sandbunny, I wasn't inferring for one moment that Abu Dhabi was anything like Saudi, but simply saying that I (like many others) believe that for Dubai, there will be a price to pay for the bailout and that that price may include a 'suggestion' from the southern end of Sheikh Zayed Road that it tighten a little (or quite a lot!) the rather loose reins (in many Locals' eyes, including many Dubai locals' eyes) it imposes on the younger Western expats who live there.