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26. Yes, very very different from an American city

Tue May 26, 2015, 09:51 PM

May 2015

Dubai's trafficking levels are an order of magnitude higher than the US's.

They also have huge truck convoys that leave the city every day to dump sewage out in the desert because they don't have any place to treat or dispose of it.

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Steve Wozniak: 'US would look like Dubai if it didn't spend all its money on military', Snowden=Hero [View all] nationalize the fed May 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author think May 2015 #1

It's interesting that Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy now lives in Abu Dhabi... cascadiance May 2015 #2

No extradition treaty? n/t dflprincess May 2015 #32

But..but...look at all we've gained for our efforts. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #3

Screw that. Know what the income inequality is like in Dubai? How about the slavery? FSogol May 2015 #4

This. Agschmid May 2015 #14

I wonder if Woz hides HIS money in the Caymans. NYtoBush-Drop Dead May 2015 #30

Yeah, I wouldn't hold up Dubai as a shining example. SusanCalvin May 2015 #33

And then there's the raw sewage floating in the sea--they had a horrible problem with ... MADem May 2015 #34

90% of the people in Dubai are migrant workers, often in squalid conditions bordering on slavery... Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #5

What do you call a Mother that works 2 jobs nationalize the fed May 2015 #7

A libertarian myth betterdemsonly May 2015 #9

While she is likely not paying taxes nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #12

Her poverty is real, but it because of low wages, not taxes n/t betterdemsonly May 2015 #13

While we agree on the taxes part nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #15

Look I am poor. I don't want to be a slave in Dubai. betterdemsonly May 2015 #17

Did I say you have to? nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #19

I have no problem with that part betterdemsonly May 2015 #21

I am not sure if he is one of the people doing that nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #23

He seems like really superficial guy betterdemsonly May 2015 #25

He is a genious for computers and programing nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #27

wage slave Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #10

No fun being an immigrant laborer in Dubai... hunter May 2015 #6

Really not terribly different Nevernose May 2015 #22

Yes, very very different from an American city Recursion May 2015 #26

Both of those things are true Nevernose May 2015 #28

Yes, it's very different Recursion May 2015 #36

I like the Woz but he's got a really skewed vision of Dubai. pnwmom May 2015 #8

He has the billionaire's vision of Dubai combined with a ridiculous opinion. n/t FSogol May 2015 #16

Snowden is a hero, but there is nothing to admire about Dubai betterdemsonly May 2015 #11

Isn't he talking about infrastructure, not Government policies, i.e. literal use of "look like"? whereisjustice May 2015 #20

At Dubai beaches they have workers remove turds and tp from the beaches each morning. FSogol May 2015 #31

I would not consider Dubai worthy of emulation. Throd May 2015 #18

Having read the article, I get exactly what he is saying and agree. Besides, how do you figure whereisjustice May 2015 #24

That's 1.5 trillion we'll never see again Elmer S. E. Dump May 2015 #29

Not to mention the $10-15 trillion hifiguy May 2015 #39

All of the anti-Dubai posts here are kind of missing the more important point dreamnightwind May 2015 #35

Hardly a sustainable vision. Gregorian May 2015 #37

It takes a billionaire to see Dubai as some sort of ideal tk2kewl May 2015 #38