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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by marky_g
Dubai is the place to be mate grate economic growth there
WRONG

Its big brother Abu Dhabi has had to pay its debts for the last three months, rents and house prices are down 40% the last quarter, expats are leaving in droves, the government finally realised that giving all the freebies to the locals does actually cost money. Its not the place it was 10 years ago, and I wouldn't give it a second glance now. Not somewhere to go to make money. Even the launch of the new Atlantis hotel they said would be the last big extravaganza as it costs too much.

You want money, go to the real shit hole places that have discovered they have something the world wants or needs like Qatar (Gas), Sierra Leone (Minerals), DR Congo (Minerals). Thats where you make money. Even Iraq to rebuild the infrastructure, money they pay is nuts.
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