Reddit reviews Dubai: Gilded Cage
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My friends have taught English in Abu Dhabi for 5 years and I visited them a few times over this period. The city itself is actually pretty boring, but that's just my opinion. Having a few drinks isn't an issue, but you're not going to find a lot of places besides hotels that are licensed to serve alcohol. My friends limit their drinking to their homes. Public drunkenness will probably get you deported. As others have said, it's hard to really screw up if you are respectful of the culture. Abu Dhabi is a very westernised city - Unlike many other places in the UAE, you will probably see almost no one wearing the keffiyeh/abaya. I know some younger people (25-early 30s) working there but it's always with the mindset of "not forever". My friends eventually got fed up with nonsensical procedures for getting anything done and having almost no rights, and so they are soon moving back to the US. Nothing has ever felt unsafe as an American, and the expat communities are quite substantial (obviously due to a substantial expat population).
This is specific to Dubai but it gives some insight into living in the UAE and I recommend it:
http://www.amazon.com/Dubai-Gilded-Cage-Syed-Ali/dp/0300152175