World’s Tallest Building Offers Views, Spacewalks
Rich
Monday in Dubai, many assumed the 2717-foot tall structure was an
homage to nationalism or a prideful icon to leader Sheikh Mohamed’s
rule. The truth, it turns out, may be closer to just getting the hell
out of Dodg…, er, Dubai.
“While not as pricey as it was in the golden days, this is true, Dubai
is still a very expensive place to live,” said Realtor Saad Alabbari,
one of the principles for developer Emaar Properties. “And much like
sovereign nations and their territorial waters, these nations also
have territorial space.” Mr. Alabbari pointed up. “The last three
habitable floors of the building are outside of Dubai airspace. You
technically are living in a very low orbit… much cheaper.”
Read the whole article here:
http://www.finitetimes.com/worlds-tallest-building-offers-views-spacewalks/
Robert Macy
the article goes on to say about the 2,717 foot high structure,
"While this has some obvious advantages in terms of escaping Dubai’s
staggeringly expensive real estate prices, there are also some
interesting side benefits that have been appealing to perspective
tenants. One is gravity. Your weight on the top-most floor is only one-
third that of what it is at sea level, a fact that many find both
novel and appealing (and a few, nauseating… be forewarned)."
Wow, that means that if I move to Denver, CO nearly 5200 ft above sea
level, I weigh even less! Maybe that explains my nausea when visiting
there.
Scott Fluhrer
"Robert Macy" <ma...@california.com> wrote in message
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> the article goes on to say about the 2,717 foot high structure,
>
> "While this has some obvious advantages in terms of escaping Dubai�s
> staggeringly expensive real estate prices, there are also some
> interesting side benefits that have been appealing to perspective
> tenants. One is gravity. Your weight on the top-most floor is only one-
> third that of what it is at sea level, a fact that many find both
> novel and appealing (and a few, nauseating� be forewarned)."
That would be approximately correct if the structure was 2,717 miles high.
It sounds like someone plugged in some numbers into a formula, and forgot to
ask themselves "does this answer make sense?"
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poncho