Perhaps Mos Espa is the Star Wars equivalent of Dubai. The chase did look slow though.
On a social level, it’s the complete opposite though. The SW equivalent of Dubai is more Coruscant.
Huh? Wouldn’t New York be a better comparison? Coruscant is more than just tall buildings, it’s primarily a giant slum with some rich neighborhoods as well as important trade and political centers.
Mos Espa and Dubai is’t the most accurate comparison either though, but Mos Espa in TPM and BOBF definitely gives the sense of somewhere more important than what we’ve seen elsewhere on Tatooine. Mos Eisley was a somewhat important–although still minor–spaceport, while Mos Espa is the city that seems to have the most contact with the larger galaxy, which allows for it to have a certain sense of wealth and minor glamour. It is after all also the place where the Boonta Eve race takes place.