I had to live in Dubai for 6 months. It's like living in faceless buildings wherver you go. It's skyscrapers, big streets and a desert, that's it, oh yeah, and overpriced Thai hookers asking $300-$500 for an hour and blonde sluts telling you they are some fashion designer but is 99% some random prostitute.
If you get into a clique of influencers or other well off guys, you are just meeting somewhere to show off your rolex and get drunk and if you don't have money, like me, (you need to show at least $100k car) nobody will want to be friends with you. This entire thing is for people with money who want pretend they have a life but it's all for Instagram.