World's tallest building
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Originally Posted by thebig33tuna,Feb 26 2009, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BearNVa,Feb 26 2009, 01:21 PM
I'm pretty sure that the 60000 I make a year doesn't compare to the millions it takes to build that beast. They can afford it however I cannot.
I mean they could've built a smaller building. Everything over in Dubia is the biggest and the best...Do they have to be so extreme? what is the point they are trying to make? Don't get me wrong, the buildings and stuff over there are great but wouldn't all the extremely excessive money be better used elsewhere? Now what?!
I'll play your silly game! 
I mean they could've built a smaller building. Everything over in Dubia is the biggest and the best...Do they have to be so extreme? what is the point they are trying to make? Don't get me wrong, the buildings and stuff over there are great but wouldn't all the extremely excessive money be better used elsewhere? Now what?!
I'll play your silly game! 
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if you guys would pull your heads out of your asses, you'd realize that the tower, and pretty much the whole booming tourist-related industry in dubai is, in effect, a 'stimulus package'
further reading:
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayst...ory_id=13186145
further reading:
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayst...ory_id=13186145
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We have some friends that visited Dubai recently, during Ramadan. The tour buses have shades you can draw, so that you can drink water during the day without offending fasting Muslims who might look in the bus.
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1. the burj is awesome. There's a video of a couple of BASE jumpers that leapt off of it.
2. Apparently there is a tower going up in Saudi Arabia that's supposed to be twice as tall.
3..Dubai is falling because of the world economic crisis. They were smart to try to build up a banking/luxury economy because they have no native oil like the other emirates. This crisis obviously comes at a bad time for them. They also have debtor's prison!!
2. Apparently there is a tower going up in Saudi Arabia that's supposed to be twice as tall.
3..Dubai is falling because of the world economic crisis. They were smart to try to build up a banking/luxury economy because they have no native oil like the other emirates. This crisis obviously comes at a bad time for them. They also have debtor's prison!!