Monday, February 16, 2009

Whats the Deal with Dubai Addresses?


During work today I came across a PO from Dubai with a rather odd address.
Store NO.22
Al Quoz Industrial Area
Between Interchange 2 & 3
Dubai, UAE

From what I have read about the once modest, now excessive desert city, there was little planned development. Oil money poured into the nation as if from the breach hull of an oil tanker; instead of leaving greasy seabirds it left greasy ex-pats and ridiculous islands the shape of a palm. All the now famous development that has made Dubai so famous now is one of the elements that make it so difficult. The absence of any urban planning has left a shining city with no road names, no address to speak of, and no alcohol. The alcohol aside, it is times like this where the little regulation that we need is indeed very necessary for things as simple as the mail.

There are countless other WTF elements to Dubai such as the Sunday- Thursday work week. Really, how did they end up with all our money?

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