But big Al..... your fellow introspective compatriates continue to come here, if it's so good in the land of consumption and excess then why???
Whoa enjoying the big bun fight and all, but ya lost me here. The UAE has the world's largest carbon footprint (god I hate that phrase), and takes consumption and excess to levels never even imagined in the good ol' US of A. Kinda rich to be pointing fingers from Dubai. At least Lincoln eventually freed the counterparts to our poor subcontinent friends working away in the 46C heat on the various monuments to greed/ego/stupidity.
It's not that bad!!!
Yeah, it is. Dubai has to be the most over-hyped location on the planet. But you have to learn to extract what you can and move on. That's about all this part of the world is good for. "Big Al" may come across as a little naive, but if someone is earnestly trying to tell potential joiners about the Emperors shocking lack of attire, I'll second (third? fourth? five thousandth?) the motion.