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Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by seydor on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @12:51PM (#36683692)
Who cares. The whole of Dubai is a hodge-podge of "structures" to make the local rich people feel accomplished and tourists who view it as a giant mix of disneyland and vegas.

I actually wonder how those beachgoers can stand the july temperatures, it must be 40-45C now?

Once the novelty of supercar leases and fancy restaurants wears of, they are going to have to ramp up the prostitution to keep bringing in rich wannabes

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by RaCaS123 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:22PM (#36684189)
That's a part of Dubai - designed to bring in the money - but take a trip around Karama, Bur Dubai, or even Jumeirah and tell me that's the case.
Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by seydor on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:25PM (#36684246)
tall big structures, nice looking hotel at the edge of the palm, but nothing feels organic and everything is safe, very safe, primarily because workers and poor can't afford to live there so they live in the another emirate.

What is meaningful about this?

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by RaCaS123 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:04PM (#36685784)
Take a look at those areas I referred to in my previous comment and you'll see that your image of Dubai is but one part of the wider picture. Ask yourself if the West End and the City are all of London or if Beverly Hills is all of LA?

Plenty of people live in Karama and Bur Dubai (i.e. not in Sharjah), for example, who are not especially rich - those parts of Dubai are in fact the oldest and most populous parts of Dubai! Visit those places - don't just go to the usual tourist traps of the Palm, the Marina, and Downtown!

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by seydor on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:41PM (#36687620)
been to old dubai, it s basically touristy, has an unhealthy obsession with gold jewellery, and i m not sure if the people there are locals or know local traditions.

my guess is , if there s going to be something culturally interesting arising near dubai, it will arise in sharjah where immigrants live

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by biggoodwolf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @12:56PM (#36683771)
As opposed to where? At least they're trying, rest of the world has not build meaningfully either in quite a long time. Maybe only China
Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by seydor on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:22PM (#36684194)
Nothing that is architecturally meaningful has been built in dubai. the heyday of architecture and capitalist megastructures is long gone, even though some interesting stuff is being built here and there, including china. Attention has shifted away from buildings and cities (i guess because people travel so much more) and into the virtual world.
Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by B1FF_PSUVM on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:24PM (#36684227)
I was surprised how well it is working.

It's probably a less than 6 hour flight for 2/3 or 3/4 of the world population.

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by malermeister on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:33PM (#36684385)
Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by throwoutway on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @09:58AM (#36694616)
Thanks for posting the Baltica! I didnt know about that and Im excited now
Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by vkou on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:25PM (#36684254)
> At least they're trying, rest of the world has not build meaningfully either in quite a long time.

Some of the rest of the world builds meaningful societies/economies. Ones that won't explode into civil war the moment that the firehose of oil is tapped out.

I understand that parts of the Middle East are trying to do that as well, but it's not clear what the effort results in.

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by bastawhiz on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @02:09PM (#36684917)
> rest of the world has not build meaningfully

Is a giant (broken) ferris wheel "building meaningfully"?

Re:The mystery of the Ain Dubai, the world’s largest (broken... by jadtz on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:37PM (#36686218)
Why not? Testing limits of engineering on our planet. Surely, some contribution was made to human knowledge by building/funding the wheel.