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[David Morris]

I've never been there (and don't aspire to), but it's not surprising
that this boom town on super steroids is soulless.  The ONLY reason
anyone is there (nowhere) is because of the tons of cash flowing
profusely.  All of the city (almost) is artificial, a sort-of Arab
Disney Land, and we all know how much soul that place has.

David Morris

Palm Island, a new island super-suburb:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/46352/dubai_palm_island/
http://www.linternaute.com/savoir/diaporama/dubai/palm-island.shtml

On 10/17/07, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I had an 8-hour stopover in Dubai on a trip to Nairobi a few years ago.  Just had time to take a taxi to the below-mentioned hotel.  Simulated submarine ride to an overpriced seafood meal, followed by an elevator trip to the bar at the top of the hotel, which was populated by international businessmen and Asian prostitutes.
>
> Dubai is a soul-less place. Every, and I mean EVERY, corporation in the world has a skyscraper (tax-free) HQ there.  Construction cranes dotted the landscape as far as the eye could see.  A local English-language newspaper had several pages devoted to a blacklist:  "guest" workers (mostly from Nepal and the Phillipines) who had escaped their indenture and were wanted for deportation and/or punishment.
>
> With all the tall narrow structures dotting the desert landscape, the place had more tn a little in common with Jeshimon.
>
> Laura