Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City

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In January of this year, Saudi Arabia announced an immense new development project, that is supposed to set a blueprint for the future of the country and the world. The country will build a city, that stretches along a single 100 mile long line
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[@TheC130navigator]

“Man, I thought you said you lived right down the road”

[@unknown_gamer7040]

LOL underrated comment

[@astelp9220]

"Yeah dude, just 170 kilometers away"

[@lahirudalugoda5394]

Just think running to the gocery store and coming back.

[@retro9173]

*Snickering .. hehehehee

[@HansDunkelberg1]

That underground traffic _line_ will have to be utterly massive. Perhaps you'll need a dozen parallel metros, in the middle.

[@ore1628]

Tourist: Where is (a place) Citizen: Oh, just go straight.

[@carlosrobert9901]

Good one😹

[@asht.x.n]

😂😭✋

[@HaIsKuL]

Sir, you just passed it. You have to go back.

[@thoriqzulkarnain4114]

Does anyone else think that... this could solve some world problems?

[@dinbachok6424]

Thats funny

[@CanadianPrepper]

SCIENTIST: We need to restructure and diversify the economy SUPREME LEADER: I will spend 1 trillion on a line city.

[@pierrebitcan]

In a culture with very little innovation or productivity. It's going to be one giant air conditioned fascist dystopian shopping hell, stinking of perfume and sheesha.

[@eavyeavy2864]

Had you care about it, you would protest at usa and uk bombing MENA all year round. But no. It is bad when non-western do it.

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@pierrebitcan Pauper People call it dystopia as if it is from future when wealth gap exist everywhere today. Or the desert look post apocalypse instead of desert was always there Conservatives fear (mongering) is funny

[@Ved_Desai]

@@ozymandias4988 yes, (and I dislike USA a lot)

[@toroddlnning6806]

there is nothing in saudi arabia, only oil. But u find oil everywhere if you stick a pipe. U keep it in the ocean oand in desert to not have it ontop of soil and ppl. Makes no sence to have a huge city here. They have huge city in egypt. Build a dock and some housing for the oilrigs and let ppl work there on shifts from egypt.

[@speedyspeedo]

1. The high-speed train cannot be very fast if there are many stations. 2. The Kai Tak Runway Redevelopment Project in Hong Kong, about 200m wide with skyscrapers on both sides, is a pilot example of the Line. Hard to avoid congestion if all people are travelling on the same route. In addition, if the only transportation route is down, the entire city will be down.

[@user-sb8mo2qp9p]

يمكنهم في مدينة كهذه ان يصنعو دور ثاني من الخطوط الحديدية للقطار عليك الترجمة ياصديقي😂

[@ThatPianoNoob]

You basically need a bunch of trains all going along the line, some of them skipping less travelled to stops

[@TheRockacer22]

As a sim city expert I can guarantee there will be a traffic and fire problem.

[@Broncort1]

Not to mention a lot of pollution from the airport...lol

[@Hallettjs7957]

I was thinking on the same lines as you. That or Skylines.

[@masterdementer]

This is underrated, lmao

[@caracaes]

Not at all. You can totally build a huge linear city in CS without any traffic jam, you just need to plan carefully your roads and subways, and connect everything with pedestrian paths.

[@javierlandaverde4108]

It depends but the metro underground station has various lines to keep traffic out but I don't know what their pedestrian walkways will look like. They are probably going to be wide and compact.

[@johnnyharris]

wow I hadnt heard of this. thanks for the excellent video.

[@uhohhotdog]

+

[@Knez_Pavle]

Love your work man!

[@neoexplains]

Thank you so much. Big fan of your work!

[@user-cv5fq4lu8w]

hmmmmmm........from where you want to hear about this i mean..... nsa hearing is strong as you know other then praisng the vid we might end up in fed jail..... right.. xd uncle joe with his cummuinst party get angry really quick

[@inutaro]

I'll be looking for your take on this in the future Mr. Harris :3!

[@bruhtholemew]

They've apparently updated this project. The line will now have large glass walls on the sides, and the city will now be compacted vertically between the walls. So basically if you leave your home to go to a store, you might have to travel up or down elevators or stairs. Look up Kowloon walled city as an example, but imagine it looking shiny and long.

[@MeCooper]

It's like they thought the desert wasn't hot enough so they decided to find a way to make the surrounding area even hotter... I swear this whole project has to be some kind of joke. It's insane

[@mushmush4980]

So the birds won't just go extinct by slamming into the thing, they'd be vaporized by the reflective heat of the city for miles and miles outwards

[@referencefool6525]

🧑‍🚒🚨One big fire 🌋🏴‍☠ or an earthquake ♨? 🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺 🗺⛺🚷Useless brown-glazed waste mountain-range™.🏜⛺🐪🌴

[@imarchello]

@@mushmush4980 what birds? it's a desert.

[@mushmush4980]

@@imarchello bruh birds migrate through them

[@Erik-ey7jh]

It was a brave and bold move by MBS to put children in charge of Saudi economic development plans. Sure the plan is foolish and doomed to failure. But it has created an endless supply of entertaining KZbin videos. Thank you Prince MBS!

[@user-sb8mo2qp9p]

اعتقد انه قادر ان يجعل الخيال ومقاطع اليوتيوب حقيقة هذ الرجل لايمزح صدقني اني رأيت اشياء فالسعودية ينبغي عليها ان تكون بعد خمسين سنة من الآن عليك الترجمة ياصديقي 😂

[@dal.salvador]

"Where you live?" "Just down the street."

[@llc1976]

Lol

[@markwuahlbuargg4780]

But like, a long way down.

[@mr.2minutes161]

the street:

[@Annathroy]

"right down the road?" "right down the road!" "Right down the road..." "Right down... Bye bye!!!"

[@mraa4950]

174th km block 😂😂

[@cottontheeastercottontailr265]

This guy has the most underrated intro in the world

[@councilornevec8249]

Fact

[@soleimaniintel9293]

@@councilornevec8249 fact fact

[@FadingPixel]

I didn't realize there was an intro. I don't watch intros.

[@eduardochavacano]

i guess you are right

[@quincyskis]

The intro gives me shivers watching it. Pretty impressive for someone who’s only put out a few (very good) videos.

[@detroitredwings7130]

In October 2022, Shadli, Ibrahim, and Ataullah al-Huwaiti, of the Howeitat tribe, were sentenced to death when they refused to vacate their village as part of the NEOM megaproject. Shadli al-Huwaiti was the brother of Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti, who was shot dead by security forces in April 2020 in his home in Al-Khariba, in the part of Tabuk province earmarked for NEOM, after he posted videos on social media opposing the displacement of local residents to make way for the project.

[@JordanM8]

This takes “don’t try to reinvent the wheel” to a whole new level.

[@Strange_Man1911]

Can't imagine being the pizza guy in this city.

[@dh4913]

Should be pretty easy, right? Pizza *straight* to the customer's house

[@Blackknight8]

@@dh4913 True, the pizza guy would have an easy job

[@magnusfrederickson6231]

Can’t imagine there being a singular pizza restaurant...

[@gcdelrosario]

Robotics"

[@youddc]

No need. They'll have s robot doing the deliveries. No need for low paint jobs in this rich city

[@2xAaron]

"Where's the Mall?" "Just keep going Straight"

[@king_zapp]

You can't miss it

[@anoninunen]

...Oh, wrong way

[@bargethaddee6542]

😂😂😂

[@najjar_om]

The city consists of three layers (underground) however, the malls will be the second layer (2nd floor downstair) and the 3rd one will be fast trains which will take you from the starting point of the city to the ending point within just 20 sec Cheers Omar from saudi

[@raffymushkil]

LMAO. No misdirection.

[@MysteriMaan]

As a Cities Skyline enjoyer, a single major road line, no matter how large it is, is a horrible idea.

[@fmblz6468]

😏

[@septology]

It's going to be done with public transport not roads though?

[@moth5799]

@@septology Which can also fail, yes. This is a dumb idea regardless, it's built as a tourist attraction at the expense of the climate and poorer people.

[@garyprice6504]

Would make more sense with two parallel lines that can interface.

[@yt-nx1qm]

Ever heard a good idea of an arab? 🤣

[@MurderedBySunshine]

Awesome video, just a bit of a tip, when you start your video try not to start with “At the start of this year” because as we all know time goes on and we lose track of it. Try to say the date. Hopefully I don’t get backlash for this. But I love the videos and keep up the good work

[@cemdursun]

Exactly. I just started watching this and had to stop and check the year it was posted when he said that. Its an amateur mistake but the quality of the channel is great

[@wurty]

"Hey, I just moved here, can you show me around?" "A...round? You really are new here aren't ya?"

[@luarbiasawaras8700]

LoL

[@rvnn4957]

A line?

[@OLICIT]

😂

[@bakangsbakho8852]

Ok Man .. I'll show you along

[@anishskaria]

🤣🤣

[@fan6205]

In normal cities-" Road closed for maintainence, take diversion" In neom- " city closed for road maintenance, come back tomorrow"

[@user-de4cq6uk6l]

@[REDACTED] they must move the poop in their hyperloop system

[@NouammAA]

@Puneet singh,an atheist,fights for good healthcare Yep. We all did.

[@veneanu1477]

Lol what a lack of imagination; just because it says linear doesn’t mean not layered… they will have multiple “lines” from point A to B including a line to walk/bike if need be!

[@LowValueMan]

😂 1 suicide bomber and the whole city’s shut down

[@wendellmarzan162]

Apvps b, lpl bpnp

[@badamsfx]

Great video. I have watched a bunch of the official Neom videos and none that I have seen give a complete overview of the project like this video. Liked the music too. Great graphics, really help put the project in perspective.

[@jovedo27]

Sounds to me like an easier way to keep control of an entire city. Where nobody can hide a d everyone is constantly being watched. Moreso than if it was a normal city. Reminds me of the fallout shelters in the game fallout, and how all of the shelters were abandoned and full of dead people, and stories of how it always turned into a fight for power and eventual massacres.

[@kloe7137]

👍

[@tylersoto7465]

Dam vault TEC company

[@katie7748]

YEP. That's the whole point.

[@kumral76]

U got it!!!! First they try demo cities like this,- then what?? why in Saudi??? Cause they got $$$$$!!!

[@lau6973]

Yeah all about control. This is about agenda 2030

[@021kangaroo]

When you need to connect sections in City Skylines but don’t want to buy electrical lines

[@inactive6200]

they're gonna invest in blimps

[@Joshua_N-A]

Photovoltaics. Photovoltaics everywhere.

[@ohwell6422]

@@vortexian2390 Will meteors strike the city?

[@John_Ass]

@@marcosolo6491 basically American

[@syahrezank]

Or to avoid traffics

[@wabbitseason5168]

Urban planner draws one straight line Urban planner: you like? Crown Prince: I like

[@randomfjord1256]

be careful not to visit any embassy office, dude

[@SherinFunmes]

I like too

[@SueMead]

Crown Prince Bin Salman and Donald Trump are kindred spirits. Not very bright and spoilt brats who think it is their right to do what they want to get what they want. Nothing will ever be enough to fill that space where their compassion should reside. Someone says something you don't like, Bin Salman gets them cut up into tiny pieces. Trump takes them to court until their resources are depleted and what little they owned has been divided up into pieces.

[@arandomguy3288]

@@SueMead and Biden bombs them

[@frankfeng2701]

Urban planner likes and hates straight development: while it's efficient for high speed transit like BRT or HSR, it stifles diversity.

[@13thravenpurple94]

Good stuff 👍 Thank you 💜

[@RicardoRodriguez-nz6sf]

Wow!!! One of the best-edited videos I have ever seen. I love how you use the terrain transitions with the 3D maps. What programs do you use to make the effects at minute 10:07 when you start talking about Brasilia? I love how you are highlighting the different areas you are talking about and I would like to use that effect in a project. Thanks for your time.

[@R3lo]

Saudi Arabia: we're building a linear city. Chile: that's cute!

[@SowedCastelli]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@R3lo]

@@nskumar6394 did you check Chile in a map?

[@ariyaikhsan1642]

Linear country

[@sirnikkel6746]

Linear *country*

[@elmunizada]

@@nskumar6394 man, it's just a joke... take it easy

[@Innocentah]

My finger hurts from liking the comments. They are straight to the point

[@jcsc2001]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@moatazmattar4714]

Ahhahhahahhahahahahha

[@nasser8659]

I see what you did there nice

[@streichbartkirschvogel3792]

Bro i feel uuu

[@DasGaneshRAKESH]

I just have 1 suggestion for this plan If they could add a parallel line With a canal in between, starting from the sea and into the land It will greatly help reduce the temperature of the infrastructure

[@raven-3603]

Good idea

[@countryjoe3551]

If there is no flow of water from the sea to some other place at the far end of the Line, the water will become stagnant and reach ambient temperature, growing algae and become nasty. Since the sea is at a lower elevation than the inland end of the Line, any water in the canal will have to be pumped uphill along the way. Pumping water uphill tends to be rather energy intensive and expensive. Kind of sounds like this canal will fit in just fine in this project...

[@brisvegas859]

Great cities have grown organically over hundreds of years, good luck Saudi Arabia.

[@GjaP_242]

10:01 According to the report, the oil-rich kingdom will be the Middle East's richest economy in terms of GDP per capita by 2050, with Saudis earning USD 98,311 per annum on average by 2050. Source: The Economic Times

[@gavins9846]

@@GjaP_242 And? Saudis are still humans. We don't live in such bottlenecked spaces.

[@NotHere07]

Saudi Arabia: Builds linear city... Chile as a linear country: 👁️👄👁️

[@sfhbgyfbyrahulranjan]

Japan, Taiwan, Nepal : Am I joke to you ?

[@user-fi2vc7ei8v]

Norway: *Heavy breathing*

[@nischaymiglani2617]

@@sfhbgyfbyrahulranjan nepal is a landlocked country.

[@sfhbgyfbyrahulranjan]

@@nischaymiglani2617 so... It is type of linear settlement

[@sivartb7273]

Florida; I'm trying my best guys, can I join your club?

[@koffiegast]

It sounds really cool. But, why not a circle instead of a line? If something breaks in the line, it will hamper the whole throughput. E.g., a malfunctioning metro will block up the path. A circle would still allow you go either way, and you can also easily expand from inwards to outwards. I am curious to see how such bottlenecks would be addressed; I like futuristic cities.

[@josephp.1919]

It won’t be addressed. The fact of the matter is that humans always think we are smarter than we really are. Look at Chernobyl or Fukushima. Nuclear disasters because of unknown unknowns. This city will be the same. Organic cities barely function, why would a planned city be any better? It will be worse. Such a stupid idea. Rich people and their money. Never investing in the real future of a nation.

[@putinsgaytwin4272]

I think they want anyone driving from Egyp to think that SA is rly cool and rich by having the city go alongside the road for as along as possible. A circle would be harder to see whereas you literally see all of the city on a line. I’m assuming they also want to hide any poverty that might be seen on a normal road where you can look into the desert.

[@DanishDmc]

I think they want something similar to hyperloop for transportation and it works at maximum efficiency on a linear path.

[@joekrater3364]

@@josephp.1919 what would be the real future of the nation then?

[@Simon_PieMan]

Even a triangle around the gulf shore would seem more sensible.

[@jdenha7078]

You'll own nothing and you'll be happy

[@booo29]

I am soo proud to be part of this project 😊

[@pkpb8133]

Future Neom ad: "Imagine your life without google maps."

[@SmoothBaracuda]

Wifvout

[@yasserdagalangit733]

Stop giving them ideas

[@RealManasBose]

Bruh💀

[@Aron-ru5zk]

Continue for 40 Miles... You have reached your destination...

[@bencns]

This feels like the plot to a crappy futuristic dystopian tv show: A city supposed to be a Utopia, the line, eventually falls into disparity with the Rich live lavishly near the coast in beautiful high rises and homes while the inland part of the line falls into disrepair and the lower you are in social class the farther in land you live.

[@postumus.]

The division will be below the line between the exploited working class, then inhabitants- the rich and middle classes and at the top the very rich and tourists. Absolutely terrifying!

[@fawazaljohani8447]

Hmm I think the mountains will have better views though

[@mrpanda6556]

The mountains will separate the City into two pieces

[@mrpanda6556]

Have you been overdosing on snowpiercer

[@fawazaljohani8447]

@@mrpanda6556 the city is already composed of city modules, its not like you will live in coast and work in the mountains, i mean I assume you can but I think you can't not if you understand, the whole idea is to make daily routines take a 5 minute walk, and 20 minutes to travel from end to end

[@katherinebrubaker7788]

@neo I would love it if you released an updated version with the new glass wall. It's the same, yet totally different.

[@getevennow]

Great initiative. Al hamdullah

[@Q-H-T]

Today is the day everybody in the comment section became a civil engineer.

[@Hu55a1n]

🤣🤣🤣

[@1individeo]

that is the problem with this project: it looks like an amazing engeneering project but seems to have forgotten the social part of it.

[@RJKK]

😂

[@whatthe9256]

@@1individeo Even if they cramp the city close to each other you wont even know 95% of the people living in that city

[@Furanshisuko170]

😂🤣

[@mudkip90000]

I can't help but think that a circle would be more efficient

[@stephencurran1164]

It is

[@trafficface]

Harder to draw to be fair

[@happysmash27]

Wouldn't it be easier to extend a line though?

[@mudkip90000]

@@happysmash27 TBH, having multiple lines radiating from a central point in a linear fashion would be the most efficient

[@Ranger_Cod]

@@mudkip90000 or do both and make it a spiderweb

[@vats1967]

Wow! what a vision. truly something to look forward too.

[@horseradish4046]

finally a city you can snort

[@user-cf1se1kk5x]

“Drawing a line in the sand” takes on a whole different meaning.

[@photofinish8607]

Nope, it's the same.

[@cheifburninggrass]

Corny dad jokes all over the comments lol

[@oldschooltakingyaback]

You won the internet for me today.

[@yayayayya4731]

@@cheifburninggrass it's beautiful

[@tylersoto7465]

Lol

[@aynojs]

My Cities Skyline city has finally become a reality.

[@goggr5]

Bruh SAME! Xd

[@mattnguyen1672]

Username checks out

[@haseebawan8326]

Or terror you know.

[@Regnum_Scilandicum]

I mean it is a skyLINE

[@devashish_]

Same

[@jonathansantos2271]

impressive plans...I hope they have a peaceful experience as people futures are a concern.

[@MyPhone-du8lr]

Thank you Salmon

[@krystianpajdak]

the prince really just playing on sandbox mode building whatever he wants

[@intellectracoon]

black sus.. get the chainsaw.

[@Brmeel]

Well, they need to diverse their income before the world runs out of oil and gas, tourism is going to help the economy

[@santoryu2753]

@@Brmeel Saudis barely had tough time economically in history as far as I know. So I believe they will be able to come with something before importance of oil goes away.

[@shiny_teddiursa]

& when the oil runs out they bouta be playing in hardcode mode

[@krystianpajdak]

@Praveen Sampath 😂

[@adrianvintila5077]

Man.. i would love to meet the guys who came up with this idea. Their sales team must be amazing. No person in their right mind would think this is a good idea but somehow they sold it.

[@mkgzt]

It's easy to sell anything to the rich and dumb

[@xXTopGXx]

ive been to Saudi.. they have more money than brains.. and everyone is in there position of power because of who their daddy is..

[@justanothersomeone1]

The Saudi royalty are literally burning their countries' money, this line Idea is really stupid.

[@xXTopGXx]

@@justanothersomeone1 i agree with you but I also think theyre washing money

[@sicko_the_ew]

Why? I must not be in my right mind, but what better idea do you have? (Or do you just think the cities we have are fine? If so, it would be interesting to know to what extent, or in what forms, if you find any of the ways we currently live to be necessary evils or acceptable solutions). If you keep other buildings at enough distance, in a place like this everyone could for instance have a golf course nearby. (Nice cheap golf courses, even. Tarred "greens", and lots of bunkers. Make the game less boringly easy. :-) )

[@Clauds_5]

الى الامام ياوطني والله يحقق احلامنا واشوف بلدي في اعالي البلاد المتطورة 🤍🤍🤍🇸🇦

[@missjhey]

Can’t wait to visit!!!!

[@tnnrhpwd]

I like the project, but it seems like they chose a line simply for publicity. A line seems incredibly inconvenient for anyone who isn't a millionaire. One logistical failure could entirely immobilize the whole city.

[@fawazaljohani8447]

Cities are all about mobility, the easiest shape a city can take to srve the purpose of mobility is a straight line, more convenient and cheaper to build, that doesn't mean everything in the city is in a linear shape, each city module will have its own design and architecture.

[@cjeam9199]

@@fawazaljohani8447 no it isn’t. The optimum shape a city could take for a human is a circle, that way you optimise for the shortest distance between any two parts of it, so you will be able to walk or cycle there. The optimum shape a city could take for a transit system is a doughnut, because that way you optimise for the quickest journey time between any two points on a fixed route. A line is….a weird way to do it.

[@langohr9613ify]

@@cjeam9199 The line makes sence for hyperloop or other forms of high speed public trafic. So you can have one expencive vertical high speed axis and then walk the way to your appartment.

[@stonewithagun6045]

@@langohr9613ify but this is only because you created this Problem and now need to go against your own created Problem with hyperloops

[@joshualyndona.1297]

You are not allowed or either cant live there if you cant pay for it anyways. Why bother

[@jeiku5314]

“Has Cities Skylines gone too far?”

[@MaxFriedrichHartmann]

No. It’s just a stealth teaser for a “Spec Ops: The Line” (2012) sequel.

[@ttvrs1059]

BEST COMMENT EVER!

[@kennantjessavi7648]

Now I really want to build one

[@sorenkiermoreno9127]

ah yes, that tine when you build a city with only one road.

[@OptimisticNihilist15]

It reminds me of One Road City where a youtuber RT game built a huge city with only 1 long winding road. The best part was that there was absolutely no traffic problems but pretty much everything else was horrible. Emergency services would have to travel 100km just to turn around and return to the opposite side of the say hospital or fire station to deal and then repeat the same thing just to turn again It was absolutely hilarious but to imagine such a situation IRL would be an absolute mess

[@nicosledakis7452]

Really good you brought up Jamal Khashoggi

[@123mrmaynard123]

A very radical idea and experimental, hopefully it can lay the foundations for future projects and benefit those projects through trail and error. I think its important to stretch our technological capabilities to achieve more and solve world problems.

[@tvojslauf]

“Mom can I go outside to play?” “Yes honey. Just stay on our street”

[@sumreensultana1860]

Kid :- okay I ma go to thr other edge

[@vincentvaleur3573]

There are no streets, did you watch the video?

[@tvojslauf]

@@vincentvaleur3573 first off it was a joke. Secondly are you serious? A city with no streets? How the hell would that work? Did you watch the video?

[@tombkings6279]

@@sumreensultana1860 the V O I D

[@blestwynnz6634]

@@vincentvaleur3573 did *YOU* watch the video? There are streets. For pedestrians.

[@Asian_Ron]

Saudi Arabia took a city skylines challenge and put it into real life

[@caio5987]

They’ve been watching too much biffa Do you reckon they’re going use mods?

[@soysauce4223]

This city and country will be an archaeological site in a few decades when their oil reserves depletes. If they can't improve their literacy rate, their country will be obsolete.

[@Nawa11YT]

@@caio5987 Yep. Next up is building Impossibly complex roundabouts at every corner of existence XD

[@KA-vs7nl]

How many journalists will be murdered in this city?

[@Nawa11YT]

@@KA-vs7nl non, Because we don’t murder Journalists.

[@mikehenson819]

Interesting concept.

[@blackman811]

Cool concept. It is encouraging to see such creative proposals to help all. Good luck with it! 💕💕

[@ynntari2775]

all cities so far: 2D futurists: we need 3D cities! the saudi: 1D, take it or leave it

[@mcan5987]

Lol

[@lacdirk]

@F 1 An underground is hardly new.

[@vorisodan4627]

@@lacdirk Yeah not buying it, this shit is new, there's no city in the world that has a double-layered underground city across 170 km. Even cyberpunk doesn't have that feature.

[@druid139]

Wont the desert just blow over and cover it? Dumb idea

[@zerkalt190]

@@vorisodan4627 maybe they meant underground as in parking lots, basements etc. Not the entire city

[@ayazamikanz5299]

"So where does your friend live?" "Like straight that way but on the other side of the country."

[@abdullahasaad7367]

under the ground!

[@plantiron]

Oh straight down the street? No...like 50miles away

[@polyherb4096]

Take a right but not too far

[@user-tn1oh3he8c]

The other side of the country is 1000 miles away not 100

[@kennethhein5682]

@@abdullahasaad7367 a

[@5373NSMAG]

Cant wait for it to be on one of those abandoned city vlogs 😎👍🏽

[@landenthe70s]

Looks awesome

[@booksteer7057]

The city will be like the Snowpiercer. The wealthiest will occupy the spaces closest to the ocean, while the neighborhoods get poorer as you move inland.

[@_Rafiki.]

That's until a tailie revolution

[@pieflies]

That’s how most coastal cities work

[@justanotherrandomguywithab583]

Saudi Arabia's poverty is only 12% 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦

[@laurentpenot2656]

If any neighbourhoods remain... new world, new city, new people...

[@exxelsetijadi5348]

that actually sounds pretty plausible imo since there's literally something like that here

[@jamesbedford7327]

"How to burn $1 Trillion with these quick and easy steps"

[@JohnDoeX1966]

😂😂 💯

[@maryamalgaw2407]

Yup and earn maybe 3x more than that in a year

[@matteorovetto1568]

@@maryamalgaw2407 uhm, no

[@maryamalgaw2407]

@@matteorovetto1568 BABAHAHAAHA Okay look back at this video and look at ur comment (: in ten years from now I would say and am From The uae and I believe in Saudis because they have worked with a lot of people in uae and other country just for this project ❤️🇸🇦🇦🇪

[@roadrunner6224]

@@maryamalgaw2407 the entire middle east runs on oil/gas money. The second it runs out, noone is going to visit some skyscrapers in the desert anymore. All the major nations are wealthy, because of some sustainable not easily transfarable capability, the middle east has nothing of the likes. And tourism isn´t sustainable ask Greece or Spain.

[@kathyannmurphy5802]

It sounds amazing but also gives me a very uneasy feeling. Like the beginning of a disaster film….

[@paigeburgess1]

well done!

[@docacuwatson]

This gives "downtown" a whole new meaning

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

@@fairweather1704 ok, buddy

[@walterdayrit675]

I guess the terms "east town" and "west town" will be applicable here?

[@williamlebowski5034]

I could see this turning into something like "The Platform" where luxury at one end and slums at the other, only getting what goods are left over.

[@staticomics]

I WAS THINKING THIS TOO OMG

[@apextroll]

When you live at the end of the line.

[@mrmaniac3]

Which end is which? Just based on traditions of city construction I would guess the east end, away from the coast.

[@ViolentMLG]

I wouldn't see that happening with this project in particular, but I could see that happening if the idea was replicated.

[@jaguillermol]

Well he said they will bild palaces at one end

[@mysticfox1663]

Japan has a lot of these 2 level areas but it still gets super crowded both on the surface and the underground. Maybe a 3rd level would make a difference but it seems to expensive for the individuals living there.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

this will be a very fun to explore ghost town!

[@reiiz9942]

"mom, im going to a friend house" "okay, where is it?" "its only 50km down the road" "alright be back before dinner"

[@user-qu9dq3sz7l]

Hahaha, not funny

[@nevarethwanderer]

Should i laugh?

[@yahiataghian8055]

It's funny stfu

[@lee-fc5bu]

@@nevarethwanderer yes

[@user-ek2zx8tt2k]

Not. Fucking. FUNNY.

[@wizzzer1337]

"where is the next convenient store?" "across the street" me looking over the horizon.... : "ok"

[@OneRichMofo]

Just down the road* is needed for the joke to work but yeah

[@AndrewBoniface09]

I dont want to be that guy but across the street means he just needs to, you know, *cross* the street... i don't know which horizon are you talking about.

[@AndrewBoniface09]

@@ikesworld4153 not sure if you watched the video though, the joke could have worked.

[@TheRedfull]

I Hope this project success… Many cities in the world are projected and they “workout” I.e Paris, Barcelona, Brasilia… it’s XXI century and we have enough technology to build new cities

[@maryp8756]

Looks so cool but how do you deliver things from one side to the other and bottom layer to home 👀

[@vojdanuzunov5158]

I like his Steve Jobs attitude when announcing the future of the country like it is an IPhone.

[@seifeldin.]

Yes mee too, it's easier to get his ideas across this way

[@tomluke5848]

He needed the turtle neck to really get me on board.

[@verycoolguy5947]

The iLine

[@Gr33kChief]

I like how he treats women

[@verycoolguy5947]

@@Gr33kChief Oh yea? Tell me about it

[@blueeye6545]

*Prince rushes into the planning room* GUYS GUYS I GOT AN EVEN BETTER IDEA. “What is it?” The intersection 😱

[@KingBobXVI]

This was basically Walt Disney's plan for Epcot, but it was a circle and much less dumb.

[@releventhurt]

Shit 2 freaking trains and ya done

[@squidward_chad]

If you are suadi its game over for u

[@SimoneVPoise]

@@KingBobXVI roundabout?

[@0987654321mnbvcxzmor]

Interesting,I think it will work

[@christineiris2790]

The Line is on going project of Neom for further job at linkedin Mrg People of Asia.

[@JinoJiwan_Jari_Pensil]

Can't wait for Mission Impossible 14, where Tom Cruise sprints across The Line

[@A0A4ful]

The MI14 story will be a linear one. No plot twists.

[@AlmostLakai94]

@@A0A4ful Mission Impossible 14: Mission Possible

[@Joshua_N-A]

No body double! Tommy himself running for 2 hours nonstop!

[@iruns1246]

@@A0A4ful That, in itself, is a plot twist.

[@pragmaticpuppy2715]

Now, this is a good fast and furious set. Drag race in The Line.

[@al-thaidi]

“Snowpiercer: Desert Edition”

[@Ash-vy4dc]

"170 kilometres long"

[@TheIndogamer]

Sandpiercer

[@yacined4190]

Ok mr funny

[@claudedebussy3648]

THE NETFLIX SHOW OR THE MOVIE???????

[@claudedebussy3648]

if you say the netflix show imma flip out

[@bernicesmith153]

This reminds me of the scene in star wars when luke is flying down the side of the death star and hits the lucky shot to the reactor

[@SFuu]

We will build the impossible and be inspiring in front of the world and make our country great as Saudis. Nothing is impossible. We built NEOM from scratch and now we will build a city that will be the first in the world, great my country 🇸🇦❤️

[@aircraftmen_]

I am saudi too but i think this idea is ridiculous

[@aaronscarpa7469]

“This is a development that can be seen across the Arabian peninsula.” *Yemen has entered the chat*

[@d7eemo270]

Lmfao

[@dogameda]

@@kakyoindonut3213 Well Syria and Palestine aren't in the peninsula tho

[@nathan-iz2bq]

@@Ryan_kev03 the barbarian peninsula is my favourite peninsula

[@hbllt1314]

We got bombed in dharan

[@hbllt1314]

@Halo 2 Anniversary r u in dh camp too?

[@glennchartrand5411]

They are designing a city around high speed transit. One high speed subway that touches every part of the city and everyone lives within walking distance of the stations. Very similar to a skyscraper with its central elevator shaft, in fact you could view this as a massive skyscraper laid on its side. I could see this working. But I suspect Saudi Arabia is actually building a new capital city , one thats as far from Iran (and its ballistic missile program) as possible. A linear city reduces the effectiveness of a 20 kiloton blast by about a factor of 4 (you destroy 4 city blocks instead of 16) The fact that most of the city is underground also creates shelters that allow people fairly close to the blast to survive the explosion and the fall out and because the city is so spread out , over 95% of the city would survive a "Hiroshima" sized bomb undamaged. The causeway to Egypt provides a short route for survivors to escape and allows rapid deployment of relief supplies. This is the kind of city you build when you want to minimize casualties from a nuclear strike.

[@nonyobussiness3440]

Number one comment

[@Laurens115]

Damn

[@ZiFrenZie]

Mr Bonesaw can run, but he can’t hide. He forget’s God can easily destroy Mr Bonesaw’s fantasy underground city in a single blow with an earthquake. What a sight it will be to behold!

[@Sqlldude]

Just playing along: carpet bombing it becomes super easy though.

[@prayermadepatna8439]

🎯

[@krystalgomez2300]

Wow now I am so fukin interested in city plans and architecture

[@mr.morningstar9252]

Imagine somehow heavy rainfall takes place in the linear city and it just gets filled with water and becomes the largest aquarium.

[@icke11234]

What a pleasant thought.

[@kaitospin3944]

Welcome to the city where no one ever gets lost. No directions needed just tell them when to stop.

[@th-gg4cc]

@@fairweather1704 pakof bruh

[@filipebeat]

X,D

[@alifofana4974]

🤣

[@samsmith4242]

Bold of you to assume everyone knows left from right

[@jasonmilton]

This is dumbest idea ever!! Thanks MBS..

[@alexsiemers7898]

We weren’t supposed to take RTGame this seriously!

[@GLBHemstreet]

Country Roads/take me home/to the place/I belong/West Virginia/Mountain mama/Take me home/Country Roads

[@tenebrisdominus1404]

Lmaooooo

[@aceb2660]

The Crown Prince must've been watching RTGame for a long time lol

[@regierw2308]

When are the asteroids coming?

[@edgepixel8467]

RT?

[@TheBillStickers]

I'm all for futuristic cities but this is where I draw the Line

[@translator859]

Delivery in 2 days "I can already see the Amazon delivery Van"

[@delysid111]

Did Jeff Bezoz pay you ?

[@cuteerebos2155]

Pretty sure the curvature of the earth only let's you see ~40km.

[@DarkNexarius]

@@cuteerebos2155 No the van is on the other side of the road. It can only turn around at the end.

[@AziWins]

No cars in the line tho

[@TheGuyfromValhalla]

@@DarkNexarius oh shit lmfao

[@ShnoogleMan]

Saudis: We want our city to be pedestrian-friendly. Saudis: lol let’s build a 170km line

[@talalalqahtani6756]

For daily needs it gonna be 5 minutes away from you max, to get from one end of the city to the other will take you 20 minutes max, because of the high speed underground trains

[@AricGardnerMontreal]

@@talalalqahtani6756 yeah but why a line, why not a spiral, or a circle or anything, its not like a metro is a new idea.

[@den-iq1cv]

@@AricGardnerMontreal I guess they wanted to remove intersection

[@SWEmanque]

@@AricGardnerMontreal By keeping it straight they can drastically increase the speed. Imagine having 3 parallel lines, one stopping on every station, one on every 4th, and one on every 10th, or something like that. If I want to get to a station far away I'll just take the train that stops at every station and jump off on the next station where the line that stops on every 10th station is and take that to where I'm close to my destination and then jumps back onto the one where they stop on every station. That way I can do inter-city travel at mag train speeds. Everything I'll need in my everyday life I could find within my area and can walk to. I'll only really need to take the train if I'm going to the hospital or something like that.

[@kp5602]

@@AricGardnerMontreal If they made a spiral youd say "why a spiral" If they made a normal looking city youd say "looks boring‚ wheres the innovation?" There are architects who design this stuff. I dont think theyre talking out of their ass

[@chunkylafangaa]

Given the scarcity of land and lack of natural sunlight it makes total sense to build it underground in a straight line

[@brooklyn.v931]

this has elements of that movie snow piecer

[@dlakodlak]

"I live on the other side of the town" will have an entirely new meaning.

[@boomerangfish3558]

if it's north to south it's just a street away, if it's west to east it's half a country

[@sau1748]

Which is why the public transport system can take you from one end to the other in 20 minutes.

[@kingk2405]

Not really as it should take 20mn to go from one side to the other side .

[@iamsheel]

@@sau1748 20 minutes is too much in my standards

[@sau1748]

@@iamsheel Which is why the city was specifically designed so that everything you need is within a 5 minute walk, whether it's work, market, etc. You won't need to go from one side of the city to the other every day, and plus, that 20 minutes only applies if you're living at the very far end, if you live in the middle, that's a 10 minute journey till the very end.

[@meineomakenntdieroten]

They now build skyscrapers, but just horizontally

[@alpesassolak1545]

so would you call them "landscrapers" ?

[@polkolkj4788]

Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him said ""The day of judgement will not come until the Arabian Peninsula turns into green meadows and rivers and until the iron will speaks ( phones and robots )and until The convergence of markets and time. And At the end of time, the number of women increases, the number of men decreases, and the men will be satisfied with the men and the women will be satisfied the women

[@Vayanovic]

@@polkolkj4788 This is lies from hadith, nothing as such exists in the QURAN or the BIBLE the REAL SCRIPTURES OF GOD.

[@Vayanovic]

@@polkolkj4788 men being satisfied with men and women and all this has already existed before READ THE QURAN it is MENTIONING the people of LOT, these hadiths don't inform us of anything they are just made up lies to glorify a made up fictional character called 'muhammad' who has no power, all power is only with ALLAH. GOD. THE LORD OF HOSTS. THE GOD OF THE QURAN AND THE BIBLE!!

[@swishchee]

I'm very curious to see if this just results in suburbia spreading out from a failed municipal "line" project, like I've seen in many other attempts at urban planning.

[@edsongarcia2293]

Vai ser uma exploração está cidade vai dar muitos visitantes

[@sigmamale4147]

Dystopian moment

[@misusatriyo]

You'll hear a lot of "make a u-turn" from your gps.

[@RealSupaHotFireVEVO]

No cars in The Line.

[@toucan221]

take the next u-turn 50 kilometres away

[@xmarine73]

You have reached your destination, it is 30 miles ahead on your right

[@cocojumboist520]

No cars so jaywalking is allowed I guess 🤣

[@rollthetape9955]

These guys have been playing too much cities skylines

[@ViolentMLG]

Ironically I was thinking; "Hmm, I should try this in cities skylines".

[@gawelszczytkowski1991]

"Cities SkyLINEs"

[@endy9059]

@@ViolentMLG I kind of want to see this now lol

[@davidcoylejr.3967]

@@ViolentMLG Doing the same!! Traffic will be a nightmare!]

[@jona_archi]

@@davidcoylejr.3967public mass transport

[@darmawan88]

Building neoms might be not an issue but the potential big problem is about maintenance, will be very costly

[@feira4047]

I think the city could become an alternative fortress in the future ........

[@hilmizakaria7129]

I was hoping that the video is only 5 seconds saying "Because they can"

[@ethirium4389]

This 😂