survey talk

A survey in Dubai showed the following:

60% of Emirati Nationals feel the growing expatriate population is the greatest threat to national identity.

while.. 71% expatriates felt that the biggest threat was the country's "highly materialistic and consumerist society"

81% of the 628 respondents - Emirati and expatriate - said they "belonged in the UAE"

more than half said the country’s safety record was the main attraction

top issues with life in the UAE were rent, traffic and inflation.

a fifth of all Asians questioned cited discrimination as a key complaint

and... Most Western and Asian expatriates said their inability to speak Arabic had not been a hindrance in their career.

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