The Burj Dubai skyscrapper

[Hector]

Holy sweet smokes!!!



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Almost half a mile high...an Eiffel Tower taller than second place Taipei 101...and the height of two Empire State Buildings, HOLY S.......



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[megoscott]

Meanwhile, you think the real estate bubble popped here? In Dubai, people leave their cars at the airport with the keys in them and run away as fast as they can because they have debtor's prison and foreclosure is no joke.

[toys2cool]

that's crazy,that thing looks like it'll collapse at any time

[starsky]

it looks like it's getting ready to blast off!

[toys2cool]

all the money in the world is not enough to be one of those construction workers at the top

[Mikey]

Paid for by raising oil prices - aka gas prices

[vulcan2074]

Thats Just insane. I wouldn't want to be in that Building. It looks too scary
Sammy

[thunderbolt]

Wonder if construction on that has stopped yet? Dubbai's economy has his a serious wall.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Yes, I have seen pics of that it is amazing.

[Meule]

Seen pics of it, but that's just crazy. I don't get this urge to have the highest building in the world. By the time this is finished some other Asian country will start construction on a building 3,000 ft high

[Hotfoot]

Our gas dollars at work. Too bad oil bubble has popped! Several of their projects are on hold.

Kill our economy and you kill the world.

[4NDR01D]

I was wondering where the CN Tower was on that list but found this information:

Some fact about the CN Tower:
*553.33m
*The CN Tower is the tallest standing structure in the world.
*It is located in Toronto Canada.
*Although it's the tallest structure in the world, it's not the tallest building. The CN Tower isn't consider to be a building.
*The CN Tower was build in 1976.

I couldn't imagine looking at something 200 meters taller.
It does look like a very beautiful city though.

As far as the oil bubble popping and the market crash and all that, people in North America are still spending crazy amounts of money on TOYS!! I think the sheiks over there will be just fine.

[Mikey]

The only thing with the CN tower ... I never really considered it a building... so when they say it's the tallest building in North America, I think it's a bit of a cheat.

[megocrazy]

I guess my only question is why? Just to see if it can be built? If this baby ever falls down it will devastate the ability to put up skyscrapers for an extended period of time. It's so much bigger, it's almost like trying to run before you walk. Looks like someone's trying to make up for a shortage in another area.

"I own the tallest building in the world"
"I know your wife told me last night." "By the way, she doesn't care."

[Mikey]

I have a very narrow view of the world and mostly see things in black and white..

All I see is Arabs destoyed the WTC and now they're building themselves the worlds tallest building.