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Surprisingly, there's plenty of alcohol and sex there. Gambling is a separate story.

by fiaz 18y ago

jonknee 18y ago
... Compare it to Vegas. Alcohol is banned most places in Dubai. In Vegas there aren't even open container laws, you can walk around with a cocktail. As for the sex side, how many strip clubs are around? How many escorts? You can't walk down the strip without being offered cards for call girls. In Dubai you can't even kiss in public.
- ehedberg 18y ago
  Strictly speaking, Vegas does have open container laws. You aren't allowed to carry a beverage within 100 feet of an establishment with an off-sale license. Of course, enforcement of that ordinance is another question.
- wallflower 18y ago
  Dubai's "seedy" side is that it seems like a theme park for a modern city more than a modern city. ""There is also another side to Dubai’s booming market. Most large hotels are little more than dens of prostitution." http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/ http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/ "It was difficult at the time to get any sense of realism from the city. You’d try to apply for credit cards, and find that nobody at the banks were really interested in giving you one — they had bigger fish to catch... It was that way with houses and apartments you wanted to rent. The landlords never bothered to follow up on whether you wanted it, if you thought it was a reasonable price. If you had a problem with it — with handing over US$50 000 in one cheque, for example (they have a practice of paying for yearly rental in one or two cheques at a go), then it was your fault, and you had suck it up if you didn’t like it.. It felt unreal... Nothing about this city is sustainable. The property boom, led by the multi-million dollar apartments along Sheikh Zayed Road, are perhaps doable in the upturn. They were built for investment, not for living." http://popagandhi.com/932/dubai-redux/ http://popagandhi.com/932/dubai-redux/
- fiaz 18y ago
  At any rate, for a country in the Middle East, they are a lot more open to Western values than anybody else on the peninsula.
  - netcan 18y ago
    Are you referring to drinking, gambling & prostitution?

Surprisingly, there's plenty of alcohol and sex there. Gambling is a separate story.

by fiaz 18y ago

Surprisingly, there's plenty of alcohol and sex there. Gambling is a separate story.

... Compare it to Vegas. Alcohol is banned most places in Dubai. In Vegas there aren't even open container laws, you can walk around with a cocktail. As for the sex side, how many strip clubs are around? How many escorts? You can't walk down the strip without being offered cards for call girls. In Dubai you can't even kiss in public.

ehedberg 18y ago
Strictly speaking, Vegas does have open container laws. You aren't allowed to carry a beverage within 100 feet of an establishment with an off-sale license. Of course, enforcement of that ordinance is another question.
wallflower 18y ago
Dubai's "seedy" side is that it seems like a theme park for a modern city more than a modern city. ""There is also another side to Dubai’s booming market. Most large hotels are little more than dens of prostitution." http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/ http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/ "It was difficult at the time to get any sense of realism from the city. You’d try to apply for credit cards, and find that nobody at the banks were really interested in giving you one — they had bigger fish to catch... It was that way with houses and apartments you wanted to rent. The landlords never bothered to follow up on whether you wanted it, if you thought it was a reasonable price. If you had a problem with it — with handing over US$50 000 in one cheque, for example (they have a practice of paying for yearly rental in one or two cheques at a go), then it was your fault, and you had suck it up if you didn’t like it.. It felt unreal... Nothing about this city is sustainable. The property boom, led by the multi-million dollar apartments along Sheikh Zayed Road, are perhaps doable in the upturn. They were built for investment, not for living." http://popagandhi.com/932/dubai-redux/ http://popagandhi.com/932/dubai-redux/
fiaz 18y ago
At any rate, for a country in the Middle East, they are a lot more open to Western values than anybody else on the peninsula.
- netcan 18y ago
  Are you referring to drinking, gambling & prostitution?