Americans in Dubai

Americans account for just 19,000 of Dubai’s 1.2 million population 2 Comments

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Joe Clabby, 55

‘Several years ago, I brought the family to visit Dubai as I’d been coming here since the 1980s. I wanted them to see what I’d seen. When my daughter suggested attending a high school in Dubai, it was my wife, Jane who said, “And I’d like to move there as well!” My business in the States wasn’t doing its best, and after the suggestion from the ladies in my life, I saw an opportunity to make the move here too. I travel a lot, and now I feel like I am in the centre of the world. I can get anywhere now; Asia and Europe seem more accessible.

We were lucky to find a home on The Palm, where we can have our dog, our kids can get to school in less than 15 minutes, and we are able to taxi everywhere. We didn’t buy a car here, and are perfectly happy without one. We have also found that our kids are getting a world-class education. They were the top of their class in America, and here they are finding that international students know a thing or two, and they have to work very hard to keep up.’