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Originally Posted by cmk
Money. It's also a sort of nice (if rather odd) nouveau riche post-Soviet waterfront city, which is a sensible locale to hold a street race in so late in the season. But yes, basically money. Azerbaijan, and Baku in particular, is bathing in oil money these days. It's doing a fairly good job working up to being baby Dubai these days, though with its own unique blend of 'questionable' issues.
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The entire city of Sumgait, just a short drive north of Baku, is essentially one massive industrial zone mainly devoted to oil energy.
Baku... strange place indeed...
