National Geographic on Dubai

BTinSF · #1 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 3:34 AM**

Naw--I didn't take 'em, but I thought they were kool anyway. The current NG magazine has an article on Dubai:

mSeattle · #2 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 3:50 AM**

Trust NG to do it. I love that journal. Great shots too.

Xeelee · #3 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 4:57 AM**

hrm... not bad.

austin356 · #4 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 7:41 AM**

What page? My Dec. 06 just has this stupid thing on Saturn, nothing as cool as Dubai.

mcbaby · #5 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 7:54 AM**

I read it and thought it was interesting. Dubai has some good aspects and bad ones. city planning has been lacking for so long. the island projects have created some bad environmental problems. the human right issues regarding foreign workers living in slums with open sewers was very dissapointing. prostitution and trafficking in women seemed sad. it would be nice for dubai to invest in solar and other alternative energy and even work to make there city more environmental friendly. just because it's in the dessert doesn't mean that all these people and constant construction doesn't cause an impact.

urbanflyer · #6 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 8:00 AM**

I believe the 2nd picture from the last was a comparison from the early 90s to the first shot.

westsider · #7 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 8:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by BTinSF

WOW. Awesome picture, this is why I love NG. My grandparents had probably every issue from 1940-1990 and I must have thumbed through every one.

BTinSF · #8 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 8:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by austin356

What page? My Dec. 06 just has this stupid thing on Saturn, nothing as cool as Dubai.

January 07--page 94.

TheMeltyMan · #9 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 7:50 PM**

Yeah, these two shots ought to be juxtaposed. Same intersection.

MolsonExport · #10 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:02 PM**

Freeways, right in the centre of downtown. Have they not learned anything?

BTinSF · #11 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Freeways, right in the centre of downtown. Have they not learned anything?

Well, I would say in their behalf that walking around in a pedestrian-friendly downtown when it's 120 degrees is not that much fun.

Cory · #12 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheMeltyMan

Yeah, these two shots ought to be juxtaposed. Same intersection.

and look how much the road has stretched across. That building on the right in the desert photo is still there and not too far from the road.

VivaLFuego · #13 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcbaby

I read it and thought it was interesting. Dubai has some good aspects and bad ones. city planning has been lacking for so long. the island projects have created some bad environmental problems. the human right issues regarding foreign workers living in slums with open sewers was very dissapointing. prostitution and trafficking in women seemed sad. it would be nice for dubai to invest in solar and other alternative energy and even work to make there city more environmental friendly. just because it's in the dessert doesn't mean that all these people and constant construction doesn't cause an impact.

The banking center and playground of all the middle east oil ticks, investing in solar and alternative energy? Sorry!

Pretty amazing pictures though, the amount of construction is breathtaking....it's basically a developers sandbox, do what you want, where you want, cheap!

Fabb · #14 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:30 PM**

I wonder if the Toyota building is still there.
If it is, its days may be numbered.

Tom_Green · #15 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Freeways, right in the centre of downtown. Have they not learned anything?

Hey expert this is not the downtown of Dubai

It`s just the CBD far away from the real downtown.

excel · #16 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 6:01 AM**

Dubai reminds me of cheating in sim city, because you have unlimited money and tons of land, you make everything as big as you can and as nice as you can . Massive buildings right away and expensive roadways. whereas when you dont cheat in the game you have to start small and build up as your pop grows and as demand grows. just like all cities in real life. the thing that is the most intense is looking at photos of new york, chicago, london etc. when they were small cities, and then looking at them now. its almost impossible to comprehend the differences, whereas dubai had no prior look except empty land.

All of this is clearly refering to the NEW parts of Dubai not the old city. Obviously Dubai is a very established old city. im not saying this in a negative mannor, it just blows me away with what is going on over there.

keninhalifax · #17 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 3:39 PM**

Ah, Dubai... After all these years, I still don't get it!

sync · #18 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 4:41 PM**

^^î don't get it either.

crisco disco o o · #19 Posted **Dec 22, 2006, 7:05 PM**

when was the picture of the toyota building taken?

lexicon506 · #20 Posted **Dec 23, 2006, 6:21 AM**

Wow, that new Dubai looks horrible. A beautiful freeway at your doorstep and 120 degree weather!! Who would really want to live there?