Everyone talks about New Yorkers’ snark and Londoners’ sarcasm but trust us, Dubaiites can give them all a run for their money when it comes to putting a sardonic spin on the disadvantages of life in the City of Gold. To prove our theory, we asked you on Instagram to come up with answers to the best things about living in Dubai, wrong answers only and you didn’t hold back. At all. Here are the witty results of our experiment on if Dubaiites can dish it out and since sarcasm is a dish best served fresh, dig in!
1. “Finding where I parked my car in Dubai Mall is so easy, I love it!”
2. “Dubai mall on the weekend”
3. Finding a parking at the mall😍
Frodo found his way to Mordor quicker than we find parking spots
4. “All four seasons of summer!”
5. “The weather is not hot at all”
There’s summer, summer light, summer classic, summer supreme
6. “The massage cards scattered on the roads. Such great decoration 😌”
It’s like Christmas cards but scandalous
7. “Love how all my outdoor plants thrive 🙌”
Balconies aka plant cemeteries
8. “Business Bay traffic on weekdays ❤️”
9. “The best thing about living in Dubai is the traffic in JBR. I really have nothing better to do in my life 🤷🏻♂️”
10. “Hessa Street.”
Two words that strikes terror into the hearts of commuters
11. “Rush hour”
Where an hour is actually 2 and feels like a lifetime
13. “Very low cost of living😍 love that”
14. “Rent prices 😍😍😍”
You earn to pay rent and pay rent to stay all day in the office
15. “Extremely affordable bars”
That’s why we have pools, to drown our sorrows in
16. “I love how polite the driving is here. I’ve never been beeped. And love the roundabouts, they’re so predictable.”
17. “Roundabouts 😍 I love how drivers understand that”
18. “Missing road exit in Dubai is just one of those simple, yet priceless things. 😃🥰”
19. “I absolutely love accidentally missing my exit which causes a 15 min detour.”
Life is about the journey not the destination.
20. “Refreshing air with a light breeze”
It’s called the AC, look it up
21. “cloudy sky 😍”
Read: cloud seeding
23. “The water 😍”
We like our water like we like our lives: hard
23. “Food delivery bikers”
Ride or die gets literal
24. To go in heels everywhere all dressed up, love that 💗
Fashions fade, style is eternal, as are blisters
25. Honk for faster service
Nothing captures “the best things about living in Dubai, wrong answers only” more than this ☝🏾🥲