Dubai - bigger than you

[Wingnut]

They also have this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB2qsj4Tzm0

[QuietChaos]

They also have this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB2qsj4Tzm0

OK...that was insane.

little off topic, but anyone else notice the type of comments that get posted on Youtube? Hilarious stuff.

[Shadao]

I might get a DFS -Directed Field Study- job in Dubai this upcoming April or May.

Crossing my fingers....what a place though...it's just too far out for me. I don't even know what to think of some of the things going on over there.

why are you even thinking of not going if you get it pat? that would be an irreplaceable experience to go there and work and live for a while... and if you live cheap by the time you come back you will be LOADED with cash ready to buy a house and complete your GTR... and S12:P

[quinnpaterson]

and this is what 1.40 a liter buys them

[Joker]

Cool post. I didn't realize there were doing so many unique things over there.

[Skym]

That palm looking island was designed to enlarge the length of the coastline. Something about beating someone elses coastline length. They had an article on TV (Discovery channel) about the construction and how they had to dredge out at deep parts of the sea to get some solid mud for foundations of the palm island vs the not so solid sand, which was closer to land.

[DarkCaporaL]

That palm looking island was designed to enlarge the length of the coastline. Something about beating someone elses coastline length. They had an article on TV (Discovery channel) about the construction and how they had to dredge out at deep parts of the sea to get some solid mud for foundations of the palm island vs the not so solid sand, which was closer to land.

It's also their motto to attract people "Hell if we run out of place, we build islands!"

[Terrh]

dubai is pretty incredible.

I really wonder what it will look like in another 20 years.

Also, I wonder how hard it is to get a visa and a job there? I wouldn't mind spending a year there, and it must pay well.

It does too make me wonder where the hell all of our oil money is going, we have such a shitty government, we're sitting on a goldmine and local unemployment here is over 10%. WTF.

[Daniel1458]

I have talked to my co-worker, he was from Saudi-Arabia, and he said you got to be a muslim to work there onregular basis.

[Caithness]

Are there no oil field guys on these forums??

You guys ever think of the cost of extracting our oil versus the cost of extracting oil over there?

Go take a look at all the rigs up north and the equipment and the roads needed to get the equipment out there and the cost of labour, remember we don't have India/Pakistan/Saudi Arabia and Egypt to hire workers for a dime a dozen.

Then there's our refining and our oil control and then trade agreements and etc...etc.

Comparing our oil cost to Dubai's oil cost is like comparing Skyline's and Rolls Royce's.

[Skym]

It says in the link below that they try to encourage foreign investors to invest there -

http://www.wisegeek.com/is-dubai-really-tax-free.htm

I wonder if that's where some of the money is coming from to build those buildings.

And there was a article on TV about the Beckhams, etc having money invested in Dubai.

Here's a article mentioning their names -

http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/dubai/property/investment/

From what I understand, if you live there, have to respect their customs, laws.

Jobs in Dubai -

http://www.workcircle.com/?ad=google&keywords=Work%20In%20Dubai&adtype=Search&creative=1176325291&googlekeywords=Jobs%20in%20Dubai&gclid=CPLiv4GE8JQCFSQdagodWVVYrg

[quinnpaterson]

but of course like any other city like this (las vegas) there will be surrounding towns that will basically be the slums. All the workers that clean the hotel rooms and sweep the lobby of the 7 star hotel arent making any money basically.

[Z-Tuned]

I heard Dubai is mostly tapped out of oil on 60 minutes once. So they motioned to make huge tarif-free ports as a gateway from Asia to the Middle East and Northward. They are the largest port in the area and attracted thousands of businesses, developers and consumers.

There are something like only 250,000 citizens each one gets a free (pimp) house and like $500,000 when they get married.

[Caithness]

There are something like only 250,000 citizens each one gets a free (pimp) house and like $500,000 when they get married.

You're forgetting the two bags of chips and a coke.

[assass1n]

Are there no oil field guys on these forums??

You guys ever think of the cost of extracting our oil versus the cost of extracting oil over there?

Go take a look at all the rigs up north and the equipment and the roads needed to get the equipment out there and the cost of labour, remember we don't have India/Pakistan/Saudi Arabia and Egypt to hire workers for a dime a dozen.

Then there's our refining and our oil control and then trade agreements and etc...etc.

Comparing our oil cost to Dubai's oil cost is like comparing Skyline's and Rolls Royce's.

actually they sell the rights to drill oil to the US and other foreign bidders. so it does cost around the same amount to drill for oil there. their workers there are americans.