History & cultureCity Files Why Nobody Wants to Buy in the World's Tallest Skyscraper — And Why Owners Can't Sell Either
Why Nobody Wants to Buy in the World's Tallest Skyscraper — And Why Owners Can't Sell Either
Long-form29:33People & BlogsPublished Oct 22, 2026, 2:29 PM · 9h ago
Views
595
+76 views/hour
Views / hour now
76
measured 2m ago
Peak views / hour
344
1h ago
First 24 hours
—
not tracked from upload
Engagement
0.8%
likes + comments / views
Likes
5
0.8% of views
Comments
0
0.00% of views
Est. ad revenue
$3–$6
lifetime, $4.8–10.8 RPM
Checked every 30 min while the video is this age · last check 2m ago · next in 27 min. YouTube itself updates public counts with a short delay.
Avg views / day
595
since upload
vs channel median
0.1×
this video's views ÷ the channel's usual
Rank in channel
#27
of 27 tracked
Views over time
19 readings
Total views Views gained per hour
Description
#BurjKhalifa #Dubai #RealEstate
Is the world's most famous skyscraper quietly one of the world's most dysfunctional places to actually live? This video examines the 57% residential occupancy rate, the $43,000 annual service charge, the documented 18-to-36-month resident departure pattern, the 50% price collapse that greeted the building's opening night, and the investor behavior that turned luxury floors into glorified safe-deposit boxes — and the evidence suggests the gap between the postcard and the reality is not a temporary glitch but a structural condition baked into the building's economics from the moment the height was chosen before the demand was ever understood.
Details
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026, 2:29 PM
- Length
- 29:33 (1,773 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- People & Blogs
- Audio language
- EN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- rlELDVkDeWc
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