Buzz·Posted on 6 Mar 201524 Things You Learn To Love When You Move To DubaiIn the words of Tupac, you got to be there to know it.by Hannah BassBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Moving to Dubai is like starting at a new school. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. You've never been so ashamed to be a monoglot. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. But you can speak Expat Essential Arabic™. 4. Your friends at home thinking you live a life of luxury on your tax-free salary. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. Eventually you come to realise that a 6-wheeled Hummer H2 is not an unreasonably large car. View this photo on Instagram 6. And pretty soon you'll learn that BIGGEST is BEST. View this photo on Instagram 7. You become pretty reliant on the fact that EVERYTHING delivers. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. When you do go out to eat, the waiter brings you an extra chair. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Oh, and you can leave your bag unattended. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. You learn that all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink brunches aren't as fun as they sound the hard way. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. "Winter" makes you feel unbelievably smug. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. And in summer? It is perfectly acceptable to take a taxi for a 100-metre trip down the street. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. You learn to love Summer Cabin Fever. 14. It doesn't take you long to realise that Dubai reacts to rain the way Britain reacts to snow: It. Cannot. Deal. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. And you start thinking that you may be in the most paradoxical city on earth. 16. You start appreciating just how literal place names are. View this photo on Instagram 17. Arabic weekends are the actual best. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. And you get a real kick out of finding a route that doesn't involve taking Sheikh Zayed Road. 19. While tailgating is something of a national sport, giving an offender the middle finger could land you in trouble. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. And you no longer have to put up with that overly-handsy couple snogging in the supermarket. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. Plus, local cultural sensitivity saves you from some truly awful films. 22. Friends at home think you're either permanently covered head to toe... 23. ... or that you're #ballin 24/7... View this photo on Instagram 24. .... but you know Dubai's somehow achieved the rarest of things: A happy medium.