Another reason I personally would not want to go to Dubai is it is reputed to be one of the worst places in the world as far as forced child prostitution. Most of the girls -- and most of them are girls, not women -- come from other countries like Pakistan and Indonesia. Yuck.

And a third reason: Dubai banks, including the client of my former company, are believed to be leading money launderers for Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.

Some nice modern architecture hardly offsets all these black marks IMO.