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  • War3Zone, on 06/11/2008, -3/+48and more money
    • tbenathan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3I'm so glad that the United States taxpayers are paying for Middle East regional defense. These poor people could never afford to defend themselves and their neighbors!
    • AJdude123, on 06/13/2008, -1/+1It's the Prince of Dubai that's paying for this. He figured that since his oil supply was running low, he should look to the future and create a city that thrives off of tourism.
  • mjf7419, on 06/11/2008, -12/+2That's great!
  • andyboyd, on 06/11/2008, -6/+18Dubai just never ceases to amaze me. And things will continue to get even more mind boggling as the other emirates develop. Bring it! :)
    • mrraven200, on 06/12/2008, -4/+2All their indoor ski slopes and what not are going to look real sad when the oil runs out. Also keep in mind Dubai runs basically imported little better than slave labor:

      http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2635
      http://www.magicalurbanism.com/index.php?tag=mike- ...
    • JointVenture, on 06/12/2008, -2/+1Too bad you cant drink, gamble and women cant wear bikinis.

      They can build all the buildings they want but they will never become a serious tourist destination with the laws they have.
      • RobotBuddha, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Don't forget that you can also be tossed in jail for even bringing vitamins in. Or even just having a bit of residue from them on an article of clothing. It's an interesting place, but I wouldn't set a foot in there until the chances of being randomly thrown into jail drops.
    • BlackOp, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2pfft that's nothing compared to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaSLNBOphpE
    • Risingashes, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3Can someone explain to me why anyone would want to go to Dubai other than fancy buildings?

      Isn't there a total ban on alcohol and beheading for drug possession? I'd imagine the sex trade would also be highly restricted. Why would you go to a boiling hot dessert unless you're able to sin it up like it's 2034?
    • DarthTurducken, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Yes it's so exciting to see what they're doing with our gas money :(
  • keithdsouza, on 06/11/2008, -6/+14Dubai is a very nice city, I have been only to their airport on transit and it rocks too.
    • jonms83, on 06/12/2008, -0/+197degrees 1am, avg of 120 degrees during the day...

      oh and full humidity, it's right on water....

      but yes the airport's nice (and air conditioned... i didn't leave it)
  • icelebpics, on 06/11/2008, -12/+6simply great
    i am thinking to go to dubai next month
  • Splint7700, on 06/11/2008, -2/+34IMO they should work out the kinks on their massively overrated Palm Islands first. Apparently working internet, air conditioning and a decent sized yard aren't exactly included in the package when you move on.
    • Burgoo, on 06/12/2008, -0/+9My friend is a developer and knows some people involved in the project. It went hugely over budget and so the development company decided to drastically increase the number of units available to make back some money. Everyone who bought into got screwed. But they can't do anything because the development company is owned by the government which controls the courts.

      A picture of the newly shrunken villas. http://www.alabbargroup.com/assets/palm.png
      • hairyblue, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1i dont understand how ventures like this can ever make profit when they have to build an island first.
      • Duositex, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Wow.. that density of development is shocking. The PR photos ahead of time had so much more space. Just shocking. What a scam.
      • DarthTurducken, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Why don't I see any power lines?
  • freddoo, on 06/11/2008, -15/+9Dubai does not have money, it has your gas money.

    See what your backyard could look like if you did not pay so much for fuel.

    Can't wait to start selling canadian water, this will be build in my backyard.
    • paradox4190, on 06/12/2008, -5/+5Actually, petroleum and natural gas only make up 6% of Dubai's economy.
      • strictnein, on 06/12/2008, -0/+7And money from petroleum and natural gas are the other 94%. It's where all the middle east rich put their money. Dubai's banking industry = 100% dependent on oil.
        • t3hSLR, on 06/12/2008, -1/+1What he meant was that Dubai has virtually no oil. The UAE capital emirate, Abu Dhabi, has some, but Dubai has next to none.
    • masterm1nd, on 06/12/2008, -4/+1And actually, we couldn't make ***** if we didn't have fuel.
      • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/12/2008, -2/+4Pesticide is oil based, as is plastic, and fuel.
    • LoveYouSomeEric, on 06/12/2008, -3/+4I hate to spoil your baseless statistic-creating fun, but I will anyway. From the CIA Factbook's entry on the United Arab Emirates (Dubai being a part of the UAE), "despite largely successful efforts at economic diversification, nearly 40% of GDP is still directly based on oil and gas output".

      https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world ...
      • Crashwithuhk, on 06/12/2008, -4/+1So in other words, less than half.
      • t3hSLR, on 06/12/2008, -2/+1Dubai being a part of the UAE and using that in light of oil revenue statistics is like saying Rhode Island makes money from oil because Alaska's got some. Dubai's revenue comes from trading, unlikely as it may seem.
    • Ryan166, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3No wonder all the companies choose to go to Dubai. They have suck low taxes there, like in the Jebel Ali Free Zone. Meanwhile Obama is going to raise corporate taxes through the roof to make things "fair". Resulting in America's economy getting its ass kicked even worse.
  • umarboy, on 06/11/2008, -7/+13man, i so wanna visit this place
    • dafunkmonster, on 06/12/2008, -3/+2sucker. you fell for their plan to suck more money out of you.
  • Xfrost4, on 06/11/2008, -12/+21They take your gas money, and now people want to visit Dubai and throw away more money at them!! all that while the US economy goes to *****.
    • chillwill54, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2being mad at Dubai for taking your gas money is like being mad at your landlord for charging you rent.

      It was their resource to begin with and If you don't like it buy a bike and quit bitching
  • seabass341, on 06/11/2008, -8/+55How to make your own Dubai skyscraper:

    1. Gather several billion dollars from foolish investors.

    2. Make a catchy name. Try using "Dubai" and then a really simple description of what you are making. For example, if you are making an condo make the name "Dubai" condo. This name format seems to work for half of the buildings being built in Dubai, it should work for you!

    3. Begin construction on your ridiculously unpracticle building, completion date 2020 (more like 2030!).

    4. Remember to have fun!
    • tomakun, on 06/12/2008, -4/+295.????

      6. Profit!
    • KMartSheriff, on 06/12/2008, -2/+4Seriously. I don't understand the fanfare over this place. Looking good means nothing. A lot of places are much more beautiful and aren't in 100+ degree weather all year. They need to work on their politics first.
    • ravensncrows, on 06/12/2008, -5/+0practical?
    • ravensncrows, on 06/12/2008, -6/+1practical?
  • db0255, on 06/11/2008, -4/+47That's gonna be a pretty sweet ghost town when nobody wants to live there anymore.
  • seanberry, on 06/11/2008, -2/+118I love Sim City. I mean, Dubai.
    • ANT1138, on 06/12/2008, -2/+6I hope a giant bowser destroys it.
    • weister42, on 06/12/2008, -0/+8Maybe those buildings will take off and fly into space.
    • FXPooky, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Dubai is Coruscant
  • War3Zone, on 06/12/2008, -12/+3lol, Simcity?
    • BeeArePro, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6There's a reply button for a reason.
    • da1e, on 06/12/2008, -1/+4lol, reply
    • mrraven200, on 06/12/2008, -1/+1Simcity is an old school (and still cool IMO) video game where you zone an area, and layout infrastructure like roads, electricity, and water pipes and sims (later to become the game sims and much lamer IMO) would come in and build a giant city with 3d skyscapers. And all this on a 486 running DOS or a Mac runnning System 7.

      By cracky those were the days now git off my sim lawn.
  • Thoric, on 06/12/2008, -4/+2380% of these projects probably have been dropped by now, 10% are going to get dropped, and the last 10 (the least impressive ones, of course) are maybe going to get built..

    Seriously, "The Cloud"?
    • ivansusanin, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2yeah it's like something straight out of Burning Man

      http://www.burningman.com/
    • miezu78, on 06/12/2008, -1/+1I know that why the have build the Palms island and the only 7 star hotel in the world (already completed) and 75% of the words cranes are in Dubi raising a city from the desert....Rome wasent built in a day
    • d3vmax, on 06/12/2008, -0/+5I Live in Dubai and I think that is untrue. If you come here you will see the amount of work they are doing. It is amazing in a way. Many projects are going to be completed by 2012. I am just waiting for the Metro to be built by next year, it will ease the traffic. All the stations are going to be futuristic and they have built one of the largest underground stations(Still in works). The train is going to be full automated, no need of a train driver! :)
      • robphillips, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2If you really lived in Dubai you'd know NO ONE will use that metro. It looks like it's built for 1980s New York and I know damn well even if people sat in those hot coffins it wouldn't ease traffic. Did salik ease traffic? No. Did second, and at a time 3 bridges ease traffic on coming to garhoud? No. Dubai's just gonna keep building crap as long as Americans and the English come to see it.
        I'm not the least bit spiteful, it's just a shame.. that's all.
        • Dajhan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+0well, do you live in dubai? Or you just hate them on trying to build their city and making their city beautiful?
  • MikeLiveAdmins, on 06/12/2008, -1/+7wooooooooooooooow!!! impressive
  • JennySanders, on 06/12/2008, -2/+4love the shopping mall
  • hairypothead, on 06/12/2008, -2/+17Jewel of the desert bought with oil money. Yet when it's complete, there will likely be no more oil available on earth. How's that for irony?
    • Eddiecoaster, on 06/12/2008, -1/+5They will be able to sustain their city's economy with tourism once the oil dries up. I think that was a great plan.
      • 1randomguyO8, on 06/12/2008, -3/+1Well if the world has no oil not many people would have the dosh or means to even get to dubai.
  • MoNSt3r, on 06/12/2008, -8/+8Dubai's oil reserves are going to dry up soon.
    • d3vmax, on 06/12/2008, -0/+7I don't know why people are voting you down. It is true. Dubai has hardly any oil compared to it's neighbor Abu Dhabi. Oil accounts for only 5.5% of its income while most of the money is made through the free trade zones in Jabel ali and now tourist through the projects they are making...
      • Chrispyc1211, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure it's just the fortunate country to receive all the investment. It's a good spot for people to run their businesses, funded through FOREIGN oil. It's the money-funnel of the Middle East.
    • crunchdigg, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2if that were how they were funding things, your comment would matter.

      but it's not.

  • omnithought, on 06/12/2008, -4/+3The World reminds me of Second LIfe
  • TitanX7, on 06/12/2008, -1/+19It's Zanarkand!
  • woofers07, on 06/12/2008, -6/+2I never thought I'd say this about a middle east country but Dubai is now officially on my places to visit list.
  • kagebutsu, on 06/12/2008, -4/+2Wow I know where I want to live now.
  • aidwiz, on 06/12/2008, -1/+2dubai is really made out of huge amount of money.
  • r55741, on 06/12/2008, -19/+3too bad no one wants to come down to Dubai third wold piece of *****

    try building in AMERICA next time
    • snagglefoof, on 06/12/2008, -2/+5This comment belongs underneath a Fox News article.
    • LoveYouSomeEric, on 06/12/2008, -1/+9Yeah, they're SOOO third world. I mean, just look at all of their silly third world high-tech straight-from-the-*****-future architectural projects. And their low unemployment rate and WAY above average per capita income. How primitive of them.

      USA! USA! USA! USA!
    • Ryan166, on 06/12/2008, -1/+3AMERICA!!!!!!!!!! ***** YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • 1randomguyO8, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Rule #13 people
    • Dajhan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+0Yeah yeah yeah, jealous americans, lol!
    • Dajhan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+0Hahaha, bet your getting sick while Dubai is dreaming (and building their dreams) while USA is sick of oil prices, politics and "Anti terorism" with peace keeping forces.
  • Inflammo, on 06/12/2008, -5/+2Could the future finally be arriving somewhere?
  • RandyGandy, on 06/12/2008, -3/+8link dead
  • Tyrghast, on 06/12/2008, -4/+11138 and down. Someone exceeded their bandwidth, 0_0
  • ruich88, on 06/12/2008, -7/+2exceeded bandwith
  • NathanCH, on 06/12/2008, -3/+18And now, 25 comments saying how the site is down.
    • da1e, on 06/12/2008, -3/+2comments just like yours...
    • defectDS, on 06/12/2008, -1/+2People love to bitch about one or two duplicate stories, but when it comes to the digg effect or mirrors, they feel the need to let everyone know again and again. And again. Just look at the comments from here on. Ugh.
  • diggerman32, on 06/12/2008, -2/+2Space Port.... Oil Fountain.... Elevator to the center of the earth
  • snagglefoof, on 06/12/2008, -3/+5Good ol digg effect. Anybody have a mirror?
  • handheldchimp, on 06/12/2008, -13/+5OMGZORZ!!!! T3h L1nk is D34D!!!!!!!

    EVERYBODY PAN1C!!!1!!!!1
  • fl4m4bl, on 06/12/2008, -8/+0Actually the site is up again

    Act: down again
  • ccrowe1990, on 06/12/2008, -3/+11I am glad to see that our oil money is helping to build those very much needed hotels and resorts.
    • doctordbx, on 06/12/2008, -2/+0"that our oil money" what do you think should be done with it?
      Purchase US manufactured goods? Oh.
    • tjrecord, on 06/12/2008, -2/+3It's actually not our oil money, you're thinking of Saudi Arabia. Oil contributes like 3% to their economy dumbass.

      Our trade deficit is what's helping to build those resorts ;)
    • d3vmax, on 06/12/2008, -1/+4Yea Dubai hardly gets it's income from Oil. Even if you bothered to check the wikipedia entry on it you would know. Most of the income comes through the free trade zones and tourist (they hope to get more money through investments in their infrastructure so in the long term they get more money by putting Dubai on the global map with projects such as these and attracting more visitors) But then what do I know.. I just live in Dubai while you are far away prob. in the US and assume that it being a desert arab country it gets all it's money from the Oil you buy.

      That reminds me of another common statement made on Digg, "Thats our oil money". Well you are using that oil to get your work done in your country, you can't have it free. If I buy a product of the USA and I have to pay it to USA, which will use it to built it's infrastructure.. that is not a crime!
  • oNIGHTMAREo, on 06/12/2008, -1/+36Digg should have a 'Submit mirror' button. Then when your viewing comments, 'Who Dugg it?', etc. there will be a 'mirrors' button. Because the digg effect well... we'll just do it live.
    • whodatis, on 06/12/2008, -2/+1Yes, I think we've established that.
      • oNIGHTMAREo, on 06/12/2008, -1/+1Yes, I think you are a revenge-hungry digger.
    • kjcdude, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3That's actually a really good idea.
  • rukeypoo, on 06/12/2008, -1/+6I hope one of their projects is a better server.
  • JazzCatDRP, on 06/12/2008, -5/+14Here you go: http://www.realtyna.com/dubai_real_estate/dubai-fu ...
  • dxbluey, on 06/12/2008, -4/+12I am in Dubai - have been for 4 years... it's funny to read all the negatives.... it's not perfect and oil is not the biggest earner here, but it is a great city with big ambitions, that's no bad thing.

    Oh and just read today that Abu Dhabi has just bought 75% of the Chrysler Building...
    • Chrispyc1211, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1I wish my ambitions bought me a Cloud.
  • krnldmp, on 06/12/2008, -2/+18Future? I'm already sick of hearing about the place.
    • KMartSheriff, on 06/12/2008, -4/+6Seriously. Some of these comments sound like their fake. "Dubai sounds so magnificent, and I've read it's the perfect place for Americans to live! I think Dubai will be my next city."

      "I bet if I were to open a business up in Dubai, I would see nothing but profits, because Dubai is perfect!"

      Honestly, read some of these comments. I fail to understand why this place is so great. Have fun with the 120 degree heat and ***** up politics.
  • whodatis, on 06/12/2008, -7/+2"This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota"
    Mirror?
    • oNIGHTMAREo, on 06/12/2008, -2/+4Yes, I think we've established that.
  • leif777, on 06/12/2008, -3/+1Does anyone else get the feeling you can open up a business in Dubai, no matter what it is, and do extremely well?... I'm thinking... motocross school... frickin dunes are everywhere! (that's just off the top of my head)
    • Chrispyc1211, on 06/12/2008, -0/+4...and this is exactly how the tech bubble burst.
  • chrissku, on 06/12/2008, -4/+4And when the oil inevitably runs out this country will be a fine example of the perils of excessive spending.
    • bossywalker, on 06/12/2008, -1/+7Umm... they are building all this stuff so that they will be able to make money when the oil runs out.
    • Adam73, on 06/12/2008, -1/+4The majority of Dubai's revenues are from trade, manufacturing and financial services. Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6%
      Get your facts straight before you make stupid comments
    • d3vmax, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6Well Dubai hardly gets it's income from Oil. Even if you bothered to check the wikipedia entry on it you would know. Most of the income comes through the free trade zones and tourist (they hope to get more money through investments in their infrastructure so in the long term they get more money by putting Dubai on the global map with projects such as these and attracting more visitors) But then what do I know.. I just live in Dubai while you are far away prob. in the US and assume that it being a desert arab country it gets all it's money from the Oil you buy so you are prob. right!

      http://www.ameinfo.com/122863.html
    • Dajhan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+0I think you don't know Dubai. d3vmax is right. Not all middle Eastern cities and countries takes revenue from oil.
  • 4d669, on 06/12/2008, -1/+9LOVE IS OVER: http://www.dezeen.com/2007/06/14/the-cloud-by-atel ...
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2What the hell is that supposed to be?!?!?
  • colonelpanic, on 06/12/2008, -9/+6Keep in mind that every time you are sodomized at the gas pump, it's because of this crap.
    • Eddiecoaster, on 06/12/2008, -0/+4at least the money is going towards a tourist destination that you are welcomed to go and enjoy
    • FadieZ, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6Shut the ***** up and do some research. Less than 6% of Dubai's income comes from its oil, and its share in the country's oil revenues is only 2%. Dubai has less to do with gas prices than my balls have to do with global warming.
  • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -6/+46I love how everyone's busy sucking Dubai's ***** over OMG HOW GREAT!

    The place sucks. Traffic is horrible, they haven't developed any infrastructure to go with these huge projects, rent is sky high, noone is living in half of these finished projects because they're too expensive, the monopolistic internet provider is restrictive (blocked Flickr before, blocking Skype now), and the city is infested with hookers. It's also built off of investments from Saudi and Kuwaiti oil money. The place will go bust eventually, since the growth isn't sustainable. As it is, they've just got a hell of a PR company.

    Now, as much fun as the hooker infestation may seem, getting propositioned by some Ethiopian chick while you're walking through a mall gets old, fast. The real fun is with the older, married, expat women, or the Saudi chicks who go there there to get railed. Giggity!
    • encrypteduser, on 06/12/2008, -2/+16We apologize, the comment you are attempting to view has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, politcal and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.
    • KMartSheriff, on 06/12/2008, -4/+6You're being dugg down by the people who have been paid by the Dubai government to spew their ***** comments on Digg.
    • slyzxx, on 06/12/2008, -2/+4been to duabi nothing like you said. I never saw any hookers don`t know which part of town u went to, Rent was decent again don`t know which part u went to, they actually put in a law that they must finish project when building. Plus whats wrong with oil money u make it sound dirty all that building is actually doing good for the economy all the migrant workers coming in working, spending money in the country, resources being used to actually build a city.
      • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6The hookers have had to range out a bit since they closed Cyclone down.

        The problem is they're not building a city. They're building buildings. Cities have infrastructures, Dubai's is *****. It's not that the projects are unfinished, just that noone can afford to live there. So you've got extremely expensive real estate purchased for speculation that's expensive on paper, but unsellable except to rubes that think they're a good investment. This was true 2-3 years ago, but now the easy money is gone.

        The majority of the migrant workers (Asians) spend extremely little money there, sending almost all of it home. The Western/Arab expats are the ones who stay there, spend easily half their salary there, then go back home with the other half. Saudis and Kuwaitis are the ones who go there to blow all their cash.

        It used to be that Dubai was a great place to go shopping, but now the prices are ridiculous. The airport duty free is an absolute joke. The only thing decent about the airport is still the Irish pub there, which is a great stop for your last bit of swill and swine before heading back to places where it's forbidden. Even with that, I've started avoiding flying Emirates due to their poor service and the disaster that's the Dubai airport. Qatar is a much nicer and quieter transit point.
        • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6I forgot to mention that a majority of Dubai's income is because of it's status as a trade hub. Most of the goods imported into the GCC region pass through Dubai first.
    • blumpyX, on 06/12/2008, -1/+0getting propositioned by a hooker at the mall?
      skype blocked?

      you are not basing your comments on reality.

      Your 2nd comment is spot on though
      • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2Mall of the Emirates food court, over by Papa John's. Suck it, Trebek!

        As for Skype:
        http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=co ...

        http://www.itp.net/news/520914-thousands-lose-chea ...

        There are others out there, but these are the most relevant. Etisalat's been trying to block it since back in 2005.

        • blumpyX, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1lol. I will definitely check out the papa johns next time.

          Honestly though - I speak with my sister from dubai on skype weekly
        • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Well, no idea. I've heard from some people there that it's blocked and the news says it's blocked. I'm in Kuwaitistan, where the Ministry of Communications is too inept to ever pull that off.
        • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -1/+1By the way, don't digg blumpy down. He's at least being civil and acknowledging the possibility that I'm right :D
    • diggalicus, on 06/12/2008, -0/+0I take it you have been there?
      • hobbler, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2Yeah. Been there, done that, moved on. No urge to stay in Dubai long term or holiday there again. The bad thing is that their marketing is so good, I occasionally think I should go back there because there has to be something I missed.

        Of course, to enjoy it the way they show in the commercials, you have to toss around money like it's nothing.
  • Samurai7, on 06/12/2008, -2/+3I'm going to have to go here on my worldly travels (i hope to have worldly travels, too)
  • mparker7410, on 06/12/2008, -8/+8What a waste.
    • slyzxx, on 06/12/2008, -1/+5Of what ?. Dubai is the new USA its growing rapidly and putting the money to good use, They have amazing projects alot of them are green read up before saying something stupid next time
    • Ortheos, on 06/12/2008, -0/+4Yeah, should have blown $3 trillion on some random invasion instead.
  • sonicularulus, on 06/12/2008, -4/+17i hope one of the Dubai's projects include fixing this guys server
  • SpectreFire, on 06/12/2008, -5/+10I am become Digg, the destroyer of servers.
    • celticspringers, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1Robert Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavadgita. Digg has some cultured muthafudgers
  • pacificislandr4, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2I read that Dubai is also building their own robotic Jurassic Park. I wonder how that's going....

    http://digg.com/pets_animals/Dubai_Building_1_Bill ...
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