oman, doha or dubai- decisions???
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....have googled (job interviews completed) so have some idea, but not sure how this fits with reality..... what do you guys think for:
1. living/ lifestyle
2. schools
3. safety
4. easiest to settle in
5. other
1. living/ lifestyle
2. schools
3. safety
4. easiest to settle in
5. other
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Dubai:
massively overpriced
false
full of arrogant wannabee's.
Nice food,
expensive everything
safe-as long as you NEVER enter any form of moving vehicle
schools- expect your kids never to even have heard of israel and make sure your company pays for the fees as it is a rip off.
Sports: good if you like golf
Cant really comment on others as i have only visited on business and holidays. but my opinion of Doha is it is like Dubai was 10 years ago and is now trying to hard to follow suit.
opinions are like a$@@holes we all have one, and that is mine.
good luck with your choice
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Dubai:
massively overpriced
false
full of arrogant wannabee's.
Nice food,
expensive everything
safe-as long as you NEVER enter any form of moving vehicle
schools- expect your kids never to even have heard of israel and make sure your company pays for the fees as it is a rip off.
Sports: good if you like golf
Cant really comment on others as i have only visited on business and holidays. but my opinion of Doha is it is like Dubai was 10 years ago and is now trying to hard to follow suit.
opinions are like a$@@holes we all have one, and that is mine.
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massively overpriced
false
full of arrogant wannabee's.
Nice food,
expensive everything
safe-as long as you NEVER enter any form of moving vehicle
schools- expect your kids never to even have heard of israel and make sure your company pays for the fees as it is a rip off.
Sports: good if you like golf
Cant really comment on others as i have only visited on business and holidays. but my opinion of Doha is it is like Dubai was 10 years ago and is now trying to hard to follow suit.
opinions are like a$@@holes we all have one, and that is mine.
good luck with your choice
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all this just because you have to wear a bandana...
anyway...I don't agree with most of it....as you all know. Plus, life is what you make it, where ever you go...but that's an old song as well...do a search on this forum, its been talked about over and over again these last couple of months....and you'll never know untill you try it...
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search = life in dubai.... with a few exceptions.
....someone must be living in oman or doha...anyone out theeeeer?!
ps. no time to try before i buy...get it wrong & big sh*t - don;t ya need employer to 'free' you again?!
....someone must be living in oman or doha...anyone out theeeeer?!
ps. no time to try before i buy...get it wrong & big sh*t - don;t ya need employer to 'free' you again?!
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all this just because you have to wear a bandana...
anyway...I don't agree with most of it....as you all know. Plus, life is what you make it, where ever you go...but that's an old song as well...do a search on this forum, its been talked about over and over again these last couple of months....and you'll never know untill you try it...
anyway...I don't agree with most of it....as you all know. Plus, life is what you make it, where ever you go...but that's an old song as well...do a search on this forum, its been talked about over and over again these last couple of months....and you'll never know untill you try it...
I agree with what you are saying. That was my opinion of the place, yet i still choose to stay here. It is too easy to see negative in everything i suppose!
The day the negatives outweight the positives which for me are pure and simply financial and nothing else, then ill move back to civilisation
until then............
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I think the acid test of a place always has to be.
If you were (as a Westerner) earning crap money would you stay...
If I could get a job in Muscat then I would be there in a heartbeat, love the place to bits. The total opposite to Dubai.
If you were (as a Westerner) earning crap money would you stay...
If I could get a job in Muscat then I would be there in a heartbeat, love the place to bits. The total opposite to Dubai.
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They say: "MUSCAT? IT'S ******G GREAT!" in a raving manner.
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yeahhh- good feedback, thanks guys. it's nice to talk to people with the balls to tell it as it is.
dubai would seem the obvious and safest choice just because it gets splashed all over the papers.
i like the sound of oman more than dubai. i don't mind doha.=- like what i've seen on google video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50694033482725) and qatar forum so far.
but oman seems to draw me- will have to try and get some contact there on the ground.
be happy.
dubai would seem the obvious and safest choice just because it gets splashed all over the papers.
i like the sound of oman more than dubai. i don't mind doha.=- like what i've seen on google video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50694033482725) and qatar forum so far.
but oman seems to draw me- will have to try and get some contact there on the ground.
be happy.
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yeahhh- good feedback, thanks guys. it's nice to talk to people with the balls to tell it as it is.
dubai would seem the obvious and safest choice just because it gets splashed all over the papers.
i like the sound of oman more than dubai. i don't mind doha.=- like what i've seen on google video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50694033482725) and qatar forum so far.
but oman seems to draw me- will have to try and get some contact there on the ground.
be happy.
dubai would seem the obvious and safest choice just because it gets splashed all over the papers.
i like the sound of oman more than dubai. i don't mind doha.=- like what i've seen on google video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50694033482725) and qatar forum so far.
but oman seems to draw me- will have to try and get some contact there on the ground.
be happy.
Doha - not been in a while just a 'baby' version of Dubai
Dubai - great if you get the right package - which needs to be looked at in great detail before you sign anything. Everything very pricey. School fees just been capped at 16%!!!
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excellent, why, thank you. Hope it's muscat. Lets see how the offers play themselves out. 2nd choice will be doha, 3rd then is dubai.
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yeahhh- good feedback, thanks guys. it's nice to talk to people with the balls to tell it as it is.
dubai would seem the obvious and safest choice just because it gets splashed all over the papers.
i like the sound of oman more than dubai. i don't mind doha.=- like what i've seen on google video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50694033482725) and qatar forum so far.
but oman seems to draw me- will have to try and get some contact there on the ground.
be happy.
dubai would seem the obvious and safest choice just because it gets splashed all over the papers.
i like the sound of oman more than dubai. i don't mind doha.=- like what i've seen on google video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...50694033482725) and qatar forum so far.
but oman seems to draw me- will have to try and get some contact there on the ground.
be happy.
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