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Dubai is going to be the coolest ghost town once the oil era ends.
Yeah, a building with moving parts should be a joy to keep up the maintenance on.
Good luck!
How beautiful and original, but it comes with very mixed feelings, too. I wonder how it'll be powered. Will there be solar panels in some of the windows? It looks as though it could catch a whole lot of sun. To think there are people starving not so far from this place. Also, how will people find their apartments? Wouldn't it be odd to have to check apartment numbers every time before going in?
The desk clerk provides a bottle of Dramamine at check-in. American-style ingenuity.
Nothing unusal about these buildings, from the richest country in the world.
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