Is Dubai a Bad Idea..?

Before you read this… which one do you think, Dubai is bad idea or good idea… ? c’mon vote now… it’s gonna be fun…

Dubai is very fast growing market, it has the tallest building in the world and and have 6  star hotels. When bubble burst, every body seems talking about how bad idea Dubai is. I have a chance watching the Doha Debate from CNN, one of my favorite program. The title is the motion

On the side of supporting the motion said: Dubai is bad ideas because:

1. It just went too fast without strong basic fundamental supporting it
2. It creates human right problems, especially for the workers
3. It create huge environmental problems (carbon foot print is very high considering the size of the country)
4. It almost wiped out the cultural life and have no sense of preservation on the cultural side
5. The infra structure build mostly for the foreign, while the own people have to live with dirty road and low quality of educational system.
6. With most of the investor now gone… what are going to do with all new and shiny infrastructure…?

The one who against the motion said: its good idea because:

1. Dubai provide multi cultural environment, nowhere in Arab world do such things
2. Its beacon of hope… once the natural resources died… what next
3. Its a hub to enter the middle east market
4. Environment..? no one did it anyway, look at US and EU or China… did they do anything?
5. Should we imposing our culture to others..? Ask them what to wear, what to drink according to our culture?
6. All those things is for their own people, if the economy grows, the people will benefit from it.
7. Human right problems is everywhere in fast pace developing nation, but the gov. trying very hard to solve it.

Now if you have to vote again… are you still the same side of the motion as before reading this..? To tell you the truth.. its still very hard for me to decide… who ever rule Dubai… its just completely insane or he probably visionary looking far a head and fast. If I have to choose now, I will say ” a good idea”, yes its seems terrible now, but the they will learn and  slowly building up their business to make the best of the new and shiny infrastructure.

The good thing is.. if you want to start business in Dubai now… its probably good time, they have discount for every single thing..

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