If you walk through Dubai around early afternoon and feel like the city has gone quiet, nothing is wrong. This is not downtime. This is how the city preserves itself.
Locals do not disappear because there is nothing to do. They disappear because they understand when not to do things.
Dubai does not run continuously at full intensity. It pulses.
Between late morning and late afternoon, activity compresses inward. Offices slow. Streets thin out. Social plans pause. Homes, ca
