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- pearlfender2, on 02/18/2008, -8/+437who's going to clean all the windows?
- anderzole, on 02/18/2008, -14/+332unbelieavable! It's like a bunch of teenagers run the country and just come up with outrageous ideas on which to spend their billions on. Hot damn that some cool *****!
- donaho, on 02/18/2008, -38/+311***** oil
- thelastcivilian, on 02/18/2008, -8/+257American migrant workers, forced to go abroad after their country's economy collapses because of "resource" dependency! ;)
- reed311, on 02/18/2008, -3/+213You could use the infinite money cheat in Sim City and it would look like ass compared to what Dubai is going to look like.
- ThinkBox, on 02/18/2008, -15/+188Man, I would love to be a bum in that city!
- ivandir, on 02/18/2008, -9/+167Bums get beheaded in Dubai.
- inactive, on 02/18/2008, -59/+203And there are 1 billion starving children in the world... sigh.
- 7son7son, on 02/18/2008, -27/+160This has all been made possible by the Desire of one Man to make life for his People Better. The man behind Dubai's rise is its leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. You can see his recent interview with 60 Minutes here....
http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/101/dubai?comme ... - sanman, on 02/18/2008, -5/+131So that their brutal police can beat the ***** out of you?
- fusen, on 02/18/2008, -20/+140"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OVER THERE?" erm... construction by the sounds of it
- ironicsans, on 02/18/2008, -4/+114If you build it, they will come.
- silentphoenix, on 02/18/2008, -0/+101so basically everything is like twice the size of the biggest thing right now
- jkbowman, on 02/18/2008, -16/+109You know that top 3%? The ones who get the bulk of the tax cuts? - This is their new home.
- pintomp3, on 02/18/2008, -7/+83Although Dubai's economy was built on the back of the oil industry,[60] revenues from oil and natural gas currently account for less than 6% of the emirate's revenues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai - danconia, on 02/18/2008, -6/+81Too bad the city of Dubai is horrible when it comes to social freedoms. Didn't you guys hear about the guy a couple of weeks ago that got serious time for having a *speck* of marijuana on his shoe? Just one example of a place that still has a lot of sharia law-like restrictions on what tourists can and can't do.
- ElBeh, on 02/18/2008, -6/+73This is something I expect from Japan.
Because, you know, Japan... - frogman54, on 02/18/2008, -3/+68They're going nuts spending all of those license plate profits.
- inactive, on 02/18/2008, -33/+97"the Desire of one Man to make life for his People Better"
do you know the amount of slavery it is taking to build all of the stuff? - karenben, on 02/18/2008, -6/+70Unbelieavable! I'd like to visit Hydropolis
- greendalek, on 02/18/2008, -40/+102This kind of creativity is what is unleashed when you don't have to sweat things like city building permits, construction code compliance, union rules, or appeasing any one of a hundred other local building regulations. THIS is pure unfettered free-market architecture, the kind of cities we'd have in America if government(s) would simply get the %#$@*& out of our way.
- wild, on 02/18/2008, -6/+67Yea, damn those construction code compliances. Nothing like living in a 500 story death trap. (yes, I could be exaggerating, but seriously, a lot of building code exists to protect people.)
- bfrank72, on 02/18/2008, -8/+67It's interesting how everyone is making this a political/economical thing. Is it not enough just to appreciate the great architecture?
- BESTenemy, on 02/18/2008, -3/+61It's a retirement village for the corrupt businessmen and politicians.
- mapkinase, on 02/18/2008, -4/+60May be they should build a better server for their website before building real buildings.
- BongoShack, on 02/18/2008, -0/+50Looks like they need more IT people
- pintomp3, on 02/18/2008, -10/+57yeah, ***** human rights. we need some good old slavery and human trafficking.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/By_Country/United_Arab_E ...
you are right though, this is the pure unfettered free-market. - domokunt, on 02/18/2008, -4/+49Yeah Dubai is pretty nuts too
- wild, on 02/18/2008, -4/+48The Viper. And he is coming soon.
/ReallyObscureChildhoodReference - Roger, on 02/18/2008, -18/+62You better not be an American.
- nn84, on 02/18/2008, -4/+45They only got 6% of their money from oil, their moneymakers are industry-specific free zones throughout the city. Check it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Economy - cliffzdude, on 02/18/2008, -1/+42Dubai's oil reserves are being "aggressively" captured. As such, their reserves are thought to be enough to last until but 2016.
So, Dubai's leaders have pushed ahead with a move toward tourism. The "World" group of islands will be resorts largely, with a population of over 250,000 people. Once the oil runs out, Dubai will be rolling on as an incredible tourist destination. I'm not saying I'd go there, but that's their intent. - Braxo, on 02/18/2008, -4/+36Yeah, but it's cool. At least they're building their future.
- inactive, on 02/18/2008, -5/+37BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Seriously, it's their money. It's their nation, they should do what they want with it. They shouldn't feel the urge to give the money Africans. (the government will just give the food to the military and not to the people anyways). - seks03, on 02/18/2008, -3/+34you mean made in China
- sedawk, on 02/18/2008, -1/+31"As a rough estimate, for every 1 liter of oil, they get 2 liters of water."
Unbelievably moronic statement. The cost of desalinization is generally around 0.05 cents per litre. Just in case your work at Verizon, that is $0.0005. - inactive, on 02/18/2008, -4/+34Not true apparently they dont get much from oil anymore, majority is from tourism
- djetaine, on 02/18/2008, -15/+44I guess its time you started sending your money overseas to these starving children. I'm sure the money you paid for your computer and your monthly internet bill sure would help them.
- dogstar0125, on 02/18/2008, -11/+40They should show a projection to 2020 when the region's oil runs out.
- djetaine, on 02/18/2008, -8/+36whoo-wee, if only i could live in a city where a lack of code allows people to build 100 story buildings next to my house, towering over my backyard.
If only my city didn't have these pointless city building permits. Oh woe is me. If only! Then I could have a strip club, a shooting range and a bar backed up against my child's school too!
If only! I can imagine I'd feel quite safe in one of those establishments constructed with no code compliance too. Who cares if the 220v wires are spliced together with electrical tape and taped to a water main? - staxofmax, on 02/18/2008, -2/+29It looks as if the city will blow away in a stiff breeze.
- wicketr, on 02/18/2008, -25/+52You are REALLY disrespecting the people who are, and those that have been ACTUAL SLAVES by using the definition so loosely. To include "people who willingly work for next to nothing because it's better than working for nothing back home" is pathetic.
These people are not captured, beaten, whipped, raped all for a measly salary of being able to live. There's a big difference there. - sockpuppets, on 02/18/2008, -8/+35If you look closely at the street in the third photo you can see Dick Cheney flipping us the bird.
- whiteknives, on 02/18/2008, -5/+32http://www.dubai-architecture.info.nyud.net:8080/D ...
Coral Cache - inactive, on 02/18/2008, -4/+31The reason Dubai is doing this is *beacuse* the oil will run out. In 2020 Dubai will be making so much from tourism they won't give a toss about the lack of oil.
Actually, I think that's already the case. - jgsketch, on 02/18/2008, -1/+27It will be the next hotest job besides construction. And the world's newest most dangerous job.
- frieddonuts, on 02/18/2008, -0/+26He lives in a Pinapple, and works at the Krusty Krab. Trust me, I'm watching the show right now.
- eth3l, on 02/18/2008, -0/+25This is the kind of comment Digg was made for!
- TzarAdam, on 02/18/2008, -1/+26I guess people like your twin better. Sucks for you.
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