Construction Begins On The Line Megacity. It's Actually Happening! 😲

It is official! Construction work has begun on the controversial mirrored linear megacity called The Line, which is part of Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious project; Neom City. A Recent video that surfaced on social media shows numerous excavators digging a wide linear trench in the vast desert. When the project was initially announced in 2017, People were convinced that this is just a utopian fantasy project that would never get built, but fast forward to today, the work on this futuristic megacity is now underway.
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0:00 Construction On The Line Starts
2:15 Would it actually happen?
4:48 The Dark Side Of Building The Line
7:26 Financial and Economic Challenges
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[@corner_cob5692]

they should definitely have built a very small segment of the project first to just see how successful it would be before they construct the rest

[@rajehotaibi6546]

The great reset

[@RCSVirginia]

Corner_Cob My thought exactly!

[@blackbook2990]

you don't know how foundation works

[@Fx_Explains]

@@blackbook2990 the city can have a gap that can be later filled. There can be multiple foundations

[@thomasharmon7800]

It doesn't matter if they waste billions of dollars they can always suck United States for more money

[@wfincher]

Have you ever walked around an empty mall? Now just imagine it 100 miles long.

[@natanielb1445]

dubai was empty mall in 2008 now they host 21 million tourist every year lol.

[@anonymoussoul3343]

@@natanielb1445 The whole dubai isn't like a mall, and not like a line.

[@natanielb1445]

@@anonymoussoul3343 you missed the point lol. everything starts from scratch and that's the point.

[@anonymoussoul3343]

@@natanielb1445 It's not a scratch to start from. It's the whole eco-system of that site. Seems like you have blurry idea.

[@andyd5038]

Put it at the border and store refugees there. This is how trumpster should have pitched the idea.

[@rogerengley4357]

I am interested in architecture and the city of Neom. I was injured during my senior year of high school and my math skills were destroyed by a serious brain injury in 1965. This project excites me more than anything I have seen. I had planned on being an architect but that plan was put on hold.

[@thomasrudder9639]

Freaking WAHHHH

[@redfront6707]

The whole project is a dystopian waste of money, they are already operating behind schedule and it’s just going to end up as another Jedda tower and will sit abandoned and unfinished, it also looks stupid and ugly and is unrealistic, Saudi Arabia is the most repulsive country I’ve ever seen! 🤮🇸🇦

[@jaxxoceans3866]

Put on hold from high school or since 1965. It may excite you but its all about putting the peasants in one place and control them. You will never be able to leave the place. Who would really want to live there. Geeks.

[@phyrruskarimarmalgold3660]

Praying for all the construction workers working under that extreme conditions

[@UnidentifiedOne]

If a government were to implement a zero-covid-like policy in a structure like this... I cannot imagine the horror.

[@MarkHarrison-bo3kf]

Not getting sick sounds like a nightmare!

[@buggerlugz6753]

I cannot imagine the cost to the countries citizens.

[@mariusandreas5026]

Will be like in downtown of every city in the world in zero-covid policy

[@mariusandreas5026]

Just think about what waste of time we have in traffic every day. What waste of pipelines, concrete for roads, bridges and electrical lines are in our actual cities of tens of km square

[@UnidentifiedOne]

@@mariusandreas5026 Just think about how much propaganda went into making one less insightful.

[@Abd.M.A]

Starting a new project without finishing the old one is just death spiral for both of the projects.

[@dilatedvision7014]

Which old one?

[@karonneevits513]

@@dilatedvision7014 all of them? lol

[@banderali6199]

@@karonneevits513 like what

[@bigglizzyman4691]

@@dilatedvision7014 hyperloop?

[@aleksander2020]

Just to clarify, the majority of the failed or failing projects he mentioned are not in Saudi Arabia, they are in UAE and Oman. The question is will the Saudis join this trend or not.

[@jthepickle7]

Paris is a beautiful city. The winding, intimate streets in Montmartre, turn a corner and the narrow way becomes an unexpected expansive view.

[@dirremoire]

I’ve been to Paris, it’s both filthy and depressing. Turn a corner to admire a view and you’re likely to get mugged.

[@jthepickle7]

@@dirremoire I've been going to Paris since 1974. The last time I went, in 2002, I admit to seeing the city you describe :(

[@redfront6707]

I’d rather live in Paris than the Line

[@weprayforcars7]

Considering the fact that only 30 years ago dubai was practically a little town in the middle of nowhere and now it is amongst the most technologically advanced mega-cities and hosts 21+ Million tourists every year, I don't think this project is Impossible, either.

[@amiek9226]

Many years ago I read the book A Pattern Language by architect Christopher Alexander. In it, he examined what kind of spaces help create community and foster a sense of well-being in humans. We tend to organize our cities, towns, villages, and homes with central gathering places such as the town square or central plaza and in a home, the central hearth. Think about how many times you’ve been at a house party and everyone ends up congregating in the kitchen. The Line runs contrary to this basic principle.

[@bobbygreen9766]

In my home we congregate in the living room 🤦‍♂️

[@Antesdelfinadmin]

Allah will help them be happy in a line! 🙄🤐

[@motheuser]

@@bobbygreen9766 Same shit almost

[@estatedia]

please take more care the worker...

[@cinemathemostimportant7717]

@Cero K before the pyramids of Egypt, it was not built. But they were successful in their construction were they? What you said was not logical in the least.

[@FlorianT.]

This project looks like our first step into a dystopian future

[@FerreusNRG]

What's dystopian about that?

[@gingergranttech]

Add the metaverse to that. We're all going to live in a comatose soon

[@SineN0mine3]

@@FerreusNRG the growing disparity between the lives lead by the wealthy and the poor. There are people in the world who struggle to provide food and shelter for their families and projects like this will divert resources like time, money and logistics which could change those people's lives for the better. If we provide the means for poor people to provide for themselves, everyone gets richer. If we provide shelters for the rich so they can ignore the problem, it only gets worse.

[@zzygyy]

Mega city one.

[@ernststravoblofeld]

First step? That ship sailed decades ago.

[@michellevandam6159]

They should do 3 different types of systems/rail lines within the rail system like Japan. Local metro/short distances, regional, then shinkansen. Operating higher frequency among the higher population areas to connect with the regional lines, etc.

[@Changing-World]

Nice video and good explanation!

[@AlessandroCardano]

Former Architect specialized in 3D renderings here. ANYTHING looks astonishing with a computer, like, that feeling when you bought something by looking at an amazing picture just to realize that it was nothing like what you imagined? That's archviz for ya'. Grown up trees standing on 1.7 feet of soil? Yeah sure, sure!! 🤣👏👏 Always remember this, guys: Architecture is the most political of the fine arts.

[@lm_b5080]

its definitely boom time to be a 3D artist in Saudi Arabia

[@animeleek]

@@lm_b5080 3D artist in general . Also because of the metaverse projects rolling in

[@myst1049]

An architects dream is an engineers nightmare

[@Nobddy]

McDonald’s can’t even make my burger look like the picture. Only a fool would believe this pointless vanity wall will look anything like the renders

[@nosubject2416]

I agree, as a painter all Architects are fucking overpaid fuckheads with no idea of what it takes to build something sound, it takes all the trades on the site to fix or overcome the number of dumb fucking mistakes of a group of cunts on a pc's have made all because it 'looked cool on the plans' fuckin derrrrr

[@GODOFEARTHREALM]

This'll be a gold mine for KZbinrs making exploration videos in a few.

[@pumkin610]

It might not be safe structurally, they should use drones

[@spigney4623]

I feel it will be such a disaster that outsiders wont be allowed in

[@gkrees9509]

@@pumkin610 goofball 😂

[@rsuriyop]

The mirrored walls could prove to be problematic for passenger airplanes flying overhead. Since they would be mirrored, they'd be prone to reflect a lot of light which could blind the pilots.

[@justinmorgan2126]

How would they even clean them.. with water? In a desert?? ..and they claim it will be sustainable???

[@justinmorgan2126]

How would they even clean them.. with water? In a desert?? ..and they claim it will be sustainable???

[@walterwhite210]

@@justinmorgan2126 dust proof glass exists

[@plug_65]

No fly zone.

[@rayRay-pw6gz]

Do not look down ?

[@pawanjindal4286]

Great work

[@TiananmenPrism]

Imagine all the actually beautiful and practical cities you could build with that amount of money and space

[@gauravpdaksh]

But the "modern" scientists prefer their nerdy brains than wisdom.

[@user-ku8jh6hj5m]

Imagine that our money and we can do whatever we want i have not seen you say that about US money spend on killing millions of people around the middle east but when we try to do something new and interventional all of a sudden it is a waste of money if this project was in any western country I doubt that you said the same Also how did you not for sure that it is going to fail since when you know better that all the people involved in this project also dont forget that millions like you say the same when the announcement came out and they said that they even will not start doing anything. Now you shifted to the idea of wasting money this is so ridiculous 😂

[@TiananmenPrism]

@@user-ku8jh6hj5m why do you bring US into this? Why do you assume that I agree with US about anything and support their evil foreign policies? Trust me m8, if a western country would propose such an idea I would be the first to criticize it. We have over a hundred years of research on what makes a city practical and financially solvent. This project goes against everything we know about urban environments. For sure this alone is enough to deem this project as a financial risk and does not justify the scale of it. We have solutions that work. All that money can be spent on a city that surely will for 100% work, instead it is being spent on something that we have no idea if it will function properly, and we have many reasons to suspect that it won't.

[@makeitpay8241]

@@user-ku8jh6hj5m where can i find pictures on the "millions" of dead people

[@nondescriptname]

@@gauravpdaksh This was designed by crackpot investors, not scientists.

[@Magnanimousking92]

Imagine a sci fi psychological horror scenario like in the movie The Cube but this time it’s The Line 😵‍💫

[@artv.9989]

"I will never give up in reaching the fabled tropical paradise that is supposed to be on top of the city, we all in the low city have heard the tales of such a place since we were children"

[@nachman5570]

At last thank G-D. It was about time 😮 I've been thinking about the project for years. Congratulations NEOM 😮

[@brianm3160]

As an architect, I'm looking forward to seeing this project into fruition. Such a challenging project

[@edthoreum7625]

5:30

[@colorgreen7]

MF have too much money

[@MichaelRei99]

You’ll die waiting.

[@brianm3160]

@@MichaelRei99 i live in Abu Dhabi, I can always visit the site if I wanted to

[@rozzgrey801]

This sci-fi dystopian monstrosity would have Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright spinning in their graves. It's anti-human architecture, worse than Brutalism.

[@jayski9410]

While this is an interesting design exercise, what it fails to take into account is that cities are not static things. They are born for a collective reason (a seaport, a booming industry, a seat of government, agriculture, or mining). They evolve, prosper for a time, and then inevitably die. All the while their size, boundaries, and populations change. A city is not something you build once - and done.

[@marksavage1108]

There is Los Vegas, and then you have the numerous New Town developments in the UK after 1946. If you build it, they will come.

[@tommydong8070]

A town dies when there is no good reason for it to exist in the first place.

[@marksavage1108]

@@tommydong8070 isn't accommodation a good reason then?, Skelmersdale is a prime example, its got nothing but 1960s housing estates, the only reason was to empty Liverpool and Manchester of the slums.

[@JohnDoe-zl6ph]

@@tommydong8070 when you force people to live there you have a captive audience, so the city won't die.

[@thegameschizo7105]

@@marksavage1108 Las Vegas existed before all the casinos

[@gabrielnormanpalana4622]

The same ambitious projects like The Pearl in Qatar and The Palm in UAE are not selling, most condo and residential units are empty and sadly ,the construction had a significant impact on the surrounding environment, resulting in changes to area wildlife, coastal erosion, alongshore sediment transport and wave patterns.

[@ELITEGOD61]

Those genius islands they made are starting to sink too

[@heyoa7714]

MBS is different

[@lmlmd2714]

@@heyoa7714 How so?

[@ahmadalarif228]

Ok

[@rayanekouni5032]

I actually live at the Pearl, and while that might have been true a few years ago, it's no longer the case.

[@kielerkunder8001]

now when this does come out and is finished its gonna be interesting to see the social pyramid.. whos on what floor, who gets what size room, who doesnt have to stay in the line... either way its gonna be a rainbow after a thunderstorm i think

[@jordonz555]

I'm so excited that finally after all these years someone is building a new city ! The cities we've been left with since the days of kings and queens, and then colonization are all just a stepping stone to the perfect city. I do hope it works out well for Saudi Arabia and that the city will stand the test of time.

[@seansatx]

Ridiculous and asinine stupid

[@WelfareChrist]

This is a kind of concept that sounds really cool in theory, but in practice its going to be a hellscape. There are so many issues with this design that honestly I'm not even sure where to begin, but there are already some great critiques of this design on youtube and I'd suggest anyone who thinks this is even remotely a good idea to look them up.

[@BADCOMMENTSCOMEFROME]

@@mitzikolo Wrong, it would be extremely easy because all you need in to land a hit anywhere along the line and the entire thing is disrupted. Several bombs and the line becomes ”the checkered line”. A traditional city would be far more resilient.

[@BADCOMMENTSCOMEFROME]

@@mitzikolo ”Simply going underground” is possible in traditional cities aswell. Your argumentation that it’s ”better” to have your city configured in a line because an explosion is ”round” is flawed. Just because there’s nothing worthwhile outside the line, that doesn’t help the situation within the line which would be totally annihilated by a nuke. The fact that ”most of what was blown up was just desert” is no consolation.

[@maquina7002]

Could you elaborate on what issues it presents? I’m interested in hearing your opinion

[@frey8725]

@@mitzikolo You're thinking of a single devastating bomb. All it would take is a few bombers flying in a straight line, dropping dozens of bombs in a line. When the first finishes it's drop, then next begins and so-forth and, since the city is in a line, the anti0aircraft placements aren't going to be very well spread out. Not to mention those giant glass walls. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of.... Other than living inside a wall that's 100 miles long and as wide as the length of 2 football fields. The whole concept is silly.

[@frey8725]

@@shoveI 😂 Awesome

[@magnusbruce4051]

I feel like $1tn seems absurdly cheap for what they're planning on doing. Add another zero or three and that feels more like what I'd expect an insane scheme like this to cost. Seems like it'd have made more sense to build ~1km as a test section to see if it even works (or even 100m). That's something that I reckon would still cost an eyewatering amount of money given the proposed height of the building.

[@NWO_Media]

Instead of building this and spending 1 trillion dollars they can end world hunger with that money and save the world but I guess 20 million people starving to death is less important than this structure

[@magnusbruce4051]

@@NWO_Media Good point. Almost anything would be a better use of that sort of money. I guess their plan in to treat it as an investment and hope that nine million people come and live there and then create immense prosperity. I don't believe for a second that this will actually be built. Even the test structure that I mentioned previously would bankrupt most countries for absolutely minimal returns. Attempting to do something that's 100-1000 times larger is just insanity. The holes in the ground must surely be attempts at attracting foreign investment.

[@lancehobbs8012]

It's all fantasy. It may as well cost a gazillion infillion bitcoins

[@utopiaHammerstone]

Agreed. At that height and width and with all the infrastructure and technology, $1tn per kilometre. I've never even seen a 1km long building 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MoneyManHolmes]

They’ll never finish it. It’s just a money laundering project.

[@norbertfranz2611]

Ich finde das ganze Projekt super.

[@Mrcheekymonkeyisback]

very exciting!

[@Xavierpng]

i see problems with the sandstorms . would be massive build up on one side . because the city would act like a wall . a round city might be the answer

[@likeaboss860]

Intelligent considerations sir

[@alexwaffles3712]

The thing that worries me the most is the lack of wildlife tunnels which should be worrying to everyone

[@jantschierschky3461]

Well the whole thing is nonsense, however what migration route you talking about ? What animals ? Is a desert

[@ksgraham3477]

Not to mention fresh air! And birds flying into the glass!

[@michaelshirhall1831]

No one is asking why there isn't any care about supposed sea rise from global warming.

[@ksgraham3477]

@@michaelshirhall1831 Because it isn't happening! I live by the rocky shore, so there isn't much erosion, nor sinkage as displayed by a sandy beach. Same as it's been since 1969.

[@VitaKet]

@@ksgraham3477 If you think it isn't happening you live under a rock or in denial. I live in Virginia in the USA and we've already lost low lying communities in our bay area. Ecuador, Vietnam, Seycelles, Cuba, Sweden all have lost large tracts of land.

[@btbrotherton]

Any animals that get caught in the refracted light off this thing are going to turn to dust.

[@lamontcranston3177]

Why do I picture tourists in five hundred years going out to the desert to see the old construction ditch from the twenty first century. Tour guides will tell them about the most expensive construction mistake in history.

[@zecnobot]

It makes me think of "Snowpiercer", but a fixed set of buildings with a high-speed rail moving between. I wonder if someone got the idea from watching the movie.

[@rabokarabekian409]

Fun fact: The thing is, Saudi Arabia’s own sand is not conducive to their own needs. Desert sand is much different than the sand you’d find at the beach. The sand in the desert has been eroded by thousands of years of wind and as a result, is very smooth and fine. The sand you’d find at the beach or near water (maritime sand) is coarser as a result of water erosion. This is the type of sand Saudi Arabia wants.

[@FartBiter]

The sand in Iraq was like powder. We called it moon dust.

[@lill1557]

There's a documentary called sand wars I believe. It goes into this problem of over mining sand

[@Zachomara]

@@lill1557 The YT channel Economics Explained has a documentary explaining the sand issue. (I think it's them, anyway.)

[@cwcarson]

Why do they want sand at all?

[@onekycarscanners6002]

I have river sand free of salt in large quantity with a good mesh size let me know if they need supply.

[@bobsmoot8454]

This would be a ultimate construction project to be involved in on the planet

[@lifeongps]

Nice - Build it!!!!!!

[@toasted_donut2308]

I'm still certain that this will end being a regular city only with a half kilometer line cutting through it.

[@MyN0N4M3]

Most such cities end as completely deserted places where no one lives. I mean what is the incentive to live there? There is none, if there were one, there would already be a city there. That's the problem with all these projects, instead of turning an already existing city into a modern city, they start building a new one in the middle of nowhere. The only people that would be mildly interested to live there are rich people. But there aren't enough rich people there and they also dont bring industry and jobs with them to have 9 million other people move into that city. When you look at the cities that are successful then it's those that provide opportunities to work and make a decent living. That's the only thing that attracts people.

[@somerandomperson8282]

The technology to build the city in their design art simply does not exist on the scale needed to implement it. Perhaps in a couple of centuries, assuming the world progresses towards further enlightment and does not regress into war and barbarism.

[@toasted_donut2308]

@@MyN0N4M3 It's beyond idiotic. You'd expect that this is just a concept designed to get attention or divert investments into more feasible projects but then why are they preparing the foundations and evicting local tribes? At this point, I expect to just be a port.

[@saudiproudly9683]

@@toasted_donut2308 It seems that you don't know what Saudi Arabia is until you call it stupid I think you are limited in thought so wait and we will show you the meaning of the impossible and determination to succeed Oh this

[@saudiproudly9683]

اضحكتني يبدو انك لم تستمع للمقطع جيداً المسافه اكثر من 100 ميل وكما هو واضح نحن في اللبنه الأولى للمشروع وكأي مشروع يلزم وقت في الانجاز ولسنا مستعجلين يكفينا قناعتنا بالنجاح وهذا متجسد في شخصيتنا كسعوديين

[@NHSSHINOBI]

I think it would be beneficial if they started on a smaller scale. They can always add to the line after.

[@cinemathemostimportant7717]

How will they be able to start on a smaller scale? What they need is the original size which would be more a more accurate result.

[@reezevlog]

i think this could be the smaller scale…… they might add up in the future from another part of the country n join with the original Line…. like underground subway tracks..

[@Name-yb7hn]

They will do it in phases just like you said they would add to the line gradually to a maximum of 170 km.

[@AinzWoolGown]

Don't worry guys it wouldn't happen Another jeddah tower but bigger

[@Name-yb7hn]

@@AinzWoolGown Don’t worry it would

[@user-kj8yl6sn2z]

He suggested analyzing the design and planning of the ancient city of Al-Ula to transform it into the largest living museum in the world Planning is underway to transform a sleepy city rich in archaeological treasures into one of the most important gems of archaeological tourism in the world.

[@gregs7519]

While the computer renderings make this look like some sort of paradise, I can assure you that the proposed use of this is as dystopian as they come. The high walls and long length are to keep millions of people in. It's basically a trial facility for a 100 mile long prison designed to hold 9 million people.

[@christophmessner6450]

Exactly

[@zandaralexander9988]

I never thought of that oh, but that is totally true! Let us just say that their government and social structure does not lend itself well to democracy and the rights of humans in general... call me opinionated on this

[@moltoniron633]

Agreed

[@qkieentv1947]

This reminds me of the Tower of Babel! when you try to build something with an ego, the possibility is that it will fail...

[@moobymooby3214]

Let's see how quickly this goes from utopia to dystopia

[@homie7218]

You're already in living in dystopia Lil guy

[@jvanniekerk1]

The point about this to me, is the dream. Dare to reimagine, to dream and to challenge the norm. Love the concept. It does look a bit Claustrophobic. Perhaps it should be shorter, "U" shaped end to end, ocean facing, and with large developed parks etc in the center.

[@gman7497]

Admittedly I admire the ambition of the thing, but backlash is inevitable. The Saudi government is not popular amongst most westerners and whats more we are entering a period of economic recession, war, and just overall pessimism. It's not the best time for a big, seemingly unobtainable and impractical project like this.

[@azscratcherelite846]

The issue would be mirrors reflecting the sun onto each other and that would cause huge issues in no time at all.

[@cameronperez2614]

would definitely go for a circle design with connecters in the middle and scaled down with the possibility to add more circles in the future

[@555joanna]

Wrong! Line is better ... for "them" this way it's much harder to gather people to protest, they have thought of all

[@colorgreen7]

9 million ppl in one place!! You know there's some lunatic plotting and rubbing their hands like Birdman

[@MichaelRei99]

So a country that is hopelessly lost in the past is somehow going to build a futuristic city. I won’t hold my breath.

[@taharqa332]

@@MichaelRei99 How are they hopelessly lost in the past? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[@timregan1005]

a circle with connectors in the middle... so every city that has already been built

[@TheDWZemke]

I was a consultant in KSA a dozen years ago. They had many projects that had been started and not been completed. It's a kindom, what ever the royal family wants to do, they can do. It does not need to be financially responciable. The royal family knows how long their oil will last, what to do afterwards is the true question. I wish them the best.

[@az.ksac.snap502]

❤🎉

[@jimmydishkawnt]

Soooo you've watched 'syriana' too... ok you be matt and i'll be george 🤡

[@dsjeonkorea]

I really like this idea !! Amazing and it is workable too.

[@loafofbread9400]

Not workable

[@colorgreen7]

Basically a big prison

[@EastCoastShorts]

The road to success is always under construction.

[@colorgreen7]

you live in a desert what environment you preserving by doing this?

[@daltonyerby6972]

Some of these ideas they’re proposing sound like logistical nightmares to build. I just don’t ever see this thing ever even coming close or being finished. Betting this project will drain far too many resources too quick and ultimately be abandoned besides maybe the high speed rail. The amount of material it would take alone is infathomable, not even mentioning the manpower and financial power it would require

[@wildgunner6708]

The wish of the billionaires is like that and the world will come to an end for people like him

[@kberlin85]

Its only about Money. Workers are more then enough in India. 1 trillion will Not be enough.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

Even if it is built somehow, it will be an abject failure as a working city. Like people, cities need to grow "organically", creating a city in a shape that it wouuld never become organically and for no purpose is like building a Frankenstein monster - even if you were able to do it, it would serve no purpose.

[@spark016]

Considering that the Burj Kalifa got approved to be constructed without any connections to sewer mains, and waste (shit) is hauled out like every hour, I'm curious to see how they handle the same problem with a 100 mile long city.

[@steve8234]

You're talking about two different countries though.

[@spark016]

@@steve8234 yes but In northwest Saudi Arabia where it is being built there is infrastructure for 25k people in Haql, the closest town. This is supposed to support up to 9m ppl. Unless they dump it into the sea, my point still kinda stands

[@steve8234]

@@spark016 oh ok

[@kevinfernandez9999]

Burj Khalifa was built in the middle of a busy city anyways, so they thought designing a sewer system would be too much hassle. But this is going to built in a empty desert , so designing a sewer system would be easily done

[@Deep-dive-hustle]

You think designing a sewer system in a vast desert space would be a problem,your comparison is ridiculous

[@MrPhife333]

When they finish, I will move there and try to forget the last two years in America.

[@CarCrazyGhost]

It’s gonna be kewl

[@floriangallus7760]

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[@rumblehat4357]

Shelley.

[@karlphillips3259]

It's a great idea for a super-max prison. How many prisoners can it hold? Remote, limited controlled access, monitored 24/7, own currency that can be turned off at any time, one entrance (Hotel California) and one exit (in a coffin), the transport system runs past your window so everyone can see what you are doing (better than bars on the window), there will probably be special 'unpublished' laws to outlaw lots of things that are legal in other countries, probably their own courts to convict you, no way of communicating to the outside world unless through an approved devices/coms link and best of all people pay to stay there, so it is self-financing. Why do so many people think they don't need to live in harmony with nature and can live in a dystopian bubble? Bubbles have a tendency to burst!

[@yvetteblack9370]

🥴🤑🤭So well said 👏🇦🇺💚

[@JeffR---96]

The dream of the elitist, full control over the goyam.🙃

[@artv.9989]

It said in the video that it can house around 9 million prisoners

[@andyd5038]

Also great for refugees! I'm on board with the wall now!

[@_Solaris]

Well said.

[@Manos.98]

Regarding the two huge mirrors, I can imagine everything around being burnt alive

[@RadRob84]

The seniors are going to love morning walks here.

[@emilys8999]

Have you seen the video for this project? It's basically the world's largest fancy prison.

[@felix-bw8ui]

I'm sure they'll have plenty of doors and roads leading in and out along the wall. So you're free to go stand outside in the desert if you want to.

[@gillb9733]

Agree, there'll likely be a 1mile "showhouse" and 169miles of cells beyond that. I'm not hearing anything about how to exit this place or if it includes an airport.

[@nore5992]

@@felix-bw8ui If you stand outside the wall and seeing those Glass Wall in the Middle of day. You basically gonna get Cooked like a Jerky

[@lisimbachiokejahiyazid4114]

This is a contractors dream! Huge budget, with years of work ahead. Downside: it’s in the desert and the locals will probably sabotage some of the construction to delay or end the project

[@diegotrejos5780]

Just charge by the hour and not by finished project. Work until the king is bled dry then leave.

[@pacoayala.2784]

A every corrupt USA contractors and politicians dream project they will be set for life.

[@lisimbachiokejahiyazid4114]

@@pacoayala.2784 America’s a melting pot. We have every Nationality & global culture within our borders. It’s not an American trait by any means. It’s a human trait that occurs when exploitation is the industry norm. Which has been the norm for most of human history, especially after colonialism and the advent of the “New” world mentality. Just look at what’s happening everywhere in the world 🌍

[@lisimbachiokejahiyazid4114]

@@pacoayala.2784 does is matter what part? Every part has been colonized

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

There aren't any locals......it's in the middle of nowhere.....

[@davidgriffiths7696]

A feeding frenzy for contractors. Towns didn’t evolve this way for a reason. As soon as supplies stop, millions are stranded in the desert.

[@mh9281]

Not all people with money are clever

[@cardboardbox9119]

Most people with money aren't

[@marktrain9498]

Especially if their money is just because they happened to be born on top of oil.

[@iqbang9236]

Cities are supposed to bring people close together, and this line of cities simply defeats that purpose. Ideally, you could build several urban "dots" and string them together with a high-speed rail line. The linear urban design also ignores geographic livable areas, which ultimately increases the cost of supplementation and waste management.

[@Linkwii64]

One little fire and the whole thing goes ablaze. But I guess that part are probably been solves.

[@DunDeeoZ]

There are obviously gonna be towns built in proximity to the line where you can have your "bring people close together"-community.

[@iqbang9236]

@@DunDeeoZ Not according to their blueprint. Two huge walls clearly defined the borders of the "City".

[@gorillaau]

I'm trying to imagine being on the extreme ends of that strip maill like city and then pondering the trip if you need to travel from one "side" of town to the other.

[@omarabdul2864]

Cities are supposed to bring people together lol awww thats so sweet! Yeah amsterdam shares its border with london, infact london and amsterdam are one whole big city! No walls just like you said brochacho.

[@neilfriedman]

Zero carbon? What are the trees and plants going to live on? Insanity

[@davidsmith1225]

The initial ground breaking looks like it could be the initial wall on one side of the city. This would be mirrored into the other wall at a later date.

[@complexitytr9098]

same thought

[@BigBlimpChronicles]

This is hard to imagine being completed, I wish them luck and strength to any construction team in those hostile conditions.

[@pumkin610]

I didn't even think of that 😱 they're gonna need all the luck they can get

[@96rincon]

Theyre making over 6 figures a year and im sure per diem is great lol

[@DiogenesOfCa]

They will use slave labor like they always do; no complaints and they will work HARD.

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

It is probably going to be built by slave-work.

[@delle9733]

Knowing the trajectory of Middle Eastern countries with unfinished megaprojects I´m 99,9% positive they will never finish. The costs and amount of maintenance its going to require is insane... just think about cleaning the gigantic surface mirrors. There´s also a danger of it becoming extremely dark and overcrowded. It´s giving me Kowloon City vibes... they need to chill.

[@BigBrainBrian]

But Kowloon City was cool. The mirrors will get sand blasted in sort order, I bet.

[@redfront6707]

Kowloon walled city was overcrowded because it was full of poor people, but of course the rich will only live in the Line, but it won’t be finished anyways

[@abdulelah312]

It is funny how the Americans are talking about 2,000 people who were compensated by the government with money and land in other places, as if it was a catastrophe of extermination, while their land was usurped by a people who exterminated it, and did not compensate it even by making it live only.

[@stevec404]

The best cities for PEOPLE grow organically. Command cities, like command economies, may incorporate a few good ideas...but they are doomed to eventual failure when the wishes and needs of regular people are silenced.

[@ninjafruitchilled]

Not sure this is true exactly. Most of our cities are choking themselves with sprawling suburbs and over-reliance on ever-growing numbers of cars, and are in desperate need of huge centrally-orchestrated infrastructure overhauls that will probably never happen. Starting over from scratch with good urban planning may be the best thing to do at this point. Not sure The Line is an example of good urban planning though... Also if you look at the places in the world where cities have grown organically without much regulatory constraint, well let's just say they are largely not the most desirable places to live.

[@FerreusNRG]

I for the life of me cant think one thing more heavily planned and controlled than an actual city. What a fck are you talking about?

[@jimmydishkawnt]

Wouldnt it be better/more efficient if this thing was circular?

[@Dutcharmytent]

We have mirrored buildings in London that melt plastic on surrounding parked cars.

[@DarwinskiYT]

This is gonna be an absolute dystopia

[@augustinesanchez3361]

Like someone said imagine being on the sunny side and busting into flames in seconds

[@TransportSimulatorNationTSN]

This is the type of project when you are building in City skyline but have unlimited mod on

[@davidwhitacre534]

The current trend of building concentrated population areas in the desert doesn't seem very bright. I suppose land cost is low - but where do you get water, crops, food and other necessities to sustain life? The western US has been building subdivisions in the desert.....and now they are having water shortages - Who would have known?!

[@oo0024]

Rip to the workers that will lose their life in the making of this monstrosity

[@Domain0fDom]

This is going to be dystopian AF

[@yeriu_]

imagine someone having a slingshot outside the city 😅 great heavens

[@mdadil5884]

This city will be world's most advance and work on the renewable source of energy, i am so excited to see

[@davidpachamama]

This is why everything is so expensive , we are literally paying this people to build that

[@craigboden9455]

The most efficient way to build a city would be in a circle. With energy and manufacturing around the center, then accommodation, and then recreation, entertainment and parks around the outside.

[@eirikarnesen9691]

you should try playing cities skyline. its a fair represetation on city building, and you will find that putting your polution in the middle, is not a good idea. city center is a park, surounded by shopping and offices, then housing ouside that. with shopping for local needs spotted true the housing. manufactorying and energy is separated out, it creates both pollution and alot of trafic.

[@Ooganooganani]

I'm surprised they're actually working on it. In all honesty, I expected them to drop the ball before they even started. I am looking forward to the full completion!

[@rawcamera756]

When they finnish propably we gonna be dead

[@Ooganooganani]

@@rawcamera756 I hope not 😭

[@rawcamera756]

@@Ooganooganani Haha me too 😂

[@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179]

This won't ever be finished. The cost is estimated above a Trillion dollars. Saudi Arabia doesn't has a Trillion. You would need a 100 years of the full Saudi GDP to pay for this thing. This project is almost certainly counting on attracting foreign investors, gullible suckers with more money than sense, with brains full of Muskian Futurism. Tell you now, you can quote me later: it will end as a half started husk in the middle of the desert when all money invested will mysteriously disappear.

[@colorgreen7]

It takes one Allah akbar and that whole goofy structure goes crashing down 🤣

[@avrinrose5457]

In my fictional world, this project already finished and successful

[@baconking1160]

I hope it works as they envision. Mega-projects are so beautiful.

[@Aishiya1]

This might work in Kansas or Texas. The problem mentioned by another commenter about the sandstorms is a good one. They can't get around sandstorms. The old houses are adobe or sunbaked brick, without windows, built around a courtyard, with a garden in the courtyard.

[@GreenLine4444]

The worst part about this is its in Saudi Arabia. They kill the journalist Jamal Khasoggi because he was critical of the Saudi Arabian prince and the country's government. Doesn't sound like a place people should flock to who like to speak their minds and have freedom.

[@Aishiya1]

@@GreenLine4444 yes - I wonder who they think will move there?

[@GreenLine4444]

@@Aishiya1 Right, exactly, lol

[@ricardocarreno2021]

i admire his dedication to make the best platform game ever

[@danjohn6130]

This would be amazing if this is complete

[@honlt4678]

Real civil engineer bouta go crazzzzzy!

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

One thing that seems to prevail is that wealth puts people at risk of developing ignorance and arrogance …

[@DavidByrden1]

The nation of Chile is an incredible 24 times longer than it is wide. The main transport routes in Chile run lengthways - of course. If there was EVER a country where you'd expect "linear" cities and communities, it's Chile. But no. Chile's cities are roundish, like everybody else's cities. It's almost like "linear cities" don't have any built-in advantages...

[@arguekayes]

Reminds me of Cyberpunks Megabuildings. Skyscraper Apartment complexes with stores and gyms on the middles floors

[@anaruizguti]

Fantastic Will help out Mars explorers to terraform. Great feat

[@Mrpeace1900]

This will take a millennium for work to complete

[@tardisgradeuniverse383]

No not really. Just a ridiculous amount of money and resources but humans are more then capable of a project this size

[@areenbhalekar949]

@@tardisgradeuniverse383 Their Jeddah tower stopped midway, and now they wanna do this? Do they even have that much money?

[@tardisgradeuniverse383]

@@areenbhalekar949 Well maybe the Saudis won't actually complete it in the end but my point is that it's not an impossible concept if the right resources and effort gets put into it. We are capable of so much innovation but most of us forget that and just chose to be pessimistic about anything.

[@hasanalharbi203]

@@areenbhalekar949 😄😂😄

[@hasanalharbi203]

@@areenbhalekar949 The first thing is that our land is blessed by the supplication of our master Ibrahim, peace be upon him. Praise be to God, goodness is available. Every month we discover mountains of gold without oil, in Arabic or in English. You will not find a country richer than Saudi Arabia. Alhamdulillah for blessing us.

[@solitarianihilista1454]

One day this will be the greatest urbex playground ever built.

[@SunnyDarkoShow]

This production tho. 👌🏽

[@AzanKhan-oq8tr]

If someone is going to spent that much amount of money then surely he'll have figured out everything.

[@westlyprescott4714]

Hopefully they don’t pull a “Dubai”… and build a sewage system!!!

[@stephanieanderson8546]

Things can be fixed.... And if you don't have nothing to say nicely then you shouldn't say it at all ... Dubai is a fabulous place... And if you look around the whole world no place is perfect there's always room for improvement

[@tushar14620]

@@stephanieanderson8546 lady stfu. Do you know how many immigrants workers died building the burj khalifa. These Arab countries could be getting world hunger over and over again but their egos are up their asses.

[@tushar14620]

Rid*^

[@lights_utopia1130]

no no you see the rich people at the top with the fresh air and stuff will just throw there shit down on all the peasants.

[@Fx_Explains]

@@stephanieanderson8546 Are you dumb or what? What he said is a nice thing. Hoping someone doesn't mess up like someone else isn't a bad thing.

[@EverythingBaseless]

It's gonna be a real challenge for all engineers... Expect dubai to make many more of such..

[@25KTF]

I was thinking to myself that looks like and engineering nightmare as well

[@EverythingBaseless]

@@25KTF nightmare can be evolution .. Enginner may invent something during this that world may require

[@kenirawadi4689]

@@EverythingBaseless without challenge, engineers will be replaced by technicians.

[@kimberleypex]

When very rich people have good idea s , its a big challenge to make the World better. This project isn’t bad for the desert. And when the working people on this very big project are treated well, its like the Piramides. With respect and good food and for example garlic ( for power and anti illnesses) the building if this long “wall” has to be something to be proud of !

[@EverythingBaseless]

@@kimberleypex ethically speaking there is habitat of good no of wild animals. Building straight will cut off animal from one region to another plus glass refection of sunlight on large scale is no good.. Well one of few major challages

[@christophmessner6450]

How boring a city looks when it’s just a line! And how much more rewarding it would be to green the desert!

[@jd_osmargranados3953]

those trucks are huge!!

[@MoeBillGaming]

No thoughts on the project but I like the little EFX you guys added to all the little numbers!

[@Hwhsbcjdal73727]

I can't wait for them to find archeological sites, I am sure there's gotta be something here

[@JeffR---96]

Apocalypse=unveiling Really interesting thought, cheers have a great one.

[@anonymoussoul3343]

the whole middle east is loaded with that.

[@Hwhsbcjdal73727]

@@anonymoussoul3343 yes I agree 💯👍

[@Hwhsbcjdal73727]

@@JeffR---96 very true! It's biblical and a sign of the end of the times before the second coming of Jesus :)

[@JeffR---96]

@@Hwhsbcjdal73727 your the jesus bud, or keep trusting the Romans.🙃

[@gettshan.7236]

The cases like fire, sand storm, heat temperature, every pollution, height accident, will make it worst if they don't take it serious