Walking Street yes, but there's nice beaches and pleasant local towns further south. Go where Thai people go!
Best tropical place to live?
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Deira and Al Barsha appeal to me more.
I like a local vibe and street life.
I have stayed in Deira specially during my early commodities brokerage days- its pretty crowded although full of filipino and Indian chicks ( Indian chicks are useless).My evening pastime used to be hunting for filipino chicks.Al Barsha is not bad stayed there too..But i like greens more i bought one apartment nearby to greens.Greens and beyond is area of Russian Chicks.So going by metro stations before business bay Indian and Filipino Chicks are available and after Business Bay area of Russian Chicks- this is the division roughly.Now based on this you can understand why its pricier after you cross Business bay metro towards Greens etc.Its a price for the type of Chicks basically. smi(&% You go to Palm Jumeirah even more pricier Chicks and buildings.
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I'm talking about very high end only.
This is a big issue in the Burj Khalifa actually. Super annoying.
I was looking at apartments there during covid, it was super cheap. I still almost regret not renting it. But then again, the gym is s**t and there isn't even a proper pool.
But it's otherwise not an issue, and you have staff and cameras in basically every building in Dubai, even if you rent an unfurnished apartments.
My friend didn't have to register me.
Don't care. I don't watch TV.
In what I am thinking of, the residences are typically on a different floor or separate wing/building, so you wouldn't have such issues.
Never happened to me, and I stay in hotels a lot. Even the Burj Khalifa only has keycards.
Not in high-end places. I'm only talking about high end.
Not really, in the residences, most people should be staying at least a few months.
I don't really care as I don't cook, but I believe they usually have decent equipment.
Sure, but I don't want to furnish. It's annoying, then you have to sell everything if you decide after 2 years you want to move?
Hotel residences should come with washing machines.
I think we're talking about different things here.
They are regular apartments. They typically aren't even owned by the hotel, they are privately owned. They're just furnished and you get some additional benefits.
Well most are there for the business benefits and slowly evaporating tax benefits i suppose else why would you live in a fucking desert.What more can we expect there.Treat the countries like shops whatever goodies you get from there and make a run to other shops to grab their best goodies.
In that sense quality of life and cost wise probably Malaysia is better maybe even though i havent been there.
You need to get on a plane and visit Pattaya and Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo and Punta Cana)
Similar weather, very green, affordable, nice friendly people, good infrastructure.
You'll just have to decide if you want to be in south east Asia, or in the Caribbean, both are great.
Similar weather, very green, affordable, nice friendly people, good infrastructure.
You'll just have to decide if you want to be in south east Asia, or in the Caribbean, both are great.
- Bluewaters Island
- Emaar Beachfront - Some buildings
- Some buildings on the Palm / Some Villas on the palm (Villas rent from 50-70k/month though)
- City Walk
- Some Address buildings - Opera/Sky View
Exactly, that's the issue. Something nice can easily cost you $10k+ per month in Dubai/Abu Dhabi.
It depends on your budget.
I personally don't like Dubai. Dubai is not tropical. It's desert with 0 nature. Btw., winter is not that warm in Dubai.
Caribbean has similar nice warm weather all year round.
There is no perfect place. Just matter of preference.
I personally don't like Dubai. Dubai is not tropical. It's desert with 0 nature. Btw., winter is not that warm in Dubai.
Caribbean has similar nice warm weather all year round.
There is no perfect place. Just matter of preference.
Not really. Quality is usually s**t. There have been cases where buildings had to be demolished few years after construction. Ok, those were probably lower-end quality buildings, but still. Do you think anyone saw compensation for that?
Also, the climate really takes a toll on the buildings, developers are often dodgy, there is no true rule of law and so on.
The government can always just change their mind on an area. For example, La Mer was a nice beachfront area with lots of restaurants, brand new. Two years later, everything was torn down because they decided to build something else instead.
I know someone who bought an apartment on JBR in 2016 or so, by 2020, it had lost 60% or so of its value and that person sold at a loss, not even enough to cover the remaining mortgage. Now it's probably worth more than they paid, but what help is that...
It's not a normal real estate market.
That's why I'm asking. The Carribean sounds interesting to me, but I don't want to live in a place with poor infrastructure, cheap quality buildings and so on.
It's also one of the reasons why I don't like Cyprus. I'm sure there are some high-quality developments, but most of the buildings are s**t.
It depends on your budget. You can have good quality but it costs money. What you mean by infrastructure? You will not find big nice cities like Singapore in Caribbean.
St Barths has nice . clean, luxury infrastructure, but it's small and very expensive.
Infrastructure can be built. If you don't have the budget, go to Dubai.
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I guess you can usually find a nice hotel or gated community, but what does it look like outside?
If it looks like this and you feel like you're in a small village, I'm not really interested:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/vie...-city-barbados-port-carlisle-bay-77933548.jpg
Or like this, minus the skyscrapers:
https://images6.alphacoders.com/647/thumb-1920-647374.jpg
Or this (looks nice at a first glance, but when you take a closer look, you see the buildings have a very simple standard):
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/be/44/8dbe4460cbe76eb925c5d2c7e9d75c6b.jpg
Or this:
https://imgcld.yatra.com/ytimages/image/upload/v1461912238/Phuket-Patong_Beach_and_Town1.jpg
Compare this to beautiful downtown Abu Dhabi:
https://content.r9cdn.net/rimg/dimg/a8/85/bbf8aa0b-city-9457-164d6a9147e.jpg
Or Miami:
https://cdn.getyourguide.com/img/location/5c0935da3cadc.jpeg/88.jpg
Properly developed, not just a beach town with some huts.
I mean nice gyms, restaurants, not just some surfer huts.
Exactly. I would guess I might like St Barths (unless it's too small/boring), but the cost would likely be prohibitive.
Dubai isn't that cheap either.
I know Dubai very well, I'm just trying to understand the options, even if they are expensive.
From what are you seeking ,tropical, not poor. Not so many places. Singapore has great infrastructure and is tropical. What is your budget if not secret?
I suggest visit St Barths. If you don't like it I doubt you would like any other tropical islands. Usually after people visit St Barths for couple days, they no longer want to visit any other islands. So keep in mind that after visiting St Barths you will not like any other Caribbean islands etc..
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