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Originally posted by svt4stv:
i was watching a special on the Discovery channel about the world's biggest mall theyre building there. complete with an entire indoor ski resort and all!   they said that Dubai knows its oil reserves are depleting and that they plan to focus on tourism, making Dubai the ultimate place to visit in the middle east (if not the world).
The indoor ski resort is done. Simply amazing. They were passing those pics around at work, as well as the former presidents(or whatever they call him) house. Both were insane. Have to see if I can find the pics
edit: found the pics, I can email them if someone wants to host.
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I just cant believe they did all that in 10 years, shoot they trying building a set of condos and it took them like 3 years.. and that's only 4 sets...they built a who city in 10 is just amazing.
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Originally posted by I-Dom-In-VIII:
I just cant believe they did all that in 10 years, shoot they trying building a set of condos and it took them like 3 years.. and that's only 4 sets...they built a who city in 10 is just amazing.
UAE has sponsored miriad architectural and development competitions world-wide for the development of Dubai. I know for a fact, Boston architectural firms are constantly vying for positioning in the area, similar to the competitive landscape of Shanghai and Beijing 10 years ago. I resembles the development that went on in Iraq in the 1980's when we thought they were our friends.
And don't forget the coolest hotels ever built, IMO:
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That is a sweet hotel! A friend of mine is living there. Making big bucks as well as an instructor. He tells me it's really nice out there. And, almost everyone with an eye in teh aviation industry is looking at UAE. Emirates and Etihad Airlines will have the biggest reach in moving people. Within the reach of one of their airplanes, they already have HALF of the world's population. Everything is set up to go right out there. 
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Originally posted by I-Dom-In-VIII:
Am i the only one that thinks that Bs, i mean a whole city in 10 years..... 
Nope; the growth that Dubai has seen is nuts. I was in UAE a few moons back and the amount of construction that some spots on the outskirts are seeing is staggering.
I made the comment that the construction crane must be the official tree of UAE to more than just a few Arabs there and it cracked them up pretty good.
It's more than oil, too. Banking is BIG business in UAE as well...
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This is the best/most interesting CI thread I've read in quite some time.
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Originally posted by todras:
Glad I could be the cattle prod.
I can count on you to come through every once in awhile. 
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by I-Dom-In-VIII:
Am i the only one that thinks that Bs, i mean a whole city in 10 years.....
Got oil?
They dont have much oil compared to other surrounding countries..
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Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by I-Dom-In-VIII:
Am i the only one that thinks that Bs, i mean a whole city in 10 years.....
Got oil?
They dont have much oil compared to other surrounding countries..
Yes, but they seem to have more vision for the future than their neighbors.
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