When I left the Advanced Rocket Science Research Centre in Australia to come to Dubai, I too was initially confronted with many of the things you mention. Hot! Phew, even for a person whose fulltime job was measuring heat radiance from a class 5 solid state booster at 100 metres, Dubai is still like a smelter. High rent cost! I considered selling top secret information to the Soviets to pay for my rent. Traffic? I had asked my old company to send me one of the prototype jetpacks we developed (they declined) - but you should not look at these things as dealbreakers.
What Dubai does have is rich diversity and a meld of rich cultures. I have made many friends here and all of high quality and from diverse backgrounds. It is with these friends that I have relaxed and have learnt to really enjoy the spoils of Dubai. That and the tax free dollars.
Really though, Dubai is not for everyone, but if you relax about the gripes and embrace the good things such as the friends you make, it can be a great place.
Thanks for the advice..
just curious why you left your previous job above? Seems to be an awesome job and now you're here giving free consultations to DF members? So what do you get in return?
back to my problem...got your point ...not just the place but the people....
-- people here are all to busy to make friends/....not at work - just have one female collegue and married, the only time we spend together is in silica looking for plates...not at home --- got two male cousins, my neighbors have life of their own.. not fond of going to clubs...and as a lot of the members said here...hard to find genuine people in clubs...
so where?