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    Image of syedagmalali syedagmalali
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    Rosa, go to sleep so I can too. #technosphere
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/29/09

    @syedagmalali: I'm going, I'm going. The post after this is my last for the night, I promise.

    Go get some rest. #technosphere
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    Image of chrisfox01 chrisfox01
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    If you noticed the parking lot in the future, majority of people will own Dodge Vipers? #technosphere
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    Image of mricyfire mricyfire
    10/29/09

    @chrisfox01: yea i thought i was the only one who noticed...

    Vipers, Corvettes, Ferraris and NSX can all been seen numerous times in that pic. #technosphere
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    Image of Gann Gann
    10/29/09

    @chrisfox01: 3d entourage is expensive. #technosphere
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    Image of jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ jayhawk11 is the Governor of NJ
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    What, no phallic-shaped building to attach to this? Come on Dubai, you're slipping. #technosphere
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/29/09

    @jayhawk11: You'll also need another Technosphere to have an accurate copy of the setup I think you're proposing. #technosphere
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    is dubai even comparable to anything? Perhaps las vegas? I mean it is growing so fast (mostly do to near slave labor) but still. DAMN #technosphere
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    Image of The Hoff The Hoff
    10/29/09

    @phunnyballs: it's stopped growing. Financial crisis has destroyed it.. cranes are all gone, and people are leaving their cars at the airport as they run out of the country to avoid getting thrown into bankruptcy prison #technosphere
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/29/09

    @The Hoff: A terrifying prospect given the poor structure of the country's bankruptcy laws. #technosphere
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    Image of Szin Szin
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park

    .....Technodrome: Lets Kick Shell! #technosphere
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    Image of atlasfugged atlasfugged
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
    It's like the Death Star and the Epcot Center left their bastard child behind in the desert.
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Edited by atlasfugged at 10/29/09 2:00 AM atlasfugged was starred atlasfugged was unstarred
    Image of NastyInThePasty NastyInThePasty
    10/26/09

    In reply to Tarzan's Making His Reservations At This Frame Hotel
    The architect in me thinks this is actually pretty cool from a purely artistic point of view, especially the black and white juxtaposition.

    But the structural engineer in me just threw up a little. #villamodagalleriesframehotel
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    Image of LVL32 LVL32
    10/08/09

    In reply to Dubai's Vertical Village Might Suck Up All Of the Sun's Rays
    you know when that oil money dries up they will be where we are. bankrupt. but we will have bombs and they will have targets. muwhahahah! I kid , I kid seriously .. sarah palin.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment LVL32 was starred LVL32 was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/08/09

    @LVL32: Dubai has very, very little oil money.
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    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    10/08/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Very little oil money = lots of money relative to any other good

    All of their capital, originally, came from oil. They were smart enough to invest it. Not that all their investments were good.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment D.E.P.C. was starred D.E.P.C. was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/08/09

    @D.E.P.C.: Yes, but my point was that the oil money has pretty much already run out for Dubai.

    GDP BREAKDOWN - The non-oil sector contributed 96.8 percent of GDP in 2006 and oil sector 3.2 percent. Among non-oil sectors the biggest contribution came from wholesale and retail trade (34.6 percent), manufacturing (15.6 percent), real estate (15.2 percent) and financial sector (9.3 percent).

    from here: [www.javno.com]
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    Image of D.E.P.C. D.E.P.C.
    10/08/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: We aren't in disagreement! I was just pointing out that their "very, very little oil money," combined with unique investments, are what lead to them being mega-rich. I was not taking the position of the person you were disagreeing with.

    I don't know what pre-man-made-islands-and-7-star-hotel Dubai's GDP was comprised of, but I'm pretty sure it was primarily oil.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/08/09

    In reply to Dubai's Vertical Village Might Suck Up All Of the Sun's Rays
    With the sunblock in place and the world aghast, Dubai will be free to wallow in its own crapulence.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/23/09

    In reply to This Is What the Burj Dubai Would Look Like in Midtown Manhattan
    Does it have 5 floors just for pets?
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    09/23/09

    In reply to This Is What the Burj Dubai Would Look Like in Midtown Manhattan
    I think it's really sad there's been nothing new built on the WTC site. :(
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    09/23/09

    @RyaninCalgary:
    400 days to build the Empire State.
    8 Years to build Nothing.
    Pretty sad state of affairs.....
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    Image of Avizzv92 Avizzv92
    09/23/09

    @aec007: No amount of technological innovation and progress will replace the working class attitude that is missing in America now that built the Empire State building back then.
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    Image of trs trs
    09/23/09

    In reply to This Is What the Burj Dubai Would Look Like in Midtown Manhattan
    What I find amazing is that 78 years later, the Empire State Building is still up there on the list of world's tallest buildings.
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    Image of TVGenius TVGenius
    09/23/09

    @trs: I always wonder, what is the life expectancy of some of these early skyscrapers? At what point will maintenance no longer suffice, and the thing's gotta come down? A 100-story implosion would be pretty wild, although infeasible because of the amount of debris.
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    09/23/09

    @TVGenius: well it alread..

    nvm I am not even touching that one
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    Image of SusmitaCaesar SusmitaCaesar
    09/23/09

    In reply to This Is What the Burj Dubai Would Look Like in Midtown Manhattan
    Where's Toronto's CN Tower in the "perspective" image?
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    09/23/09

    @SusmitaCaesar: It's an observation tower, not a skyscraper, so my guess is it doesn't count...
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    Image of michaelfox michaelfox
    09/23/09

    @Platypus Man: Doesn't really matter. It's a free standing structure, so it should still be included, purpose aside.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    09/23/09

    @michaelfox: Burj Dubai is a skyscraper, so people want to see its height compared to other skyscrapers. It's not a "tallest structures" comparison, it's just a helpful graph to compare it to other similar things.
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    Image of quantumbits quantumbits
    09/23/09

    In reply to This Is What the Burj Dubai Would Look Like in Midtown Manhattan
    Personally, I'm not really impressed by these structures that end up looking and functioning more like spires based, in large part, on winning a glorified pissing match. That's why I was always in such awe of the WTC buildings.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    09/23/09

    @quantumbits: Yeah, we all know it's the girth that really counts, right?
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    Image of quantumbits quantumbits
    09/23/09

    @Gann: Too easy...
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    Image of HannoverFist HannoverFist
    09/23/09

    In reply to This Is What the Burj Dubai Would Look Like in Midtown Manhattan
    Dubai loses its luster when you find out that all the development is built upon the backs of slave labor. Just google "Dubai slavery" if you want to find out more.
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