"This is the best place in the world to be young! The government pays for your education up to PhD level. You get given a free house when you get married. You get free healthcare, and if it's not good enough here, they pay for you to go abroad. You don't even have to pay for your phone calls. Almost everyone has a maid, a nanny, and a driver. And we never pay any taxes. Don't you wish you were Emirati?"
Interviewee to Johann Hari
The question of course is what if you are not a native.
If you are not, you can find yourself sympathizing--silently--with the people who are trapped in Dubai. Their description of the region is a little different.
