I imagine Dubai the way that I'm thinking many immigrants immagined the US in the early twentieth century - streets paved with gold; people wandering around in richly appointed attire, letting money drop from their pockets without any notice at all, their rich laughter filling sidewalk cafes all along the avenues; money flowing so freely that people just do stupid things with it because it's that of buy cartoonishly gigantic wallets.
I have, of course, no clue whatsoever whether any of this is real, and I would imagine that I'm blowing things way out of proportion, but some of their plans and buildings do make me wonder.
Today's example is the planned - I don't know if it's ever to be realized - spinning cactus plate building:
If you want to actually know any more about the reality of dubai, check any of the following sites:
- PhotoDubai.com - a photo blog of life in Dubai
- DubaiDailyPhoto.blogspot.com - pretty much the same thing but from a different person
- Dubai.Metblogs.com - blogging about Dubaia from a Dubai resident...a recent story skims the surface of the supertall construction in Dubai
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