Agreed, paradise is a myth. Freedom is not guaranteed anywhere. The question I grapple with though is more about safety, and how in some parts of the world we have to trade freedom for security. I linked an article about Dubai women in the article, how they felt safe in Dubai roaming around the city after dark without fear. That was inte…
Agreed, paradise is a myth. Freedom is not guaranteed anywhere. The question I grapple with though is more about safety, and how in some parts of the world we have to trade freedom for security. I linked an article about Dubai women in the article, how they felt safe in Dubai roaming around the city after dark without fear. That was interesting for me because how many cities in the world can truly guarantee that level of safety for women. I'll link it here as well: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/safety-at-night-in-dubai-women-express-thanks-to-the-city-for-feeling-of-security#google_vignette
Yes, war-torn South Sudan, or even Gaza for that matter, this topic is a non-starter.
Tough question and depends on your life, if you have kids, etc. My best friend worked in Dubai for years, and she had the same nuanced experience you paint—it was a supremely safe haven as a woman out and about even as she faced a glass ceiling for being a woman and an Indian non Muslim *at work.* I have a school going kid and worry about guns, a lot, in the US. In India, no worries about guns in schools but the political situation could become volatile easily ever so often. There are robberies, pickpockets, crimes here and there. Dubai, which we entertained for a while for a short move, is safe overall, but it felt so artificial to me as a city in the midst of a desert and I was worried we’d be bored. The US seems to me overall a safe place with good civic liberties, with the exception of guns in school. No perfect answer, always imperfectly perfect😊.
Well said. Those worries you pointed out in the US and India are spot on. I intentionally did not dive into the safety concerns in India, especially for women, because it is a loaded topic. Need to write about it someday. Yes, the artificiality of Dubai - so true - my wife and I are thinking about where we could move to be closer to our friends and family, maybe just for a short stint... but there are many aspects of Dubai including traffic that I am not too crazy about. Yup, imperfectly perfect is the life we lead. :-)
Agreed, paradise is a myth. Freedom is not guaranteed anywhere. The question I grapple with though is more about safety, and how in some parts of the world we have to trade freedom for security. I linked an article about Dubai women in the article, how they felt safe in Dubai roaming around the city after dark without fear. That was interesting for me because how many cities in the world can truly guarantee that level of safety for women. I'll link it here as well: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/safety-at-night-in-dubai-women-express-thanks-to-the-city-for-feeling-of-security#google_vignette
Yes, war-torn South Sudan, or even Gaza for that matter, this topic is a non-starter.
Tough question and depends on your life, if you have kids, etc. My best friend worked in Dubai for years, and she had the same nuanced experience you paint—it was a supremely safe haven as a woman out and about even as she faced a glass ceiling for being a woman and an Indian non Muslim *at work.* I have a school going kid and worry about guns, a lot, in the US. In India, no worries about guns in schools but the political situation could become volatile easily ever so often. There are robberies, pickpockets, crimes here and there. Dubai, which we entertained for a while for a short move, is safe overall, but it felt so artificial to me as a city in the midst of a desert and I was worried we’d be bored. The US seems to me overall a safe place with good civic liberties, with the exception of guns in school. No perfect answer, always imperfectly perfect😊.
Well said. Those worries you pointed out in the US and India are spot on. I intentionally did not dive into the safety concerns in India, especially for women, because it is a loaded topic. Need to write about it someday. Yes, the artificiality of Dubai - so true - my wife and I are thinking about where we could move to be closer to our friends and family, maybe just for a short stint... but there are many aspects of Dubai including traffic that I am not too crazy about. Yup, imperfectly perfect is the life we lead. :-)