There was an article in The Independent recently in which a reporter took a short-break excursion from the UK to Dubai and sampled the shopping experience.
Essentially she found all the shops she would have in the UK at prices generally around the same, with some electrical goods etc slightly cheaper. All that was missing were the hoardes of actual shoppers as opposed to those just wandering about with no intention of buying anything other than a coffee.
She returned home with some vanilla pods and an incense burner and wondering why the hell she had travelled all that way for a wander around some less-than-appealing giant malls in Dubai.
Quite....
For prices, character and everything you could wish for, give me New York.... period. Altho just now you will get your nuts frozen off 😮