I moved to UAE when Dubai was just Deira. Yes, they built the city around one highway, Sheikh Zayed Road. Everything else was an afterthought, hence, you get this suburb setup in the middle of city core. It does feel souless because it’s not built for the people or connectivity. It’s made to show the buildings. But it has a different kind of wow factor. It does feel futuristic at times.
Amazing, At first i thought this was a channel of a hundred thousand or more, mainly due to the amount of effort you put into this video. Keep up the good work!, i hope your channel grows
I lived in Dubai my whole life and always thought these things were weird, and how if you live on one side of the highway, without money for ubers, overpriced taxis, and your parents don't have or can't drive, you are stuck there, with no way of crossing the high way unless you go to a tram station, and use it as a pedestrian crossing. Now being older, living in North America, I can bike, use public transport, or walk anywhere I need to. This was impossible in Dubai. The stereotype of living in Dubai means you are rich is very much a fallacy. We were broke, our parents had no jobs, and the economy was shit, but we were never given support, the UAE permanent residents, i.e the locals, were given all government resources, support, loans to start failing companies, and everything they needed. They did not have to pay for electricity, water, or any other utilities, and if needed, could ask the government for a job and be placed at a random job just for them to not do their job or do it half-assed. Most of them are obese or diabetic and it's clear to see why. The corrupted, greedy government is slowly being discovered by the rest of the world as time passes. Of course, it's amazing if you have money, buy the biggest villas, fast cars, amazing restaurants, tourist attractions, whatever, but its not a safe or good or happy place to live, study, or grow up, take it from me and the rest of my friends who have graduated a shit school system only for them to want to attend Canadian and American universities. You cannot speak out against the government, and those that do are either deported, sent to jail, or never heard from again. There is modern-day slavery in the immigrants and ex-pats that are coerced or forced to work there only for them to be paid nothing, live in group homes, and get their passports revoked. Workplace "accidents" happen commonly, either suicide or bad safety. Working in 45-50c heat from the hot morning to the humid night. It is one of the worst places to live, and for those thinking of visiting or going for tourism, I suggest taking your money elsewhere, you will only see the facade of a country sucking all those that live in it dry. Ordering food delivery was also terrible, workers pay for their own accidents, work so long in the heat, even during Ramadan, while fasting, while being Muslim, still working, and on top of that, tips wouldn't go to them. They had a mass protest/walkout where thousands of motorcycles flooded the streets in protest. Most of those were sent or deported back to their countries or fired. In Canada, most minimum wage jobs are taken by students and young people, in Dubai it's just Filipinos and Indians, or other cheap labor. No rights, no freedoms, no justice.
@@Guyfawx42 I’d like the ability to. My mom drove a lot but we couldn’t afford a good car, so no a.c meaning the car was a literal oven, I would 1000% take biking or public transport like buses, trams, and train lines, over that
@@JakeMeller um i still live in UAE and i do think that metros need to come to sharjah and stuff so i dont need to pay for bus fee and not only that i have been living in dubai my whole life we have a car but my dad goes to work with it and i have 2 sisters soo if i had metro it wouldnt be a pain to spent 2k dhs just on bus
Fishermen and farmers have never built 'cities', they've built towns and villages. The complexity of urban planning for actual cities is far more exponential. And like the video points out, Dubai was not a result of efficient urban planning. Some of the most liveable cities in the world such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen also have some of the best urban planners involved.
That's the thing. Government/politicans shouldn't be involved generally. Cities should grow organically. That's the main reason many "modern cities" suck - politicians have tried to detail plan instead of just doing a general city plan and then sit back and let everything happen. Politicians and traffic engineers: stay out of things you don't understand.
THis is the private sector creating these projects with the help of the government. Something 99% capitalist countries do. Ubran planners are amazing since they factor in the living situation of the people there and not the focus on capital $$$$$. Checkout how the soviet union urban planners developed Kiev.
True observation. We visited Dubai few months back as tourists and stayed at our relative's place. Thanks to them who took us everywhere in their car that we saved a ton of time and money on transport... they live in an Apartment Complex near Metro systems but when we tried to use Metro to go to their house, we had to walk for 45 minutes after getting down from Metro to reach the place. It was insane 😳
Here's my dumb story. When I visited Dubai a few years ago, I went to see a friend living in a neighborhood called "International City," which accessible by bus using the subway card. What I didn't realize is that you can apparently only buy subway/bus cards at the subways themselves. International City is nowhere near a subway line. Cards can't be bought at convenience stores or anything, unlike in Europe. So I ended up having to pay a ton of money for a taxi to take me back to my hotel.
You Are Wrong. You Can Actually Buy Nol Cards From Bus Stations, Vending Machines, And Supermarkets Like Carrefour And Spinneys. And You Can Find Carrefour In International City.
What's worse is, you can't even recharge your card anywhere EXCEPT on train stations. Don't try to recharge it at 3rd party kiosks, it'll literally take 1-2 whole days for your card to be updated
@@RexGalilae What You Telling Is Wrong Actually. Recharging Nol Card Will Not Take Time. Also Almost Every Bus Stop Have Machines To Recharge. Plus I'm Not Using Physical Card Anymore. NOL Card Is Digitally Available Now. You Can Download The Card On Your Mobile And Recharge Online As You Go. No Need Physical Cards Anymore Just Mobile With NFC
Legitimately thought this channel had 934k subscribers just the first impression of the presentation of this video shows how much potential you have. Well done.
It’s not that desert sand is too big, it’s because the grains are too smooth. Beach sand is more varied in texture so it can stay together more easily. It’s the same reason why beach sand is used in construction and not desert sand.
Of the over 100 countries I have (mostly) had the pleasure of visiting or working in, the UAE is far from the worst, but I avoided Dubai like the plague. Abu Dhabi is a more livable city, by far. Still, even Dubai is better than Doha, Al Kuwait, or virtually any city in Saudi.
U cant compare cities like Doha, Dubai, Manama and Riyadh to Kuwait and Baghdad. Baghdad and Kuwait are made by the people for the people. I know that because i live in Erbil a city in Iraq 🇮🇶.
I thought Dubai is way, way better than Abu Dhabi. So much more to do, so much more lively, I have heard so many talk about Abu Dhabi as a boring place, but not terrible. Saudi cities are the worst. Also, Dubai has become very outdoorsy and increasingly pedestrianised in recent years, makes a big difference.
I was in Dubai at the start of the year and the design of the city is TERRIBLE! I heard a city planner call it "pigeon shit design" because of the way it's randomly splattered. It's designed for buildings, not people.
@@baderhabib6606 I gotta disagree. Couldnt find a decent meal anywhere. Public transport is literally one train line. Everything was insanely overpriced. Hated it. People who live there seem to live in a weird bubble where they tihnk it's good, and I'll never understand it.
Wow! At first I thought this channel was huge with millions of subscribers, only for me to then discover that this channel is young but still has a reasonable amount of subscribers for its age (1,850+ subscribers). Keep up the good work. I hope your channel grows and good luck in the future :)
This video captures everything that is true about Dubai, very well done!👍 most of those high rises are 70% empty collecting dust and cockroaches , imagine maintenance on those buildings, energy spent to run them , just the air conditioning maintenance by itself ! The government aka the monarchy in UAE owns most of it borrowed on oil money
@@baderhabib6606 come on Habibi, there is no hate here, you are absolutely right about 2% of Dubai revenue comes from oil because they don’t have much oil, I’m sure tourism helps to a certain extent but most of the money comes from Abu Dhabi oil money in form of loan to Dubai. I’m in Real Estate and have visited those empty high rises in Dubai, but of course the government wants to promote a honky dory image and obviously you have fallen for it or perhaps you’re part of the government
Do you really believe this? Everywhere in Dubai these days is packed full of people, the place is so full of life and everything is so lively. The towers are full, in terms of the residences and hotels, I don't know about office occupancies. Some people are just so keen to believe the negativity because it fits their worldview. Dubai's revenues come from the insanely high amount of economic activity happening here. You can feel it when you're there, the place is packed and so lively, full of people living there and working there.
@@Guyfawx42 that’s great and it seems you’re enjoying life there , there is the Covid effect that most touristy places are very busy and hotels are overbooked and pricey everywhere! Dubai just can not sustain itself and it’s heavily subsidized , but to each it’s own , for me that place is depressing , soulless and fees days is way more than enough!
True but with some nuances. The Emirate of Dubai is building a waste water treatment system to eliminate the orange trucks from the city, besides the system will recycle the water for irrigation systems for locally produced food. Speaking of that, there are more and more projects focused on that, many big supermarkets have a great selection of local fresh products. Transit is an issue, specially of you live outside the JBR to Downtown line. But the Metro connects the suburbs of Deira, where most migrant workers lives, to key places around the city, employee transportation is further helped by the use of shuttle service provided by employers departing from the nearest metro station. The government is slowly putting more laws in place to guarantee workers rights and tracks down those companies who disrespect the laws. Interesting fact but most of the companies/individuals that mistreat their migrant employees are migrants themselves. Rich Indians are the ones that fly their own people to the gulf countries and slavenize them. It’s all about how you see things, the city grew too fast and little to no attention was given to basics, like how to deal with waste water, flow of people, etc. Remember that European cities had centuries to evolve to what they are now, and American cities, that are much younger have in some level the same issues. Brasilia, a city built from the ground up in the 60s is just a nightmare when it comes to some key aspects that makes a city more docile to it’s residents. My grandma’s neighbor would leave home at 4:45 to get to work at 8 by public transport. The poor woman would get home at 7PM.
That excuse about poor treatment of workers, "It isn't us, it's the people we employ to mistreat workers" is straight out of the local slave owning culture. Also that old cities went through worse, ignores that this is not an old city, it is modern, with huge amounts of money thrown at it by central authorities with absolute say. No excuse. Just one polluted sh!thole.
@@peterbreis5407 I'm Philippino and work in Dubai, and he's absolutely right. Those South Asian workers who get abused and stripped off their human rights, it happens to them on ghe hands of rich South Asian investors in companies that are fully managed and operated by workers from those countries. The government is indeed responsible for monitoring and legal accountability, but let's not blame it all on them. You won't see that happening to SEA and sub Saharan African workers in Dubai.
@@morceen Its 200% the governments fault. They are not so dumb that they have no idea what is going on. They just don't do anything because they benefit and Islam allows for slavery. The fact that slavery is practiced in Dubai is completely on the government.
I have been to Dubai and New York. You get faster from one place to another with the metro than New York. Cleaner and safer. I can tell you Dubai has not started yet. So much coming. I love both cities. The architecture in New York is more enjoyable to look at.
Dubais sky scrapers are on another level. However New York Manhattan for me remains unrivalled as a city globally if we are to factor in all round amalgamation of culture etc. As a Londoner I love where I Live but for a ncie change New York is my American cup of iced tea 🙂☕👍
In New York you can often walk to get everything you need for your daily life. In Dubai you more or less need a car. Even with the metro. Two completely different types of cities. Dubai is more Brasilia/functionalism/Soviet suburb - designed to look good from a map or from a helicopter. No one with the first idea about city planning had a say. Not somewhere you want to live. New York (Parts of, the popular parts) - more like traditional European style. Oh Dubai has started, and everything they're doing is in the wrong direction. Kinda like Egypts new capital. It's as if they took a look at what makes cities great and decided to do the opposite.
Your channel is highly underrated, keep up the good work en never stop making content for your new subscribers! You'll grow exceptionally if you continue
As someone who has lived in dubai for 7 years (sad ik thankfully leaving in 2 years tho for uni) the city is terrible when it comes to the people living there especially the transport. For example lets say I wanted to get to my school in academic city from mirdif without using a car. First I would need to take a taxi to the station because the buses in the areas people actually live dont arrive until 11pm, then I would need to take the metro for a while and then just to make it worse I would need to take another taxi to school because no, dubai architects, not everyone lives in bloody sheikh zayed road
when i saw how good this video was put up i was shocked to see that this channel is new O_O with only 800 subs, you doing awesome!!! you have bright future!
Found out about this channel recently and dude, I'm impressed. I agree with your points and that's also one of the main factors why you gained another sub!
I think there's worse than New York in the regards of design, despite its problems. Los Angeles can be even worse in terms of its design (look at the massive Interstate 405 that still has traffic jams).
Whilst watching this video I thought I was watching a wendover productions type video or a video from a huge RUclips channel and then I noticed you only have 3,000 subscribers. Thats crazy this was a great video and you now have a new subscriber!
When I lived in the Philippines I met many families whose family members went to this area of the world for work in hopes of supporting their family back home. Many of them told me about what you describe in this video. So sad.
Times are different nowadays, industries our starting to grow within our borders, our economy has been growing 6% consistently , and manufacturing and service has been growing, where the largest commodity we export is semiconductors and computer chips.
It’s so sad. Why anyone would want to visit or live in that Slave state is beyond me. Saudis are the most proud and arrogant people that would gladly hurt you
@@ilikeplanes4955 They were hired, under the assumption of it being a regular employer then they take away their passports and threaten/harass them to work crazy hours followed by abuse. They are then forced to live in squalors and the Saudis hand pick the woman for disgusting things. I’ll never set foot on that Golden turd of a country.
I laugh at these content creators who’ve obviously never lived in Dubai or even come here for a holiday to fact check their click bait claims! Such old news. This city improves daily
@@allenpiper9303 True. I've been to Dubai 5 months ago. And when I left I keep hearing of all these new things happening in Dubai. The city is transitioning fast and the westerners are just jealous of it
Thank you for pronouncing sheikh correctly. Also I’m a Dubai native and I also think our city is terribly designed not to mention the shit construction material used in all the new houses.
You talked about labours from Pakistan being forced to work in Dubai. You should go to Pakistan and see the situation, people can't earn anything because there are no jobs and sometimes its even more unfortunate because they have payment insecurities even after getting work. The scenario is much more terrible in their own country that's why they decide to go to Dubai.
That gives them the right to abuse…your like the Isreali fat guy that’s in the backyard for the Palestinian family house camping telling her “ if I don’t take your land someone else will” if Pakistani are so desperate to work there why take their passport why not let those that want to stay and work in those conditions stay and the ones that don’t let them leave
@@torstenq2125 they dont. Workers have break period in the afternoon they dont work. If you live in dubai and see then you can even complaint because in law its not allowed the construction company will be fined. Ive not seen it. In afternoon its shut atleast till 3pm
I mean the bus infrasture is pretty good I have used it regularly as a residence and in conjunction with the metro (which is very new, made in 2009 and is still expanding) it's a pretty good system. The metro and bus fares are cheap especially if your a student compared to most other countries. I know its not the best in the world but its pretty damn good. The buses are always on time and are extremely clean. The metro is extremely efficient , bus transfers from and to metros are free and there is generally a bus stop for every 5-10 minute walk. I'd say its pretty damn good not perfect.
The people who make these videos are just jealous. They’re mad their cities are rat/cockroach infested, have homeless drug addicted zombies walking around, are extremely crime ridden, dirty and have crumbling infrastructure.
I think Dubai is still young and they are still trying to fix that plus Shike Muhammad Bin Rashed said we have materials and capability but we have bad/lack management.
This is your first video which means you have done most of the work, the prob with many youtubers is that they fail on their first video but you have made it perfect with this much work wow from the thumbnail to the content everything was amazing
Lol I thought you were some famous youtuber cause of the effort you put in this video, just be consistent and make this kind of effort on each video then you’re going to get 1 million subs in no time 👍 😎
Your point was what? you are all over what’s bad about Dubai and to say New York is so great makes me wonder have you been on New York’s public transportation? Who do you represent as was just find everything that’s wrong…
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I'm not sure if you are a youtube genius thats starting a new channel very well or if you took this content from somewhere else and reuploaded it as your own. Either way good video, I like how short it is.
I moved to UAE when Dubai was just Deira. Yes, they built the city around one highway, Sheikh Zayed Road. Everything else was an afterthought, hence, you get this suburb setup in the middle of city core.
It does feel souless because it’s not built for the people or connectivity. It’s made to show the buildings.
But it has a different kind of wow factor. It does feel futuristic at times.
@@baderhabib6606 Right, walking from Dubai Mall Station to the actual Dubai Mall makes sense.
If you want to see wow futuristic that already exists and works, Shibuya or Shinjuku in Tokyo.
@@baderhabib6606 it clearly is not
Tbh everytime I drive down szr i shake my head so hard. The main street is literally an unwalkable highway
@@baderhabib6606 im still in Dubai and clearly see the problems
Amazing, At first i thought this was a channel of a hundred thousand or more, mainly due to the amount of effort you put into this video. Keep up the good work!, i hope your channel grows
Wow, thank you!
Yes I thought the same
yeah same
I just read your comment and saw that the channel has less than 1k. Thats crazy good video man
@@KleosYT Please tell me how you edit your videos
I lived in Dubai my whole life and always thought these things were weird, and how if you live on one side of the highway, without money for ubers, overpriced taxis, and your parents don't have or can't drive, you are stuck there, with no way of crossing the high way unless you go to a tram station, and use it as a pedestrian crossing. Now being older, living in North America, I can bike, use public transport, or walk anywhere I need to. This was impossible in Dubai. The stereotype of living in Dubai means you are rich is very much a fallacy. We were broke, our parents had no jobs, and the economy was shit, but we were never given support, the UAE permanent residents, i.e the locals, were given all government resources, support, loans to start failing companies, and everything they needed. They did not have to pay for electricity, water, or any other utilities, and if needed, could ask the government for a job and be placed at a random job just for them to not do their job or do it half-assed. Most of them are obese or diabetic and it's clear to see why. The corrupted, greedy government is slowly being discovered by the rest of the world as time passes. Of course, it's amazing if you have money, buy the biggest villas, fast cars, amazing restaurants, tourist attractions, whatever, but its not a safe or good or happy place to live, study, or grow up, take it from me and the rest of my friends who have graduated a shit school system only for them to want to attend Canadian and American universities. You cannot speak out against the government, and those that do are either deported, sent to jail, or never heard from again. There is modern-day slavery in the immigrants and ex-pats that are coerced or forced to work there only for them to be paid nothing, live in group homes, and get their passports revoked. Workplace "accidents" happen commonly, either suicide or bad safety. Working in 45-50c heat from the hot morning to the humid night. It is one of the worst places to live, and for those thinking of visiting or going for tourism, I suggest taking your money elsewhere, you will only see the facade of a country sucking all those that live in it dry. Ordering food delivery was also terrible, workers pay for their own accidents, work so long in the heat, even during Ramadan, while fasting, while being Muslim, still working, and on top of that, tips wouldn't go to them. They had a mass protest/walkout where thousands of motorcycles flooded the streets in protest. Most of those were sent or deported back to their countries or fired. In Canada, most minimum wage jobs are taken by students and young people, in Dubai it's just Filipinos and Indians, or other cheap labor. No rights, no freedoms, no justice.
So you want to walk and bike to your destination in 50 degree heat? Or want people living there to do that?
@@Guyfawx42 I’d like the ability to. My mom drove a lot but we couldn’t afford a good car, so no a.c meaning the car was a literal oven, I would 1000% take biking or public transport like buses, trams, and train lines, over that
@@Guyfawx42 How about having a good public transport infrastructure? This city of future is nowhere close to being livable
@@JakeMeller um i still live in UAE and i do think that metros need to come to sharjah and stuff so i dont need to pay for bus fee and not only that i have been living in dubai my whole life we have a car but my dad goes to work with it and i have 2 sisters soo if i had metro it wouldnt be a pain to spent 2k dhs just on bus
@@JakeMeller i have a nissan patrol my dad has i mean but the petrol is a lot of money 500 dhs for filling the whole tank
Fishermen and Farmers have built cities and towns better than most governments and modern urban planners ever have
Fishermen and farmers have never built 'cities', they've built towns and villages. The complexity of urban planning for actual cities is far more exponential. And like the video points out, Dubai was not a result of efficient urban planning. Some of the most liveable cities in the world such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen also have some of the best urban planners involved.
That's the thing. Government/politicans shouldn't be involved generally. Cities should grow organically. That's the main reason many "modern cities" suck - politicians have tried to detail plan instead of just doing a general city plan and then sit back and let everything happen. Politicians and traffic engineers: stay out of things you don't understand.
THis is the private sector creating these projects with the help of the government. Something 99% capitalist countries do. Ubran planners are amazing since they factor in the living situation of the people there and not the focus on capital $$$$$. Checkout how the soviet union urban planners developed Kiev.
@@DarthVantos Uhm yes. The west exploting poor people from other countries - that was 500-1000 years ago when out cities were built.
@@REDnBLACKnRED yes they have, when they become enslaved
True observation. We visited Dubai few months back as tourists and stayed at our relative's place. Thanks to them who took us everywhere in their car that we saved a ton of time and money on transport... they live in an Apartment Complex near Metro systems but when we tried to use Metro to go to their house, we had to walk for 45 minutes after getting down from Metro to reach the place. It was insane 😳
If ur broke just say that
@@lemararyaei9383What’s wrong with saving money?
@@lemararyaei9383 How old are you
@@AlxzAlec 19
@@lemararyaei9383 Ok and from Dubai?
Here's my dumb story. When I visited Dubai a few years ago, I went to see a friend living in a neighborhood called "International City," which accessible by bus using the subway card. What I didn't realize is that you can apparently only buy subway/bus cards at the subways themselves. International City is nowhere near a subway line. Cards can't be bought at convenience stores or anything, unlike in Europe. So I ended up having to pay a ton of money for a taxi to take me back to my hotel.
You Are Wrong. You Can Actually Buy Nol Cards From Bus Stations, Vending Machines, And Supermarkets Like Carrefour And Spinneys. And You Can Find Carrefour In International City.
I'm living in International city,Dubai. we have to take a bus to Metro station then we have to take train to move further
Any supermarket sells em
What's worse is, you can't even recharge your card anywhere EXCEPT on train stations.
Don't try to recharge it at 3rd party kiosks, it'll literally take 1-2 whole days for your card to be updated
@@RexGalilae What You Telling Is Wrong Actually. Recharging Nol Card Will Not Take Time. Also Almost Every Bus Stop Have Machines To Recharge. Plus I'm Not Using Physical Card Anymore. NOL Card Is Digitally Available Now. You Can Download The Card On Your Mobile And Recharge Online As You Go. No Need Physical Cards Anymore Just Mobile With NFC
Legitimately thought this channel had 934k subscribers just the first impression of the presentation of this video shows how much potential you have. Well done.
dubai is literally the city i make on sandbox mode in a city builder game where i don't really care about anything other than the looks of the city
It’s not that desert sand is too big, it’s because the grains are too smooth. Beach sand is more varied in texture so it can stay together more easily. It’s the same reason why beach sand is used in construction and not desert sand.
Of the over 100 countries I have (mostly) had the pleasure of visiting or working in, the UAE is far from the worst, but I avoided Dubai like the plague. Abu Dhabi is a more livable city, by far. Still, even Dubai is better than Doha, Al Kuwait, or virtually any city in Saudi.
U cant compare cities like Doha, Dubai, Manama and Riyadh to Kuwait and Baghdad. Baghdad and Kuwait are made by the people for the people. I know that because i live in Erbil a city in Iraq 🇮🇶.
I thought Dubai is way, way better than Abu Dhabi. So much more to do, so much more lively, I have heard so many talk about Abu Dhabi as a boring place, but not terrible. Saudi cities are the worst. Also, Dubai has become very outdoorsy and increasingly pedestrianised in recent years, makes a big difference.
I was in Dubai at the start of the year and the design of the city is TERRIBLE! I heard a city planner call it "pigeon shit design" because of the way it's randomly splattered. It's designed for buildings, not people.
@@baderhabib6606 I gotta disagree. Couldnt find a decent meal anywhere. Public transport is literally one train line. Everything was insanely overpriced. Hated it. People who live there seem to live in a weird bubble where they tihnk it's good, and I'll never understand it.
@@samueldanby lol, sooooo , the city is just for rich peaple ....so yeah
@@samueldanby lol you said what the poster said
@@samueldanby Dubai is the 4th most visited city on earth
Wow! At first I thought this channel was huge with millions of subscribers, only for me to then discover that this channel is young but still has a reasonable amount of subscribers for its age (1,850+ subscribers). Keep up the good work. I hope your channel grows and good luck in the future :)
Thank you!
10/10 video. Love the shorter-length video format. Earned my subscription. Good luck growing the channel!
Glad you enjoyed!
2020 proved that even relying on tourism is dangerous.
This video captures everything that is true about Dubai, very well done!👍 most of those high rises are 70% empty collecting dust and cockroaches , imagine maintenance on those buildings, energy spent to run them , just the air conditioning maintenance by itself ! The government aka the monarchy in UAE owns most of it borrowed on oil money
@@baderhabib6606 come on Habibi, there is no hate here, you are absolutely right about 2% of Dubai revenue comes from oil because they don’t have much oil, I’m sure tourism helps to a certain extent but most of the money comes from Abu Dhabi oil money in form of loan to Dubai. I’m in Real Estate and have visited those empty high rises in Dubai, but of course the government wants to promote a honky dory image and obviously you have fallen for it or perhaps you’re part of the government
@@betweenlamppost Would love to see his missing comment...
@@jameskamotho7513 his comment is missing because it was delusional
Do you really believe this? Everywhere in Dubai these days is packed full of people, the place is so full of life and everything is so lively. The towers are full, in terms of the residences and hotels, I don't know about office occupancies. Some people are just so keen to believe the negativity because it fits their worldview.
Dubai's revenues come from the insanely high amount of economic activity happening here. You can feel it when you're there, the place is packed and so lively, full of people living there and working there.
@@Guyfawx42 that’s great and it seems you’re enjoying life there , there is the Covid effect that most touristy places are very busy and hotels are overbooked and pricey everywhere! Dubai just can not sustain itself and it’s heavily subsidized , but to each it’s own , for me that place is depressing , soulless and fees days is way more than enough!
Great production quality!
I'm so glad there are more ppl who see Dubais true side.
Why do people hate a city which it’s rulers are doing they’re best to make gender equality and donates a lot to our Africa
Dubai resident here. You are not wrong about anything stated in this video
True but with some nuances.
The Emirate of Dubai is building a waste water treatment system to eliminate the orange trucks from the city, besides the system will recycle the water for irrigation systems for locally produced food. Speaking of that, there are more and more projects focused on that, many big supermarkets have a great selection of local fresh products.
Transit is an issue, specially of you live outside the JBR to Downtown line. But the Metro connects the suburbs of Deira, where most migrant workers lives, to key places around the city, employee transportation is further helped by the use of shuttle service provided by employers departing from the nearest metro station.
The government is slowly putting more laws in place to guarantee workers rights and tracks down those companies who disrespect the laws. Interesting fact but most of the companies/individuals that mistreat their migrant employees are migrants themselves. Rich Indians are the ones that fly their own people to the gulf countries and slavenize them.
It’s all about how you see things, the city grew too fast and little to no attention was given to basics, like how to deal with waste water, flow of people, etc. Remember that European cities had centuries to evolve to what they are now, and American cities, that are much younger have in some level the same issues.
Brasilia, a city built from the ground up in the 60s is just a nightmare when it comes to some key aspects that makes a city more docile to it’s residents. My grandma’s neighbor would leave home at 4:45 to get to work at 8 by public transport. The poor woman would get home at 7PM.
Words from gold.
That excuse about poor treatment of workers, "It isn't us, it's the people we employ to mistreat workers" is straight out of the local slave owning culture.
Also that old cities went through worse, ignores that this is not an old city, it is modern, with huge amounts of money thrown at it by central authorities with absolute say.
No excuse. Just one polluted sh!thole.
@@peterbreis5407
I'm Philippino and work in Dubai, and he's absolutely right.
Those South Asian workers who get abused and stripped off their human rights, it happens to them on ghe hands of rich South Asian investors in companies that are fully managed and operated by workers from those countries.
The government is indeed responsible for monitoring and legal accountability, but let's not blame it all on them.
You won't see that happening to SEA and sub Saharan African workers in Dubai.
I'm sure those immgirant workers *cough* will be getting a fair treatment and wage from your blame deflection and bs.
@@morceen Its 200% the governments fault. They are not so dumb that they have no idea what is going on. They just don't do anything because they benefit and Islam allows for slavery. The fact that slavery is practiced in Dubai is completely on the government.
I have been to Dubai and New York. You get faster from one place to another with the metro than New York. Cleaner and safer. I can tell you Dubai has not started yet. So much coming. I love both cities. The architecture in New York is more enjoyable to look at.
Dubais sky scrapers are on another level.
However New York Manhattan for me remains unrivalled as a city globally if we are to factor in all round amalgamation of culture etc.
As a Londoner I love where I Live but for a ncie change New York is my American cup of iced tea 🙂☕👍
@@The-Great-Brindian Dubai has some interesting skyscrapers but imo the classical gothic architecture of NYC is infinitely better
In New York you can often walk to get everything you need for your daily life. In Dubai you more or less need a car. Even with the metro.
Two completely different types of cities. Dubai is more Brasilia/functionalism/Soviet suburb - designed to look good from a map or from a helicopter. No one with the first idea about city planning had a say. Not somewhere you want to live. New York (Parts of, the popular parts) - more like traditional European style.
Oh Dubai has started, and everything they're doing is in the wrong direction. Kinda like Egypts new capital. It's as if they took a look at what makes cities great and decided to do the opposite.
@@baderhabib6606 lol dubai is hot cement jungle nyc is cold cement jngle but have better public transit gardens and more freedom. Dubai is a joke
@@baderhabib6606 ok mr government representative, sure
Your channel is highly underrated, keep up the good work en never stop making content for your new subscribers! You'll grow exceptionally if you continue
Thank you so much!
I can’t believe this is your first video, I hope your channel grows fast!
Subscribed! Seems like this channel started just 1 week before only. Hope this channel will reach more audience in short time.
Subbed. This is really good, keep up the quality videos.
Thanks!
I lived in Dubai for many years and believe me if you lived in Dubai you wouldn’t say those things
Why not?
@@morestuff64058 I’m as calm as a cucumber. Be well. Try not to be so defensive in the future. It’s very revealing.
I love this kinds of video
Took me awhile for me to reliase this is your first vid.
Keep it up!
Thanks!
As someone who has lived in dubai for 7 years (sad ik thankfully leaving in 2 years tho for uni) the city is terrible when it comes to the people living there especially the transport. For example lets say I wanted to get to my school in academic city from mirdif without using a car. First I would need to take a taxi to the station because the buses in the areas people actually live dont arrive until 11pm, then I would need to take the metro for a while and then just to make it worse I would need to take another taxi to school because no, dubai architects, not everyone lives in bloody sheikh zayed road
Man, please add subtitles in video. It would be satisfying to watch 😊
Sure..I will try to incorporate that in all the future videos
when i saw how good this video was put up i was shocked to see that this channel is new O_O with only 800 subs, you doing awesome!!! you have bright future!
That said, I still want to visit Dubai someday. It looks cool.
Found out about this channel recently and dude, I'm impressed. I agree with your points and that's also one of the main factors why you gained another sub!
Thank you!
Hey I really loved the editing of this video 😍
I wanted to know the name of the song in the first chapter of the video
Phenomenal for a first video!! This must be a Second channel , what’s your main/other channels?
Thanks! this is my first channel, although i do have a background in film production
Some points are on point. Great video bro.
Next I’d like to see the terrible design of the New York City.
I think there's worse than New York in the regards of design, despite its problems.
Los Angeles can be even worse in terms of its design (look at the massive Interstate 405 that still has traffic jams).
Informative
Whilst watching this video I thought I was watching a wendover productions type video or a video from a huge RUclips channel and then I noticed you only have 3,000 subscribers. Thats crazy this was a great video and you now have a new subscriber!
Wow, thanks!
Wow man great video I thought it was a great informational video with awesome clips of Dubai! Keep going!
Thanks a ton!
Man this is awesome, keep doing the good work. Hope u reach 100k+ soon.
Thank you so much 😀
That's quality production. Keep up the good work and Your future is bright 👏👏
Thank you 🙌
crazy quality content! i was surprised that this is your first video. i thought i was clicking on a wendover production video or something
You a small creator producing such high quality content?
Youre gonna be a success in the future!
When I lived in the Philippines I met many families whose family members went to this area of the world for work in hopes of supporting their family back home.
Many of them told me about what you describe in this video. So sad.
Times are different nowadays, industries our starting to grow within our borders, our economy has been growing 6% consistently , and manufacturing and service has been growing, where the largest commodity we export is semiconductors and computer chips.
It’s so sad. Why anyone would want to visit or live in that Slave state is beyond me. Saudis are the most proud and arrogant people that would gladly hurt you
@@ilikeplanes4955 i don't recall any of them saying they were forced; however, they did say they made it difficult 8
@@ilikeplanes4955 They were hired, under the assumption of it being a regular employer then they take away their passports and threaten/harass them to work crazy hours followed by abuse. They are then forced to live in squalors and the Saudis hand pick the woman for disgusting things. I’ll never set foot on that Golden turd of a country.
7th reply :)
This is an amazing video! I'm subscribed!
Thank you so much!
Here before 1 million subs. Nice video!!
I'm surprised this is the only video on this channel, due to its quality. Make more!
Thanks! I will
Beautiful showcase. What are the software used for the edits specifically for the maps
Thanks! I use geolayers for map animations
@@KleosYT Thanks for sharing. Kudos once again for the beautiful work.
bro really out here speedrunning youtube success
Man, you made a Top level video your efforts show your work and you choose a topic with high interest. Man, you are on a way to win.
Thank you!
bro this is a good video and include everything no one have ever explained
Glad you liked it!
The thing about the sewage being taken by truck is old news.
Now the central sewage is connected
I laugh at these content creators who’ve obviously never lived in Dubai or even come here for a holiday to fact check their click bait claims! Such old news. This city improves daily
@@allenpiper9303 True. I've been to Dubai 5 months ago. And when I left I keep hearing of all these new things happening in Dubai. The city is transitioning fast and the westerners are just jealous of it
Thank you for pronouncing sheikh correctly.
Also I’m a Dubai native and I also think our city is terribly designed not to mention the shit construction material used in all the new houses.
How did you edit the map and the other motion graphics?
You talked about labours from Pakistan being forced to work in Dubai. You should go to Pakistan and see the situation, people can't earn anything because there are no jobs and sometimes its even more unfortunate because they have payment insecurities even after getting work. The scenario is much more terrible in their own country that's why they decide to go to Dubai.
yep atleast they have a place to sleep place to work a job this guy is so stupid lmao
True.
That gives them the right to abuse…your like the Isreali fat guy that’s in the backyard for the Palestinian family house camping telling her “ if I don’t take your land someone else will” if Pakistani are so desperate to work there why take their passport why not let those that want to stay and work in those conditions stay and the ones that don’t let them leave
@@torstenq2125 they dont. Workers have break period in the afternoon they dont work. If you live in dubai and see then you can even complaint because in law its not allowed the construction company will be fined.
Ive not seen it. In afternoon its shut atleast till 3pm
@@torstenq2125 you guys just watch the news and finish decide oh its a bad country. Look at your country first then the flaws of other country
I mean the bus infrasture is pretty good I have used it regularly as a residence and in conjunction with the metro (which is very new, made in 2009 and is still expanding) it's a pretty good system. The metro and bus fares are cheap especially if your a student compared to most other countries. I know its not the best in the world but its pretty damn good. The buses are always on time and are extremely clean. The metro is extremely efficient , bus transfers from and to metros are free and there is generally a bus stop for every 5-10 minute walk. I'd say its pretty damn good not perfect.
The people who make these videos are just jealous. They’re mad their cities are rat/cockroach infested, have homeless drug addicted zombies walking around, are extremely crime ridden, dirty and have crumbling infrastructure.
Thanks RUclips for recommending me this
Amazing video ! I can’t wait to hear more from you !
Thanks more coming!
@@yousufnaroo3181 oh
I think Dubai is still young and they are still trying to fix that plus Shike Muhammad Bin Rashed said we have materials and capability but we have bad/lack management.
Good work
Good research
Very informative video
I am a subscriber now!
Awesome, thank you!
This is your first video which means you have done most of the work, the prob with many youtubers is that they fail on their first video but you have made it perfect with this much work wow from the thumbnail to the content everything was amazing
Thanks mate!
Bro i thought you had millions of subs and loads of vids but this is your first! It is so good.
Thank you!
the country is still devolving it came this far in fifty years
can you do a video on singapore?
An observation behind the shine and glamour that big cities usually bring. Definitely interesting subject, keep it up
Wait... 1k subs? Only? Subbed and wish you all the best 😉
Thank you!
You are going to be great, I'm waiting for your next video 👍
I literaly thought someone with like a million subs made this You got great things ahead of you.
New York has squares as streets everywhere
Good luck to your channel! A VOX Quality content.
Thank you!
Vox is a fucking joke of a far left channel
Great video! Subscribed
Awesome, thank you!
It's going to be such a waste of effort and resources if it turns out like Spec Ops: The Line.
Lol I thought you were some famous youtuber cause of the effort you put in this video, just be consistent and make this kind of effort on each video then you’re going to get 1 million subs in no time 👍 😎
Keep up the good work!
Incredible video, is there a way I can contact you?
Finally a good critique video about Dubai.
Very nice video, but i would have loved it had you gone even more in depth. But still, super awesome video!
its like someone playing city skylines build the city
You could say that Dubai is a Parody of the 21st Century.
That is a Insult to parody
@@basilplushie2534 I guess.
Visited Dubai in April 2008 and stayed out there for 2 weeks. I thought it was a soulless place tbh.
It changed a lot since then
@@werwertuu The earth has changed a lot too over 4.5 billion years. Whats your fucking point ??
Your point was what? you are all over what’s bad about Dubai and to say New York is so great makes me wonder have you been on New York’s public transportation? Who do you represent as was just find everything that’s wrong…
How do you edit these videos? Any tips
Hey I use after effets, learned from derek banas. The tutorials are free & more than enough to get you started . Here is the link - ruclips.net/video/B35sM_QyMOU/видео.html
Dubai is basically a city builder game with unlimited money mods on
185th sub👍🏾
So, in short, Dubai is just a Big Amusement park that looks like a City? 🤔😅
Simple: Dubai is meant to be looked at, not to lived in.
Woah... I never got to watch a Small RUclipsr produce this Much effort on his first Video, I mean His First Video is This Good, If not Better than most, !! bro I'll just a Response: Keep up the good work!, I hope your channel grows!
Thanks!
This video really explains everything noboy talks about Dubai. Thank you was looking for this to show to so many arround me!
Wait the worst thing here is no central sewage treatment??? Omg.
amazing first video
bro if this is your 1st video I have no idea what your potential is
So, now that they have a diversified portfolio they can begin investing in other infrastructure projects. Hopefully that includes sewage.
Great video. Make more
Thank you, I will
Very interesting. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
dang, and I thought US public transportation was broken
Bro wtf only 181 subs?
@@martinc.720 it was a complement dumbass
I'm not sure if you are a youtube genius thats starting a new channel very well or if you took this content from somewhere else and reuploaded it as your own. Either way good video, I like how short it is.
Hey need more and lengthy videos.
I thought this channel had over 500k but no great work dude
Thank you!
I literally just came back from Dubai
Deserves way more subs
Bruh I thought this channel had like a million subs