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[drummer]

Originally Posted by wwmiv

Can you imagine how much of that building sits empty in Dubai, a metro smaller than Austin, and with a smaller economy (albeit not directly comparable), much greater wealth inequality, and a gigantic reliance on very fragile tourism industry built on unsustainable economics?

... albeit it has perhaps a higher profile globally ...

But at least Tom Cruise got to climb it in a movie, so it has that going for it...

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by drummer

But at least Tom Cruise got to climb it in a movie, so it has that going for it...

From what I can tell many of those Dubai towers are largely empty. But the info isn't really forthcoming.