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Latest post on 03 June 2015 - 21:36

When we leave Dubai it will not be the fancy hotels or brunches that we'll remember. We do enjoy the nice places and there's no denying Dubai does hotels very well and there are many wonderful and expensive restaurants. What we will remember be the camping trips to the deserts, exploring the wadis of Oman, being able to walk to the beaches from our villa, the cheap local cafeterias tucked between the fastfood joints on the Beach Road, the warm weather between October and April, wonderful travel opportunities and of course, our great friends. I can understand the frustrations many people do have. The traffic does seem to be getting worse due to the renewed construction (and that friggin' canal that no one wants). Endless speculation on whether rents are going up or starting to decline. School fees going up every year. Being nickled and dimed in many new ways. The sheer inability of service people to say no, which always causes complications down the road because they don't follow through with what you're expecting them to do. And the city is busier and less "local" than it was eight years ago. Will I be sad to leave the UAE? Probably not because my family is first and foremost and wherever we are is where I am happy. Life is always what you make of it, there are people unhappy in London or New York or in the mountains of Colorado. Right now we're taking advantage of everything Dubai has to offer, both the high end and low end, and we break up our daily lives with regular trips to Bur Dubai, the beaches, the east coast, Oman and the desert and overseas. And I know even if we were transferred to the middle of Ohio or Kansas, we'd have the same attitude towards taking advantage of our new home to the fullest. But if you are genuinely unhappy, then move on. Life is too short to be miserable. I agree with this. Dubai still holds a lot of opportunity, it's not a perfect city but nowhere is. Most people have a goal they want to achieve from being there and just focus on that

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