Paradoxically I too love DXB
I love Dubai because:
I live in Wythenshawe.
I never thought I'd like it, but after having experienced a few months of life in Dubai, I can't see any benefits to living on an Arab-run building-site. (Apart from earning money, of course). With all its rough edges and garrulous inhabitants, I am amongst real people, with no threat of punishment or arrest for trivial misdemeanours. The food's great too!
So reading about Dubai here gives me a warm-fuzzy feeling! I don't have to live there!!!!
Anyone starting an AUH thread soon? My mates there seem a bit cheesed-off too.