Dubai is quite small, there is no real center, most stuff is concentrated close to the sea front, Canary Club in Jumeriah Lake Towers is not that far out, it's just not a popular area for restaurants or hotels, its all high rise buildings that are a mixture of offices and residential. It would be one of the lesser expensive places if you want to live near The Marina or The Palm or JBR. My husband worked in JLT and we lived close by in a compound called The Lakes, I have never been to a restaurant in JLT despite living very close to it,. The only popular place I know of there would be the Irish pub, McGettigans.
Al Barari, which is where they currently live, is REALLY in the sticks, you can see from the videos he posts, it's in the middle of no where. But Dubai is spreading out into the desert, so more and more compounds are being built further out, the further out you are the more affordable villas become, both for purchase and rent. I think, but not sure, the new property they are buying may be in a place called Meydan or Dubai Hills, which are also quite far out. Here is a map of where they live.