In case some of you haven't noticed, I have not posted on this board since September, save for a thread on Dubai. Finally clued in to that no one seems to like me, and I don't like most of you. This is going to be as close to a farewell thread as I have no intention of ever posting here again.

For those of you who want to quit, it's surprisingly easy. Put it out of your mind for a few days and you'll be shocked at how easy it is to forget that xoxohth even exists. If you do stray here the banality of the posts will make you leave in a hurry.

Last chance at questions/ answers about Dubai or anything else you want to ask. One warning: I will not reveal anything remotely close to my job or my clients' affairs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13511955)

But have a great wedding!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13511991)

But enjoy your pretentious Manhattan loft with shitty modern furniture and gunning for photo ops in the NY social diary and thinking you're more interesting than anyone who doesn't live in New York.

And have a great Christmas!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512053)

I admire a woman who swings well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512058)

now that dubai is revealed as more or less a house of cards, what do you think is the next city/state/whatever to either rise so rapidly or decline so rapidly?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512080)

Abu Dhabi could be the next boom town, but it will be a longer, slower boom rather than a stratospheric boom.

Something like Dubai isn't going to happen for another generation or two. Perhaps one of the 'Stan cities? There's a fair amount of natural resources in those countries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512122)

but now people are like "dang that was the epicenter of overexpansion."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512182)

But I do think Dubai will eventually get back on its foot as a regional hub. Not like New York or London, but eventually comparable to Singapore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512210)

Singapore is certainly a major player in Asia, especially in shipping and shipping is one economic advantage Dubai has going for it (despite the recent decline in worldwide shipping. It's still strategically placed and has excellent port facilities)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512247)

Fuck you? Feel better?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512126)

If we're out here long enough, the American School of Dubai is decent enough, or one of the top British schools. I have corporate debenture at ASD and one of the better British schools.

If we become long-term expats whether in Dubai or elsewhere in the Mid East/ Asia, boarding school either the US or the UK when he's 13 or 14.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512138)

It has nothing to do with the US's decline, not that I think it is headed for a permanent decline. Once Obama goes things will get better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512273)

With good MCAT and better GPA you should be able to get in your basic in-state med school or someplace like thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512156)

Around 300K.

School fees are worth another 20K per child but we aren't using them (yet).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512232)

the only reason i want to do med school is so i could be like this guy: http://www.utahhealthsciences.net/pageview.aspx?id=17552

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512258)

glad i got out when idid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1161287&forum_id=2#13512397)