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jaffa
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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If they build it, who will come?
Well, if the clientele is anything like those who ride the buses, it'll be 99% expats from so-called "third-world" countries.
And, of course, the occasional EFL teacher.
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scot47
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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For a while in Jeddah i used the minibus network which provides trips all over the city @ SR2 a time. Not comfortable but a good way to get around. I did not encounter many WASPs or self-styled "Expats".
Mention of my preferred mode of transport in polite circles led to stunned silence, as if I had admitted a predilection for Bangaldeshi cleaners.
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jaffa
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:21 am Post subject: |
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The secretary at work told me he'd been hearing this same story for ten years
John, it's being built for the King Abdullah Financial City, so I guess bankers, stockbrokers, etc ... maybe not. More likely the cleaners and women in special carriages. |
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