"$4.62 a day seems absurdly low, but I'll bet that a lot of things are dirt cheap in Dubai. Because, you know, local oil means energy and fuel are cheap, and energy and fuel being cheap brings down the price of all other goods since it cuts a lot off of local shipping and manufacturing costs."
In fact the exact opposite is true. Things cost very much in Dubai only the General Managers of resorts and other higher paid positions are the fortunate people who get to live in Dubai. Each day many of these workers are shipped in or commute from another nearby emirate called Sharjah which is about 45 minutes away with no congestion.This is where the cost of living is dirt cheap, not in the glitzy city of Dubai.
