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Originally Posted by JTG
Whirl I am in Doha, Qatar right now ( Basically in the neighberhood if u look at a map) and my father is an expat here along with about 80% of the pop. I can tell you life here, aside from the obvious division of classes ( Arab over hindu/ phillipino) Life is good..No fanatics to speak of, just respect their cultures...The guys u see in traditional cothing and such are more worried about their nice cars and having a good time than "kill the yankee" besides I just came back from a mall that had KFC/ CHILLIS/ FRIDAYS/ etc etc all full of ppl having a good time...
Offcourse saudi might be a different story but Abu Dahbi, Doha, Dubai and Kuwait ar'nt bad places to spend a few yrs making good money getting typed...Plus Honestly u cant base conclusions on Hollywood man!  |
Unfortunately, my views are not based on Hollywood. My experience is time spent in EVERY Persian Gulf nation and a few others not with water front property. What you see on the "street" is not always reality. I can assure you of that. I spent enough time over there to know that the middle east is near the end of a long list of places I would not want to live.
It is a good place to make money tax free...there are some just north of you making lousy money...but at least it is tax free...that and its not so safe. Do you ever wonder where some of the fighters heading into Iraq come from..or where maybe there funds come from?
I would rather not support their cause....but that is just me.