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A lot of the immigrant workforce in Dubai uses that same lavishly air-conditioned infrastructure as anyone else. They use the bus system and so sit inside the a
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
A lot of the immigrant workforce in Dubai uses that same lavishly air-conditioned infrastructure as anyone else. They use the bus system and so sit inside the air-conditioned bus shelters. They use what free time they have to visit the malls, too. And so many of the Indian-subcontinent restaurants and markets in Dubai and Sharjah exist purely to serve fellow Indian-subcontinent people, and those are air-conditioned, too.
Yes, Israel uses desalination and has a low carbon footprint, but they also have leadership that has historically been more concerned with water conservation.
- samuli 6y agoI've seen many videos about migrant workers in Middle East, and I highly doubt that they have money to spend in malls or have proper living conditions. E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0EsOFDA6uM#t=3m24s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0EsOFDA6uM#t=3m24s (though this video is from Qatar, there are similar from Dubai)
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoYou have "seen videos", but have you ever actually been to Dubai or Sharjah? The lowest tier of workers toiling in squalid living conditions is not the entirety of Indian-subcontinent workers in the UAE. For decades the Emirates have had a huge population of Indian-subcontinent (and Filipino, and Eastern European) migrant workers who work all the service-economy jobs so that the local Emiratis don't have to, and yes, these workers like the malls, too. Even if they don’t have so much money to spend in malls, malls are still the place that anyone goes to have a stroll around on a day off, because as air-conditioned spaces they serve as the local parks and squares.