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| Well, intersting thread, however not to see the things in black and white:
Dubai which unlike Abu Dhabi hardly has any oil, whitin 2-3 decades has made a lot out of sands. Just check amount of tourists, visitors, businessmen,... in last a few years and compare it to almost zero some years ago.
I admit there has been exagerration, and overvaluation in some prospects of city developments (like dreamful building projects without being sure of it's feasibility and profitability), but this shouldn't question the whole issue.
Last couple of months, have seen global financial tsunami hitting there and many projects are halted,... so I believe this will cause the rulers there, to be more realistic and stick to facts and develop the city accordingly. | |
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Anybody read Jule Verne's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller_Island
It's about an artificial floating city on a ship called Milliard City where only the very wealthy live.