When you think of Dubai one of the first things that come to your mind would be tall skyscrapers that are close to the clouds, for instance, the Burj Khalifa. But when you think about it, it does not have that many skyscrapers compared to places like Hong Kong and New York. Hong Kong has about 6,500 such buildings while New York has about 6,200, Dubai has only about 1,300 completed skyscrapers. After Dubai hit a financial crisis in the year 2008, the rate and speed of such construction have slowed down considerably.