Crikey Mutt,
In another life (80's) I used to live in Jeddah and on my "induction" to Jeddah, SV City was pointed out.
That that looks like a seriously nice place to live, better than where I used to be
I visited the Saudi Aramco Rahima compound in 2007, and that had, in many respects, a similar appearance to your pictures. Not the worse place in the world to live IMHO.