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Originally posted by ShadoWolf Dubai is fast becoming the Singapore of the Middle East. Question: wtf are you doing in slowly-dying Toronto???

welli used to live in abu dhabi which was amuch more beautiful city to live in (capital of UAE)


dubai is pulling all these stunts now cos its the only way that emirate makes any money...tourism


btw..heres teh addy for taht structure:
http://www.burjdubai.com/

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Originally posted by trancechaos ok you guys have the longest street?? you have the tallest tower?? are canadians trying to compensate for something?? and we all know what the sky dome right next to the CN tower might be mistake for.....

lol u pervert

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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee welli used to live in abu dhabi which was amuch more beautiful city to live in (capital of UAE) dubai is pulling all these stunts now cos its the only way that emirate makes any money...tourism btw..heres teh addy for taht structure: http://www.burjdubai.com/

Beautiful structure but the most idiotic Idea ever!
Why?!
It'll be the easiest target for terrorists!!!

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Originally posted by Shaya007 Beautiful structure but the most idiotic Idea ever! Why?! It'll be the easiest target for terrorists!!!

wats dumber about it is taht the airport is within the city in dubai and thats one of the reasons why the rest of the buildings in the city are so short....adn then this penis in the middle

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Originally posted by Kaz So what's the reason for this madness? Given the global demand for oil, Dubai's tanks will be finished in around 2015! Which is why the city has to realy on.. tourism! Dubai is intending to attract 15,000,000 yup 15 million tourists by 2010 to keep the economy alive. (ugh importing oil from Saudi's ) BTW, DJ El Kay Dee the world's second 7 star hotel in the world is going to be in Abu Dhabi http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=123279

You know I was JUST about to say...WTF? Half the country is poor and can't even afford any of that stuff lol...but that explains it

It would kind of suck though if it turned into another mexico or cuba though

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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee wats dumber about it is taht the airport is within the city in dubai and thats one of the reasons why the rest of the buildings in the city are so short....adn then this penis in the middle

EMAAR is not releasing the Burj Dubai's height to the public. For eg. The Freedom Tower in NY was supposed to be the 'tallest' but that has gone back to the drawing board due to the Burj Dubai. Although when I tool my annual (Toronto-> London -> Dubai) trip this summer I had some very reliable sources informing me that the Burj Dubai is going to be 1km+ !!11one)


http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?c23
(The 3rd building from the left, the Abbco Rotana Hotel is going to be the tallest hotel in the world.)

What's worse is that it's going to 'overshadow' the entire Shaikh Zayed road and the 'proposed' Corniche Development. BTW it's not only Burj Dubai and there are going to be 2 more at the least. Them being 'The Pinnacle' and and the other one is being cuurenty unnamed. Dubai is trying to have the 3 tallest towers in the world, rest assured it will at least have one. (The Burj Dubai)

The Pinnacle:

Right on the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah!
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=210444

What makes things even more mind-boggling is that the skyline is expanding exponentially!
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=135580








Honourable Mentions:

-Dubailand (100x size of Monaco, biggest amusement park in the world; construction has started)
http://www.dubailand.ae/

-The World's first underwater hotel:
http://www.hydropolis.com/homepage.html

-The World's only 7 star hotel:
http://www.burj-al-arab.com/

-3 artificial Palm Islands (the 8th wonder of the world)
http://www.thepalm.ae/
They're merging the Palm Diera and the Corniche redevelopment in one

-The world's biggest mall (1.7km, 3 floors! 5.6 million sq Feet)
http://www.thedubaimall.com/
So literally you can shop till you drop!


and if having the world's biggest mall isn't enough how about integrating the uber futuristic mall with the world's biggest aquarium?


^^ Can you imagine that stretched for 1.7km?

-There are much much more, but I can only say so much about the United Arab Emirates!





Well, there is one more With all these uber tall towers and building the population of Dubai is:























wait for it.....

































roughly 1,000,000
yup ONE million.

So what's the reason for this madness? Given the global demand for oil, Dubai's tanks will be finished in around 2015! Which is why the city has to realy on.. tourism! Dubai is intending to attract 15,000,000 yup 15 million tourists by 2010 to keep the economy alive. (ugh importing oil from Saudi's )

BTW, DJ El Kay Dee the world's second 7 star hotel in the world is going to be in Abu Dhabi
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=123279

Last edited by Kaz on Nov-16-2004 at 04:24

Okay OKay we get it stop reposting hahaha

See what these guys need to understand though is that we need to see some sexy broads though...if all I will see is women draped in cloth head to toe i would eventually not care how bit their mall is

Not that it's everything but you know

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Originally posted by starsearcher Okay OKay we get it stop reposting hahaha See what these guys need to understand though is that we need to see some sexy broads though...if all I will see is women draped in cloth head to toe i would eventually not care how bit their mall is

I got my CTRL+C's and V's mixed up there for a sec. lol

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Originally posted by starsearcher Okay OKay we get it stop reposting hahaha See what these guys need to understand though is that we need to see some sexy broads though...if all I will see is women draped in cloth head to toe i would eventually not care how bit their mall is Not that it's everything but you know

Well 90% of Dubai is non-arab so there is a lot of western style clothing/fashions being worn. There is also 50+ nightclubs in Dubai, most of which are empty since the goal of 'outpartying Beirut' failed miserably. LOL And the prostitution problem is at an all time high when I was walking up to a friend's hotel room we were approached by by diffrent prostitutes 3 times!

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Originally posted by Kaz Well 90% of Dubai is non-arab so there is a lot of western style clothing/fashions being worn. There is also 50+ nightclubs in Dubai, most of which are empty since the goal of 'outpartying Beruit' failed miserably. LOL And the prostitution problem is at an all time high when I was walking up to a friend's hotel room we were approached by by diffrent prostitutes 3 times!

Oh alright well then in that case sounds like a party!
I guess I should pack my bags and have a nice time in Dubai

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Originally posted by starsearcher Oh alright well then in that case sounds like a party! I guess I should pack my bags and have a nice time in Dubai

w00t for tourism!