I live in Dubai, ask me anything

This thread is someone grinding an axe about the UK under the heading of AMA.

The lady doth protest too much.

@Puppylucky A great insight thank you. I wish you'd done the AMA.

And not doing a very good job, either, if her affluent area of London was really bedevilled by maniacs snatching children off footpaths in front of their parents.

We should all be VERY concerned. You clearly aren't concerned enough.

What happened in February isn't what is happening now.

You'd be mindful to reflect on this and how the situation has been slowly changing and how you are boiling like a frog in terms of normalisation.

This information has been widely published across a variety of news outlets including The Telegraph, Irish Times, The Filipino Times, CNN and LBC News.

She probably won't believe any of that either. 😕

You mean apart from a degree in media, politics and history and being able to tell the difference between a reputable sources and one that says thousands of children are getting snatched off the streets in the UK?

Apart from that?

Ditto

The OP appears to struggle to believe in anything other than in her imaginary bank balance making people weep.

@Puppylucky

It’s interesting to get your experience and perspective of your time here.

I must say I haven’t noticed any rude and aggressive behaviour from taxi drivers / retail / hospitality staff. (So far at least).

Apart from being able to read and understand the foreign office advisories from the US, UK and various other EU countries and knowing they are fundamentally worse than in February?

Apart from that?

Apart from under the the Yemenis have now repeatedly bombed Saudi airports with numerous casualties, successfully more or less closing Saudi Airspace?

Apart from that?

Apart from understanding that the Yemenis and aided and funded by Iran who have also said they intend to target certain infrastructure like airports, water, power and bridges in an escalation that didn't happen in Feb?

Apart from that?

Apart from seeing what's going on in Russia and Ukraine and knowing that Data Centres and the Internet are targets and the Iranians have explicitly said they are looking at blowing up the internet cables in the Gulf of Hormuz if the attacks resumed?

Apart from that?

And this is ALL click bait?

Right.

Basic ability to check facts and find cases such as detained in Dubai before we decide on moving to a country?

you don’t really present yourself as someone who does much, if any, research or fact checking if you aren’t aware of news and information sources such as this one.

Well good luck to you then if you think you are smarter and more informed than every western foreign office, every respectable news agency in the world and think the Iranians are just bluffing.

I wish you good luck and hope your kids are ok.

Gosh, OP, if you are in fact fantasising in a semi in Dagenham, you should definitely go to Dubai. You’re a natural at the kind of underthinking required. You’d fit right in.

@toiletpaperthief

Re pension, when you leave Dubai, you are able to transfer the money you have put in, out. (I don’t know if you can have the cash or if you have to transfer to another pension plan).

I pay the short fall in my NI contributions to cover the years I am here. (Such a mission dealing with HMRC).

It is interesting meeting so many different nationalities and cultures. I’ve found most people to be friendly but it is tough seeing the construction workers and other lower paid workers. As I said before, most people here are doing the best for their families.

To be fair though OP many of the things you've said on here about world affairs are shaky/slanted/driven by 'what people are telling me' and when asked your sources of information all you've come up with is that the Daily Mail is 'all doom and gloom'.

@Yetanotherone12

I’d love to have enough money to turn down a job here to honour my values, but sadly, those values will not keep me with a roof over my head in old age in the UK. By the time I get to pension age, I’ll be lucky if there is one, and as a single woman, I don’t have anyone to financially rely on. Actually, not even just in old age, given the property prices and cost of living crisis. So yes, I came here for the money. I don’t like some of what Dubai stands for, but I also need to think of myself and try and help others where I can here (which I do).

This is not directed at you but it’s easy to say you have morals/values and wouldn’t do this / that, when you have money in the bank or financial support.

And I can bet you wish you had more class.

A quick internet search turns up multiple worldwide reports of the events in Dubai earlier this year. They all contain similar information. I've found almost identical stories on CNN, CBS, Australian and European news channels and media.

Multiple countries issued No Travel warnings.

Why are you pretending this information was 'predominantly from the UK'?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-trying-to-evacuate-middle-east-frustrated-with-government-response/