Sharjah is like a sister city/bedroom community to Dubai. Dubai is getting all of the fancy tourist and large commercial projects, while Sharjah is for the not so glitsy developments. A lot of people commute from Sharjah to Dubai, simply because Dubai is getting too expensive and too congested to live in. Sharjah also supplies Dubai with an oil pipeline, and is a large cargo hub in the world of aviation. So really, Sharjah is a bedroom/down to earth community to Dubai. Hope that answers your question.
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Posted 02 October 2006 - 03:36 PM
Yeah it does, thanks. I was just surprised by the high volume of high-rises in Sharjah. I expected Dubai to be the only game in town, with nothing but sand and the gulf around it, but was surprised to find that's not the case. Al Sharjah seems more urban, in a way, than Dubai, in that there seems to be more of an existing streetscape and activity of life that Dubai's expressway-side clusters of skyscrapers are currently lacking. The area of Sharjah around the lagoon was quite nice.
My friends live in Qusais. It's convenient for them because one works at DXB and the other in Sharjah. I couldn't imagine commuting from Sharjah to SZR every day. The traffic is horrendous!
My friends live in Qusais. It's convenient for them because one works at DXB and the other in Sharjah. I couldn't imagine commuting from Sharjah to SZR every day. The traffic is horrendous!
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Posted 02 October 2006 - 06:54 PM
Well, at least from google earth Dubai's centre seems very dense and urban, but there's miles and miles of sprawl along the coast. Outside the skyscraper area Sharjah is also not dense and the centre of Dubai seems to be an easier place to walk around in aswell.
mcheiss is right, loads of people are moving to Sharjah now because of the rising rents in Dubai and that's actually where the biggest traffic problem comes from. Right now Dubai now has 2 lines for a metro system under construction, one that'll run along the SZR from town to jebel ali and another starting off near the sharjah border and finishing up somewhere in bur dubai (that's across the creek). Aswell there are 2 more lines planned, one between the existing and new airport and another servicing new dense areas along the creek. It's a pity that when this is finished though, the biggest traffic problem will still be there.
The only way to solve it is if the 2 emirates work together and build a proper mass transit system between them.
mcheiss is right, loads of people are moving to Sharjah now because of the rising rents in Dubai and that's actually where the biggest traffic problem comes from. Right now Dubai now has 2 lines for a metro system under construction, one that'll run along the SZR from town to jebel ali and another starting off near the sharjah border and finishing up somewhere in bur dubai (that's across the creek). Aswell there are 2 more lines planned, one between the existing and new airport and another servicing new dense areas along the creek. It's a pity that when this is finished though, the biggest traffic problem will still be there.
The only way to solve it is if the 2 emirates work together and build a proper mass transit system between them.
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 05:04 AM
BTW, about the workers issue, and all the other countless problems. I used to think aswell that Dubai will be fcked in the future.
Thing is, these problems have always been there but when you raise the profile of the place as much as has been done then these problems surface. 20 years ago nobody knew about the place now almost everyone you see will know at least a small bit about it. Now that Dubai is in the spotlight so are these problems and now is the time so tackle them, and indeed that's what's being done.
They've finally gotten rid of the despicable child camel jocky problem (am not going to blame any particular group, it's everyone who was involved's fault, including the trainers, the parents who sell their children into slavery, the people who knew what was going on but did nothing, etc). Next in line is making sure workers are not abused and stay in clean accomodation, get their pay regularly etc.
After that comes the unofficial racism that goes on at every level. This type of problem can't be solved in a day, week or year since you have to change a whole mentality but eventually they could be solved.
What I say is think where Dubai was 50 years ago, where it is now and in another 50 years. When talking about the various projects no doubt they'll learn a lot from both ones that succeed and others that don't.
Thing is, these problems have always been there but when you raise the profile of the place as much as has been done then these problems surface. 20 years ago nobody knew about the place now almost everyone you see will know at least a small bit about it. Now that Dubai is in the spotlight so are these problems and now is the time so tackle them, and indeed that's what's being done.
They've finally gotten rid of the despicable child camel jocky problem (am not going to blame any particular group, it's everyone who was involved's fault, including the trainers, the parents who sell their children into slavery, the people who knew what was going on but did nothing, etc). Next in line is making sure workers are not abused and stay in clean accomodation, get their pay regularly etc.
After that comes the unofficial racism that goes on at every level. This type of problem can't be solved in a day, week or year since you have to change a whole mentality but eventually they could be solved.
What I say is think where Dubai was 50 years ago, where it is now and in another 50 years. When talking about the various projects no doubt they'll learn a lot from both ones that succeed and others that don't.
