Why Are Expats Leaving Dubai?

Jun.10 -- Millions of foreigners across the Gulf are having to weigh whether to stay or go home as the fallout from the pandemic forces economic adjustments. The impact is starkest in Dubai whose economic model is built on the presence of foreign residents who comprise about 90% of the population. One study estimates that the U.A.E. could lose 900,000 jobs. Bloomberg’s Zainab Fattah reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East.”

[@Slickpete83]

People are leaving Dubai because it never feels like home, and you always feel like a 2nd class citizen , impossible to get citizenship from what i heard

[@BlaBla-yb9wh]

Basically, Every Country in the Gulf's give Expats one of the most ridiculous immigration Rules that they'll never become an UAE citizen in 40 Years. They are still Not keen with the idea of Permanent Residents and New Skilled Immigrants to the City. They only want Expats not Immigrants

[@olorinvalar8950]

Dubai can never be home. Its desert. It would feel like going mars and makingt it home. You will always miss good natural places rather than death looking desert.

[@dogidogkoc]

in every arab country sir, no citizen for foreign

[@conanf129]

lol, I am an arab and BORN in the freakin UAE, lived there till I finished High school, and because dont have a job or residency visa sponsor, I was told to leave when I turned 18. I was never and will never be a citizen (thank god!)

[@KM-leons]

@@olorinvalar8950 Yes, desert is not for human habitation.

[@bingo000]

My dad spent 20 years of his life working in Dubai when it was literally sand and tents. In the end we all had to leave home like we never existed in the country. Regardless of how many years you invest in Dubai, the system is built to benefit the locals not the expats. Till one day the money runs out. It’s a mirage, not a dream.

[@lfarru]

It's not like a place you want to spend the rest of your life anyway. Hopefully you guys settled in a better place

[@zs3671]

Did they force your dad to go there? Maybe he should have stayed in India. Stop being ungrateful and move on. I’m sure he made a decent salary.

[@fudgerace4356]

Sound like a caring goverment to their people... I wish my gov is like that...

[@ziokuntscorp.8680]

@bingo000 why do you expect your dad to be smarter than people of Dubai? Because they're Arabs?

[@kahwailam3313]

😎🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@Summer-th7xd]

We lived in dubai for 30 years, I was raised here. My parents contributed so much to what Dubai is today. Once they no longer need your service, they will not help you unless you're a local. The luxury is a facade built on sand. One day it will all get washed away

[@kunalshetty7144]

Same story here

[@everydayfun9531]

Ain't F going back to that Place again my childhood has been spent there and my adulthood will be spent in canada I wanna raise my kids with both Canadian and pakistani values and I want em to feel welcome at home in canada itself and also tell them stories about my home country aswell!

[@dangerclose95]

"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel" - Sheikh Rashid

[@myerwerl]

Very telling if the situation indeed.

[@yatish007]

😂😂😂

[@TheBayuwicaksono]

I don't get it. What happen with the youngest son?

[@lmiranda8437]

Wow... True fact.. A great prediction.

[@lfarru]

I thought this was a Makhtoum aphorism

[@tigersharkzh]

No surprise people flee Dubai when the cash stops flowing. There's absolutely no reason to be there otherwise.

[@dom1abc1mbc]

what reason is there to stay in any country where there is no income? nothing special about western countries except high income, thats the only reason it attracts foreigners.

[@hellslayer9638]

@@dom1abc1mbc not all countries are high paying go to russia eastern europe rural usa isolated canada and australia and new zealand these are financial hell holes u make money give it in rents bills and food taxes social security those are so expensives u can't afford to own a house even if u save by eating one time a day

[@dom1abc1mbc]

@@hellslayer9638 yeah and you dont see anyone immigrating there

[@hellslayer9638]

@@dom1abc1mbc of course not , who will immigrate to a place with scope ?? unless if someone is retiring and want to live in a quite and mundane place , some villages in western countries are like ghost towns their own citizens left those places for work and scope especially in southern europe

[@rmt1594]

A country without a river or agricultural land? Not a country that will survive.

[@microtasker]

They're rich enough to have it all shipped in. They are in non agricultural businesses. A lot of mineral business, like oil. High tech and financial too, but without the oil none of the other would be possible.

[@simsisimsi3233]

@@microtasker You think the they will have oil forever ? Nope ...

[@microtasker]

@@simsisimsi3233 In the present, nobody cares, but you who probably has no oil either.

[@nattv9498]

@@microtasker They have been bankrupt in the past and now is heading to crisis again.

[@meerabudebs7449]

Well see😉

[@ultimatereveal1687]

Whoever watches a KZbin video without reading comments is missing a lot. Comment section is where the fun is lol. It's where you get to know the opinions of others on issues at hand.

[@abhinayarora95]

I never watch the video lol

[@rivvy2138]

@@abhinayarora95 lmao same.

[@BabyAbood123]

Truth!!!

[@lolal2502]

@@abhinayarora95 😂😂😂. Me too. A lot of times I go straight to comments and there I can find out, what is video about.

[@BarriosGroupie]

Thanks for that useful observation

[@shanehughes3511]

Dubai pretends it is the Paris, London, New York, Rome, Tokyo or Hong Kong of the Middle East, when its nothing more than an artifical cluster of tacky skyscrapers, giant motorways, hidden slums and sand. Westerners and Asians there never feel at home, the place lacks culture, amenities and fun. Its a holiday destination that is interesting for a week or two, but to live in its hell. Unless you're a millionaire its nothing. Give me a moderate sized city like Amsterdam, Munich, Dublin or Boston any day. If I want to live in a mega city, London NYC or Tokyo will do fine. Dubai is a mirage that pretends to be a dream, that will turn out to be a failure.

[@capnsteele3365]

Even New York City it has culture there are people there are rich and theres poor, that's what makes a city. when you don't have any middle class and only rich people there won't be any culture. And most of the rich people there come from different areas of the world and will never be

[@filhazzubair4835]

Couldn’t have put it better

[@shanehughes3511]

@@capnsteele3365 also new york like most cities in the West and Asia, had grown over centuries. NYC grew from european culture and later became part of the American culture. It has centuries of history, varying architecture, diverse population, museums, libraries, clubs, bars, restaurants, cafes, art districts and as you said a majority middle class. Dubai went from fishing village to mega city in 30 years. Yet it made no attempt to bring the thousands of years of arabian culture into the city or create a cultural and diverse hotspot in the middle east, instead it tried so hard to be super modern and sleek looking that it grew into nothing more than a vanity project for oil and property tycoons. NYC, along with most medium or big sized cities is a world away from dubai. Dubai is like a theme park

[@comethalley3185]

Exactly!

[@i.canalista7718]

Very true i thought i was there only one who thought like this

[@gauravsunil817]

Dubai literally is built by Indians, Pakistanis and Filipinos, but they live in far worse conditions. Yes, Dubai as a tourist destination is nice, if you're going for a few days, I've personally been there and the first day, it was like heaven, lit skyscrapers, wide roads, super cars, flashy houses, but on the second day the climate started annoying me, the traffic started to bother me basically everything about it, unless you have very very deep pockets there is no use of visiting or living in Dubai. The real Dubai is hidden from tourists, where the labourers dwell, Bur Dubai and Deira, they are in real bad shape, building a top tier city does not mean making flashy skyscrapers and huge malls, it's how the citizens live, getting citizenship in the US is far easier than in the UAE, the Arabs messed up, they put a huge amount of money into a very temporary investment. You will feel much more satisfied if you walk in a street in India, Spain or Italy, Dubai is all about creating the illusion of being an amazing city but in all honesty it's just Disneyland for adults.

[@davidbrown6461]

UAE you can't get citizenship at all the government is wholly responsible for the mess you see there including institutionalised racism and choking to death the media and Expats based on color coding us whites get far preferential treatment and pay

[@Hzsound]

😞

[@therealParisHilton]

And isn't that virtually the case everywhere in the world and each and every city?

[@Sport4Life]

Sadly, your views are accurate

[@filhazzubair4835]

David Brown yeah. It’s really messed up. Whites apparently improve the image of a company, or that’s what I heard. These people are the same that whine about racism in western countries, and here in their home countries, they aren’t very good either.

[@manoumino]

Dubai is the place where primary school children pay the same tuition fees as university and master students in the UK and US.

[@hannesproductions4302]

Primary schools in the US and UK are a joke

[@mikeboate208]

Hannes productions daycare!

[@hannesproductions4302]

@@mikeboate208 true that. People haveing kids they don't care about and out source the parenting

[@maryamkidwai2543]

Uhhhh no

[@afrah8986]

Yes this is true, for year 12 an average school costs around 8500 usd dollars

[@Henry-Bukenya]

I can't believe that I have spent almost 2 and a half hours just reading the comments of a 4:47 minutes

[@mistertexaz]

Welcome to KZbin 😂

[@deadringer2349]

My opinion: The comments section is more fun than the actual video. 95% of the time

[@MHussain-es2qd]

🤣🤣🤣

[@koma7778]

@@deadringer2349 agreed

[@koma7778]

@@deadringer2349 came for the click bait video Stayed for the Comments

[@trebledc]

Expats goes to a place to work for the well being of that country not to create a home. Dubai will never give or did give an expat home. The formula of their economy has many flaws, a house of cards.

[@wudemaya]

The UAE blocked all residents from entering the country due to Covid, causing thousands to be stranded, but at first allowed GCC citizens to enter.

[@trebledc]

@Mart -EL The city is built on Debt very big debt, low productivity of citizen, high productivity of expats. Oil is down, expats going out, tourist down, all real-estate empty, most of all they did not open up for permanent residency.

[@wudemaya]

trebledc so true

[@alohamana]

@@wudemaya Yes, and bills are still being asked and lock-down or not if you don't pay the bills on time, you will get penalties. And they're huge...

[@saifmohamed718]

@@trebledc Excellent analysis.

[@patsmith2571]

Dubai is basically a high end tax shelter. But once you've gone shopping 300 times, now what?

[@dangerous_ngga]

Than you go to to shopping another 300 times !!:))

[@nedeljko84]

Than you Kite surf or you sail, ride a motorboat or just enjoy the beach. If you find that boring than you can go to the desert and ride a quad bike or a buggy or a 4x4, maybe light a barbecue or stay for the night under the open sky, boring? Don't worry, there's plenty more if you like sports but if I start on that subject it may take me a while to write you everything you can do here both indoors and outdoors including the waters sports. You like horse riding? Mountains? Zipline? Diving? Jumping out of plane or paragliding? Oh wait, that's boring... Once I've been on the beach, had breakfast and played some volleyball than we went to MOE and had lunch with friends than we spent few hours skiing indoors but I guess that's all boring for you. Did I mention that we have F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi and you can take your motorcycle or your car on a track day? We have one that in Dubai too as well as off road motocross track, cart racing tracks but I guess that's boring right? Trust me, I can go on and on how boring is here dude, don't make the same mistake and stuck at this place for almost a decade...

[@ach4049]

@@nedeljko84 Dubai is amazing and family friend ❤

[@sirus312]

shop until you drop!

[@forza223bowe5]

Same in all countries, once you have done everything

[@chrismacky7548]

People are leaving because it’s too expensive and its boring...

[@renegade7027]

Very true

[@vkray]

Yeah True. I gone to Dubai in 2011 and left in early 2013 due to boredom.

[@nattv9498]

It’s not a good city to live because lack of nature.

[@paragua79]

Try Switzerland... My God if you guys consider the UAE boring, you'll kill yourself in Switzerland I lived in both places trust me... My cousin came to visit me for 90 days.. She changed her flight after 3 weeks!

[@renegade7027]

Hernan Stefani 😂😂😂😂i have plans of coming there too o💔💔 are they racist?

[@WezMwangi]

Why are expats leaving Dubai? Because IT'S ALL A MIRAGE.

[@alexanderkennedy1801]

I lived in Dubai for 1 year. The first month you feel like you are living in the future , then you will hate it. The worst thing is you have to deal with all these dumb emerati that don't deserve their money.

[@emanhnaialbaghdadi3982]

Alexander Kennedy wooow.. jealous!!

[@heavenstomurgatroyd7033]

Eman HnaiAlbaghdadi - why would he be jealous of a failed experiment? Your grandfather rode a camel and lived In a tent, your grandchildren will too, all 200 of them!😂

[@janissary69]

No human rights, no freedom. Money cannot keep people for so long...

[@RaxOnya]

I used to be cabin crew in Dubai, I knew people who lived their life here till they were 50 and then they get kicked out of the country and lose their life and their friends, People think it's a glamours place here but it is a pure misery.

[@meerabudebs7449]

Maybe it is for expats but not for us locals Sorry lol

[@vikas1520]

@@meerabudebs7449 so sad of you to say that... They are the one who built your country

[@fortnitegameplays9486]

@@meerabudebs7449 I was born in Dubai and lived there for 18 years before I left to USA.. I'm 19 now. Let me tell you how high school is like there. It's pretty sad, because you make a lot of friends but by the time you reach 14-15, people start leaving to their home country or immigrating somewhere else. So by the time you reach grade 11 or 12, 95% of the people you knew 10 years ago have left. This is because you HAVE to leave UAE one day or the other. Only the locals stay here.

[@meerabudebs7449]

@@vikas1520 and were very grateful for all that they have done for our country but what am I supposed to do? Kiss their feet and give them all my money? Their not forced to live here

[@meerabudebs7449]

@@fortnitegameplays9486 your talking to me like it’s not MY country😂 look idk how other people situations are and the things they have to go through but from what i do know its that i have friends for 8 years that were born here and they aren’t forced or are planning to leave.

[@burnout486]

So happy to see so many negative comments! After seeing all the famous people and artists "promoting" Dubai I thought I was the only one hating but reading the comments made my day!

[@sultanbnbshr5840]

Hahahah fucking expats

[@ilhamkamal591]

People are leaving because they are losing their jobs and salaries are being slashed significantly, so why stay.

[@ihateyoumother-fucker3204]

Ilham Kamal: how about why travel and attempt to live in a country one has no real love for anyway?

[@shiveerramphal1802]

Its a horrible place to live. I’ve visited and it just felt fake and nothing about it feels human. You also feel like a second class citizen there.

[@jamaalharmon6305]

Bc u are

[@jekdndn2420]

@@jamaalharmon6305 you too...

[@dom1abc1mbc]

you are not even a citizen lmao, the only place where you could be a first class citizen is your country of citizenship

[@dom1abc1mbc]

you think emiratis have the same rights as americans if they lived there? no lmao

[@dekuvisuals9847]

Dubai may look good on the surface but it has a rotten core, i noticed this spending some time in the UAE, Arabs treat you like a second class citizen, there are no labour laws and slavery is common

[@globalfoodaction6748]

This is why so many immigrants to Canada have been based in UAE for a while. They take a bit of a pay cut in order to actually find a home.

[@truth2theface]

What do you mean paycut? The uae is known to give salaries based on nationality of the employee...asians almost always get lower salaries than westerners for the same job...moving to canada may actually lead to an increase in salary for these asians

[@btc-eth2130]

truth2theface from which source?

[@globalfoodaction6748]

@@truth2theface just depends on the position. Some who come to Canada, after working in high income jobs in Dubai, do take a pay cut. But also, it's true, some low wage salary workers would earn more in Canada. Lots of Filipinos do this. As a Canadian, I have immense respect for Filipinos who come to Canada. They work hard and many become successful or manage to build a life for themselves. Something that may not be as easy in the Gulf.

[@honprarules]

@@btc-eth2130 he's right. White people and locals are worshipped there.

[@davidbrown6461]

@@btc-eth2130 I'm white with a western passport I was offered over 4 times the pay of an Asian expat for the SAME POST 100% they got inbuilt racism and discrimination

[@andrewhall127]

the dubai model is broken - in fact the middle east expat life is dying.... wont be very long before its dead.

[@sammy0722]

Dubai feels like an Artificial Intelligence driven dead body. You can never feel like home. Inspite of its luxurious ambiance, it's a concrete jungle and desert. It lacks vibe of a home sweet home kinda feel. For decades it was artificially sustained or rather kept alive for rich banker but it always lacked nature's touch

[@hibbahibba]

I agree. I was there in 2014. Concrete paradise.

[@mansoryO]

you gotta be from there to feel home, some people came here and some feel like its home and others feel its just a job and they never really get into it. which is fine because a lot is expected of such a small city of 2.5m people

[@learnmore5490]

Cant be said any better. Thats all about UAE in a few words!

[@tenzero5274]

not true. if you’re from here it’s literally so hard to move anywhere else. everything about it feels like home and brings warmth

[@rivvy2138]

@@learnmore5490 uhh..no lmao have you seen or even been to other places other than Dubai in the UAE?

[@Sum_Ting_Wong]

I went there in 2007 and people were crying and saying how unjust the whole system was. Looks like they managed to maintain the illusion a lot longer than I thought.

[@D3C3n50r]

Always viewed Dubai as a temporary playground for the rich... was never going to last forever...

[@fudgerace4356]

That sounds like a definition of Life...

[@yousafkhan6921]

@@fudgerace4356 Once the oil runs out, standard of living is going to return back to what it was in the 1800s.

[@MusicLyf4]

Yousaf Khan stop with this backward mentality. You are behind times, UAE economy is less than 4% dependent on oil

[@rahulnambiar3928]

@@MusicLyf4 The last time I checked (which is just before I typed this) UAE was still oil dependent economy. And if you believe its not, well then may your belief save you. And if you say that Dubai is not oil dependent, well then its debt, real estate, trade passage, tourism dependent all of which are basically backed by oil based investments.

[@Nounooon]

@@rahulnambiar3928 As much as I love living in Dubai and don't agree that when oil is gone the standard of living will go back to the ground, you are totally correct that the UAE and Dubai are still extremely dependent on oil indirectly through the items you listed. They managed to diversify the direct economy and invest on infrastructure to limit their exposure, but this second stage of dependency is still extremely real.

[@AmusementForce]

I love living in Dubai paying 0% income and 0% corporate tax. I ain't leaving. Leave to where? EU, USA? To pay 70% tax. No thanks.

[@sahilsomsagar9870]

This devils commenting bad have not leaved here in gulf countries still bark 😂

[@mirkoIncertiFornaciari]

Malaysia! Go to Malaysia!!!

[@hamzaabdouraman1730]

Are you american ? I think you still have to pay income tax ..

[@MarkWright1963]

No you just pay over the top for everything else. Muppet.

[@anyTimeTV24X7]

5% Vat. Thousands of Fines. Low paying jobs with high house rents and living expenses. How does one save money. How does one survive?

[@hanbulban3131]

Dubai place u go and live a temporary delusional life, if they want people to stay, invest and spend they should give permanent residency so ppl can live their lives there and spend their money there

[@adrianaadnan7704]

They dont want other citizens than their own. Unlike malaysia your second home real estate program. Then y sell allot of houses?? 🙄 So u should retire here n buy homes but u'll never be our residents or get any benefits! That cant work

[@jasonlahey1550]

Thailand is pretty much the same.

[@asadb1990]

well the emiratis give their citizens special privileges likes free or super cheap education for children, higher living minimum wages rivaling qualified expat wages, special pricing and more secure jobs, etc. unlike canada, usa, etc. who give nothing special to the working citizens.

[@varunemani]

@@asadb1990 Good.. Best start hoping u are born a pure blood to a wealthy Muslim Arab Emirati Shake and to one of our high tribes, In ur next life of course Habibi may the gods be fair.. 😎

[@asadb1990]

@ClickNSpam well the smart citizens will convert their wealth into other investments as well as precious metals. not all sheikhs are money wasters. unless the electric car makers start giving out the cars and the chargers for free or dirt cheap, no one is gonna jump on to electric cars. ofcourse if oil dries up completely, the oil companies aren't gonna stop protecting oil interests.

[@bostongalden1171]

Dubai. Way too artificial. Even it's economy is artificial. Depends hugely on foreigners and their expertise and very little on their own.

[@royalpillows7716]

You think that there is a city grown out of nature or something? I don’t understand the “Artificial” comments like every city is artificial you can’t find a city that popped up by nature

[@Ianoxen]

@@royalpillows7716 It means its growth is forced just by purely putting money in it. It did not develop "naturally" over time like other major cities that have undergone ups and downs for centuries.

[@bostongalden1171]

@@Ianoxen precisely. And it's mostly dependent on expatriates to run its businesses and industries. Now that Covid-19 has led to a huge amount of the workforce leaving, many things have come to a complete standstill.

[@dongrandmaster3787]

@@royalpillows7716 it just a city made out of salt.. The sea will wash it away. Salt in this analogy are expatriates, wash away is the mass leaving, and the sea is economic crises that wipe out those expatriates ability to pay basic bills. Dubai post real estate boom is a temporary place, like a transit hall in the airport. I lived in this city prior to the real estate boom.. It was home for me until it changed its skin and that is when I decided to leave. One of the signs of Dubai lost its soul and social character is those long time expats who moved to live in the city during the last 40 years of the 20th century already left and with them the social fabric that made Dubai attractive for expats. Unfortunately, Dubai today is an artificial city and the biggest mistake planner did to the city is they forced accelerated transformation in very short period and in the process they didn't provide a social security net and destroyed those private enterprises that provided some form of social security.

[@habibouallele729]

This economical crisis is all over the world not only in Dubai

[@Ianoxen]

I think eventually all foreigners will leave. You can't be a resident or a citizen, you're only there for work, the culture itself is not inviting, and the weather is far from desirable. It is only for the young and rich. The people who have worked there for years will never be able to call it home. And even if you're rich there are several other countries far better to live in.

[@nelsonbrown1072]

And successful entrepreneurs... I think it’s for everyone but you must see and experience for yourself and don’t watch online negative propaganda

[@zs3671]

In a few months I’m sure you’ll be begging them to go back.

[@dom1abc1mbc]

you can actually retire in UAE and stay indefinitely, rare citizenships tho

[@ameralghabra1517]

The main reason is stability... No matter how long you stay in Dubai you will never become a citizen

[@jclmer5173]

Not just in dubai, it’s all over uae... We’re also going back soon..

[@znasser1]

Julie - get out while you can and ASAP. Good luck and stay safe.

[@MrPinoCavallo]

Is it the cost or a lack of oportunitzies that drives you home again?

[@Lady_Tee15]

Why? What happened?

[@znasser1]

@@Lady_Tee15 There seems to be something mysterious that's called coronavirus (sp?), Or something like that, that is affecting peoples' health and it's putting businesses and travel at a halt. They just gave it another name called covid-19 🙄

[@jclmer5173]

Typically not a place to call my home.. Just here for work, now economy’s going down, salary deductions and other bills can’t keep up.. better to go back and start a new with my family... Though i’m thankful for uae but can’t stay here forever..🙂🙂

[@cruisecontrol4922]

This is the story of all the oil 'rich' middle eastern countries. They never had any government programs or subsidies for the 'expatriates' that actually built their entire existing economies.

[@onyangojordan3873]

Its indians who built the UAE econony but were later sidelined for westerners!

[@adrianaadnan7704]

Even westerners will only be kept while they are still useful

[@Henry-Bukenya]

@Fareed Waseem westerners invest a lot. Look at hospitality companies. How many western hotels operate in Dubai alone? But still I agree that Indians are key characters in the uae economy.

[@عبدوفايز-ب3ز]

Well what so called great power in previous century like Britain or France was stealing other nations wealth directly like Africa or India plus they employ millions of African and Indian in their army and infrastructure without any payment

[@Read-this-comment]

How about the story of the western countries.can you talk about that

[@WaseemSadri]

Dubai is open to tourists in the midst of a global pandemic as they are completely dependent on foreigners.

[@geoffk777]

Expats live in Tokyo because they love Japan. Expats live in Singapore because it's clean with good food. Expats (used to) live in HK because it was a better version of China. Expats live in Dubai because they have a job that pays really well and makes up for the fact that it's not really an interesting or economical place to live. If the jobs go, so do the expats.

[@adamgoodword7888]

very well said

[@geoffk777]

@Chen Uy Now that HK is essentially on China law, that may be true. Historically, HK had some additional freedoms, as well as a large English speaking community and financial business. This made it preferable for most expats.

[@nammalilleee3207]

Went dubai for a visit : " immigration agent didn't greet, didnt look at me except when validating photo, and kept on chatting with his habibi" Moved to Australia: BSF filled in declaration form for my family, had a conversation qith the immigration officer, was treated like everyone else. In Dubai i felt like a cattle import. And ironically my dubai expat relatives would ask me if Australia is racist 😑

[@Gnashercide]

And what the prob with not wanting immigration ?

[@vitasoy1437]

try the immigration in US. but ya Dubai seems like it's very hollow

[@SeaJayBelfast]

So refreshing to see a whole comment section of other people who hate Dubai. I really really hate that place.

[@sultanbnbshr5840]

Your probably from india no bathroom

[@stubru16]

Lived in Dubai and Kuwait and I was glad to get back to Australia, those places are extremely racist rude and ignorant people, they are very mean to foreign workers,

[@dom1abc1mbc]

funny because i hear the same racism from people comin from australia

[@M.K-SAVE]

Yet Australians, Europeans, Americans, Canadians get the highest pay and yet complain

[@mateosanfitz9625]

@@dom1abc1mbc the average arab is probably more racist than the average westerner lol

[@alyaly2355]

@@mateosanfitz9625 You do realize the west destroyed a lot of Arabs right?

[@vedranvedraaan5793]

It will end up with empty buildings like in Qatar.

[@lfarru]

Does Qatar have a problem of buildings being empty?

[@thisoldmtb3815]

and china

[@flint2001]

I can't wait!

[@koma7778]

Abu Dhabi has already been empty

[@KB-dj2cg]

@@lfarru Yes it does. Doha is pretty much a very empty city. The contrast with Dubai is too high. It also does not receive that many tourists.

[@shutternomad90]

I am an expat who lived in Dubai from 2012 - 2017. In that 5 years I've come to love Dubai. That place is so close to my heart. But I will never go back to Dubai as long as I'm sane. Dubai is like a drug, it feels so good and so right but it's not at all good for you. Yes you make money, but don't be fooled by those high salaries. Dubai has some pretty good tricks up it's sleeve to make sure you save none of your income. Yes it is a tax free heaven ( they may have introduced VAT recently but it was tax free while I lived there ) But the rents are stupidly high. You have zero support from your government. All those health insurance that you get from your employer is very rudimentary that when you actually read your cover you start to worry even more and end up getting your own health insurance which is very expensive. Let's say you lived there you had a good life you end up having a family and kids. The school and college fees will cost you an arm and a leg. The education system is subpar and higher education qualification like a degree or something is not recognised anywhere else in the world. Let's say you some how managed to survive multiple recession cycles ( which is inevitable in dubai, every 8 - 10 years ). Let's say some how you don't lose your job ( companies open and close in Dubai, like your 7 year old's lemonade business ). Now you're 65 and ready to retire. You have no savings because you never had a chance to save. You have no government pension because you're not a citizen. You have no house of your own due to not being able to save at all. What do you do now ? Go back to your "home country" which has nevee been your home ? Your kids will some how get themselves tangled in the same cycle that you did but they will have their own life to live, you can't financial become dependent on them can you ? Yes Dubai is amazing, companies there pay high salary, in some cases even higher than big eruopean cities like London. But it means nothing as you get seduced by Dubai's money pit of a life style and you get sucked in just like thousands of other expats. My advice to any young person living there or planning to move there is just save yourself. I had the discipline to realise that I'm only gonna be young for so long and I have to make sure I make something out of it for my old days if I live to see them. I was 22 when I moved there and by the time I was 25 I realised what a fake mirage Dubai is. The next 2 years I just worked hard to find my way out of there. I love Dubai a lot. But it's a very bad place for anyone who has nothing to fall back on if shit hits the fan.

[@Al_the_great89]

Enjoyed reading your comment. What industry sector did you work in, and how did you apply for a job, was in online or did you visit the country?

[@shutternomad90]

@@Al_the_great89 I worked in many different industries like Travel and tourism / retail / leisure and events. I found jobs online as well as through friends and through people I knew

[@Al_the_great89]

@@shutternomad90 Appreciate the reply. So there is no need to visit the country to find a job, correct? And Could I know your nationality, since I'm not European,I have a bias towards job s going to only European nationals

[@shutternomad90]

@@Al_the_great89 yes that's another issue in UAE. Racism is wide spread and common. The locals don't care about it. They don't even see it as racism. It is very bad. White people are given priority over brown and black skinned people. I'm from India.

[@MrMarioevangelou]

@@shutternomad90 Thank you for your very informative comment. Interesting read

[@christonngoveni8438]

Dubai is not a place where people can go settle, you go work or vacation and go back home

[@truthseeker3536]

I was never interested in rich arab nations. They only had glittering cities and nothing else but desert! I like countries that have forests, grasslands, lakes, rivers, mountains, wildlife etc. Not endless miles of sand outside the urban centres.

[@virginboy83]

Then move to tropical island.

[@matt0765]

Ok move to Indonesia we have everything you need

[@donovan8747]

I see that most people going there just to make money lol. Some for adventure.

[@ahamedsalim7609]

In my view oman is the best country to live in among the gulf countries tho you don’t get to build your own home just like locals but you don’t have to worry about high rentals,expenses and most importantly locals are much friendlier and generous in terms of help they offer...(this is coming from an expat born and lived oman for 21 years)

[@RIZFERD]

All arab countries are the same, same history as well of the dark age

[@afogbonjaiyewisdom1436]

will you be so kind to link me up with a job that has a reasonable salary pay,,,I currently live in dubia but need to my job

[@irfanalibhatti1]

UAE RESIDENTS = visitors status .. Even you live here for 30 years... u will think who r you...

[@rockroyaltymc]

if your country was better you wouldnt have come here. if you dont like it, go back to your amazing country

[@CarstenHazz]

Dubai are always meant to be a vacation country.

[@Nounooon]

Unless you buy a (relatively cheap) property to get the investor residency visa.

[@filhazzubair4835]

Rockroyaltymc and “go back to your country”, I can assure you is not a valid comeback to a debate that has actual points.

[@emanuelriquelmemontoya3819]

being a 'permanent visitor' it's a good thing, you don't pay taxes, don't have to accept a trashy passport, don't have any obligation with the country whatsoever

[@ericking8402]

I’ve been here in Dubai for 11 years. The day you don’t have a job you pack up and leave irrespective of how many yrs you stayed, no citizenship. Also you can’t raise your family here. YOU CAN’T!!!!

[@taghazoutmoon5031]

Same for the United States

[@vegasgirl3538]

Out of curiosity, why is Dubai not considered family friendly?

[@ericking8402]

VegasGirl35 ....Firstly, once you’re here, you’ll soon realize that sense of no permanency. No community life (humans need each other), in Dubai you’re on your own, feels like you’re in a temporary work camp even if you live in Burj Khalifa. Dubai has tried to improve that by building some cities that encourage community life, cities like JVC, Emirates Hills, Dubai Hills, Meydan, MBR etc, they’re really good, expensive, but don’t feel real. City with no soul. If you eventually get a friend here, you wake up the next day and they are gone from the country. Your kids hardly have people (friends) to associate with after school. Education is damn expensive. Getting a drivers license will set you back over $1,300. Let’s not even talk about rent; houses are really good but that’s where Dubai milk you like a cow 🐄. You’re only lucky when you’re in your 20s or 30s. Once you begin to leave your 30s then you realize you can get fewer jobs, then you’ll be thrown out of Dubai soon. Except you have risen to a very good level in your career. Good relationship is hard to find here, most men in Dubai are liars, also the ladies. Because of the little shortage of women in Dubai there is a scramble for them, and men would do anything to get any girl 😀. Food is cheap tho. Dubai is really beautiful and peaceful. I love Dubai but I would prefer a country I can call home, and where my kids can call home. If you’re luck to be really really rich, you’ll enjoy the fast cars, they’re relatively cheap here. Good roads and shopping malls.

[@dangerous_ngga]

Why you cant raise you're family ?? I dont understand !! 😐

[@vegasgirl3538]

@@ericking8402 Thanks for the response, Eric. It sounds like the kind of place that's exciting and glamorous at first, but the shine wears off pretty quickly.

[@happyface96]

Funny Al Jazeera didn'r report this one.

[@berkovl7226]

Al Jazeera is a Qatari company. Qatar and the UAE are still in conflict. It is truly strange how they don’t report this sort of thing. Yesterday i saw a vide by al jazeera that talked about racism in Tunisia, yet not in the gulf. 🤔

[@znasser1]

A R - Check Al-Jazeera Arabic there are tons of material on UAE and Saudi Arabia regarding their economy. Rest assured both have been grilled by Qatar and that's Aside from in depth corruption cases that this channel disclosed including torture of foreign laborers on the hands of UAE sheikhs, one of the sheikhs is the brother of MBZ.

[@hollysaga]

I bet they are planing a DOCUMENTARY lol i hate them

[@znasser1]

@@hollysaga why?

[@MA-pb5bc]

They are busy with their new propaganda.

[@Burn_Disney_Burn]

Best comment section I’ve ever read , respect to all you wonderful people with educated opinions . Maybe there is hope

[@mochammadhabibie4774]

they built everything that biggest,best and luxurious with oil money,some of them was unnecessary such as world islands project. i wouldn't be surprised if dubai turns into a ghost town just like chernobyl

[@michealbay1290]

Ooof There's a game from 2010 called spec ops the line, it's based in Dubai turning into a sandstorm gutted ghost town

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

Lolllll comparing Dubai to Chernobyl made me laugh my ass off

[@bkinouye]

The people who will pay are the property owners who will find their properties worth a lot less than what they paid.

[@anonUK]

Diddums.

[@lfarru]

Former owner here. I bought my flat in 2006 (at the apex of the price when the bubble was at the top). I sold it in 2015 and luckily I managed to get my money back (I actually got less but due to exchange rates I got my money back). At the moment the same flat is at -30%. At first I regret selling it because I had good rental income, but seeing the actual situation I did the right thing. EDIT: I want to add that generally the buildings are built like shit. I remember every year there was a leakage or renovation to do in my flat. The common areas were in a bad state/not maintained properly (comparing to what we are used to in Europe).

[@hendywijaya3213]

and the environment will pay the most

[@arunmfive]

@@sgill4833 And now poor demand is going to drive prices down further. Watch what happens when flights open up.

[@akshatthakur3151]

Not necessarily as it depends where u invest

[@elfulano5884]

The mirage is beginning to fade.

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

That's right. Are u a fulani, btw?

[@habibouallele729]

The mirage fading it's not only in Dubai it's all over

[@elfulano5884]

@@theemirofjaffa2266 No I'm a "fulano" (a Colombian).

[@lolal2502]

@@habibouallele729 Exactly!!! Is there any country that is not in a crisis?

[@phoenix5054]

Employees: We are leaving Dubai now. There are no opportunities anymore. Employers: Hippity hoppity you are now my property.

[@marvinandlovu2850]

Thats is so true the employers think we are their properties.

[@BellambiFredRoberts]

That’s probably why employees are going back, they are not their property or slaves. These type of employers just give UAE and Saudi Arabia a very bad image. We see this all the time now in the news about modern day domestic workers being kept as slaves illegally.

[@ntomenicgiorgo3598]

Huge waste of glass and steel for a glorified shopping mall in the desert.

[@krollpeter]

That's why. It is nice for a while only, but not a home.

[@abdullaharmoozi4311]

You’re a waste to humanity hater !!

[@criticalhard]

Agree, and not only glass even plastic is a waste in a place like that.

[@AbdulKhaliq-vo5zw]

Nice words from deep heart

[@vaishramachandran7240]

Abdulla Harmoozi oh the irony

[@paulpangilinan5324]

So much negativity in the comment section. While Dubai cannot give us a “Permanent” home it definitely gave us a chance for a better life than what we can achieve in our own home countries.

[@zs3671]

Finally someone who understands what it means to be grateful.

[@axa3547]

Pay according to nationality that’s a bigger concern than getting citizenship

[@donovan8747]

If you're coming from a poor, corrupt, third countries then yes... that's makes sense. I've seen the life of mostly southest asians there, it's miserable tbh.

[@missraeray]

I went for 7 days and after day 4 I was ready to go back to the US . Beautiful but boring after a couple of days . There’s a cultural element missing

[@w.almutairi3744]

You should’ve gone to Oman

[@jf6591]

You're probably too poor to enjoy Dubai and I don't mean to offend but that's the reality, Dubai is a city for rich people.

[@vn6870]

@@jf6591 if you only need money to enjoy a place, something is wrong with the place

[@royalpillows7716]

That “Cultural element” resides in certain places in Dubai such as Deira where there is souqs,Museums,Old architecture,Cheap boat rides,Local stores and way more :)

[@maryamkidwai2543]

The cultursl element is in other oarts if the UAE and some parts of Dubai. Dubai is the tourist trap the rest is pretty nice cities.

[@ajchughtai6254]

Well my company cut 100% salary now we are working on commissions and there's no business in the market.

[@yousafkhan6921]

Have you considered leaving and going back to your country? The job market seems to be pretty tough right now.

[@swatteam2002]

@@yousafkhan6921 it seems to me it didn't get tougher yet .. some big business people predicted the economy will get back up SLOWLY by 2023, who knows

[@sukarap7754]

it seems like in qatar too most of government projects are already cutting their salaries for 2 months and very delay salaries.

[@sosiimartinez2268]

Ohh wow

[@arkiadell8013]

It’s the greed . Schools so greedy. Shops so greedy . People so greedy. U left with nothing . Over paid people. Make low paid suffer

[@campkira]

they go there since it was tax free but there so much bullshit they just going to left..

[@philipjoseph4828]

Very true. A perfect explanation about Dubai. All running after for money

[@philipjoseph4828]

A excellent reply, it’s very true

[@lolal2502]

And where is not like that? This is the way of the world.

[@KumaBean]

I couldn't help but hear your comment in my mind in the voice of Johnny-5 from the movie 'Short Circuit', lmao

[@Ivan-vv6nd]

I have job in dubai , and I wait for my reliever to replace me because I need urgently go to Europe. But dubai stoped with issuing resident visa ( tourist can come ?) and my receiver can not come. Now I will leave Dubai with family and I will not come back anymore.

[@royalpillows7716]

Tourists can come because the UAE curved the cases..If you see daily there are less and less cases..Even some European countries opened tourism.

[@kalmuhipodcast]

Have lived in both US & UAE. From freedoms afforded, schooling to the standard of living - as a millennial I wouldn’t stay in a country that segregates society and doesn’t pay you for your residency and loyalty. Many people including my parents spent 10 years there and were still treated as outsiders. Economy and “tax free living” is all this place has to offer - when that goes so will the people.

[@mia4464]

Tax till death is that what people want to pay for?

[@Gnashercide]

Hum yeah you're not a local

[@kalmuhipodcast]

@@Gnashercide lived there for 10 years.

[@Gnashercide]

@@kalmuhipodcast yeah that what i said . Livin in Japan for 10 years doesn't make you a Japanese.

[@kalmuhipodcast]

@@Gnashercide I learned Arabic, learned the culture and experienced it to make an informed decision. If I need to be a Arab to love UAE then the video is right lol.

[@spider82666]

It's a great destination to transfer to flights to Thailand.

[@randomworld4662]

What do you mean I didn't get it?

[@bkklifeguard]

Dubai airlines offered cheapest flights from US or Europe to the most popular destination in SE Asia like Thailand or Bali. Doing this way they can bring many tourists to stop by in Dubai. Otherwise no visitors. Only expats.

[@philly1776]

Right on David!!!! DXB - BKK Emirates Air 6 hours non stop....BOOM:):)

[@kahwailam3313]

😎😎😎😎🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@@randomworld4662 Bankok, Pataya.......the glitzy lights.

[@fredhampton321]

Dubai will never be home

[@muzikagac7613]

Game over for this country now

[@shrikantpanmand7902]

Dubai to become a ghost city soon!

[@الراسخونفيالعلم-ل4ط]

What people here missed that Arab expacts are the most mistreated and the most are leaving with negative bank accounts. my uncle lived there since 1967 when he got sick with cancer, the owner fired him and took his insurance so he was not able to finish treatment. His kids has to pay for all the costs . He was the general manager of the company for over 20 years. Then he was lucky to enter Palestine through his newly given American passport, because he lost his citizenship by Israel force of laws in 1967 when he left Palestine , he died 3 years ago in his homeland. So it's unfortunate that rich people of gulf countries behave even to toward their own race and against the teaching of Islam.

[@azizbahlas861]

Eliaa Nas a fraternal thought for your uncle may he rest in peace

[@dancedricarevalo699]

Answer: Dubai was set up that way for the longest time

[@indranilchakrabarty4196]

How long

[@AA-db9cb]

Housing bubble pop = dead economy. Abu Dhabi and the rest of the UAE should have invested in farming instead.

[@dom1abc1mbc]

wow we have an expert on economy, geography here

[@nayeemkazi9061]

People are commenting like, only Dubai's economy has effected.

[@OverdrivenKatana]

This has affected everyone's economy

[@habibouallele729]

You right brother it's capitalism failing all over the world

[@avrilshukoot254]

Because even before corona thats already happening ..

[@habibouallele729]

Fareed Waseem they make the mistake joining the capitalist bubble economy , it looks like the bubble is burst they all going down

[@maxxitee4761]

nayeem kazi you couldn’t have made a better point. We have Bahamas and other Caribbean islands that thrive on Tourism and the hotels and beaches are empty. Chicken is being rationed in the USA. It’s the implications that came with the pandemic. Like any other down turn things will look up again. But time is the common denominator for all of us. It’s about survival now. Luxury has to take a back seat. Meanwhile civic is still spreading like an out of control wild fire

[@ARCHIHAB]

I love Dubai, lived there for more than 8 years, then I moved to the USA after I lost my job as my wife is a US citizen, although I found a job right after I moved anyway because I felt insecure, it's sad that there is no option of a permanent residency in the UAE, so you could call it home, and I think that will create a problem for the economy out there as booms will bring a lot of people and busts will make them leave after they were part of the economy and that will make it even worse, I think they have to figure out a way to keep that population fast, or all this infrastructure and buildings that were built to house them will just be useless.

[@ixlnxs]

I have relatives who lived in Dubai for 25 years until they retired and they still live in the UAE but in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi though. They hate Dubai. Funny cause they built it.

[@Jackrobert28]

Good, they need to leave. UAE is long overdue to fall. Too much foreign policy has lost them safety and creates lot more dangers on top of the bad economy. All the wars lost them money.

[@nedsocali1829]

Leave where??? To other countries where millions and millions have also lost their job??? Sir, Review this message in summer 2021 and you will see how wrong it is. Dubai will not only never fail, but will not be allowed to fail by the powers thar be! It is the place where families meet, but more importantly where enemies feel safe enough to negotiate and do their deals. It has always survived and it will this one too! The whole world is in deep shit...so nothing unique here. Dubai is unique in that it finds ways to offer everyone something....even the ones who have to leave their own countries.

[@moezak6497]

Deluded.

[@Brad-il9mw]

ned socali it’s a bit old school but roflmao

[@michealbay1290]

@Fareed Waseem sometimes I wonder, will Dubai surrender itself to IRAN, like Qatar? Their need to survive and go taller bigger will bring it ultimate destruction.

[@junjurakhman4779]

@Fareed Waseem you must be a real estate agent or something like that . No one is stupid enough to think of dubai with it's 120 degree heat as a gem . Come on man these little fiefdoms are done . They got suckered into wasting all their oil wealth into a mirage of skyscrapers with no underlying population and industry to support such infrastructure . Western countries and corporations fooled the fiefdoms to spend all of their wealth so western corporations and people could make all that windfall profit . They basically channeled all the wealth back to the west . Only citizens of western countries got paid lucrative salaries , almost ridiculously lucrative salaries . The westerners knew exactly what they were doing . They left as soon as everything was done and they had all the money suckered away . Now pretty much every business is bankrupt or about to go bankrupt . Etihad , Emirates , and many real estate companies are finished . Emirates alone is losing $5 billion a year even before the Wuhan Virus . As they say a Sucker is born every minute . These fiefdoms are the biggest suckers .

[@LennyPongPlays]

Our family have been living in UAE and working in Dubai for the last 30 years. I was born and grew up in UAE and I am going to work in there, but there are alot of expact reaching retirement age getting kick out of the country if the did not find a way to renew their residence visa, which is causing alot of the new expact generation to think deeply about staying in UAE. The fact that in other countries they could have became citizens of that country.

[@do_not_replytothisemail1421]

They diversified away from oil, obviously a good move since oil is doing poorly right now. However, some of their other big investments like travel and tourism are also down. They still have financial services, which doesn't really create anything for the world, just lines the pockets of those in the industry, real estate, and trade, all of which remain viable, at least for the time being. They haven't invested much in tech, may be because they're racist against North Asians. For some reason, they do love Europeans and Americans there. The thing is it's going to be a hard sell to get US tech there because America has enough of an appeal to attract much of the best talent from all over the world.

[@vvs25]

Its boring with no real purpose to be there . And there is a class system there. U are treated on how ur wallet is

[@dom1abc1mbc]

almost like everywhere else

[@marzblackbannerz6278]

So much hate in this comment section..I’ve been here for two years, and achieved things I never could anywhere else..I came here knowing well i will never be granted citizenship, as every other expat knew prior to coming here..This country welcomes you with open arms and gives you career, & financial opportunities you can rarely find elsewhere. Stop hatin’ 😒

[@vn6870]

enjoy working for wahabi slavers

[@lolal2502]

I guess, you had a good job. If you have a low paid job, it is hard to appreciate that place.

[@radcow]

Remember Dubai in 08 all the abandoned cars at the airport

[@nitishkannan2919]

radcow since then it’s boomed this pandemic is nothing all Money from China and tax havens will come to Dubai

[@ixlnxs]

@Majidg Majidg And to Asia itself. Asia is booming in countries like Thailand and Vietnam. My family made loads of money in 1990s Dubai, 2000s Bangkok and 2010s Morocco where I came of age. Now I live and work for them in Hanoi and we get opportunities that have faded in UAE.

[@MrMarioevangelou]

I have noticed that many wealthy British Muslims move to UAE. I have also noticed that within a few short years they always seem to move back to the UK for either economic or health reasons. I am continuously told that although UAE is a beautiful country, it is extremely expensive and their health care is sub standard and extortionately expensive. You don't move to Dubai to make money You move to spend money. Usually all your money

[@lesterjones5278]

Hope this women is safe, uae doesnt take likely to people who expose uae like that even though its the truth.

[@lesterjones5278]

@joebob fyi im an indian who was born and raised in abu dhabi. And stop judging a person's nationality by their name

[@emilia6212]

Hope she is not in the middle east period. It is not safe in here to speak out 😊

[@mujtabaali5574]

Come on she is generalist and giving official news.

[@atulbabu6380]

Very much true

[@atulbabu6380]

@joebob mate I have lived here all my life (20 years) so I can confirm that what he is saying is absolutely the truth.

[@beausexon435]

I spent 2.5 years there and left in Feb just before corona (by chance). In that time I earned ridiculous money in an IT leadership role and the 200,000 housing allowance more than made up for being hit with stupid stealth taxes that included speeding fines with no date or location. But I did what most do - cashed in and GOT OUT. Mortgage free and 160,000 euros in the bank back In Germany. Dubai is stupid enough to build an environment where it’s easy to leave - I even got a gratuity payment for leaving!

[@beausexon435]

@ams 15292 the mortgage was 470,000 on top of this you knackered ball bag.

[@yeetidk285]

Woah LMAOO

[@christophervillafania7089]

It's called city of dreams for a good reason.....it's build on sands.

[@bitmindedpewl246]

That’s probably the stupidest comment I read today.

[@azifmusheer3679]

Wow good words 👌🔥

[@truth2theface]

Its built by labourers who earned pennies working in 40°C+

[@unzazarnain6646]

Deep❤

[@stephenmccue5725]

Cant beat the brunches at saffron yum yum

[@albacan]

Dubai proved me wrong for 40 years but this time it’s worse than I predicted / wished. After 2008 Shk Mo complained of imported inflation and he was correct. Fatally he introduced VAT and the cost of living exploded. It was a nicer place when Rashid ran the village. The Bedouin culture is great but the materials of Dubai is vile.

[@Slowsarkm8049]

I'm leaving this horrible place

[@Go_with_modgill]

in dubai people feel loneliness alot , not feel likr home. only work work work and work transportation is expensive dubai is tourist place for rich people

[@lolal2502]

Nowadays many countries are like that. A lot of people work very hard just to survive all around the world

[@soulking4896]

I think because they are not home ?

[@ilikeshroomgals]

Dubai isnt a home its an investment.

[@znasser1]

L_J - and a lousy one...

[@cruisecontrol4922]

Much better places and governments to invest in than Dubai, Emirates.

[@znasser1]

@Fareed Waseem I would trust Turkey way more than any of the Gulf states...

[@criticalhard]

Waste of time and moey*

[@cruisecontrol4922]

@Fareed Waseem Canada is still one of the best places to live in overall. There's a reason why people from Pakistan, India, China etc are still coming into Canada in hordes. No disrespect to those countries but the healthcare system in those countries is very dismal and people working in the service sector have absolutely no empathy for human life or dignity.

[@sanjayraveendran2964]

I like Dubai , cos atleast they care for their own citizens ,unlike many countries that don't take care of thier own people .

[@hankclarckson224]

coz no more money.only payments.u will go to Jail for "unable to pay".thats uae

[@ksa_1325.]

Same as USA and Europe

[@IKk2000]

You'll not go to Jail if you don't pay your credit card bill

[@khalidalotaibi8761]

@@ksa_1325. these are called default payments in usa and europe,you get loans there based on your credit score,and absoultley NO!!!

[@khalidalotaibi8761]

@@ksa_1325. you won't in jail if you dont pay due any unpredictable circumstances,but your assets would be impounded

[@zs3671]

That’s the way it should be. Theft is not healthy in any society.

[@dating_life350]

I had to leave Dubai too. The salaries now are much smaller than used to be. There is no way to continue staying there

[@qaisartufail4341]

Simple,a house of CARDS just about to collapse.

[@saeed161]

Do you know we don't need oil we laugh when we see someone stupid like you say they will loose it all when the oil is done

[@syafiqrizuan5588]

If the situations continue like this, no wonder that real estate value in Dubai would decrease slowly as more foreign entrepreneurs begins to leaving from Dubai and going back to homeland.

[@BelieveOneGod]

I don't like to live in this hellish trash

[@srivishnu5522]

I see quite a few comments that have complained about permanency in the UAE. Anybody moving to the UAE, knows about their immigration status and moves here willingly. They’re giving individuals an opportunity to make money tax free in an environment that is safe, healthy and offers a standard of living par excellence. When you stay there as an “expat” not paying any taxes, you cannot expect any benefits. When one think of Canada or the US, you’re able to enjoy the benefits of public schooling or permanent residency because a huge chunk of your income goes in taxes. If permanency or receiving a new citizenship was one’s goal, they should not have looked at moving to UAE in the first place. That’s my two bits on a lot of people who have been commenting about the country not offering citizenship. I’m sure it’s a tough decision for most expats leaving the UAE because it’s one fantastic country.

[@atif7358]

Excellent Analysis

[@jluis333]

Is it possible that in the future people will visit the ruins of Dubai as we visit ancient Egypt? A land of splendor build on the desert waterfront where prosperity grew but ultimately civilization did not need so much splendor when crisis exploded. Speaking for myself I visited Egypt's deserted monuments in the middle of a terrorist crisis back in 2015 but Dubai is not on my bucketlist even in the happy times

[@kuberanproperties3069]

Why would anybody want to live long-term in a Desert Dystopia?

[@filhazzubair4835]

People need to earn their daily bread, and UAE pays better compared to their Asian homes. This means losing their families, their friends, their community and their homes just for a 75 percent more salary.

[@Smiler2724]

In the near future this Arabian peninsula will become green , mountain,rivers again.

[@Fachrul_R_Siraj]

Dubai is great, very great for visiting. But for living there for the rest of your lifetime? That is another topic.

[@mdml0]

Try to reshape sand but in the end it's still a desert.

[@tonyk8368]

Stop calling white immigrants expats. I am so tired of this. Either call white immigrants immigrants, or call all other immigrants expats. You never hear anyone talking about Mexican expats in the U.S., do you? No one does that. So knock it off.

[@ihateyoumother-fucker3204]

The place looks soulless and empty. But what does one expect when the entire country is founded, based and centred around people making a quick buck or two?

[@hankclarckson224]

cost of living so high.no more money just payments.

[@swarn2606]

The current numbers are a lie, i personally know 4 people who tested postive today. Its way worse

[@znasser1]

Because it's sinking faster than a ship's anchor...

[@SquidCena]

Its sinking faster before oil tanker could arrive at all to even get to anchor

[@beginningend5661]

They are not leaving they are being kicked out... 🤣🤣😂😂

[@indranilchakrabarty4196]

Why?? The Emiratis have grown wings have they ???

[@beginningend5661]

Indranil Chakrabarty wait you’ll be kicked soon ...as your people.. I’ll track your emirates Id wait ...

[@donovan8747]

Ehhh.. being kicked-out is a wrong word. With low population, Dubai needs expats or foreigners to keep the business going. But, no business no money. Expats cannot stay there without monthly income anyway. It's a two-way street.

[@jacobarabo3480]

The end is coming for the UAE! Hopefully, locals will stay alone and start working themselves!

[@perkinsagyirquansah4873]

They’re lazy asf

[@baraka256]

I feel they are more than ready to own up, and take their nation forward

[@jainecalvez1794]

@Mart -EL i dont know why... i 💕dubai...

[@baraka256]

Mart -EL I speculate that it may have something to do with the money

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@I Am Groot if there was no Ghana, we would not have chocolate.