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Foggy Dubai: View from the Tallest Structure on Earth [PIC]

farm3.static.flickr.com — Awesome image of a foggy Dubai morning taken from the Burj Dubai Tower.

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  • ShakataGaNai, on 07/12/2008, -178/+11Computer generated. But it looks cool none the less.
  • CrudeDarkness, on 07/12/2008, -7/+256for those who doubt the legitimacy of this photo, here are more stunning shots: http://www.funnychill.com/media/698/Foggy_Dubai/
    • warp25, on 07/12/2008, -16/+2images from funnychill.com ?? that makes it legit for sure!
    • djKianoosh, on 07/13/2008, -2/+18FYI. Here's the flickr url for the photo:
      http://flickr.com/photos/playing-with-light/239911 ...
      • randomguy132, on 07/13/2008, -3/+9Thanks; it always bothers me when people submit the image instead of the Flickr page.
      • overt, on 07/13/2008, -0/+2It doesn't bother me. I'm living in Dubai, and Flickr is blocked here, along with half the sites that are linked from digg, and my digg user page, for some reason.

        Ah Dubai, you're so awesome.
    • kingjam, on 07/13/2008, -24/+2FAKE you ***** dumb ass.
    • SLockhart, on 07/13/2008, -2/+14Why would anyone doubt it? It's just fog, it happens all the time. Cool shot though.
      • pedepy, on 07/13/2008, -7/+1problem's not with the shot, it's with the lighting

        dynamic range on that thing just doesn't make any sense. and the pictures on funnychill are even worse..

        am i crazy wtf ?!
      • faatbuddha, on 07/13/2008, -0/+2The pixels are all wrong.
    • mCanada, on 07/13/2008, -2/+2So I'm assuming this is from the Burg Dubai? (sp?) If so can the public get to this level for viewing?
    • sporg, on 07/13/2008, -10/+4Dubai is a ***** hole for normal people and anyone fawning over it needs to be slapped hard so they can wake the ***** up. I would rather see those towers burning down and falling over, now that would be interesting.

      "I ***** you not. Rich Dubai is like Sim City 3000 with all the cheat codes on. They give the native Emiraties a ton of money from the govt. But they're only 10% of the population. Who's the other 90%? Oh, just Indian and Filipino day laborers working for pennies in hazardous conditions."

      -stefamafone
      • doctordbx, on 07/13/2008, -3/+5Jealous much?
      • Netrilix, on 07/13/2008, -3/+2Hey, at least they're getting pennies a day. It could be worse: http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/ac ...
      • Pusod, on 07/13/2008, -1/+4they might not make what you call top dollar, but if you compare that to the ridiculously lower pay they get in the Philippines, it is over five times as much! when i worked in kuwait as an IT professional (2 years ago) I recieved $87,000 my first year (it is comparable to what most mid-level pros get in the U.S.) If I had stayed in the Philippines my income would be less than $20,000. You can't make assumptions if you haven't lived and worked in the middle east. I have since been able to move to Los Angeles working for Avaya. All I could say is i'm blessed.
      • sporg, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1Yes I am so jealous of living in desert in the middle of nowhere with the temperature always at 100 degress with sun that will literally bake you and how could anyone forget shira law.

        Apparently lots of idiots like you believe that it is some kind of paradise because it has shopping malls that stretch for miles. Dont let me me dissuade you by all means go there and please buy a one way ticket.
      • quomen, on 07/13/2008, -2/+1What sporg is saying is true, except in a douchebag, i'm an *****, method.
    • overridemymind, on 07/13/2008, -3/+5Anyone else think some of Dubai's towers and spires look like Stargate's Atlantis?

      Anyway, Dubai is most assuredly the city of the future - their architecture and geological reforming (archipelago and palm-tree penninsula) projects are simply amazing. These pictures just show how beautiful Dubai can be.
      • exegesisClique, on 07/13/2008, -5/+4Excellent. Will this new utopia be built on the backs of indentured servitude? Yes? Hurray! I cant wait!
      • overridemymind, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1You had to go and make it political, didn't you?

        Note I didn't make a comment on UAE or its policies, but instead said (in a nutshell) -- "Wow, Dubai sure LOOKS futuristic. They've got some pretty interesting engineering projects. This place looks like a lovely city."
      • faatbuddha, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Beautiful... and soulless.
    • pedepy, on 07/13/2008, -3/+6dude those look even faker ...

      id love for this to be legit but man .. this looks like SimCity 3000.
      • morehands, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0Thats exactly what I thought! I mean the buildings are there and im sure you can get some good shots without having to alter them so much
    • lauracope, on 07/18/2008, -0/+0thanks! i didn't doubt the legitimacy but was looking for something similar myself.
  • ath1337, on 07/12/2008, -45/+4wooaah... that building is higher than me
  • mca1990, on 07/12/2008, -42/+7No way in hell the air is that clear and the clouds that white in Dubai. I know they're rich but they surely can't have enough money to scrub the sky.
    • vsujohn2, on 07/12/2008, -3/+18They do have a *****-ton of money, so i wouldnt put it past them
    • stinger666, on 07/12/2008, -7/+20Dubai is not a normal city. I don't think there are a lot of industrial parks and plants polluting. Plus, 99% of the construction workers live in camps outside the city and get there by bus. It's not like an american city where everyone drives a hummer to commute.
      • ddawggin, on 07/13/2008, -3/+16Yes, everyone in America owns and drives a Hummer.

      • Dr00pieS, on 07/13/2008, -4/+10Which comes with the "pussy magnet".
    • bman85, on 07/13/2008, -2/+8I think the air is pretty clean there, alot cleaner than LA, and new york and most of our big citys.
    • kickass911, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Your right that Dubai does generally have hazy sky but when there is any fog or rain to pull the sand particles to the ground the sky is crystal clear.
  • btschul, on 07/12/2008, -6/+142holy *****
    • dinostabOMG, on 07/13/2008, -2/+17I know! They're really planning for the future. When they run out of oil, they will be in a great position to harvest tibanna gas.
    • ufia, on 07/13/2008, -5/+5allah shiznit
    • moonlessrat, on 07/13/2008, -7/+4well ***** me in the mouth!! ( saw a documentary with the dude from Nightmare on elm street..... far as I can tell it is is favourite saying, it struck me as appropriate just now).
    • Wubbawucky, on 07/13/2008, -3/+6Dubai is just one big theme park. Once the oil is gone, tourism will be their only source of income.
    • BossKey, on 07/13/2008, -0/+6Where were you, when they built a ladder to Heaven?
  • chkdg8, on 07/12/2008, -8/+141"Split up and head back to the surface. And see if you can get a few of those TIE fighters to follow you."
    http://dynamiceye.net/gallery/starwars/Cloud-City2 ...
  • wannapiece, on 07/12/2008, -24/+8Only insecure men have to build their buildings larger than someone else
    • Rikkochet, on 07/12/2008, -2/+9Or, you know, maybe they just want to build a really large building to be able to fit substantially more into the same footprint.
      • Yookji, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1No, Dubai just wants to say, "Mine's bigger than yours!"
    • groo68, on 07/13/2008, -1/+7so your vision of the world is that everyone should live in huts, ones that get smaller every generation. in the hypothetical that no one is insecure.
    • BobScratchit, on 07/13/2008, -1/+6My garage is stacked under my bedroom. If the garage was beside the house then my taxes would go up about 50% because of it taking up more land. Same concept goes into building such tall structures. It's space efficient.
      • Yookji, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1That depends on how high the taxes are. Certainly, it would be cost effective to build a 50-story building on prime real estate in Dubai, but the state-funded Burj Dubai cost over $5 billion. Even with the tourism boost, it's not going to make back that $5 billion.
    • yayintertubes, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1That's the most idiotic comment I've ever seen on Digg. ***** you, and blocked for your stupidity.
  • akpwnz, on 07/12/2008, -9/+15Thats an awesome pic.
  • XenoSNK, on 07/12/2008, -7/+148Looks like a good day to jump...
    • CrudeDarkness, on 07/12/2008, -3/+209if you want to die of old age.
      • Foliot, on 07/13/2008, -4/+87Well done, sir.
      • randomguy132, on 07/13/2008, -2/+55Bravo indeed.
      • mrASSMAN, on 07/13/2008, -0/+33Thoroughly impressed.
      • nonstop87, on 07/13/2008, -3/+35I like turtles.
      • Netrilix, on 07/13/2008, -0/+28One of the best I've ever seen.
      • XenoSNK, on 07/13/2008, -15/+1Some pig.
      • NoDisk, on 07/13/2008, -2/+12This thread is an almost geometic model of comment politics.

        Inane Comment 117+
        ->Snappy Response 173+
        -->>1st Unnecessary Kudos 76+
        -->>2nd Unnecessary Kudos 45+
        -->>3rd Unnecessary Kudos 21+
        -->>Ironic Random Metajoke 21+
        -->>4th Unnecessary Kudos 17+
        -->>Clumsy 2nd Ironic Metajoke +1

        And now, the obligatory, outdated comment on Digg's operational excentricities.

        Quick, someone freeze this thread to preserve its precision!
      • XenoSNK, on 07/13/2008, -5/+2Ironic metajoke?

        Has no one read Charlotte's Web?
  • cplusplus, on 07/12/2008, -30/+9Paid for by oil. Lets switch to something else... now.
    • tumples, on 07/13/2008, -1/+6I didn't realise oil was an evil in the world.
  • Tyrghast, on 07/12/2008, -43/+9Shopped. I am an expert and can tell from the pixels.
    • pavelmah, on 07/12/2008, -4/+16rule#1: Don't call yourself an expert. Specially when you are wrong!
      • Tyrghast, on 07/12/2008, -11/+5I guess being buried is what I get for being hilarious...
      • pavelmah, on 07/12/2008, -3/+14Rule#2: Don't call yourself hilarious. Specially when you are not! :)
      • AndruC, on 07/13/2008, -5/+2No one can recognize his sarcasm?
      • Managua8Green, on 07/13/2008, -0/+4whats sarcasm?
  • purplehaze420, on 07/12/2008, -31/+5Sorry but every instinct tells me those are computer generated... Wayyyy too clean
  • gplpark92, on 07/12/2008, -19/+2real or not? i'm getting mixed signals
  • RSS14, on 07/12/2008, -10/+69Humanity: ***** epic!
    • Tralobyte, on 07/13/2008, -7/+1Humanity: Killing o-zone at unprecedented speeds!
      • Vibratic, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Actually they fixed that problem. They just don't talk about it much.
      • InverGoatie, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0Really? Explain yourself..
      • bmgoau, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0The ozone is actually in a good state of repair now that HFC's have been phased out.

        Climate change is the one to worry about.
      • betheturtle, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1O-Zone is the band that wrote the Numa Numa Song (Dragostei Din Tei).

        Ozone is the substance that protects earth from UV rays.

        English: It works.
  • damndj, on 07/12/2008, -12/+7Brilliant!
  • Fludd777, on 07/12/2008, -27/+6Shopped!



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    • Fludd777, on 07/13/2008, -8/+2What does my copying and pasting have to do with my e-penis? I'm going to ***** kill you you ***** computer nerd *****.

      See that engorged my e-penis. You need to learn to use the right terminology when trying to put someone down on the internet, otherwise you like like a moron.
      • dlllb, on 07/13/2008, -2/+1I'll just let Digg handle that side of things thanks!
      • danito, on 07/13/2008, -1/+0or you'll look like a right tool when everyone burys you. bye.
      • Dylan47, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1What a moron
  • blackula01, on 07/12/2008, -21/+124Obviously an Iranian photoshop...
    • wrathofg0d, on 07/13/2008, -25/+4dubai is in the UAE you retard
      • gambl0r, on 07/13/2008, -0/+21Someone's not up on current events... or just doesn't get jokes.
      • Scaryclouds, on 07/13/2008, -1/+10@gambl0r
        I think he's just retarded
      • Maximilian000, on 07/13/2008, -2/+5or one of google's "special people"
      • passedoutghost, on 07/13/2008, -1/+6You know I read on digg a few weeks back that being able to detect sarcasm was an indication of intelligence. Obviously you failed that test.
    • akh4x0r, on 07/13/2008, -3/+1But it looks too good
    • CAisBacK, on 07/13/2008, -1/+4Obviously they're getting better....
    • blinky04, on 07/13/2008, -1/+6I don't see any missiles.
      • richiewrt, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3That is their new stealth missile technology.
  • EddyG12, on 07/12/2008, -9/+17I can't wait to see fat star wars nerds trying to recreate scenes from Courisant and Bespin
    • BelatedHero, on 07/13/2008, -0/+8You mean Coruscant?
      • betheturtle, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1He means Croissant.
        Hence the 'fat' comment.
    • DesdinovaEL, on 07/13/2008, -0/+16Hes not a nerd but he knows what Bespin is.
  • NCecil, on 07/12/2008, -19/+4I can't tell if it's fake or just a nice HDR photo. Anyone know?
  • ridah, on 07/12/2008, -12/+1That can't be safe.
  • NathanCH, on 07/12/2008, -8/+162Dubai kicks some serious ass.

    I demand wallpaper sizes.
    • AgincourtDB, on 07/13/2008, -0/+39Yeah, that would make a great Desktop.... anyone? Anyone? ....Bueller?
      • wallryan, on 07/13/2008, -7/+2Bueller?Bueller?Bueller?Bueller?Bueller?Bueller?Bueller?
      • MrTito, on 07/13/2008, -0/+13Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
      • FadieZ, on 07/13/2008, -4/+3What the ***** are you guys talking about?
      • Ebeach, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1http://youtube.com/watch?v=rj1bJ2xd_As

        A fan trailer for the uninitiated...

        ...and I had to bury you for missing one of the greatest of Eighties comedies.
      • silfiriel, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1I'm gonna try and search Flickr for higher resolution of this...

        I just tried, no luck
    • UltraDavid, on 07/13/2008, -12/+4You can do awesome things with slave labor, I tell you what.
      • doctordbx, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Ask Colonel Sanders.
      • fuzzybeard, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3"What's the matter Colonel Sanders, chicken?"
      • sloppychris, on 07/13/2008, -2/+3How is it slavery if it's voluntary?
      • Ebeach, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Peter: IS MR SANDERS IN?
        KFC Employee: What wrong wit you? I say you he dead.
        Peter:............................. THE COLONEL!!
    • xatx2, on 07/13/2008, -6/+1***** dubai sorry ass *****
  • Avaseal, on 07/12/2008, -9/+1Hot damn
  • egthareal, on 07/12/2008, -11/+2Lock it up.
  • dace86, on 07/12/2008, -10/+8absolutely amazing. I am so jealous.
  • wastedfluid, on 07/12/2008, -18/+7Where's the sand?

    If anyone has ever been there, they'll get that..

    The clouds looked photoshopped, in terms of making them white/clear. Dubai is a very, very dirty place. The women are something else. Thank you, USN.
  • WTF69, on 07/12/2008, -11/+4Oh so thats one of the reasons for the high gas prices
    • gambl0r, on 07/13/2008, -1/+5Not the reason for
      The result of
    • danito, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0ever study the laws of Supply and Demand? Scarcity of resources???
  • OmarOmar, on 07/12/2008, -4/+44Take someone who has just woken up from a 20 year coma to look at that view and blow their minds.
    • gavorkian, on 07/13/2008, -2/+43....and send them back into a coma!
    • NecroSexy, on 07/13/2008, -1/+18He then realizes there's no hoverboard and he plunges back into a coma.
    • Maximilian000, on 07/13/2008, -1/+4maybe take them for a burger and fries first
    • joeydoo, on 07/13/2008, -1/+2Or just show them the picture on a laptop...
  • TecK415, on 07/12/2008, -18/+19Half of those buildings are in the middle of being built. LOL
    • wejmahtin, on 07/13/2008, -0/+15That's Dubai.
    • TecK415, on 07/13/2008, -1/+8I know, just sayin it's crazy how rich they are. That's all, you grumpy diggers.
    • igob8a, on 07/13/2008, -6/+1They have oil, so they have $$$. Burj Dubai is being built by Samsung btw.
      • doctordbx, on 07/13/2008, -0/+2Burj Dubai is being built by EMAAR - do some research before blurting out BS.
    • pedepy, on 07/13/2008, -2/+1you meant 'in the middle of being rendered'

  • EnigmaOX, on 07/13/2008, -10/+1....
  • Mudger, on 07/12/2008, -4/+9Must, get, more, money!
    • wejmahtin, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Well considering you don't pay any income tax if you live there, if you're a telecommuter, you can probably pull it off now. Median home prices on the nicer islands were like a single megabuck, so consider your salary with 0 income taxes taken out..
      • danito, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0its still REALLY expensive to live here.
  • Hetman, on 07/13/2008, -13/+12How do they plan on keeping this going once there profit from oil is over? Are they investing in technology and education for there people also? To me it seems like a super city surrounded by a bunch poor population.
    • wejmahtin, on 07/13/2008, -1/+4There's way more than just oil money on the islands. A lot of political and sports figures from all over the world have bought homes on the islands there.
    • srt4b, on 07/13/2008, -2/+13Their economy is extremely diverse now, The uae has the third-largest non-oil GDP, behind Egypt and Morocco, as of 2005.
      • statstudent, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Of how large a region. The Middle East?
    • Napalmhaze, on 07/13/2008, -0/+14Tourism, trading and banking, well thats the plan anyway. It is obvious that the oil money is going to run out, in fact the oil almost has. Dubai may have gotten rich on oil but most of its money now comes from banking. The plan is to build the most awesome financial and tourism city in the world and continue being uber rich well into the future, long after all the worlds oil has dried up.
    • Yage2006, on 07/13/2008, -1/+3Simple they will use the they earned from investing in other business with the money they made from oil.
    • Syphon8, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Tourism.
    • nycmac247, on 07/13/2008, -5/+4but won't climate change make all this unbearably hot in about 20 years?
    • Fozefy, on 07/13/2008, -0/+7Nooo, they are just building multiple massive structures for no reason. 8) They are one of few oil rich countries that are actually doing what they should be doing with their oil profits.
    • mikeprasad, on 07/13/2008, -0/+2Actually, and ironically, they are pioneering some of the most advanced green energy / clean technologies, that will undoubtedly give them leadership in that area in the future. One of the top plans for a truly "green" city comes from an organization in Dubai, the difference is that this organization is actually building it with oil dollars...
    • BossKey, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Yeah, that's the interesting thing. They're not building all this just to spend oil money, but to survive it.

      Unlike the US, they know their oil will run out in a few decades, so the tourism and becoming a financial center is all part of the plan to keep going after the oil dries up.
      • an0nym0us, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1except the US treats their tourist like a terrorist.
    • rubberfactory, on 07/13/2008, -2/+1their*
    • ScipiosLegion, on 07/13/2008, -0/+5Dubai makes a small percentage (3%) of their GDP off of oil know the facts before trying to sound smart:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Dubai
    • jason210, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0most big U.S. companies now have offices there as they do not tax them! genius!
  • cheech454, on 07/13/2008, -20/+33That's what our $4.00 gas is paying for....
    • Yage2006, on 07/13/2008, -1/+9Stop using gas then ?
    • boojoy, on 07/13/2008, -0/+16Where are you getting $4 gas? That's pretty damn cheap.
      • Fozefy, on 07/13/2008, -2/+10Its only 1.36 here in Canada! (per litre :P) :(

        Oh and btw that works out to somewhere in the $5/gallon, so quite whining about your gas, jerks.
      • spriggig, on 07/13/2008, -0/+4There are some advantages to living in the middle of the country (I say this as I'm planning my move to Oregon, tho.)
      • purplehaze420, on 07/13/2008, -0/+11.36 (U.S. dollars per litre) = 5.14816003 U.S. dollars per US gallon

        Thanks Google conversions! And yeah, we are really getting screwed up here in Canada... I'm lucky to find it under 1.30, sometimes up to 1.40 per litre....
    • kaplanfx, on 07/13/2008, -1/+5Dubai gets a lot of it's money from tourism, they don't have nearly the amount of oil as the other emirates or other middle easter countries.
      • strictnein, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Where do you think all of their oil rich neighbors do their banking? Dubai. Oil dries up, so does Dubai's economy.
      • ltchimpo, on 07/13/2008, -6/+1Who would want to tour a country where you will be kidnapped and have your head cut off on youtube? Seriously, do George Bush and Cheney approve of Dubia? Are they involved? Because I will only stand behind something that they condone. Otherwise it's tuskan raider terrorism, plain and simple... plane and simple. Missle as a plane and simple. See what I'm saying? Don't trust them thar sandy soiled states, yonder economics be done gone too overly complexicated fer my brans.

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      • s3rgi0, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1@Itchimpo:
        I dugg you up so I could bury you twice. Your attempt at sarcasm failed, and you understood that so instead of not posting, you let your comment become a bunch of nonsense
      • ltchimpo, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1So... you're saying my flava don't have ice?
      • kaplanfx, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1@ltchimpo ok I know you joking and I don't feel like reading your whole post, but yes Cheney does approve of Dubai (at lots of other business creeps too), as Haliburton just moved their corporate headquarters there as a tax shield. I believe businesses HQ'd in Dubai pay exactly 0% taxes and property is abundant, fancy, and cheap.
    • ranga55, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1No, we're paying considerably less than most.

      Anyways. an amazing picture. Makes me want to visit the place. Now that damn currency exchange...
    • ChaoticDayZ, on 07/13/2008, -1/+0Our $4.00 a gal pays for nothing the $12a gal they get in Europe is paying for what your looking at.and as far as running out Ha Ha not in our or our childrens lifetime.
  • caltheos, on 07/13/2008, -0/+35Kinda looks like a really good SimCity layout. The building style is right up their alley too.
  • Danzinger, on 07/13/2008, -1/+5Beautiful.
  • Evermin7, on 07/13/2008, -1/+80They ARE ants, Michael!
    • arunforce, on 07/13/2008, -1/+5Godzeewwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
    • rpieszak, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Creepy, I just finished watching that episode
  • charmaniac, on 07/13/2008, -17/+34Dubai is gonna crash. They are in a real estate bubble that is ten times worse than what California or Florida experienced. Imagine a huge city built in the middle of the desert. Speculators are buying properties, then selling them only to repeat the process on the exact same property. Its basically a bunch of skyscrapers surrounded by dirt.

    Also, they have used what almost amounts to slave labor to help build all these structures.
    • Noein, on 07/13/2008, -2/+60"Imagine a huge city built in the middle of the desert." Hmmm, you mean Las Vegas?
      • charmaniac, on 07/13/2008, -1/+10Yes, like Vegas which also overbuilt and is in the process of crashing. Except, Vegas is surrounded by the rest of the U.S. Dubai is surrounded by desert, saudi arabia and oman.
      • diggdallas, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Except don't even think about bringing drugs into Dubai. You'll get arrested for marijuana residue on your clothing.
    • wrathofg0d, on 07/13/2008, -2/+33This is all completely true. Asian immigrants come to find work in order to send money back to their families, and end up working for wages that barely cover their cost of living. They can't leave due to their passports being withheld by UAE authorities. ***** Dubai.

      http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/dark_s ...
    • wejmahtin, on 07/13/2008, -3/+7It's a totally different ball game. A lot of people living there are avoiding paying income taxes, and besides.. the weather is great, and servants are really cheap. It's hard to compare that to what happened in the states ( not just Fla and CA but every other state in which the media hype convinced idiots to go out and get real estate licenses and try to coax all of their friends and neighbors into selling their homes because 'whoah man. you could get (insert inflated figure) for this place right now.' ). People wanting to avoid taxes isn't going to go away any time soon. That's like saying that companies will stop incorporating in Delaware :)
      • SillyRabbits, on 07/13/2008, -1/+5There are much more beautiful locations in the world to avoid income taxes. Great weather? It's a freaking desert with dust/sand storms and hot as hell. On top of that, you risk going to jail for things that are legal in every industrial nation. No thanks.
      • BootsElectric, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Yeah, must be absolute Hell living right there on the beach.
      • SillyRabbits, on 07/13/2008, -0/+4"Yeah, must be absolute Hell living right there on the beach."

        http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2146684667_5aa ...

        Looks like a standard sand beach to me. When places like the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, New Zealand, or even Switzerland (depending on your arrangements with the government) are available, Dubai is pretty near the bottom of the list. The only attractive thing about Dubai is that there is a lot of money to be made during this time tremendous growth. Eventually, the time for huge profits will pass, and then most people won't find it worth it to put up with all the negatives of the area.
      • Jenga, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1"servants are really cheap"

        Somebody is out of touch with the poor workers we are discussing...
    • Jawkish, on 07/13/2008, -2/+2the way things are going in that city they can probably alter the damn climate.
    • dstz, on 07/13/2008, -8/+3"Also, they have used what almost amounts to slave labor to help build all these structures."

      Linkity link? more slave labor than Mexican workers in the US? linkity link for any of your claims?
      • strictnein, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/dark_s ...
        Which someone posted an hour before you.
      • jason210, on 07/13/2008, -0/+0best thing from that blog article was a comment at the bottom "This country is buliding it's house on sand and not he solid rock Jesus Christ. In addition to this Dubai is exploiting those who have the least to build for those who have the most. I wonder if these workers will be able to live or vacation in any of these fabulous buildings. Shame on them!! " hahaha
    • Di0genes, on 07/13/2008, -0/+10Incidences of exploitation are usually illegal, if ignored by law enforcement historically. The problem is that the UAE is rather far away from a lot of the countries that it borrows labor from, and the money necessary for transportation, lodging, and the like are often (and illegally) loaned out to be paid back. Since wages are so paltry for unskilled labor in Dubai (though still attractive enough to procure the labor in the first place), it can take a worker years of back breaking work to free himself from the debt.

      As a way to insure that debts do in fact get paid off, employers have been known to hold paychecks, papers, and even threaten violence until workers comply. There are also some rather unfair laws in Dubai that exist specifically to make life harder for the temporary worker. Immigrants cannot, for example, change jobs without permission from a former employer, and labor organization of any kind is illegal.

      Southeast Asians are still compelled to work in Dubai by the prospect of upward economic mobility, despite its notoriously exploitative treatment of workers. Much to their credit, I think. The UAE has at least in recent years made efforts to reform labor laws, and things seem to be getting better.
      • unitedatheism, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1So imagine how hard is life in the southeast asia, eh?

        They say if planet's resources were equally divided to everybody, each one would have 1200 US dollars, so let's let anyone who earn less than that talk... As for me, all I see are americans earning a lot of money but enslaving the rest of the world and trying to say that their freedom is right and they just have the money they deserved, just like MPAA and RIAA have the rights of the recordings, not the artists.
    • lionbeat, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Looks like somebody lost some profit in California/Florida real estate market!
      It could happen to Dubai I suppose, it can happen to any market, but it doesn't look so to me right now. You're just jealous, and I am too - that they are doing it so well. So far so good.

      And it is a pity of course the immigrants from Asia are getting ripped off there.
    • Ryan166, on 07/13/2008, -0/+2Dubai won't crash as long as their corporate taxes remain low. And judging by Obama's plan to raise corporate taxes through the roof, Dubai will only flourish more.
    • doople, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Find me one amazing feat of architecture that wasn't constructed using something similar to slave labor.
  • vodkataime, on 07/13/2008, -16/+18Looks really fake.
    • ogre2112, on 07/13/2008, -1/+11Yea, buildings look a little too "polished"
    • Aslan72, on 07/13/2008, -1/+4Good sunlight will do that to you. Get out some morning at dawn and take a look and see how fake things look.
    • wjfox2008, on 07/13/2008, -0/+2This is real. Not fake at all. You can find hundreds more pics in this thread, which is updated on an almost daily basis -

      http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=534 ...
      Make no mistake about it: the Burj Dubai is a truly colossal structure. At over 819 metres tall, it will be twice the height of the former World Trade Center twins in New York.
  • wily6, on 07/13/2008, -1/+2That is nuts.
  • lofispy, on 07/13/2008, -1/+8Reminds me of the view you'll see from Mulholland Ave. looking over downtown in LA some mornings...except in LA the buildings tower over the smog, as opposed to nice clear clouds...
  • crazzy88ss, on 07/13/2008, -1/+3anybody have the actual flickr link?
  • idbjoshm, on 07/13/2008, -2/+18"Coruscant… the entire planet is one big city."
  • glitch452, on 07/13/2008, -2/+4Wait... Bespin?
  • zephyrnug, on 07/13/2008, -1/+2future city of the... future?!
  • LoudMusic, on 07/13/2008, -5/+12That looks like a 3D computer rendering ...
  • IvesMozart, on 07/13/2008, -9/+1Yep our money
    • Maximilian000, on 07/13/2008, -1/+2Unless you think that all of "your" (you?+family?+countrymen?) money is responsible for the entire foreign investment in Dubai,... you're full of *****!
  • bashturd, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1I'm speechless
  • imashmuck, on 07/13/2008, -2/+6You sure those aren't just regular clouds?
  • JamesMatt, on 07/13/2008, -2/+2wow
    • handheldchimp, on 07/13/2008, -1/+1Thanks for your contribution today!
  • KineticShampoo, on 07/13/2008, -3/+9No wonder Lando lives there! It's beautiful!
    • jodofashodo, on 07/13/2008, -2/+1...that was super gay
    • FoxtrotUSAF, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Iran may have tons of oil but there's enough Bespin gas in that picture to last centuries.
  • XenoSNK, on 07/13/2008, -1/+2Make up your mind, Digg. Is this a graveyard or no?
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