A friggin rich city. Unlike any dumb people who say it's economy is based on oil, barely ANY of it is based on that. It's mostly real estate, private banking, and world trade.

Huge and crazy projects are being built, like the Burj Dubai. It will be 900 metres (3 times the Eiffel Tower) high.

a city which dumb idiots like the one above thinks is based on oil. the truth is, the oil sector makes up only around 6% of the DUBAI economy (2005). further diversification of the economy means that Dubai's oil sector will become an increasingly smaller contributor to the city's economy. an historical review of dubai shows that Dubai is, and always has been an important commercial and trading hub. dubai is also a city where racist people like the one above assume (maybe they were influenced by the evil guards in Disney's "Aladdin") that women are executed for being raped. The truth is that although drug traffickers can be faced with execution, execution is virtually never used as a punitive measure. Furthermore, the city has an extremely low crime rate unlike many American cities, where in spite of the so called "freedoms" women have, the raping and abuse of women is daily fare. Dubai is also a place where idiots like the one above characterize as being anti-semitic. this is also a deliberate attempt to misinform people as while the city is vehemently anti-zionist, it is in no way anti-semitic. anything less than tolerance and acceptance is not to be expected when one visits Dubai - a city where 85% of the population is made up of first generation immigrants from over 150 countries.

The Worst city in the whole entire world. A place for construction, Racial discrimination and sexism. The government and the police are biased. UAE nationals and fair skinned people are the best in dubai, all other nationalities suck There is nothing to do because of the heat. Oh my god and the construction workers. They are discriminated against, given such low salaries and some havent been paid for several months. They built the city goddamn it. Everything is sooooooooooooooo expensive there and it is not worth it. There is no street life in the new parts of dubai because of the construction. The amount of accidents which happen here is unbelievable, last year there were 600 road accidents, probably more. half the internet is blocked, the beaches are dangerous because there are dangerous creatures in the water. Overall, dubai is a crap place for losers

You call something Dubai when your conception of it is trashy or fake. The adjective conveys the deception of the real life city of Dubai, beyond the shimmering surface there is nothing but shams and dirty money

DO buy! simply where money spent blindly ,a city constracted by the hands of the poor by money of the filthy rich to the rich ;camel jackys who just imagine and bring their imagination into truth wether the project is profitable or not as long as its financed by black gold revenue no need for pragmatism !its people pretend to be muslim but they are much far from it ,they consider who works for them their slaves!!

A very modern, sophisticated, fashionable city in the United Arab Emirates. I'm pretty sure it's still second in population to Abu Dabhi, but its stunning architecture and economic power more than make up for that.

Dubai is a very wealthy place, and to be honest, the amount of money that goes in and out of that place- and more importantly, the kind of extravagant & pointless shit they spend it on- is just completely ridiculous.

I'd compare it to Miami of the middle east, with less old people I guess.

be warned though, UAE isn't as civilized as America or the UK & and some of there laws are still pretty lacking

In lieu of Bye or Goodbye.

Used by cool people who are evolved and well-travelled and like inside jokes because it makes them feel superior.

Where rich people go to flaunt their wealth.

Dubai is a medium city, which was basically built as a tourist attraction. Some of it's many many many huge attractions include Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, Ski Dubai, Dubai Mall and many many more.
People say it is not a good place to live. Well obviously, that's because it was BUILT AS A TOURISM PLACE. People say that Dubai is full of racists. It is NOT, being an Indian or a dark-skinned person in Dubai is respected. Dubai is NOT known for it's sexual abuse, as some people say, as much as California, or other American states.

Dubai, all in all, is a wonderful place to visit, and it's many shopping and entertainment centers will provide you and your family with lots of fun.