International City

[orangepeel1]

Hello all!

I've just been told that the apartment my school will be placing me in is in International City. He told me that it comes with all electronic appliances and basic furnishings. What do you folks know about this area? I've heard that it's kind of a cheap place to live... Are there any shopping centers nearby? Grocery stores? Can I get a taxi out there? Is the IC way out in the desert? Will I wish like hell that I was anywhere else, or will it be survivable?

orangepeel1

[Pasanada]

Hi,

I lived in IC for 4 months until last week. I am not racist but I was one of the few Westerners who lived there. I was in Greece Cluster and that particular area has a majority Indian population. I found it difficult not being able to make friends with many people there due to most of them not speaking English well.

There are plenty of supermarkets and you also have the Dragon Mart Mall in China Cluster (just off the Hatta/Oman highway #44)

In Italy Cluster, there is a wonderful shisha cafe, definitely worth a visit!!

IC is about 20kms out of the city so you do feel somewhat isolated.

Which cluster will you be in?

[alli]

Sorry mate, but from what I hear, International City is pretty bad. I have a couple of friends who lived there, and a fre weeks ago the sewerage treatment plant broke or something, and a whole stack of people had to be removed from their houses due to the sewerage overflow IC is right next to a sewerage plant, which is why it is so cheap. Also, due to the low cost of living there, it is full of lower income earners and I know for a fact there is a higher rate of crime there - petty theft, break ins etc.

I would be asking your school to put you somewhere else.

[Pasanada]

I never heard of ANY crime in IC so I'm surprised by this, Alli.

The sewerage smells and overflow however, is something I experienced although thankfully, I wasn't affected by the swamps of water that covered the roads!

[orangepeel1]

Well Im pretty sure I'm there so if you had to recommend a cluster, which one would it be??? Can you get a taxi out there? Are there grocery stores? What about the quality of the accomodation? Do they have pest control?

[alli]

Originally Posted by Pasanada

I never heard of ANY crime in IC so I'm surprised by this, Alli.

Yep! A couple who lives a few apartments away from my friends got broken into a few months back!!

[Wilfie]

Hi,

Have you ever heard of Trafalgar Towers or Executive? I will be staying there for a couple of months and was wondering what it is like?

Originally Posted by alli

Sorry mate, but from what I hear, International City is pretty bad. I have a couple of friends who lived there, and a fre weeks ago the sewerage treatment plant broke or something, and a whole stack of people had to be removed from their houses due to the sewerage overflow IC is right next to a sewerage plant, which is why it is so cheap. Also, due to the low cost of living there, it is full of lower income earners and I know for a fact there is a higher rate of crime there - petty theft, break ins etc.

I would be asking your school to put you somewhere else.

[alli]

Never heard of them - what area is that?

[mazdaRX8]

I was about to get a place in IC...after I went and checked the place out, I wanted to NOT live there. It's very isolated and there aint many shops there. Unless you have a car, by my observations, a taxi (if you find one) will cost you quite a bit to get into town and back.

Was too quiet, isolated and rural for my taste so I ditched the idea.

[Wilfie]

It is in or near International City.

Originally Posted by alli

Never heard of them - what area is that?