Originally Posted by
lostinspace89
I think abu dhabi is probably nicer to live than Dxb at the moment.
Having lived in both, I would concur.
Dubai is a holiday resort so packed with tourists. Abu Dhabi is the opposite - but its far less exciting, but with enough to do.
Given the choice, I'd choose AD over Dubai every time. The issue for airline staff is that EY being governmental, insist you have residency in AD to get your housing allowance. they literally force you to rent in the emirate and don't pay out if you rent in Dubai. Emirates generally care a lot less.
I used to know senior staff from the time of James Hogan and a lot of them lived in Dubai. They actually rented the cheapest ( a small fraction of their allowance) nastiest place they could in AD to get the Tawtheeq to provide the proof of residency, and then spent the rest of the allowance on a place in Dubai. Not sure if you can get away with that these days.