James Howard Kunstler had a Michigan architecture professor named Douglas Kelbaugh on his podcast to talk about Dubai and the rise of this wealthy city state and the number of high rises that have been constructed in this region. Kuntsler and Kelbaugh talk about a fetish for tall buildings and design of these numerous skyscrapers and one can sense from these Americans a little jealousy of the great wealth they witnessed on their trips in this oil wealth state. They say despite the small area this is still a car heavy freeway dependent area and there really is not any walkable communities. 
Basically, Dubai is a tourist spot for conservative Muslims who do not want their children be exposed to the scantly clad women of the West who flaunt their body on the open market in other tourist spot cities these two compared Dubai such as Miami and Las Vegas. Throughout is interview you can hear Kuntsler cut his toe nails and he once again says nothing about the suicide and death of his collapse colleague Michael Ruppert. The fact that these people built this wonderful city out of wilderness is a marvel that should be as appreciated at New York and Chicago was constructed out of nothing. It seems that if Arabs do it there is more problematic environmental and water issues that Kuntsler and Kelbaugh talked frequently about critical of its future. As long as people keep driving and buying the cheap oil these people in the United Arab Emirates are able to produce this new modern city will continue to strive and easily survive sustaining itself no differently than New York and London. In fact, the finance industry is the main economic engine of Dubai. The fact is cities will be the living arrangement for people in the future and the only way it can handle the mass of humanity that continues to breed at extraordinary rates people will have to live in high rises all over these cities. Dubai will be the leading Arab state that makes its money from a diverse economy of trade, energy, and finance regardless to what James Kuntsler and this architecture guy think.
Basically, Dubai is a tourist spot for conservative Muslims who do not want their children be exposed to the scantly clad women of the West who flaunt their body on the open market in other tourist spot cities these two compared Dubai such as Miami and Las Vegas. Throughout is interview you can hear Kuntsler cut his toe nails and he once again says nothing about the suicide and death of his collapse colleague Michael Ruppert. The fact that these people built this wonderful city out of wilderness is a marvel that should be as appreciated at New York and Chicago was constructed out of nothing. It seems that if Arabs do it there is more problematic environmental and water issues that Kuntsler and Kelbaugh talked frequently about critical of its future. As long as people keep driving and buying the cheap oil these people in the United Arab Emirates are able to produce this new modern city will continue to strive and easily survive sustaining itself no differently than New York and London. In fact, the finance industry is the main economic engine of Dubai. The fact is cities will be the living arrangement for people in the future and the only way it can handle the mass of humanity that continues to breed at extraordinary rates people will have to live in high rises all over these cities. Dubai will be the leading Arab state that makes its money from a diverse economy of trade, energy, and finance regardless to what James Kuntsler and this architecture guy think.
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