On 08-Dec-2011, at 10:24 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote:
> ONot new. Expats getting into debt and then living in their parking lots is > an old, sad story > > Mahesh Murthy [08/12/11 10:14 +0530]: >> Somewhat chilling article on Dubai in The Independent. >> >> Comments? First-hand experience? >> >> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html > I grew up in Dubai, but somewhere in the mid 90s, the radical boom started to happen. Unfortunately it doesnt take much to confirm these news. Land in dubai and you will see so many newly built apartments abandoned (through your flight window itself). The only word that comes to mind when you think of dubai is.. "artificial". I dont think it was meant to last. Green grass all through the year (in a desert), a snow mall - and selling winter clothing, was all a bit too much to start with. Dubai now resembles a bit like gotham city which once had its splendour, but now is crumbling to ruins. V.
