Have you ever paced Dubai Marina’s glittering promenade, wondering how teachers, nurses, and startup dreamers afford roofs here without selling a kidney? Behind the gold-plated facades lies a shadow city of budget gems—if you know where to dig. Let’s map Dubai’s affordable hideouts, from Soviet-style towers to art-filled suburbs.
AL NAHDA (DUBAI SIDE)
The Budget Hunter’s Oasis
Sandwiched between Sharjah and Dubai, Al Nahda offers studios from...