Geo: 25.27, 55.33Dubai is one strange city. Good strange or bad strange seems to depend on your mood and what you're looking at. Because of oil revenues, a large modern city exists where none should exist- on the edge of an Arabian desert. And because Dubai is the one city state within the UAE that is actually running out of oil, it is rapidly trying to diversify into a financial centre, airline hub, tech centre, and just about anything else it thinks might guarantee the future of Dubai citizens who live simply to shop. And if you're building a city that is looking to attract attention, you will need to veer off the path of bland and ordinary (hello Toronto), and step outside the box. Dubai steps so
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