NEOM | What is THE LINE?

What if we could start again? THE LINE rethinks everything we know about how people live, work and play. A 170 km-long vertical city, designed around people, rather than cars. A revolution in urban living. A city that delivers new wonders for the world.
#TheLINE #NEOM

[@jonhanson8925]

This feels like the video you see in the first act of a sci fi movie before everything goes to hell in the second.

[@gmm6106]

Was just thinking that.

[@_Lorenz05]

yeah and ai's starts developing emotions and tries to take the world for themselves, till the main character destroys them

[@XDF745]

It's in Saudi Arabia so straight to hell in the first act.

[@GG-cn6es]

No, it feels like every other investor-bait project that will fail to deliver and disappear in 5-10 years.

[@ladydiaspora807]

Exactly

[@ThomasSha]

170kms long. There will be 17 districts. Each year, a tribute will be chosen…

[@trancelover326]

Hunger games!

[@rollinghippo2940]

Stop your woke obese fantasy dear americans

[@chaiwithchahat.6177]

This is my favourite comment lmao

[@michellecheckley]

ha ha

[@blbfilms3461]

each year a tribute will be chosen from each district to leave THE LINE, but only one may return

[@rlstinechickenliaw8647]

Year 2100: "mom, whats beyond the walls?" "Its nothing much Eren" 💀💀💀

[@loveyahoo5201]

AOT fans +1

[@christophertorres5111]

I was thinking the same thinf

[@mattstickle2725]

Kind of what I was thinking too. What happens when they lock you in?

[@jsmr451]

@@mattstickle2725 Why would they 'lock you in'?

[@mattstickle2725]

@@jsmr451 same reason United States has its citizens locked in. Control.

[@lapinebob]

When I was a kid (1950) we had ant farms. I guess they are still available today. That was my first impression on seeing this. Man's destiny is to live as insects? Workers in a social environment where you are born serve and die? I live on 5 acres in a forest and I am alive. The forest surrounding me is alive and vibrant. I am surrounded by squirrel, deer, elk, bear, wolf, cougar and birds of many kinds. I am so blessed to have been born in the 40's.

[@partylouis9851]

I don't know if they have much forest here.

[@user-rs3qm7fp8v]

Where is the forest in Saudi Arabia? Do you know geography?

[@davecahyo]

Lucky you!

[@meeek-5692]

Yeah, that's exatcly the world we live today

[@JeremyBuxman]

It's like a late 2000's young adult dystopia novel brought to life! "In the Line, we could have anything we wanted...if you were a Highliner. Us Lowliners had to struggle to get by, and outside the GlassWall, the Lineless dwelled and scribbled not-straight lines..."

[@DreamskyDance]

you forgot the obligatory "...this is my story." at the end. XD

[@chizlerchase]

@Cris Craf this is already the plot of too many books

[@wysoft]

Yeah the ad even promotes "equitable views" except for I guess those who live at ground level. Also why is the line located in a barren wasteland? Immediate access to nature? Nature outside the line looks deadly

[@EbenezerOsasona]

😂😂😂

[@EbenezerOsasona]

😂😂😂

[@ronvideo]

Have they considered the psychological effects of living, working and playing for years or decades in a contained beehive?

[@nauticaltruck802]

I swear some of the people on here are ignorant as if they’ve never left their own home. People across the world live in even more crowded areas with much much worse standards than this.

[@pixel8122]

have you considered that they're allowed to leave?

[@pearljam_1]

@@pixel8122 are they??

[@MrDude826]

It's the same as a city. Every neighborhood is different and it's got parks, nature, malls , shops and concert halls. You need no cars and thus you take the train everywhere.

[@ronvideo]

@@nauticaltruck802 true, but I wonder how those folks are being psychologically affected as well

[@kenneth31251]

This looks exactly like the plot to "The giver". If you haven't watched that movie, give it a watch. It was well done

[@shaharyarkhan7553]

yes, emotion-less life.

[@ondraondra6731]

birds must love this :D

[@Leo_the_duck]

BIRDS ARNEN'T REAL THEY'RE GOVERNMENT SPYS FROM RUSSIA LIFE ISN'T REAL THE MOONLANDING WAS FAKE WERE IN THE MATRIX WERE ALL GONNA DIE!

[@janaerikssen3925]

That's what I was thinking, birds will hit it 😢

[@chadfurlong2919]

"The Line will be 500 meters tall and have an elegant mirror-glass facade." Yeah, that's every local bird dead by flocks at a time. This is the dumbest idea I've ever seen - and the bird thing is probably the smallest of the very obvious impacts something like this would have.

[@CocaineJumbo88]

What about the wind? How will this 170 km long impact to the weather? And is it safe to build this so safe so close to the red sea? What about the rising sea level?

[@user-rs3qm7fp8v]

Since when are there many birds in Saudi Arabia?

[@bruhman6685]

The fact that they sat in a meeting room and pitched this and no one realized how this sounds and looks is crazy

[@MathieuDuchesneau]

Or maybe they did and that's why they pushed forward 😂

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Get a bunch of rich people into a room and you get realistic things like this

[@moon-uh5kd]

@@Emiliapocalypse no.

[@manikmaharjan9258]

Probably went like the missile scene in "The Dictator". I guess the architects had no say against the Supreme Leader. 😂

[@Comrade_Zaz]

And scary, on how stupid powerful people are

[@arthurdebra1681]

I've never seen a dystopian idea presented so positively.

[@ahsenshahid]

How dystopian Have you ever been to Saudi Arabia

[@blackcatvibing]

People like you will keep living in the basement and complain about everything

[@nauticaltruck802]

Hollywood Americans think everything new and different is a dystopia while they’re convinced their own country isn’t one itself

[@tidlywank]

@@nauticaltruck802 maybe actual humans just don't like being stuffed into cramped buildings like tuna, you literal insects.

[@gustavogiggle8882]

@@blackcatvibing enjoy your bugs and artificial light, twat.

[@_5up3rm4n]

whoever dreamt this up must have been doing a fucking massive line at the time

[@thecaffeinatedbookwyrm3051]

No one else acknowledging the pun here, huh?

[@arunsp767]

@@thecaffeinatedbookwyrm3051 I immediately did 😂 So genius

[@henrylee3379]

Cool concept👍

[@ndkwhsnndkd]

Xdddd

[@_anas_shuaib]

When I watched this clip, I truly felt chills in my body. I think it is a very impressive project, but I also wonder, and let’s be honest, can this be achieved? What if a fire or something happens, how can we deal with this? Well, let’s say we were able to deal with this. Will a city 170 km away, covered with glass, help build a healthy environment? There are a lot of questions in reality, but if there is one thing that really amazes me, it is that Saudi Arabia has already started this project, so I am really excited for the day it will end, and I hope that it will end successfully without going through countless problems, so I really hope that the engineers in charge of this project have calculated it. Their calculations for all these crazy things, and in the end I believe that the civilization in which we live today is basically based on madness! Good luck to Saudi Arabia 👏👏

[@ko.ala.b]

migrating birds... :(

[@lancehobbs8012]

They didn't start it, they spent a lot of money and wrote a lot of contracts but I build major projects for a living, the idea that this has been in construction for 6 years and they haven't poured any concrete?? Look on google maps it's a sandpit with a few old farms

[@hutonghustler5317]

It’s failed, but was a good try!

[@federicogiorgetti5503]

they were maniacs they should have tried 5-10 km first not 170

[@turnipsociety706]

I wonder : is this sustainable, or a very weird silly impractical gated community? After 3 seconds, my rational brain managed to reach the answer.

[@Jacey2001]

They've really crossed the Line with this idea.

[@geo3106]

😂😂😂

[@sshk1653]

Gold

[@WeyardWiz]

💀😂😂😂

[@napoleon9176]

Why you poor people are always jealous 😂😂

[@meleardil]

Quote from another comment: "this is the wet dream of every military bomber pilot - a single pass can cover everything!"

[@adityapai593]

The comments give me faith in hummanity.Glad to see that the majority of people have common sense and think critically

[@kunalnature]

You should check out an Indian video made on this topic. You will be shocked to notice that most Indians are supporting such a trashy project.

[@JoLoveDub]

This

[@ed_cmntonly]

^

[@billomalley1168]

yet if the line actually existed , you'll see them all trying to apply for a visa there 😂, it already happened in dubai before, now it will happen again with the line, mr. "I'm gLad EveRyone is a CriticaL tHinKer"

[@Darkrezta]

@@billomalley1168 how do you know or sure that all of us will apply for visa? I know for sure I don't. dubai at least look like a city and kinda habitable at least but this? is a nonsense.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

I especially love how practically nobody in the comments would ever want to actually live in a monstrosity like this!

[@5Gburn]

It'd never fly in America! Nooooope.

[@skeetrix5577]

dude this is a stupid fucking delusion of a desert oil billionaire prince who plays to many video games.

[@dankokovacevic]

​@@shanglyshangly9173Why? Scifi fan? Spending much time playing video games and have no friends? Bet you enyoed Blade runner. One earthquake would destroy it and kill 100.000's people.

[@Clipsforyours]

@@dankokovacevicyour a jelous american

[@PauIdenino]

i would definitely want to.

[@dallasapollo]

This is totally an in-game promo video you get at a kiosk in the dystopian, horror-filled apocalyptic city that just loaded.

[@user-dm6oq6nh9y]

I like when she says "communities are organized in 3 dimensions", because you know, we losers live in 2 dimensions!

[@A_Guy_with_Ribbon]

this game is comimg in 3d?No way

[@aniketmane6232]

​@@A_Guy_with_Ribbon it's not a game mate, they are planning to build this irl

[@rocksnot952]

You'll never escape from Flatland! Muwahahahaha!

[@arpit3582]

It's all talk until it comes true

[@Smurfis]

Yet building an entirely 2D world

[@TheBakingYeast]

This reminds me of a show called “snow piercer” where the rest of humanity is in a big train and the people with less money get put towards the back and richer people get put towards the front. This is exactly how the line will turn out but vertically

[@MistrzDavid]

bro but remember 1 thing: it's always hotter on the high floors it will be much better to live on low floors 😂

[@sgtraytango]

Or a horizontal version of Judge Dredd's Mega-Cities

[@InArgCroitheGoDeo]

Watch the film. So much better than the show

[@nalaniaaliyah7023]

@@MistrzDavid until we’re suffering from a lack of sunlight😭

[@resiefan3258]

And the poor will literally eat cochriach porridge with steak flavouring

[@haseebkhawaja1050]

Sandstorms would decimate that glass wall. I mean the amount of dust that would accumulate on the wall would be enormous

[@jeffsummstl]

They should start small, to see how the ideas work in reality, then use the lessons learned as they continue building. If unforeseen problems occur only after the whole thing is built, it might be too late to make changes.

[@user-ip5uw2so5b]

Every council in the world almost is planning on doing this to every city already under UN AGenda 21 SDG's. They want us all gone off the land and into these monstrosities so they can keep us there and control every single movement we make.

[@carolclowes2221]

@@TheHomemadeHippie it's a dystopia hell like the hunger games No natural sunlight, controlled oxygen so if a district resists they can shut the air off, it's absolutely hellish and I would rather starve in the wilderness than live in one of their AI controlled smart cities

[@chadfurlong2919]

There will be no problems because this will never actually happen.

[@thinkingtoomuch7974]

Mohamed BS got fed some BS and he's going full on dystopian city builder

[@thinkingtoomuch7974]

God gave em plenty of oil and gas but held back on the brains

[@user-fb8pv1ob8n]

Sounds like a new show for Netflix that would be canceled after one season.

[@malekqaddarah]

More like one episode

[@burhanbhatt4085]

That’s exactly what happened

[@vaagnavakian508]

Camels will help them.

[@Shahnawaz-fy3jw]

Time will slap hard on your sorry face

[@tripndub]

LMAOOOO

[@Danno1850]

Imagine if you could live in a giant mall…. How this video should have started.

[@Rikalonius]

AKA Logan's Run. I wonder where Carousel will be located for liquidating everyone over 30 to maintain the proper population balance the automation system requires.

[@Crisby24]

I nice mall at least lol

[@flugmodus9214]

Exactly!! I will borrow your description😊

[@KoopsTech]

😂

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

Sounds awesome.

[@haraldk.2551]

so this is what the world's most modern prison looks like with 24/7 all-around surveillance! if this is to be the future of life, it is a nightmare for humanity as a whole. they must be stopped!

[@synsvids]

This looks like something I'd see in a cyberpunk video game, and it does sound interesting. Unless friends or family live on the other side of the line than you.

[@celinepa8246]

In many cases, family and friends live more than 170 km apart. I`d say this is the smallest of all issues, especially if indeed you can travel end to end in 20 minutes.

[@OneTwoFive0]

“Father, what’s outside the walls?” “We don’t go outside of the walls”

[@animationi9126]

then a red titan will come and........ u know the rest😶

[@isaacgeorge7288]

They would be able to leave

[@cosmin6612]

Silo

[@stanislavdimitrov8800]

This is the dream of every military bomber pilot. A single pass covers everything 👍 😃

[@stevefranklin963]

You got that right - it would be just easier than a video game. Of course in utopia, there will be no weapons to defend the populace, because everyone is expected to be nice.

[@mrsjt18]

hahahha true

[@sauron5825]

‏We do not welcome racism in Saudi Arabia

[@billomalley1168]

that is why the line has to come with a nearby military airbase and naval base

[@lavkmr1]

🤣🤣😁😂

[@mbb1849]

Felt like a scary sci fi movie. Kids growing up here will have such a sci-movie like perspective on the world. Living in such shelter. Not realizing the realities outside of “The Line”

[@andrewb.9815]

There is no way in hell this thing actually gets built....100% its going to be abandoned in 10 years.

[@SweetSassyBull]

I hope you are right.

[@nefdfdfneff]

fr

[@andrewb.9815]

@@SweetSassyBull Too many promises, not enough delivery. Its a giant pipe dream thought up by a guy that inherited too much money. It is never going to see completion.

[@romanoskof1972]

I read a sci-fi book that describes a global city just like this one, where the wealthiest elite resides, while the rest of the world struggles in dumps and townships.

[@liz-xi3gz]

Book name?

[@romanoskof1972]

@@liz-xi3gz It's a trilogy by a French author, called F.A.U.S.T, but I'm not sure there is an English translation. I'm going to look it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Lehman

[@dethtopedophiles3870]

That is what the globalists and elites are wanting, it’s up to ALL of us “plebs” whether we allow it or not

[@yilmaz.design]

Its not surprising, living there wont be free. This is straight living luxury and my dream About tourists I think there would be a change in society, they will try to change their citizens mentality like dubai or no change at all and accept only their own citizens

[@POP_CAT_KOR]

may i ask which book was it?

[@jemm113]

Does anyone else notice how The Line's construction completely blocks out natural sunlight for the lowest levels save for midday but due to the structures criss-crossing the Line's walls that sunlight would blocked out and shaded at the very bottom regardless? And even with the glass façade, this is still predicated on light going through all of the buildings that make up the actual internal structure of the wall, let alone all of the actual service structures too. Am I the only one that noticed? This construction would literally split people into even more rigid class hierarchies as the rich would be the only ones able to afford high-rise property/apartments where natural sunlight is the most plentiful and easily accessible in an environment outside of a building. Which is important as natural sunlight governs many bodily functions, chief among them our circadian rhythm. Equity my ass. Also the mirror façade will absolutely SCORCH the surrounding landscape, along with reducing the amount of light that enters the Line further as more light would have to bounce off for the mirrors to even work as such. And then there's the absolute tripe about "renewable energy". I don't see mention of a single nuclear reactor at all. you'd run out of power trying to light up this monstrosity and would have to resort to sapping from other power grids to get by.

[@relaxstation600]

When solar energy became independent because people just can install it in their house and not through any govt, elites started to panic, cuz in a while if that technology advances people would eventually stop using oil So the plan is to monetize the sun since you cannot put sun in an enclosure Put peasants in an enclosure and create obstacles to getting free sunlight

[@ZombieSlav]

Another thing I noticed, imagine how bad this building would be for the birds, mirror facade of skyscrapers kill thousands of birds because they can see flying towards it until its too late, they hit it midflight and die...

[@spaceplex5079]

Well damn. My only concern was that this project was way ahead of its time and even $1tr wouldn't be enough

[@marco.trevisan]

And also... what if there is a fire? What will stop the connected structure fcom being fully burnt down? Especially in a place that has such temperatures.

[@Yahmeen]

My first thought seeing a giant mirror miles long in the desert… death ray

[@mustaphaabdulmumin934]

No way are they doing Silo in real life 🤯

[@user-wu5yg6]

All the critics will see with your own eyes, God willing, the resounding success soon 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🐪⚔️

[@techj6241]

Hopefully people will have religious freedom and they put an end to child marriage InshaAllah 😂

[@JLC698]

This is something i would design as a first year architecture student and my professor, without any hesitation call it ridiculous. 😂

[@gomriria2197]

Of course it is ridiculous and will fail. That's the Arab world controlled by stupid mongolien royalty

[@AvanaVana]

Idk to me this looks exactly like the kind of projects that were encouraged where I went to architecture school. Not saying that’s a good thing. 😂 Design a cross section, extrude it in CAD, greenwash it with some wind turbines, trees, and solar panels-that’s week one. Then spend the rest of the semester waiting days for the renders, and there you have it: the line.

[@Squig96]

Yes exactly. For first year architecture students they expects things like this. Visions. Making projects that are more then visions and are actually functionig you gonna learn later. But "the line" clearly didnt reach that stage.

[@rebeccagleason2678]

That's the problem as a first year you didn't go beyond the common. Can you imagine those Architects in Paris that built unusual structures that were made fun of because of their concept? This is what would make you common. No offense.

[@foxzxq8872]

Well, it looks like you're a failing engineering student and your teacher is a failure

[@mikefinney423]

There's nothing about a 170 km long mirror that is beneficial to nature. That's a bird killer.

[@yalz302]

Cats kill billions of birds every year should we get rid of them?

[@wurtknurte7283]

Yeah, duh, how else are they supposed to get food? Just have a net to catch the dead birds and funnel them into a KFC.

[@bananae7314]

@@wurtknurte7283 💀

[@onepun9583]

Gezz FR, they'd really be killing such a large percentage of bird in that desert😩

[@manikmaharjan9258]

If built, it'll kill every plant and animal life around it.

[@maugwei]

“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever.”

[@dalsifilms]

THIS REMINDS ME SO MUCH TO MOVIE THE PASSENGERS

[@thbnkk]

In 2021 I guess I saw first time this add ...was my favourite since the first time...ever ❤🌎life on Earth but like 50 years ahead humanity

[@StErBeN_]

This feels like it would be the setting for one of those dystopian movies where the citizens are trapped in a seemingly utopian society and they are told that they are being protected from the outside by a secretly corrupt and twisted authoritarian dictatorship government and the MCs find out and try to escape

[@ShipperTrash88]

You've figured out the ending....Everyone trying to escape lol

[@alamar11]

The Lorax

[@Xthis1s4youX]

Oh, sounds a lot like the USA

[@christopherconlin3177]

This person gets it

[@samuraiboi2735]

@@ShipperTrash88 ahh yes reminded me of stray where a cat try's to tell his metal homies about the outside world actually being cool

[@yuurina5092]

If this was a movie it would be gold

[@cokementos974]

Mortal Engines is a movie similar to this concept

[@DrifterKirrr]

Snowpiercer

[@cutecoreyucky]

if this was actually built i would be very suprised

[@WilsonFox123]

How can this be possible for a level line to be built on a globe? (think about it).

[@L0g0s]

*The Island (2005)*

[@zakplay6248]

Most comments seem negative, and I understand, but I personally think the world is evolving with technology and engineering, 9 millions people in this squqre? is fantastic I think it is also the future due to rapid population growth. Do I like it? Not 100% but I always welcome new ideas that are outside of the box. Congratulations to the Saudis 👍🏽

[@Hariprasad-cd5bi]

3d housing, 100% renewable resources, AI for wellness and good transportation are good takeaways from this project, but nothing else

[@SweetSassyBull]

😮😱😢😭

[@Tejroe]

Just throwing a few potential problems out here: 1. If you try to leave Neom by foot (Since cars are unavailable) or if Neom has any sort of multi-system failure, prepare to be stranded in the middle of the desert. 2. A place this massive and compact is just bound to be hit by a terrorist attack of some kind, I hope they have security. 3. Depending on how the city is constructed, classism is going to be unbearably prevalent. I understand that the walls are actually reflective glass panes, however true sunlight will only be available to the top floors, so I could only imagine Kowloon-esque cramping in the bottom floors while the people living at the top (Both literally and metaphorically) will be comfortable.

[@C05597641]

Seems like a cool computer game. Will wait for reviews eagerly.

[@chuckd_8905]

Professional reviews all agree 10/10 all user reviews 0/10

[@dcchavez9129]

Don't preorder!!

[@samaljadhai2973]

If you cannot comprehend such a project then don't expect Saudi Arabia can't. This will be built whether you can or cannot imagine it. We would not advertise it to the world if we could not build it.

[@dcchavez9129]

@@samaljadhai2973 You're missing the jokes about pre-ordering a game.... i.e. Cyberpunk. And what i CAN comprehend is how this is going to WRECK the ecosystem.

[@chuckd_8905]

@@samaljadhai2973 Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin' for today Ah Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace You You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one

[@BlueMoonstone7]

At my grandmothers old house, her backyard was all woods, and she had a lot of bird feeders. And it wasn’t uncommon to hear a “wham” from time to time at her sunroom windows. The windows were reflecting the surroundings just enough that the birds didn’t know there was a window there, and would fly into it thinking it was open air, or get spooked by a hawk and fly towards it thinking it was a path to escape. Sometimes the birds would be lucky and catch themselves before they hit the ground and fly off. Other times they would hit the window hard enough to stun themselves and fall to the ground with a plop and take some time to recover. The unlucky ones were the ones that slammed into the window so hard they broke their necks, or the ones that veered away from the sunroom windows to hit the family room windows. The reason why _that_ was a problem was because her house was on a hill, and any bird that hit the family room window would then plummet two stories down to the stone pathway outside the door that opened to the downstairs. Now, I am no “expert” when it comes to architecture and nature, but can you explain to me how this _”elegant”_, 500m tall, 170km long MIRROR is supposed to help nature?! How is this a “intelligent solution”?! _Surely_ when designing this, some wildlife experts or _someone_ was involved in designing this, right? Because unless you install something on this “mirror” to give birds a heads up that there is something solid in their way, it won’t matter how “energy efficient” this place is, you can’t call it a solution to saving nature if it kills off hundreds if not thousands of birds each year considering the size of this thing if they can’t see it effectively. Not to mention that while birds can fly high, from my understanding most birds fly relatively low. I can hardly imagine a bird like a wild _turkey_ flying over this thing. So for the bird species that have to migrate, will some species be stuck, unable to fly over? And even if they CAN all fly over, what about animals that _can’t_ fly? If you don’t put any tunnels in the structure, you may be preventing some land bound species from migrating. At this point, you best bet would be to build this thing somewhere more barren and devoid of wildlife. Though from watching the video again, it looks like that is already the plan! Just barren wastes of desert and rocky mountains surround The Line, and while I know in some places of the world there are deserts and canyons and such that can be beautiful, in the video it looks like the area around The Line is dead, like some kind of disaster has happened. And this of course just makes the The Line look and feel more dystopian. So what kind of “view” to this _“accessible nature”_ are people supposed to get when all they see outside is barren wasteland? And how is there supposed to be “unique communities” in The Line? Every section of The Line looks the same! Yes, the people in each section of The Line can be unique of course, but in the real world when you travel from town to town, city to city, while there may be similarities in some ways to how some buildings are built, each one has its own unique look and style to it, and is laid out differently. In The Line, you made a big rectangle, filled it with rooms, and then copied and pasted a few dozen times in _a line._ You would be living in a box, that looks like the same box that another person at the other far end of The Line would be living in. Where is the individuality? Wouldn’t this get boring to look at after awhile? Maybe that is the reason The Line is the way it is, you can’t possibly get lost in a building that looks the same no matter where you go if your only options are left and right! And having everything you need within 5 minutes of walking sounds nice and all, but I have to wonder: with all this cramped, and therefore limited space, are any of these businesses and such around the area going to be created and owned by individuals wanting to start their own business…or by chains the likes of Walmart and such? Just corporations, more copy and pasting, no individuality. A saying my grandpa used to have was “Always look five miles down the road”, and I feel like it is something a lot of these “experts” on finding sustainable solutions are _not_ doing. In trying to solve some solutions, no one is thinking about any possible negative effects the “solutions” may have days, weeks, _years_ into the future. And besides, did any of the architects ever think to themselves: would anyone be _happy_ living in a box for the rest of their life, crammed into a space with millions of other people, like sardines in a can?

[@samuelmillersam317]

Bruh.

[@EasyArtforKids]

reading a very long point of view-like the long mirrored line. and yes, u have a good point here.

[@amberfletcher935]

My first thought was how hot those mirrors would be, so I'm not sure creatures would even want to get close enough to them. Another thought is how much sky would one be able to see. Good points though.

[@pubsapass1214]

It's a desert, i don't think there's any bird there 😊

[@zhaus3298]

Can you write less please, what is this a university essay

[@FawaadMuhammad]

❤ Dear Neom channel moderator I was not aware my phone got stuck and a comment was posted which I tried to find but I'm so naive with these internet things I couldn't so kindly ignore that. I watch this Project and I am very glad happy to see such development which has very beautiful outcome in many ways for the diverse cultural hub it is. I know for a fact this will be completed on time In'sha'AllaaH and may this be a blessing for humankind.

[@user-ms2kk4mk2c]

Questions: wouldn't mirror reflect heat back in the environment instead of the surface obsorbing it ? 2) Hope there would small tunnels to pass through the line and go to the other side 3)Effecfs on Mental health of people living inside a building all throughout their lives. 4) Birds, obviously. 5) Sports: many sports need wider spaces , 200 m wide is a joke. 6)Youd be watched the moment you step out of the house, there will be no sense of freedom.

[@CR800]

The energy will be solar and will not reflect the light, but will absorb it Solar energy 2_ Moving from one side to the other will be via only one train or walking on foot for 11 minutes 3- Believe me, I know people who spend their lives in their home. In addition, it will be like a city. Do you understand? I will ask you. Did your grandfather get bored and move to another city? He was not born and died in the same city. Also, there is an airport next to the buildings. 5- There are no birds in the desert 6- The Camp Nou in Madrid can accommodate 90,000 fans, in addition to the fact that it is large and changes depending on the sport, in addition to the fact that the building is taller than Qatar, hahaha, and you know what happened in Qatar in 2022, the best sporting event in history, even though Qatar is the smallest country in the world. 7- You are now being monitored via phone, television, or even the microwave. Monitored with audio or video. Your network is being intruded by the government. If you just think about becoming a terrorist, you will be arrested in a few hours. Why, because you are being monitored. Secondly, do not talk about freedom when you do not know it, you monstrous pervert.

[@rp7784]

​@@CR800There are many issues with this concept. 1, the line will be made of mirrors, it will reflect alot of sunlight back unto the surrounding environment, which will increase the temperature of the surrounding area. 2. For a train to travel from one end of the line to another in 20mins, it would have to go over 500km per hour, that is too fast for it to constantly stop in between stations, it would have to slow down significantly which would make it less efficient. This city has alot of mobility issues, navigating between levels and then between modules would not make transport efficient, it'll be like navigating a maze. 3. There seems to be a serious lack of sunlight, those living in the bottom levels are going to have a really unpleasant time, in that case is there going to be a very obvious class system, worker's live at the bottom and the rich live up top. 4. They are going to need one hell of a cooling system, a system like that would be immensely power hungry, which could end up making the city energy inefficient. This concept is pretty much the antithesis to sustainability, more so that it doesn't follow the natural coastline, it just cuts right through the landscape, which is pretty environmentally disastrous because such a seperation of the natural habitat would result in god knows how many ecological problems.

[@dankjarrel]

Robert Silverberg wrote, "The World Inside" in 1971 wherein the whole of Earth's 'urban' population lives in 3km high buildings holding 800,000 people. Each building is divided into 25, 40-story sections, with the social status reflected in how high you are within the building. The people living outside of the buildings were the farmers, working hard to feed the billions of people living inside. The two overarching classes had vastly different views on population control. As for the 'Line'. One thing leaped out to me at once, as well as several others that have been discussed. A closed environment surrounded by an inhospitable environment is an epidemic breeding ground unlike anything since the pestilential slums that gave us cholera, plague, and typhus. When the next SARS, COVID, or influenza outbreak appears inside the Line, it will spread with horrific ease. A closed environment makes it both easier to control a 'captive' population, and easier for that population to overwhelm the 'masters'. Others have already

[@suskris1]

Very insightful.

[@james_l4337]

Unfortunately fire travels quickly upwards In matters of seconds cover a floor... And those at bottom most can jump escape, the ones at top will get more fierce fire but jump to their death or burn alive! Then that building will collpase or get reconstructed

[@pykapuka]

From a bigger perspective (as the name already says) the line is only one dimensional while a normal city is 2D. So it seem so much easier to stop the spreading of diseases. How do you come to the exact opposite conclusion?

[@johnnylego807]

They’ve solve some of those issues based off the Book. The masters won’t live in the Line, but in different cities they are building. The line is for the plebs. Thankyou for this!

[@WilsonFox123]

How can this be possible for a level line to be built on a globe? (think about it).

[@robinmiller1431]

Matt Damon had an excellent performance in this movie

[@jenniferk8033]

What about "the line" they are creating that will stop any wildlife from crossing where they might normally pass through? This is a big issue with the border wall that will never get completed because there is a lot of wildlife that crosses down there, and building a wall would halt their normal migration paths.

[@danielcreatd872]

You do realise it's being built in the middle of the desert right?

[@jenniferk8033]

There are still animals in the middle desert like the fennec fox, meerkat, dromedary and Bactrian camel@@danielcreatd872

[@tiptapkey]

It's so insane it makes me want to be a part of it.

[@mouss4684]

People have obviously not watched movies like snow piercer, the platform, hunger games etc etc.. this sets the landscape for a perfect nightmare.

[@ManOhhMan1]

I mean suadi Arabia is already a nightmare so idk what people are complaining about. They don't gaf Bout Saudi people. Shut up

[@ksenia_online_english6728]

"Snowpiercer" and the "Platform" immediately sprung to my mind while watching this video! Actually, it gives me chills (and not in a positive way). I am also interested how they will segregate staff working there from residents. Will staff be placed on the bottom levels? As they definitely can`t afford fancy apartments on the top. Anyway, inequality must be harsh in the end! And that`s what will spark the riot, haha)

[@gu0504]

Everyone will be rich

[@Kurios57]

You will eat ze bugs

[@so3j859]

Movies are just movies, reality is different from movies

[@todde7]

I've seen enough sci-fi movies to know how this ends...

[@sulimanabdullah2188]

You said movies right?

[@yourvirtualdad]

how will it end?

[@Gabriel-jg5wh]

@Astroblaze they don't. This is real life mate

[@thbnkk]

After 2050 for sure life on earth will be different,100% is the greatest project and all people will want to visit one day ❤️, a 0 CO2 city 🌎..👏🏻

[@TravelHunter-yt1mm]

What a beautiful project. Best of luck Saudi .

[@DavidRay39]

I will NEVER go there, not even to visit. I'll stick to my current lifestyle.

[@parvchetri0995]

no. this is a bad project.

[@thbnkk]

🇸🇦❤️good luck!

[@lukaszrower7612]

He was looking at the video and I can't help noticing one detail .. The whole line of this city is to be built from the outside of mirrors ... Super. Desert and sun. With this arrangement of mirrors it will be hot as hell

[@ALFOONUS]

You clearly dont understand how mirrors work!

[@TheRealNameless1]

Interesting concept but it's not feasible. You can never have 100% water renewability, there will always be lost to evaporation amongst other factors. The 170km wall hosts a few problems itself: 1) The mirrors would have to be heavy duty and need to withstand abrasion extremely well, a broken panel (depending on size) could be a hassle and costly to replace. 2) The giant wall obstructs air movement worse than a sprawled out city ever would. The big issue is the sand being eroded at the bases of the wall potentially undermining the foundation. You will need to backfill and compact frequently to prevent this. 3) Sand will be everywhere and hard to remove within the city. Sandstorms will move larger grains of sand but the normal wind can move finer particles, with air flow those particles will be all over the city. As for sandstorms or haboobs, sand would envelope the city and with a modular design scheme removal would be a huge pain. One other big issue is fire. Unless you are planning to have sprinkler systems everywhere containing/stopping a fire. We've seen apartments fires engulf a whole building, with everything interconnected fire will spread easier. This is problematic with bad fires, the structural integrity of these modules could fail and large chunks of debris could come crashing down and who knows how that could effect other modules or even the wall. All in all it seems like you're not building a city but a large retirement community. How would business/industry function? Who gets to live next to the solid waste/ water treatment plants? Are you planning on building 1000's of elevators? Are you planning on replacing urban sprawl with solar farms, how will you power the city? How will law enforcement work in this environment? Their are a whole host of issues that need to be addressed and I hope the bright minds behind this will consider what I and others may have left in the comments.

[@sirmrmcjack2167]

You forgot the earliest problem of this city: A building needs a solid thing to stand on. The taller and heavier the more sophisticated the support structure needs to be. Deserts are made of sand which is a terrible medium for a foundation

[@evelynek8449]

Sounds like this will be an AI based city.

[@abdelmouttalebazeddine72]

@@sirmrmcjack2167 burj khalifa and Jaddah tower narrowing eyes ...

[@navajoauckland6003]

@@sirmrmcjack2167 yet the Burj Khalifa still stands

[@mclum77]

Earthquake

[@tiputhesultan]

The Line is basically just the train from Snowpiercer ... if it was stationary

[@simpledude5974]

Yes!!

[@ksenia_online_english6728]

Happy to see I wasn`t the only one who got these Snowpiercer vibes from this video!

[@shoaibnabi7943]

We will be tailies😅

[@jonathantan2469]

Looks like the leader of KSA wanted to build the Halo, but then agreed upon on a laid-out version instead.

[@memeconnect4489]

imagine all the wild life that can't cross now because of some stupid idea

[@ludovictrottier425]

If its area is 34 km squared, and it has a width of 200 meters, then its length is 170 km long. They say at 0:48 that it takes 20 mins to travel end to end, which means you need to travel at 510 km per hour or 317 miles per hour. Holy cow. That's 50 kph faster than Shanghai Maglev. But where would they put that train? Underground or ground level? Imagine the noise that would create. And the reverberation? Insane.

[@jackmainprize6412]

Faster than 510kmph as the transport device has to accelerate, unless they have decided to use teleportation and it would be a maximum of a 20 minute line. Lol

[@yurineri5919]

Todo transporte na cidade sera no subsolo

[@ljdjade]

they are actually considering hyperloop.

[@priyam1234548]

They can also use Hyperloop mode of transport

[@Ryan-fr6wj]

We gonna use hyper loop

[@VinellAngel_111]

Just imagine, Few years later we exist in the Line then our children don’t know what the outside world looks like.

[@fozo4585]

And who invited u there ? No one then stay where you belong and don’t talk much 🤝🏼

[@abdullahalnoman1270]

Reminds me of Attack on Titan😅

[@superque4]

I think lines were definitely involved in the development of this idea.

[@strickenrod2681]

I'm in rural America, so i couldn't imagine

[@maurice2572]

Don't worry, it will never happen

[@CR800]

The comments on this video are the descendants of those who in 2006 used to say that the Khalifa Tower would not be completed or would only be the largest building in the world and was of no use.

[@minty_macaron]

it costs 4 trillion at least. Burj Khalifa took one billion. That’s quite a jump.

[@midigee]

This is how Vault Tec Corporatation advertised their vaults in the Pre-War era.

[@Generic_Username_01]

But why a line?? That's like the most inefficient design possible. 200m by 170km, that's 34km² that could fit within a circular blueprint that's just 6.5km across. Instead of needing crazy high speed maglev trains to travel 170km in 20 minutes, if you lived near the center you could have access to all of the city either by foot or bike, or maybe trams.

[@kathrinedelmenico4329]

Community pods. Segregation

[@jbbresers]

@@kathrinedelmenico4329 everything in the future has to be pods, it's all pods

[@iamapat]

If it were a circle it would be harder to defend

[@iamapat]

Better defense from bombs, chemical attacks, air and sea attacks. There are so many advantages to it being a line, just have to think outside the box.

[@thijsvn8127]

@@iamapat lol thats hilarious

[@rodelenz8114]

Well, I would like for the developers to take into consideration, the Tectonic plate activity on the land. Such a long structure should be sighted on a stable tectonic plate if possible. At 170km in length.. it will important to note the tectonic plate activity across the entire length.

[@samuraiboi2735]

Well the very east of the city will be affected by it cus its near to the ocean

[@rodelenz8114]

@@samuraiboi2735 ah haaaa, the engineering that will happen there needs to be properly thought through...

[@seesidesummerhouse6112]

“That’s when we at Neom would like to present, The Shitstorm. The sudden, and abrupt, destruction of civilisation while we, the creators, remain unaffected in our mega mansions.”

[@rodelenz8114]

@@seesidesummerhouse6112 🤣🤣🤣🤣 lol.. the project is very ambitious!!!!

[@Jawad_Alhakeem]

I'm pretty sure a bunch of senior engineers and architects would know about tectonic plates more than any guy on KZbin with more videos than followers. but I agree it is an ambitious project. it's either a big win or a big fail.

[@DaSnaggy]

First the Aether Portal, now A Geometry Dash Level. Saudi Arabia must really love video games.

[@tiwainathan4172]

What a revolutionary idea quite inspiring

[@igalshtein2072]

What about the ecology? Winds? Birds and desert animals? Waste management? I think, they should try to build some 5 or 10 km of this project and then to learn its sustainability and other factors. Another aspect is mental health of Neom's inhabitants. What about claustrophobia? They will live in a narrow corridor of about 100 meters between endless (in height and leigh) walls, with very limited natural light. It sounds scary!

[@blackcatvibing]

Humans first

[@will0ughby]

What are you talking about? Didn't you hear in the video? It's designed by the world's top architects! No problems will ever result from this.

[@martyslessons]

you are totally right. wild life and the odd plant life on one side or the other side is supposed to be just stuck there forever? stuck to mountain/canyon side or ocean/sand side. I'd hope they build wildlife corridors (that did not appear in the video). Without large wildlife corridors stuff on both sides of The Line would collapse eventually

[@wking8]

Don't worry. The outer glass will kill enough when they smash into it.

[@nomoreprivacyanymore]

Take your logic somewhere else. We want smoke and (mirrors)!

[@matthiasackeret2614]

They should have called it "The Sandpiercer"

[@NitrousMcBread]

In Saudi Arabia it's already the 22nd Century for architecture while women's rights remain in the 5th Century.

[@khan-pakhtun]

So 21st century mean naked woman roaming all around predator men. Wow.

[@georgemckeon6710]

Sounds like paradise for those who want to live in a shopping mall.

[@thbnkk]

Love at the first time about this add only ❤❤❤

[@bluegrasstrain667]

Another thought - straight lines are too stiff when dealing with how water, wind, etc. move through our world. Reminds me of an class I took in college where we learned what happened when engineers built a 90 degree angle into an irrigation canal to change the flow of water. The water came through - hit the 90 degree angle, didn’t turn, kept going straight, and blew out the wall of the irrigation canal. Flowing curves work better than rigid lines to move ourselves and everything else (wind, water) through our world. The Chinese Feng Shui system was built on observing nature (including Man’s psychological nature.). Curving lines create gentle flow = good ch’i and straight lines create too much force = sharp ch’i. The energy is too intense in sharp-angled, straight line-based architecture - it’s dangerous. Straight lines might work to make a really fast transportation system - but if you are really into nature - you won’t box it in - you’ll create curved containers and flowing curves for people to travel in a healthy and safe way through the city. Consider what happens if you have a square piece of sharp angle glass topping a low table - you’re going to visit the emergency room when you accidentally collide your shins with the sharp angles of the table. Now if the table top is thick & rounded - the collision is less damaging to your shin.

[@s_p1644]

The Line but make it circle or a curved zig-zag

[@onepun9583]

I agree...The shape can be designed better. Considering large scale of electricity, water, waste transportations, the evacuate path of emergency events etc. Because since the whole concept is supported by efficiency, might as well consider the comprehensive efficiency of its whole shape right. The pentagon is a good example.

[@SoftJellauw]

holy shit. you should be the one whos in charge of this lol (no but fr u should)

[@alexdunhill4271]

​@@SoftJellauw that's just a basic engineering principle.

[@SoftJellauw]

@@alexdunhill4271 ok, i might feel dumb

[@sbp4215]

And coming next: The Square™ A group of tightly intersecting lines, that cross over in a grid-like pattern - Lines lined with transportation opportunities, such as cars, buses, trains, and walking paths; allowing a myriad of travel choices. These lines radiate out from a central nexus point (called the 'CLD' - the Central Line District). And within the grid, in the dead space, are called 'Blocks'. Blocks contain a 'block' of solid buildings, with no Lines inbetween, which can be accessed from four sides by each of the lines surrounding it. The megacity is made up of these Blocks, which radiate out from the CLD - In the pinnacle of efficient city design. 🤓🤓🤓

[@maddog5597]

And after the square comes…The Cube! Here, we transcend two-dimensional thinking and begin to have structures that pierce the magical “third dimension”.

[@hunter9726]

@@maddog5597 oooooooo I’m convinced, here’s 1 trillion c:

[@Everything-fp6io]

Don't underestimate the project You don't know anything about the limitless ability of humans to evolve!!!

[@hunter9726]

@@Everything-fp6io Apparently you don’t either if you think anything from this project makes any sort of sense LMAOOOOOO

[@dangomwandira7631]

O yes

[@Freefunware]

really hope it succeeds, would be awesome to visit

[@Chris_winthers]

And imagine how fast the air taxis could take you to your beheading after the absolute monarch of Saudi Arabia decides that an article on the oppression of Pakistani workers in the UAE that you shared was blasphemous

[@CountryBumpkin-cu7ng]

Architects had one main objective...design the beginning of the end...

[@rishisharma-oe2rn]

It's just a a design video...many projects had been failed previously too....

[@harshvardhan_jaiswal3948]

😂😂😂😂

[@sjengplantaz583]

Oh man, this is exactly like a novel I started writing 20 years ago.. only my version was called the Wall. I bailed on the story cuz it seemed too unrealistic.

[@JeanJacket311]

You should start that again, I’d love to read it.

[@matteol4]

Trump is that you :D

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62]

I guess you can continue the story XD

[@theseeker4700]

You saw the future....how does your story end

[@ksawery6568]

Was Mexico going to pay for it?

[@Nini_38]

Vous avez recopier Locklear PLAGIAT!!!! #MOEN #c'estnotreprojet

[@theshoeboxghost3633]

They have tall mini “lines” in big cities with ppl stacked on each other, it’s called the slums

[@user-re1tv6vh3v]

Finalmente qualcuno che costruisca cose che fanno bene all'ambiente piuttosto che inquinarlo❤❤

[@DavidRay39]

NON è questo.

[@AvanaVana]

“For too long humanity has existed in … cities that ignore nature” *builds a 170km long, 500m tall city in a straight line, literally ignoring nature*

[@soleboxy]

apperantly it kills birds now

[@janaerikssen3925]

And animals are stuck on either side, like to them it's the wall of China 😂

[@fjorddenierbear4832]

It ignores birds, killing them recklessly, thus it "ignores nature"

[@JoaoMXN]

There is no nature there, just desert.

[@josephm.6453]

Imagine living most of your life in a 200m wide area. Thats claustrophobic

[@Dreamoftheage]

I have claustrophobic😟

[@intershark]

Saudi version of Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City (九龍寨城)

[@user-gp8zo7rp7x]

Architects: How dumb and bleak you want this? Poeple who said yes to this: Yes.

[@pwnomega4562]

"For too long humanity has existed withing dysfunctional polluted cities that ignore nature" *Proceeds to start building a city sandwiched between two giant 1000 feet high 120km long mirrors that definitely won't scorch the surrounding desert and animal life* "Providing immediate access to the surrounding nature" What surrounding nature?!?? You mean the surrounding land and animals that will reach uninhabitable temperatures as it's baked by 1000ft high glass walls?!?!?

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Okay.... I'm not really for this project, but.... scorching a desert with the very little animal life around that is in said desert isn't really that big of a deal.

[@mariobadia4553]

@@buckaroobonzai2909 even that's a lie and you dont know what tour talking about

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

@@mariobadia4553 The desert is already scorched, and even if I am wrong, it's only a lie if it is an intentional misdirection of the truth. Deserts are also generally devoid of life. Yeah, you can list a bunch of animals, but it doesn't take a geologist or biologist to understand that deserts have a lot less life to worry about.

[@mariobadia4553]

@@buckaroobonzai2909 even though theres plenty of animals. Like migrating animals and insects

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

@@mariobadia4553 no no... whatever, man. At this point, you aren't even talking to me. You're talking to whatever audience you think is reading all of this. You can save more animals and and insects by getting out and planting trees or doing something about it rather than arguing with someone on the internet. This conversation is over, and I don't think you're some virtuous good person the way you are trying to signal. But nice try.

[@romandusk3204]

Yeah, this is going to fail miserably. Trash and shit will be raining down onto the plebs on the ground level and segregation between top and bottom will happen almost instantly. Basically, this will turn into a hive city from 40k with a really nasty damp, dark and disgusting underhive. This is an ozymandian nightmare.

[@captaindesperatehousewife7138]

You do realize there's tons of solutions for the problems you gave, right? Besides, it barely rains in Saudi Arabia...

[@TasX]

Well given that the government in charge of this project is even more conservative than Singapore, this won’t really be a problem. You’d probably get flogged for littering or something.

[@scudzilogmail]

@@TasX This is the foundation of the Judge Dread stories. The judges are police, judge, jury, and executioners and all Crimes are punished the same.... By instant execution.

[@ELVIR2]

they would only pick civilized people so trash wouldnt fal

[@Gabriel-jg5wh]

budget on this build was around 1 trillion the last time i heard it. You actuallly saying they don't have enough tech to do some bits of cleaning?

[@peacecorner22]

Looks like a dystopia, like a Luc Besson movie...and it's very interesting that commerce ist named before community. So priority is pretty obvious...

[@B3AMRG1RL]

im one of the most eco-friendly people you'll meet but there's so many reasons as to why this is a bad idea. i understand they're trying to eliminate carbon emissions, which is awesome, but one of the biggest problems with having people this close together is that this could potentially create more pandemics/sicknesses. we also have to think about if an enemy country or anyone against saudi arabia wanted to attack the line. it would just be too easy for them and would put so many people's lives at risk. unfortunately the entire idea is just too risky. there are so many problems about this bro.

[@_oo.monkeypox.oo_3344]

Job Posting : "All the workers from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, get ready for this huge project. You going to work 12 hours a day in heat, Allowed to sleep in a tent outside the city, eat once a day and also your passports will be seized , we will allow you to go back home only after 5 years of good work. Perks Include no health care, No Holidays and working 7 Days a week."

[@craigthebrute7929]

And yet they will all voluntarily sign up

[@EconomicHoverCraft123]

for 500$ a month

[@EconomicHoverCraft123]

please, Saudi Arabia is known for modern slavery, torturing immigrant/ (black people) during the pandemic.. maybe the Saudi government forbid work in the heat for saudi people.. but for foreign people, they suffer a lot

[@EconomicHoverCraft123]

and one more thing, does saudi arabia still punish thiefs by cutting their hands with a sword/machete ?

[@pineapplemocktail]

They get paid more than what they get in their native countries. The government too encourages them because they get foreign currency which helps the forex reserves.

[@jonathantan2469]

An approximate circle with a radius of ~3.3 kilometers (6.6km diameter) will have the same area as this linear city (34 square km). You'll only need to travel no more than 7 km to get from one end of the city to the other. And you have lots of flat land to build it on, and not having to worry about mountains or canyons in the way...

[@mertestim12]

slay

[@gn6691]

Well this was designed by "world leading architects".

[@timokho20]

The only big disadvantage of that would be that it'd be as living in kowloon walled city but probably more modern. This design at least allows for open views and nowhere as claustrophobic than a city with a radius of 3.3 km with all buildings being 500 meters tall.

[@commandercody1210]

@@timokho20 I don't think an open roof in the desert is the best idea, or a building that heavy on just one part without a good foundation. It would just cause the thing to collapse, imagine trying to save around 9 Million people in the desert after the big mega project fell into the shifting sands.

[@timokho20]

@@commandercody1210 I agree, but that has nothing to do with my comment

[@stevenlippold]

I think the very initial concept over going vertical with our cities, thereby preventing sprawl, is a proper idea. In America, we've failed at creating truly livable cities because we've given the car a lot of real estate. Then, we've seduced so many with the American Dream (giant home ownership) that we've poisoned the well we all must drink from. Those problems are what need remedy but the Line is not the way

[@cladladd]

I like how they say "humans live in opposition to nature' and how that's bad then processed to tell us to live in a giant line forever.

[@angeliarodriguez5247]

A massive mirror in the middle of the desert? Classy. Now imagine walking next to that monstrosity mid day… How fast could one get heatstroke?

[@pwnomega4562]

I most imagine people will catch fire if too close, animals too.

[@Yahmeen]

Straight death ray forget heat stroke. Spontaneous combustion levels here

[@sirgeorgioalastrata4104]

just wait until you hear about a city called Las Vegas

[@kerkirafan]

It's so the rich living outside can pretend the plebs don't exist, out of sight, out of mind

[@spacejunk2186]

You won't be walking next to that thing. Automatic shooting systems will kill anyone who tries to leave.

[@hunterkeps9058]

The next step is to construct 3 more of these arranging them perpendicular to the original and call it the Square. Then construct 4 more climbing upwards, with another Square sitting atop it and call it the Cube. Welcome to the Neom Cube, where you really can live in 3 dimensions.

[@aymaneajana5506]

There is actually a cube?!?!?

[@h3llena._]

WHY DID YOU GIVE AN IDEA

[@fjorddenierbear4832]

I'd prefer two balls and a stick to keep things simple, and yes, as a reminder to reproduce or else there will soon be no one to populate these places.

[@thinkingtoomuch7974]

ROTFLMAO

[@user-vsleepyworm3]

Then construct 8 more climbing into the fourth dimension, with another Cube there. Welcome to the Neom Hypercube.

[@innas.]

Actually, pro-face of new building, as I saw with insight is bridge armour by poss. 100 metres height and until 20 km. length. With the atmosphere inside and free ground inside too. That is the huge Hub Set. By the possibilities of one huge city. Lined are just travel set. (Banks, Bridge).

[@JayantKumar-dn3zu]

Feels like living inside a hi-tech survival machine 24x7 in a post apocalyptic word.

[@Voxpopulivoxhumbug]

This looks like this was designed by engineers from another planet who neither know nor care anything about human beings. Of course, you could say that about everything the WEF crowd is planning for us.

[@nicholascernatescu6685]

The worst part is the lobotomized zombies supporting this. Can’t even feel bad for them, they’re literally asking for it

[@EgoShredder]

I'm being serious when I say that your comment is 100% correct, even if you thought you were partially joking.

[@pwnomega4562]

Maybe they are aliens, probably why they are so disconnected with us earthling folk.

[@philipgoetz8681]

What's WEF?

[@vincent513]

@@philipgoetz8681 world economic forum I believe

[@chrisnotap]

That's one hell of an insurance claim with just one fire for smoke damage!

[@reksha6739]

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[@RhetoricalMuse]

This will take around 50 years to complete. I'll be dead by then.

[@Meitary]

I don't care if this city will work or not, I want to see it built because it looks cool as hell. Imagine looking at kilometers long skyscrapers from nearby.

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. Salam (Peace) ----

[@joseevaniersel7280]

''Cool as hell'' is right..

[@PlanetYokoshima]

Until you live there yourself your whole life...

[@TheHomemadeHippie]

What they fail to mention in this marketing scam, is that you can’t just leave the line. In fact, it’s one large prison city, controlled by AI. Everyone will be sanctioned into districts, with everything you need essentially within 15 minutes. You have to request permission to leave the district, with travel being limited to so many times per year. On top of that, in order to gain approval to leave, you have to have a good social credit score along with some other good behavior factors. Not to mention I can’t even imagine what an outbreak like Covid would look like within these walls. It’s not at all the rainbows and butterflies they are trying to sell us on these smart cities. Did you watch Wall-e?

[@Meitary]

@@TheHomemadeHippie Well true but the point of my comment is I don't care what will happen inside. I only want to see how it will look from the outside lol. 500m height for hundreds of KM is insane, the outside vicinity might in fact become a tourist attraction, with new small towns scattered nearby.

[@moongloom359]

i can imagine this being an insane fire hazard. also very dystopian hell where the poor people live at the literal bottom and the rich at the sunny top. Imagine this dialogue between future kids: " Have you ever been beyond the line?" " No my family have lived inside the line forever" " we've never had enough money to get out and travel the desert" "Me either, I heard there's things like waterfalls, forests, and green mountains" the line isn't a paradise, its a glorified prison

[@crabeatcrab6011]

its just a city but with extra steps for publicity

[@merci5023]

bro chill. This is the future of cities when we start over populating earth

[@morsonproductions]

@@merci5023 we already have, this kind of city will only result in dystopia.

[@TigerBonez]

Yep! It'll streamline your life... into nowhere! You'll won't be able to go out and around! You'll just go back and forth and up and down till the day you become a hashtag, _gaurenteed!_

[@lucygoosey7900]

@@TigerBonezbro do more research your able to leave it 😭

[@leokimvideo]

So ideal it’s utterly frightening

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

Well said. It's too perfect, feels very eerie.

[@arnoldfishman1513]

@@user-fg3fv9hl3b this slice of nonsense was taken from Star Wars. The mind of man is warped and deceived beyond saving ourselves from stupidity. which is why Bible says we need a Saviour who is building a perfect eternal celestial city where God in Christ alone is the focus and not man. God is not mocked at mans pride and hubris and rebellion. This would become just one more domino that the Lord would shatter and push over.

[@AliPi7]

This is literally what my nightmares are made of. I hope I’m dead before humanity is forced to live like this. I want a small cottage in the mountains, with my husband and our babies, where we grow our own food, see nature and breathe fresh air every day.

[@mattroche1377]

I cannot express the anxiety that this city creates for me. So dystopian.

[@drinkingrobot2252]

I wonder where the slave quarters, I mean the labor quarters, running this thing will be like.

[@floridafireandflood8284]

Where will the gay people live too?

[@davidempty3880]

At the bottom of the wall, where land will be cheap, it will be quite dark.

[@kerkirafan]

660 feet wide? wonder if one of the builders will cock up and make it 666

[@simonw.1223]

@@davidempty3880 and we pump hot air down there so the rich can have a nice wind...