Andrew:
Comparisons and contrasts of Dubai and Atlanta...
1. Hardly anyone you meet who lives there is originally from there.
2. Could it get any hotter or more humid? It ain't called Do-die/Hotlanta for nothin'!
3. Dubai has the tallest hotel in the world(Burj al Arab); Atl has the tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere (Westin Peachtree Plaza).
4. The locals are angry that so many infidels/yankees have moved there and corrupted their society.
5. People give directions using landmarks for where things used to be or where roads used to go.
6. Both are in a form of a drought, but the ruler of Dubai could pay for making it rain instead of trying to doing rain dances like Sunny Purdue.
7. Atlanta is the city too busy to hate; Dubai is the city too busy to for terrorism.
8. Metro system is inadequate /under construction and doesn't take you any where you need to go.
9. Both have over 16 lane expressways that become parking lots several times a day.
10. ESOL is the common language, but a majority of people speak Arab-inglsh / Hindi-nglish / Urd-inglish / Spanglish / Ebonics / Southern.
11. Most people went /go there because of work and stay longer than they planned.
12. Streets are not straight and change names several times while you are driving/lost on them.
13. Neither are exactly the most bicycle friendly / environmentally friendly / pedestrian friendly cities.
14. You spend most of your time in the summer months drinking iced tea and going from full blast air-conditioned house to full blast air-conditioned car to full blast air-conditioned office.
15. Immigrants (documented and undocumented) have built most of the skyscrapers / neighborhoods.
16. They are surrounded by much more conservative areas which wants to impose their religious beliefs / values on the population.
17. Dubai has the world's largest man made islands / Atl has the world's largest man made lake.
18. The airport is easy to reach but once you are inside you have to walk about 5 km / 3.2 miles to get from one gate to the next.
19. Someone is considered being from there if they have stayed more than 1 year / week / day hour. 20. Gas is sold in gallons; people drive automatics; most people have new fancy cars; however gas/petrol costs $0.60 per gallon in Dubai.
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I thought that Lake Volta in Ghana was the largest man-made lake? Soon it will be the one in China, right?
I guess I'll have to move away from Atlanta before I come to visit you. Otherwise it won't really be like a vacation, but an extremely long trip home.
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