That's kind true though. You can live in Dubai - or any city really - at a 500k to 2M EUR per year income, and that will be like a different city than someone living on a 100k EUR per year income.
I make good money, but Im trying not to lose touch with people in the 50k - 150k EUR range, which is still above average in both the world and in the West.
If you make in the 500k - to 2M range I guess the 50k to 150k EUR range is so far down to you, so you cant really make a difference between a pakistani taxi driver earning 700 EUR per per month, and a budding entrepreneur earning 5k to 7k EUR per month. But for the people in the 700 EUR to 7k EUR per month range the difference is huge, and the places they live in are vastly different.
Maybe it's true and i lived with another view of life. But as i said, i don't feel that i lived in a way like WOW. I had a very normal life imo.
Oh, and when I lived in Dubai, i had that income (90-150k) and for that i moved. I felt that i am wasting my money and life to have a decent lifestyle.
I love Dubai. For holidays is amazing. But Dubai for single person is very dangerous. There are tons of enternaiment, and you can fall in the Peterpan lifestyle. As a lot of people doing (specially crypto boys).