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  • What about the marine life that is being dredged up! Whole echo systems going up the hoover.

  • That is too cool. I will definitely visit Dubai this year.

  • What's next.... The Milky Wat??

  • @SuspendedSky55 look up "the universe dubai", lol its crazy

  • Wow, how do they get mutual interaction with other human beings...? I like to live there, but come to think, I want my kids to have real friends, I want to have a friendly neighbor who I can share my thoughts, a neighborhood of socialize and sharing...

    Seems I'm not qualified to live here even though I'm a millionaire... sigh~

  • The recession took its toll on dubai, and more than 90% of the half-finished islands that have been completed and sold to multi-millionaires sit empty. And according to the news, they're sinking because the company was in too much bankruptcy to finish the project.

  • what if u need to call an 911 or somthing?

  • not very smart plan, it's about same to turn river backwards !

  • i want one.

  • dubai sucks

  • 35 million dollars all spent on this thing.

    Who is it all for? The rich.

    That's 35 million that could be spent on the homeless, or the needy, or people suffering from disasters.

    Sickening.

  • @xerolalala Oh how noble and moral you are!!! Would you be willing to pay off all my student loans for me? I'm poor and needy :( :( :( :(. Also could you pay off my car, future home loans and health insurance as well? Also I saw some homeless guy yesterday, could you buy him a house?

    You're such a good person we should force people like you to pay for everything for the needy <3 <3 <3. Self righteous moron.

    if you cared so much you would be helping them yourself.

  • @unseenxxx I must say, you have a horrible way of using sarcasm. Now, I'm just going to point out I don't have a job, considering I'm only 14?

    I get 10 dollars a week and I have still given it to people in need? And even If I was old enough, I don't think I could pay millions of people.

    "If I cared so much"? Of course I do. If you want to start an argument, try and do it without insulting someone, and not knowing their situation. It's pathetic.

  • @xerolalala I with you

  • 2:44  Dibs on Britain!!!

  • 14 people live on islands by themselves and are very lonely.

  • remember the tsunami ? that is a dangerous way to live without your own helicopter too, or at least a boat. if a boat was enough, not even a ship is enough against rogue waves.

  • @kimosab3 totally agree

  • but still nothing can beat the nature's creation... Check the 100 Islands of the Philippines in Pangasinan....

  • @kimosab3 im from philippines

  • @kimosab3 the dutch can make every islands ........we the only ones who can make land from water.....never floods again here........even the arrogant americans asking us to help theme there....lmao....

  • Its amazing what European technology, architecture and foreign investments can do.

  • Dubai is now in the read with everything at a halt. Too bad Dubai is now dead.

  • these rich sandniggers can't think, money makes their brains dump

  • @trancowy89 Thats sure is a intelligent statement from somone who spelled dumb as dump. You sir are what the internet refers to as a troll. so please stfu.

  • man wont just stop

  • that is BANANAS!!!

    in matter of fact, Dubai is BANANAS!!!

  • I do hope everyone understands just what they are seeing... this is just the first of many Islands

    Ask yourself some questions question...

    1. What happend on 9/11 ?

    2. Why was fuel costs so high?

    3. Where did all the money come from?

    4. Why is NATO protecting Dubai?

    5. What was the reason for building all the symbols in to the landscape?

    6. Ask the questions... Why is the world leaders moving there?

  • @jeffdoute Dubai actually never had a whole lot of oil. It's neighbor the the west Abu Dhabi has quite the reserves, though. Dubai depleted most of its resources in the 70s and has since taken other measures to attract foreign direct investment into the emirate.

  • @jeffdoute Dubai never actually had a whole lot of oil. Its neighbor the to west, the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has plenty of reserves. Dubai depleted much of its resources in 70s and has since taken different measures to attract foreign investment and the government itself invests in ventures all over the world.

  • Never build your house on sand, there are inherent problems with the existing units and with the global financial meltdown, it appears the remaining Dubai fantasy-World has been scrapped. This video was uploaded when? Oh, on August 06, 2007, this is outdated news, there is NO MONEY for this project, it will NOT BE FINISHED, get informed before arguing about this practical joke by the Global Elite. Only 54 "islands" were ever finished leaving the remaining 78% UNDEVELOPED WATER-REAL ESTATE. LOL!!

  • no you stupid ass a tsunami wont hit them because they are in the persian gulf not in the ocean

  • All the haters thats funny shame on you haters

  • Impressive, too bad it's pretty much bankrupt... along with much of the dubai real estate insanity over the last couple of years

  • a tsunami could take it out easily

  • You can't fight Mother Nature... A tsunami will destroy much of the homes on these islands. Well, at least the islands will offer some kind of barrier to the mainland area if a huge tsunami ever hits Dubai.

  • people are just Jalouse about Dubai project, becouse they are muslims. Yeahh Go Dubai. Dubai is The best in the holl world.

  • GUESS WHAT?dubai just ran out of money,and they were so arrogant of building all these attractions!!Now the dubai government is begging the people to give them 6 months to pay the debt.THESE IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GET BRAINLESS MUSLIMS WHO EXCHENGE OIL WITH FOREIGN TALENTS AND ANYHOW SPEND THE MONEY

  • Impressive.

  • "It will put Dubai on the map"

    Shame it won't actually be on the a map.

  • dubai will fall into the sea

  • whats up wth australa?

    it spoils it a bit

    but apart from that its brilliant

  • Dubai is so artificial, I don't care about Dubai,Dubai is not an écologic city, dubai is sh...

  • uau

  • do them and when they're done, natural phenomenon will mock you're creation

  • I agree with you!! I love the UAE and it's "vision" but I do see a tsunami prediction in the future..may god help them.

  • Good thing Doubi stays Neutrial in politics like Switzerland...

    Nevertheless that is an impressive project.

  • god bluss emirates the best countery ever and who ever and rich ever & who ever hate got a life , haterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • first off the money in dubai doesnt come from oil necessarily, oil is what they don't have. hence the attempt at global tourism. i think dubai is rad. i wish i could afford to go.

  • @schwixol Anyone tourists can go! I have co-workers that go there on Vacation every year and they say it's SUPER CHEAP! Yes, there are luxury 5-star and even 6-star hotels, but they also have lower class and more affordable hotels too for normal people. If normal people couldn't afford to visit Dubai just for fun, their tourism economy would of died many years ago! It's even said to be safer to visit than most countries with very little to no crime at all.

  • y bash them? everyone that invests their and builds it up is european/american anyways...... and besides maybe their precious oil money will take their governments heads off of killing ppl

  • western investment accounts for 8% of total investment in UAE, Arabs and Muslims then comes the russians and chinease.

  • THERE IS OPPORTUNITY IN DUBAI

  • if it wasnt for oil dubai would be like etiopia

  • Dubai is the best place in the world to stay....

  • of course, it had to be a white man who designed the whole thing...good luck selling those houses in this market..

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  • Just cant wait for a tsunami to come through haha

  • rofl the whole america will be cut for only investors??? if it is they can go fuck themselves im not gonna go live in the ocean

  • 280az its already happened. Its not finished yet but its not to far off. They are too involved now to pull the plug

  • This part of the middle est is the safest. Ive been there and trust me its safe. the safest spot of any middle estern county

  • how come there is so many westerners there ? does saudi arabia even own that city ?

  • Saudi Arabia? This place is located in UAE,

    right? Rich Saudis own houses there - that´s sure.

  • they own shit

    canadian-americans-rich indains-austrailian ect.. own those houses

  • Saudi Arabia? What have they got ANYTHING to do with the United Arab Emirates or Dubai?

  • thank you for Worrying about Alqaida.

    why not they beead you, cause you raised them millions of dollar, during cold war.

    thats CIA creation.

    and those agencies are more dangerous than alqiada they are influencied in whole world.

    the person like you is the real danger

  • Your spelling is the biggest threat at the moment!

  • Not everyone speaks english sir.

  • The islands are built where I understand is somewhat sheltered area from severe storms. I heard that the sheik has about bankrupted himself doing this.

    Also, what about terrorist attacks? A friend of mine, who been over there, said that it is very close to areas that are prone to violence and he didn't think it isn't to much a stretch for it to spill over to the islands someday.

  • actually its not. Ive been there too,  Its the safest part of the middle east. the only safets place in the middle east.

  • hey natG...the last tym i went to dubai its done but its not yet open to public...i got some news that its now open,with atlantis dubai,,,anyway is there really a news if theyre building a palm deira or palm jebel ali?...and what abt burj dubai is it open?

  • vanity rich vanity! screw dat i wud jus buy my own island sumwher els, sumwher secluded, awai frm all tha rich snobs

  • Pretty sweet until another tsunami comes along.. and then waa wa waaa.. no more man-made islands.

  • Now you know why the oil companies dont want the oil busines to be over pass by green technology,because they could not buy their personal island so lets help them consuming more oil (sarcasm)

  • no oil in dubai

  • I wanna move to Dubai

  • i got dibs on madagascar.

  • Ugggh...

    Tacky...laughable...tasteless.­

  • shellspink i love your island alot more

  • will the island drown if there is high tide?

  • no because it is protected by a surrounding barrier which would disrupt any high tides/waves.

  • DUBAI

  • i want japan!! XD

  • @Tiestolover i want the actual japan! lol

  • nice.

  • XxGARCESxX

    SHUT THE FCK up

    i have one of those houses on the fronds u tit

    and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

    doesnt support terrorism of any kind and has spent extensive money to make sure that zero terrorist activity goes on in Dubai

  • Wow that's cool I wish I had a house on the fronds. Dude how much did it cost you? Also, got any photos of it?

  • soz its been a while since i been on here its 1,400,000 pounds sterling

  • true true true just caus there a fuckin arab doesnt mean there a fuckin terrorists u pricks

  • that is so true

    they are people like us

    some of them can be terrorist's, but some of us are an terrorist in own way

  • People like you will never grow up and die like a motherfucker.

    May ur GOD open ur eyes soon.

  • This is simply A M A Z I N G!! It's incredible what man can do today.

  • @lovelyfresita ya, but man cant do some horrible disgusting things too

  • ah the lure of money........... which i don't have extra to buy an island! btw, im from a 7,100 island country!

  • phillipines?

  • indonasiea i think

  • XxGARCESxX, So does President Bush. He uses U.S. tax dollars to fund it and sends American soldiers to other countries to do the terror work.

  • Global warming and rising sea levels...hmmm?? Will Dubai be the next Atlantis that gets swallowed up by sea?

  • omg think about it these guys are not stupid no they wont be swallowed up by rising sea levels if u knew a bit about engineering ud know by looking at the design that it has a wall protecting it

  • yup engeneering can resolve any problem

  • why everyone predicted earthquake and tsunami happen to this islands..or you guys annually practice such a a bed news here on TVs. I don't think so...but always in such a certain region . As here in Dubai, no never day expecting so. By the way...Nice place, David Backam has already own a resident here.

  • personyq, Please post your comment again and write it in English. I am curious to know what you said.

  • Sorry, but m not response to your Video sucking Clamluvt...! For if you don't really know what m talking.. read again in reverse! wish you all the best!

  • I'm unclear on how each island would look. Just a little island with house and a dock? Would each island actually be themed for each part of the world?

  • Ireland in the sun!! Brilliant!!

  • i wonder why USA is helping those ppl

  • I want ENGLAND!!!! :D

  • this is without a doubt a MARVEL, i'm a big fan of Dubai mega projects =D

    Persian Gulf is not very deep, so i don't think tsunamis can "destroy" the palms like everyone thinks ^^

  • earthquake crates tsunami...tsunami its your home wash you to sea... sea drift either takes you to the cold freezing waters on antartica or shark infested sea...to those who can swim will drown i would not live in those island...it would be putting my own family at risk -_-

  • you don't have to live here to be in danger, just think of earthquakes, storms, tornados, accidents, that happen everyday... -.- besides high buildings are more dangerous than artificial islands

  • Dubai would not be building this if tsunamis would become a problem. The Persian Gulf is practically closed so if an earthquake was to occur, it would not reach the gulf. Its safe! The only thing I don't like about this project is how the islands are way expensive.

  • u think u americans are beatiful all u guys are are big mmacs

  • big macs ha ha ha ha ha big and bigger and the biggest mac

  • am i the only one who was not brainwased into believing this is great? I see skinny long strips of sand crowded with homes...no privacy, crowded and congested with traffic. Rich people living their indulging lazy lives going shopping and going to parties...wasted lives of luxury...fat and stupid..it's pure hell!

  • Haha cheers

  • Just wait for a tsunami over there ha ha ha.

  • LOL i live on that island i am from UAE dubai

  • Rich people, tsk tsk.

  • my father baught the island there!

  • Your father has the riches and the brains.

    I see the lineage haven't been passed onto you.

  • what...i dont understand this:I see the lineage haven't been passed onto you.

  • Your lineage being passed on to me?

    I must be your step-brother.

  • Which one has he *bought*?

  • why dont you builive?

  • why would you create an account just to add another voice to yours... your dad didn't buy one. they are tens of millions of dollars.

  • Awesome!!!

  • Awesome!!

  • The United Arab Emirates is not a dictatorship man. And I'm pretty sure they're not incompetent either. Can you just acknowledge something cool when you see it?

  • thats insane

  • My goal is to live somewhere over here.. someday

  • this islands are great

  • the buyers will get burned if the sea level rises due to global warming...

  • LOL. JUSTICE! Considering how many of the millionaires who live there are industrialists and capitalists whose business activities cause global warming.

  • imagine if a tropical storm came and made the houses go to shit. that'd be a waste of money.

    also, some terrorists could get on a boat torch those places. so the people doing this project ned to think of those things.

  • they have

  • Dubai is very safe! And what if a tropical storm made your house go shit, that would be a waste of money as well.

  • Give a few bucks to your people

  • It's just sad thinking what else this money could have been spent on.

  • They could have created farm lands and irrigation systems.

  • Doesn't it make you sick how wastefull the rich are?

  • ideed

  • YES.

  • They always want more!!!

  • Oh yes and as for flooding in that area... I'm quite certain these multi-millionaire developpers know far more than your average architect. So I'm pretty sure they have a system installed in case something like that ever happens.

  • Uh, you people sure do have stupid comments... I feel like my IQ and fallen just for reading them. Do you people not know where Dubai is? The animals in that area have long since died from all the previous developpements going on there. I doubt the islands are even comparable to the pollution caused by the oil drills and such.

  • There are actually serveral cities called dubai, i think i recall seeing a few in India.

  • lol Well of course, it's a popular name but you seem intelligent enough to know that they're talking about the United Arab Emirates! ;P

  • Yeah really.. just look at all the turbans lurking around the video. Where else could they possibly be at. Duh!

  • lmao!

  • global warming will take its toll

  • There are issues with this project and place. First, it is a "light muslim" state that has limited tolerance towards other religions. Instead of being a secular state they pronounce Islam as the official Religion and that is a great reference for not investing with them. Finally, Icebergs are melting and therefore these man made islands could easily disappear. No doubt about it.

  • this fucking sux. they think they own the world or what the fuck? hell . fuck that shit. killing all the animals for lux! we'll whatever floats their boat. THEY WILL NOT DO IT! :P

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  • Dibs on Texas!

  • This comment is the most intelligent comment so far, i really feel for you environmental problem making up bastards

  • JAJAJA, I Was Just Playing, I Don't Like Islands.

  • OOO I CANT WAIT TILL I GET MINE! ^^

  • lol, funny how many jelous people are on this thread. You can't afford it so you have to degrade it. Real mature. :)

  • Silly minds that don't think outside the box! I see how conformity is a deadly sickness...

  • heh, if only i could make a 4 foot tsunami aimed at that area... bye bye rich fat peeps!!!

  • dont pla god all you richies

  • appearantly once you become a billionaire

    you imediatly turn psycotic

  • uhhh.....U killing the wildlife under the sea

  • Okay that is the most insane rich-guy idea I've ever seen...

  • This is the most re-cocki-luos idea I have ever heard, dividing the world into little island!!! These rich people don't think of other but themselve. This is the reason why the world is turning into s-h-i-t.

  • Yoooouuuuuu obviously missed the point.

  • This whole "making your own island" thing should be illegal. Making new land and living in their own paradise may be good for them, but making new land raises sea levels and makes big problems for other people.