> Dubai is in the desert and is more than thriving I'm not sure why you think that. The amount of work and resources that go in to making it partly habitable i

> Dubai is in the desert and is more than thriving I'm not sure why you think that. The amount of work and resources that go in to making it partly habitable is immense. Without oil money, it would be desolate and empty. Without it we would see the slave cities, surrounding the shiny buildings, completely swept away. As a city, it's an economic sinkhole not a prosperous one.