building, usually round shaped, somewhere in the middle, and often at the front.

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