[50 cool 50]

So this is the story so far Mikey.....

Some bully started a thread slating Dubai at every opportunity, and it was fit for intended purpose,
and every tom, Dick, and harry wanted to give their opinion and jump on a bandwagon at any chance,
any good thing thing going on in Dubai would be argued into a negative at every opportunity
(why I do not know, Dubai is great)
i

So I thought it was about time someone gave a more realistic and balanced thread a chance for people that are genuinly interested in the positive aspects in Dubai
Such as living there, the Dubai community, lifestyles, eating out, investment, economics, good places to eat, get a reasonably priced haircut???

This is a thread for real people that are genuinly interested, and are not depressed doom and gloomers, don't have hang ups and are open to discover, and learn why Dubai is and continues to be a great city

Please save your depressing posts for your doctor or Dubai on a Knife edge thread thanks

[Loggy]

50 cool 50, on Oct 8 2008, 11:13 AM, said:

So this is the story so far Mikey.....

Some bully started a thread slating Dubai at every opportunity, and it was fit for intended purpose,
and every tom, Dick, and harry wanted to give their opinion and jump on a bandwagon at any chance,
any good thing thing going on in Dubai would be argued into a negative at every opportunity
(why I do not know, Dubai is great)
i

So I thought it was about time someone gave a more realistic and balanced thread a chance for people that are genuinly interested in the positive aspects in Dubai
Such as living there, the Dubai community, lifestyles, eating out, investment, economics, good places to eat, get a reasonably priced haircut???

This is a thread for real people that are genuinly interested, and are not depressed doom and gloomers, don't have hang ups and are open to discover, and learn why Dubai is and continues to be a great city

Please save your depressing posts for your doctor or Dubai on a Knife edge thread thanks

So that will be you, 'Ferrari540' and the noob 'Mad about property then' ? That is if you are not all the same person. lol

I bet you all dissapear off this forum as soon as you can no longer do your job ie: ramp Dubai, Ill give it 3 months.

[The Coffee Grinder]

I lived in Dubai for quite a while now,

Me and wife really like it, we've opened 2 coffee shops and we are considering a location for our third now

Dubai to us home. We have a good network of friends, we have a good standard of living, we feel safe where ever we go in the city,
and we have got great weather all year round.

People say Dubai is expensive, but i think anywhere is expensive if you eat out every night,
we live day to day relatively cheaply, groceries are not as expensive as the U.K thats for sure

Its true nowhere is perfect , but we like Dubai

[50 cool 50]

Loggy, on Oct 8 2008, 02:50 PM, said:

So that will be you, 'Ferrari540' and the noob 'Mad about property then' ? That is if you are not all the same person. lol

I bet you all dissapear off this forum as soon as you can no longer do your job ie: ramp Dubai, Ill give it 3 months.

Do you work for Mi5 or something?
all the same person? you bore me

Just because you lost a fortune on your property in england or wales or where-ever, don't have sour grapes at the rest of us who are doing O.K

Your very entertaining and everything but on a more calm note,You know, if everything turned out as you and the other doom mongers say it will, then it will be a case of philosophy
if people have no buying power/no confidence, all you will have is your philosophy on life to carry on
And my philosophy is, I never got into the borrowing culture, anything i got is clean and clear
People will always need somewhere to live, even if they have nothing,
and so rents will always be stable and coming in, and going up in line with inflation so I'm not worried either way,
i can ride out an economic storm or two

but just for your information, i think Dubai is going to stand the test in these hard times
For sure it will definately not suffer on the scale that the USA and UK has seen

This post has been edited by 50 cool 50: 09 October 2008 - 02:51 PM

[dubaiexpat]

Troll thread alert: “Would any man, who is walking alone, tread as willingly on another’s gouty toes, whom he has no quarrel with, as on the hard flint and pavement?”

[ajay]

Property prices are going to crash in nearly every country in the world, and Dubai is going to be in the top 10 of the highest percentage crash.

[pootle]

Is this thread sponsored by the Dubai Tourist board then? You can only look at the positive aspects and not at the whole? If you don't look at the whole then how do you get an idea of the reality?

[forestfire]

I have been really disappointed by all the negative responses to this posting.
Can't we all take our happy pills and believe in the magical fantasy world where property prices in Dubai go up up up and never come down?
Can't the Dubai property agents at least have one thread which flies in the face of reality ? Bring on the insanity!

[A Fool & His Borrowed Money]

forestfire, on Oct 10 2008, 01:49 AM, said:

I have been really disappointed by all the negative responses to this posting.
Can't we all take our happy pills and believe in the magical fantasy world where property prices in Dubai go up up up and never come down?
Can't the Dubai property agents at least have one thread which flies in the face of reality ? Bring on the insanity!

Yes, quite.

anyone got the happy pills the op seems to be on?

[50 cool 50]

pootle, on Oct 10 2008, 12:32 AM, said:

Is this thread sponsored by the Dubai Tourist board then? You can only look at the positive aspects and not at the whole? If you don't look at the whole then how do you get an idea of the reality?

This is exactly my point about the the other threads on here, but illustrated in reverse

I mean I have every respect for people that make a critical post based on facts or a bibliography of proven sources, but when someone says unreasonable things just for the sake of argument......

...This thread is not sponsored by anyone, but if the Dubai tourist board want to give me money then I shall embrace it with open arms....

[pootle]

OK, well I looked at the other thread and both sides of the argument are being expressed. In fact the second reply was a contrary (pro Dubai) point. So where's the problem?

Edit - just noticed there are 2 other threads.

This post has been edited by pootle: 10 October 2008 - 06:31 PM

[Converted Lurker]

The Coffee Grinder, on Oct 8 2008, 07:40 PM, said:

I lived in Dubai for quite a while now,

Me and wife really like it, we've opened 2 coffee shops and we are considering a location for our third now

are these franchises?

[Peter Hun]

goldman, on Oct 9 2008, 11:55 PM, said:

Property prices are going to crash in nearly every country in the world, and Dubai is going to be in the top 10 of the highest percentage crash.

That would be a given, with the fall in Oil prices.

[Ferrari430]

God I am glad that I have most of my investments in Dubai property now. Every other investment is depressing.

Oh! and all of ya have every right to be jealous of me

[I'M WITH STUPID]

Its Official !!! Dubai IS a crock of SH1T BBC LINK