Starship Troopers 4: Egypt

Before the gaze of Middle Eastern hyper-wealth affixed itself to Dubai, there was a push to bolster luxury tourism along the Sanai Peninsula.

As Dubai grew (financially and vertically) investors halted their projects, shifted their capital and resources, and left a considerable number of resorts unfinished.

If flanked by the sea, by trees, by anything lively, they would certainly be powerful images. Without the financial back story however, the desert landscape eliminates how haunting these Bellagio cadavers feel.

Seeing something abandoned, dying, dried up and in the middle of the desert is as natural as things get.

From Geof at the pro-consonant BLDGBLOG.

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