Living and working in Saudi Arabia - Compound Life

What is is like to live in Saudi Arabia as a non-local?

Expats; Americans, British, jobs, employment, Australians and other citizens from Europe, Africa, Asia and other parts of the Middle East and world work and live in Saudi Arabia. In total nearly 3 million expats live in Saudi Arabia- almost all of them live on compounds like this one. Popular compounds in Riyadh are Arizona, Cordoba, Eid and others. There are also large compounds in Hail, Khobar, Jizan and Jeddah and elsewhere in Saudi Arabia.

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[aparisk]

is it possible for a traveller to visit saudi arabia as a backpacker and being from latin america?

[BruceFenton]

@aparisk yes you just need a visa-- not that easy to get for pure tourism

[kusamra]

im from eu and living in saudi arabia since a year already and as i really like the country i will stay longer. I was very pesimistic about it, heared about all the bad things happening here, women discriminated, homosexuality, cutting heads...then i arrived and saw a another world, completly different then it is shown in eu and usa. ive travelled a lot and can say its one of the most safe countrys, the saudis by nature of the arabs a a bit stiff and very proud.

[justsomecanadian]

@oanabunny I've been to Saudi Arabia over ten times already, in my opinion Saudi is safer for women than America.

[faisouol1]

@meberz

Yes, you are right. The problem is that most saudi teengers break the rules, and drive at early age without having driver license, which results in more traffic accidents.

[aaqilian]

@justsomecanadian yeah on the surface but the whole country operates under a facade of propriety meanwhile women are beaten raped enslaved etcetc every day. and to say otherwise is misinformation. And i dont think you can give God's blessings so save the platitudes

[aaqilian]

@oanabunny you have to get a job before coming here but as for safety its okay just be very careful about being alone with strange men and do not leave your kids alone wth anyone

[aaqilian]

@4mm4r57 Saudi is most definitely a 3rd world country socially developmentally morally, every way except economically. They just have been fortunate to have oil but they are still a developing nation make no mistake

[aaqilian]

@percy1fan no a private developer built the place bc they dont want outsiders corrupting their 'pure islamic values' :p . There is a quote from an earlier saudi malik Saud I think that says " make the country as such that foreigners do their job and get out" im paraphrasing but thats the gist of what he said Dont delude others into thinking this a welcoming country. its not

[justsomecanadian]

@aaqilian I don't have a narrow mind. I'm speaking from experience...I lived in Saudi for three years. No place on Earth is utopia, but the probablity of assault, rape, theft, and murder are much lower in Saudi than America. God Bless.

[aaqilian]

@justsomecanadian perhaps on the surface dude but what goes on behind closed doors would blow your narrow mind out the fuckin water

[lzoli18B]

@SaudiArabianDrifters only the shortsighet idiots see saudis that way. but i beg to differ on that comparison with the eu (on the account of womens rights issues) no offense

[meberz]

@SaudiArabianDrifters are u f... serious with your last sentence? KSA has 1/3 of the population of Germany (26 Mio KSA, 82 Mio Germany), but 5 times more people get killed on Saudi roads than on German roads (20000 p.a. in KSA, 4000 in Germany). Per 100,000 inhabitants, KSA has 20x more traffic victims than Gemany, Holland, Denmark etc., and you honestly claim Saudi drivers are the best? I lived there for 4 years and I saw at least 1 accident every day!