India, July 11 -- The truth is, Dubai has a way of flummoxing even the natives, let alone the seasoned traveller. Many who have lived here for decades still seem capable of expressing genuine astonishment at the scale of what has been achieved. So the whole idea of what it means to have Dubai as your home is subject to change - an idea that is, like most of Dubai, still being developed.
In pure architectural terms, Dubai is an impactful, imposing universe. Much more so, in my view, than downtown Manhattan. New York isn't hemmed in from all sides by howling wilderness, as Dubai most certainly is. The uninhabitable is always around the corner here - only a few minutes' drive from the skyscrapers are the Arabian sea and the Arabian sands.
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