TC....are we being a bit prejudiced here....North Yorkshire is nice...The West Country is attractive...loved Scotland....the beer is better than American brands...but then the Germans have the Alps, real beer, there is Italy...Italian wine and the female of the species....for winter and indoor sports Scandinavia leads the list.....all certainly better than living in Dubai. Dubai must be compared to Saudi....Yemen...Abu Dhabi...Bahrain....Iran....Iraq....and Kuwait....and probably is the best of all those places but certainly no garden spot by western standards.