One thing I know they have nearly completed and is inspirational is Palm Islands. What's your opinion on that? I'm not a big fan. Sure, it' great for grabbing some headlines, but really...... would you want to live on it? Was it built to grab headlines or to provide a nice place to live? The villas...

I signed up a couple of days ago to respond to this post but only getting around to writing it now, and others have already covered a lot of my points. First, I've lived in DUbai for 10 years, and I have not even seen many of these designs. Many are just someone's pipe dream and will not be built. B...