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很多人都会认为迪拜很贵，衣食住行，吃喝拉撒都很贵，其实这是比较片面的。一方面诚然，迪拜对外（尤其是游客）极力展示自己的奢华面，这里也确实有许多令人瞠目结舌的生活方式。同时从生活成本考虑，光迪拜的房租就的确会让许多穷人打退堂鼓。但另一方面，迪拜也有许多中低收入家庭养家糊口，他们就远远达不到外界所宣扬的那种土豪生活方式了，倒也能好好地过活，而且这个群体数量众多。
我总是对外强调，迪拜只是一座普通的城市，这里有富人，也有穷人，更多的，是工薪阶层，如同世界上任何一个城市，符合任何一种社会结构。
迪拜有很多来自男权社会的家庭，如许多印度家庭，往往只有一个男人工作，妻子则待在家相夫教子，这一份收入不是只养活一个妻子和一个孩子，往往印度家庭里有好几个孩子（阿拉伯家庭则更多），有的甚至还要供养父母。这一大家子人可不是远程供养，只需要把钱打到生活成本较低的印度，而是在迪拜实打实地生活。我有时会疑惑，他们是怎么做到的。
对于许多迪拜华人来说，养活自己还算容易，但要负担一个家庭，因生活方式的改变，生活成本可是直线提升。何况许多华人家庭夫妻双方都有收入来源，即便如此在迪拜养育一个孩子经营一个家庭也会感到很大的压力。而仅依托一份打工的收入，供养拥有多个小孩的全家老小，光想想就觉得压力山大，更何况很多印度打工族的收入可能还没有华人来得多。但很多印度家庭就是可以不紧不慢地完成这些难度颇大的生活任务。
当然，这里我们讨论的只是中低收入的迪拜居民（工薪阶层），自然有许多土豪家庭是不会注意到这些生活琐碎所带来的艰辛。对于工薪阶层来说，迪拜高昂的房租大约就会占用30%-40%甚至更大比例的家庭收入，孩子的教育费也差不多旗鼓相当，好在迪拜有非常便宜的的印巴学校，相比只会选择国际学校的华人，印度子女的教育费或许并没有那么穷凶极恶。总之，在各种硬开支刨去的情况下，留给工薪阶层家庭的可支配收入甚是微薄。
我家的几个邻居几乎都是印度家庭，常常在电梯里看到他们拖家带口，看着装不是什么显贵之人（毕竟显贵之人不会住我们小区），有着一派典型的工薪阶层家庭气息。当然即便迪拜是一个国际化都市，不同民族之间也常常老死不相往来，我与这些印度邻居并没有什么交集，我也从未亲自问过他们，”你们印度人在迪拜是怎样生活的？”所以无论上文下文，所有观点都是我的臆断，如果有新的观点，也希望大家可以留言评论。
有一次，我看到一位邻居主妇在楼下书报架上略带严肃地翻阅附近超市放在这里的打折宣传单。这些我从来不会领取的”纸”，原来真的有人在严肃关注。于是我也拿了几份上来，虽然我对超市里的物价并不敏感（不是因为有钱而是因为没记性），但也能感受到这些打着”HOT PRICE”的商品价格真得很便宜。
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之前我就已经做过一篇关于迪拜超市物价的调查，得出的结论就是迪拜的物价并不比中国高，甚至更便宜。而这些打折后的商品，价格更是喜人。而且可以看到，许多打折的超市商品，大多为生活必需品，每一件都能用上好一阵子。虽然在迪拜下馆子消费较高（取决于租金和人工），但若是自家烹饪，利用这些打折空间，至少可以将餐食成本压缩到一个非常小的空间。我曾经和朋友拼伙，饭钱每个月只花了不到300迪拉姆（当然我只是吃和交钱，朋友管控一切，他经常会去拜访快收摊的蔬菜市场），放到现在很多人可能不相信，但的确可以做到。而深谙此道的印度家庭主妇一定比华人更加熟练，能够把他们微薄的预算发挥到极致。
即便是同一件商品，在不同超市也有不同的折扣价格，有的家庭就是会为了这一块几厘的差价，跑不同的超市选购它们最便宜的商品。
事实上我的确有一个迪拜的华人朋友，他熟知附近每一个超市的打折节点及不同商品的限时打折时间，可以为了1块钱的单位差价奔波于不同的超市，采购量大一些的话，有时能省下几十迪拉姆。
虽然我并没有特别关注国内超市的价格，但我知道我的一张100人民币在国内超市只能带出很少几件商品出来，如果换成50迪拉姆在这些超市购买折扣产品，我相信可以买到更多东西，而且按国内的话说，都是进口货。
迪拜贵，贵在房租教育等硬开支，贵在不加节制的生活方式，而事实上迪拜的超市物价甚至比中国许多城市还要友好，同时政府的严控也使食品安全非常令人放心，足够让大多数工薪阶层生活得游刃有余。所以别问”要赚多少钱才能在迪拜生活”这样的问题，“你会不会过日子”，才是关键。
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