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Originally Posted by DJ FC
Are there any normal families that live there? I always get the impression that Dubai is full of people who all came from somewhere else - and they're all single.
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Everyone that works in Dubai is a transplant. Cab drivers, doormen, bartenders, servers, etc., are all from India, other parts of the Middle East/Arab region, and Asia. There are also tons of white collar workers from the U.S., Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia. Dubai offers significant tax advantages to foreign investors; I passed by an office park where every building had an American tech firm's name on it. Actual Emiratis are wealthy and privileged and that can be said for even the lower-middle class. UAE born men receive an annual stipend - I've read as much as $90k USD a year - and Emirati families all have live-in servants. FC, I had a group project back in Bloomington in 2004, and a kid in my group was born and raised in Dubai. He said the first time he had done laundry or made himself food was when he arrived at IU, and that his parents didn't even know how to do those things either. He had grown up with their live-in servant.