THE LINE in Progress - February 2024

[@quatro4764]

Exploring this place when it is inevitably abandoned is going to be amazing

[@chrisvongorstinger2142]

spec ops the line vibes incoming :D

[@nur-aminjawad2035]

The plants and trees are still early to grow after the line is finished but pic or video this place i wonder how it will feel like looking around with the shock face

[@Mo_2077]

Fr

[@edwardelric8966]

the parkour would be amazing

[@TRX25EX]

So first haters say "not gonna happen" then they say "it will stop midway" now they say "it will be abandoned" next they will say "built by slaves" In conclusion no matter what you do these western clowns are corrupted brains

[@supremegt233]

80% renderings, 20% updates

[@kriptoniteXD]

20% updates? What updates? We only saw the same video from last year ahaha

[@robertoduran3963]

I'd say more like 2%. Just rehashing the same 'lines' over and over and showing the same footage. They know it'll never be finished, gonna look like Palm Jebel Abi

[@HehsJsiao]

@@kriptoniteXD It is strictly forbidden to publish updates about NEOM projects, and they are only published from the official NEOM account. Updates can be seen in Google Earth and you will see the effects of drilling, or look at the updates that were published from the official account.

[@davidc1878]

This is precisely the formula for 21st century propaganda or the masses... but like other commentators, I would change the ratio to more like 98% artist renditions and 2% updates.

[@ludovicle464]

"Millions of cubic meters of earth and water are being moved per week" and then "A sustainable city with Zero emissions". Marketing is amazing 😂

[@maribelavalosdemora4860]

😂😂😂

[@erickcontier]

It's like Tesla car been charged by fossil fuel powered generator. I don't understand why people doesn't see what is wrong with our world everywhere!

[@MrSharkFIN]

i guess it doesn't include the building of the city lmao

[@conradowl]

​@@MrSharkFINStill. They will send a billions of funds they earned from oil (government) to advertise a city, let them start living etc. The Line should produce MW of energy to cover oil industry, building and all the funding, benefits etc. because there is no way people will move in to something like that. What they will do in a desert? No cars, no mechanics, no Uber drivers - thousands couldn't live in due to lack of jobs. City just got programmers and developers? I think they prefer to live closer to mountains, skiing and many other activities ;)

[@thesaudiman2108]

⁠ this why most people opinions doesn't matter they said that the Empire State building could not be built until they built it in very short time because of the focus and hard work of real men not sissy liberals with women fears😂😂

[@marcnusen]

Where do you live? THE LINE Which street? THE LINE

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

Dumb comment

[@DanielVencat]

@@ArabianQuirkSA You're probably another Saudi bot, we already know.

[@pache7216]

😂😂😂 hilarious

[@IbrahimGummi]

​@@ArabianQuirkSA its not dumb, it's funny and true

[@latiumful]

Perhaps in the future we won't even need steering wheels in cars anymore

This is how dystopian movies start

[@Syngeman]

Yes !

[@etatauri]

except its in perpetual kickstarter hell.

[@JDRusse11]

Question is, how will it end? 🤔

[@caleb9231]

Seethe.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

Since the countries organizing this are already effectively dystopias, it's not surprising

[@Accius_1]

The future is bright for window cleaners

[@stripclub-di5fr]

Machines do these things where you been

[@flaviuandreinechita4679]

And north koreena workers :))

[@wlockuz4467]

And the VFX artists

[@eddley]

Bravo...magnifique reaction hahaha

[@r.b.l.5841]

@@stripclub-di5fr and who does the maintenance of the machines? oh yeah, the 3 million workers who will live in the slum next to the mega city for elites. Forgot.

[@VineetHudda]

The ad looks like something we see in Sci-fi movies. Something the hero fights against.

[@фийкё]

This world is full of things to learn, and not to fight… Even if the line won’t be successful, this experience will be extremely valuable for humanity…

[@mandyscott6030]

@@фийкёhmm bro u spittin fr

[@TolerantMp3]

@@фийкёprobably, like high key I personally think it’s going to fail but people will learn from this and make their own version and most likely not fuck it up

[@lvleminckx]

@@фийкё just the carbon emissions of the construction itself are doing permanent damage to humanity. Wake up !

[@2livenoob]

@@фийкё How so? Humans already perfected the ability to live in the desert with zero footprint over a thousand years ago. Guess what happened to them?

Kids, this is what happens when no one dares to contradict the Leader.

[@JB-db4gf]

I don't understand the benefits of building it so long yet so thin. Anyone understand?

[@HamzaZaid-n2n]

@@JB-db4gfthey just think it looks cool and futuristic

[@Kevinhonhep]

a big flop

[@SirSayakaMikiThe3rd]

​@oFaisalo Edify us then. Explain why having a linear city is so much better than, say, a circular one.

[@jancarlosmanon4556]

​@oFaisaloyeah, was about to say it, any project or building by Arabs get a lot of hate from westerners

[@karmicbreath]

I'd love to see the people behind this project openly acknowledge and respond to all the major criticisms that have come out. Particularly from Adam Something.

[@anhtrinh919v2]

A KZbinr with ~1mil subscriber is far from being on their watchlist, let alone respond lol

[@karmicbreath]

@@anhtrinh919v2 be that as that may, he's thoroughly debunked their plans enough on his own that the public is beyond skeptical about this city.

[@TRX25EX]

Why should you be worried about criticism when your work is proving them wrong? Let the action do the judgement not the talking like western clowns barking about it all day from jealousy

[@Yoctopory]

@@TRX25EXJealousy? This project is stupid on so many levels.

[@alokozay300]

​@@TRX25EXthe one sensical comment here, you can tell their bias and raging envy, it hasn't been tried before and we'll be see it's results when it's finished, good or bad, regardless of the "well educated critique" of western KZbinrs and comment sections

[@Hubwood]

Yeah I'm confident there will be documentations on the workers in a few years... and they won't be positive...

[@kaazik420]

it's modern day slavery...

[@Test-ny6uh]

Claro que não. Vocês são alienado com propaganda ou ignorância

[@Yoctopory]

100%

[@Test-ny6uh]

not@@Yoctopory

[@pastapastel910]

Não é a primeira vez que a Arábia Saudita tá usando escravos... @@Test-ny6uh

[@michaelvojkovic671]

Life between two walls .total sick

[@airesponde]

As pessoas já vivem assim nas grandes cidades .

[@SATWIKRAJ-x3b]

Better than smoke cities and stinky cities like new york😊

[@FidèleGastroDeFrance]

Et pourtant les gens vont se battre pour aller y vivre...

[@drdroidstein]

Why do you care? You can't afford it anyway 😂

[@TheYagomestre]

Well, we live in a floating rock, you know?

[@super_heroes]

"I want to see and understand the world outside. To travel beyond the walls and explore what lies beyond them. I want to be free"-Attack on Titan

[@dekun007]

cool stuff

[@monsieurhender4320]

really excited to see the documentary in 2060 about it "The Line : an history about failure and a delusional crown prince"

[@maximusasauluk7359]

By that time, apart from the oil and gas wells going dry, the wealthiest customers of this oil and gas would have already moved to renewables and that documentary will be about the failed oil states that went back to being empty deserts, the failure of the line would be secondary lmao

[@fatimaachouri3433]

​@@maximusasauluk7359 let's be realistic. There's literally more chance of mankind ending before oil does

[@maximusasauluk7359]

@@fatimaachouri3433 Not really, many fields are already going dry, with many more projected in a few decades. The doomsday that we will all die has been going since...our exitance. It's almost as frequent and as annoying as christians constantly blabbing about how the end days are coming, still waiting and waiting...

[@LoganTomaszeski-ru4wg]

This feels like something you would build in a sandbox game that you know won’t work, but you do it anyway because it looks kind of cool.

[@Scott.Jones608]

I suspect this will get scaled down to a resort town for the rich & powerful of Saudi Arabia, maybe a KM in length. Likely there will be shanty towns nearby where the servants & employees live.

[@vanguard9067]

Interestingly enough, if you look at Google Maps (28.0002846, 35.1796715) you’ll see what looks to be some sort of royal enclave just west of the Neom project offices. And there are indeed resorts nearby, north of palaces across a small bay.

[@99muhammadtalha83]

bro u called it xD

[@stevenrodriguez1394]

That’s exactly what is happening

[@sickman112]

Literal Nostradamus

[@magnumxlpi]

At best* 😂

[@cuprashoe]

Whos here after it was announced that its shrinking from 105 miles to 1.5😂

[@gunnarschaut]

What's baffling to me is the simple question how logistics will work. I mean, it should be immediately apparent: instead of building e.g. 100 km in one line, you could build 10 lines at 10 km length. The maximum distance you would have to go in the first case to get from one end of the city to the other is 100 km, in the second case it's less than 20 km (assuming that the width of the line is less than 1 km). Having no intersections seems like an optimization to traffic, but it's logistically wasteful and must lead either to big jams in the middle of the city or loads of wasted, because rarely traversed space.

[@velykiy]

they have their own view of the world, your opinion means nothing to them

[@cmoi613]

​@@velykiy Gun didn't talk about "vision". He talked about facts...

[@butterfliesinsidemj]

I believe there will be no traffic apart from public transport. 'You will own nothing".

[@velykiy]

@@cmoi613 he doesn’t know whether it’s convenient or not until he goes there himself

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

@@velykiybarakallahu feek akhi

[@bookshelflearn9352]

The projects in Saudi Arabia are a little better than Chicago, but still projects

[@quintongrand]

facts been saying this forever

[@Alkuf100]

Call options are best used to insure your already invested funds, shows how stupid you are to bet against the investment of the saudi monarchy and asking if anyone is willing to take their premium for it lol If you wanted to do that then saudis would have to want to sell this project which wont happen

[@HanzoShama]

170 km became 1.7 km The line became the hyphen 😂😂😂😂😂

[@patrickm.milroy6410]

A hyphen, yes. Not even an em dash.

[@HalfDayHero]

5 repeated emojis laughing at your own joke? Ouch.

[@clemoun]

To the question "what would be the stupidest design for a city?", "a line" is probably in the top 2 answers

[@CinnaMareWow]

What design is on top 1?

[@Lavonne9870]

​@@CinnaMareWowMoonbase.

[@jedh3721]

​@@CinnaMareWow Sphere.

[@guerric]

​@@jedh3721Sphere is great, it's the best way to optimize 3D space

[@alphakevin687]

@@CinnaMareWow "The tower". Like the line, but built upright.

[@mrjaws9992]

Mom, what's outside the line?

[@h3xandcoffee993]

"It's only danger, my son, now.. go read your books from school and don't think of 'outside'"

[@videre8884]

Outside the line the sun would burn you my child... These walls protect us from the consequences of climate change.

[@r.b.l.5841]

Slums where all the servants and maintenance staff exist to serve our every need and whim child, what else?

[@zakatana]

I've seen my share of dumb shit but this is another level

[@fatimaachouri3433]

Yeah, you probably know more than some of the best scientists, architects, economists and engineers of the world.

[@zakatana]

@@fatimaachouri3433 the best scientists, architects and engineers aren't involved in the project, you pelican. Only those who like money. Also, I just happen to be an academic scientist myself, so you really picked the wrong comment.

[@AbhinavBedjevergi]

@@zakatana i don't see your names among the top scientists. just stfu and let the better scientists do the work. the king has standards

[@TK-ro5nn]

Just like the Palm Islands. FAILURE

[@petrolhead0387]

​@@fatimaachouri3433 funny how all of the scientists, architects, economists and engineers are calling this project a failure before it starts. Tell me how they manage clean water, sewage, power etc. This entire propaganda stunt has been debunked multiple times, the Saudis are even starting to admit defeat themselves.

[@neilk4862]

Zero emissions city.....(built with billions of tonnes of concrete)

[@ibrahimhamdi6788]

So how do you want them to build it from air?

[@eduardokananmarques1103]

​@@ibrahimhamdi6788Não, rapaz. Você é incapaz de ler entrelinhas? Que não fosse construída.

[@battfla6948]

Pensei a mesma coisa! Parece Brasília, que foi construída carregando material de construção de avião para lá 🤦‍♀️ Além de que, imagine as condições de trabalho das pessoas que vão trabalhar nas obras; praticamente escravos no meio do deserto 😢

[@tomasprochazka6198]

Funded by oil money 😂 like this is the best idea if you have an "infinite" source of money. Sad.

[@the.bonsai.samurai]

@@tomasprochazka6198 oh the irony 🙄🙄😂😂

[@LightspeedA113]

So, you're basically building real Tomorrowland

[@barismok2271]

This happens when stupidity meets money...

[@Slider93]

I don't know where this will end but I greatly agree with somebody who said "why not build 10km then next 10km, etc", and the other "why not build a bunch of 10km lines". Maybe make a star with 10km lines going in other directions, that kind of makes sense? You can also make template cities which are a couple of kilometers wide and surround them with walls..? If that's what you like. And connect them by super high speed trains. Either way works. I don't know why the line. Maybe the guy wants his miracle, then.. sure, we have the tech, it can possibly work. Why not 10km modules though, I have no idea. Maybe it's something apocalyptic and only people inside the WALL will survive? Hope not!😂

[@Ric_1985]

Simple answer, it wouldn't be "the line"

[@Slider93]

@@Ric_1985 how could I forget!

[@infinityzero2321]

Exactly you are Suggesting "the square" but it has already be named so can't be xhanged now😂

[@mohammedyasin2087]

The Line is more punny.

[@Lavonne9870]

If this works out, they'll make another beside it. And another, until they have a square.

[@jumpingpools]

I honestly hope it gets built, if it really happens it might be really cool

[@Jean-LouisGauthier-cf8bg]

Where will they find the necessary water to provide to the inhabitants in that desert ? In the deep underground (fossil water) ? Unsalting the sea water ?

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

Tell me you’re ignorant and uneducated without telling me:

[@luisalvarez9598]

Don't worry this is just smoke, It will never end,the burj khalifa It took 10 years to build, the line is the equivalent of hundreds of Burj Khalifas lined up and that is without taking into account basic infrastructure like Water, electricity, drainage, public transportation, etc.

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

@@luisalvarez9598 alvarez is an Arabic name, it comes from alfares. I’d say the burj khalifa is harder to build than the Line

[@corrupted4726]

Probably unsalting, and that will cause enviromental issues and knowing Saudi Arabia, they’d probably try hiding it instead of trying to improve the efficiency

[@Gandalfthewhat]

​@@ArabianQuirkSA Why does his name matter here? Are you trying to assert dominance?😂

[@fastnacht2]

Is it possible to short sell the value of The Line? Because I want to do that.

[@vincent8728]

Neop is not on the market, you can't evn buy stocks

[@duovigintillongaming3779]

It's government funded as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 project. 3.4 trillion dollars are behind it. They have already done some pretty insane things so this may actually turn out to be pretty good

[@MakersGonnaMake]

"The line is too straight, it needs to be pointy!"

[@ChadieRahimian]

Since childhood I had always dreamed of living in a city 200 meters wide and 170 km long, just like a nice German autobahn. Can’t believe my vision of future and advancement is finally coming to life. Thanks Saudi Arabia

[@maximusasauluk7359]

Don't expect much, the German Autobahn is lax on speed limit rules, to live on the line forget about your freedom. You would have to be either a slave to Saudi Arabia or live under the feet of the price. And in case you are a journalist/critic of the crown, you will be buried under the line lmao

[@cellayth]

😂😂😂

[@RossiRestorbic]

This city will have to import all food. ?! This city will have no sunlight inside?!

[@supertuber120]

Not to mention it's in the desert. They're gonna have to figure out how to pump in massive amounts of water for those people, 9 million people.

[@sci3nceorbust917]

@@supertuber120 This isn't that much of an issue, all desert countries already desalinate water. Although, it will probably become difficult the further they go "down the Line".

[@sci3nceorbust917]

They could use vertical farms later to produce local food pretty easily, it will have sunlight, you can literally see it in the first few seconds of the video, it is open on top and covered with trees.

[@kishwer]

They will probably have it flown in everyday. No way those farms will grow food enough to feed 9 million ppl on a daily basis. More likely they will raise animals and fish.

[@Aeoxmusic]

they should use parabolic solar collectors that feed sunlight through fiber optic cables.

[@joy5518]

Architecturer designer:🤩😃👍🏼 Builder: 😵‍💫🫥 Construction workers: 💀 oh hell naa

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

builder and construction workers are the same no?

[@maddict1045]

@@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel the fucking poor truck drivers man, can you imagine driving 105 miles to the end, when it could of been built in a grid, ya'know, efficiently

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@maddict1045 well at least you know you've been to every house, but still the gas money is insane

[@siddharthiyer2177]

I am pretty sure all those post apocalyptic movies i have seen begins with a docu feature like this

[@HernanBareiro]

They are building in layers (bad idea to start any construction). The result will be 174 km of unfinished construction. Instead of building 10 km of a city started, finished and with people living there. Then you can start, finish and live 10 more kilometers. And so on... This last concept is known as modular construction (the best idea to start any giant construction project).

[@naraphel]

They indeed are building modular .. where do you have your information from?

[@storm244]

no , they will build a small line. then the line will be longer after years maybe it will finish at 2045 . the first line will finish at 2030

[@videodrug]

From dust to dust... Humans will never learn.

[@mohamedbenatallah7455]

The humains is stupide

[@GlozzTells]

What a narrow way to see life. So we shouldn't build and innovate if we're going to die?

[@Kai_Cenat6]

what have we never learned?

[@reatile]

Ever heard of a term called, I don't know, "Future Generations" ? Oh you're too selfish to think about that, my bad

[@joschi1965]

@@GlozzTells we could spend those billions, if not trillions, on making earth more liveable in general. Plant that stupid desert with solar panels and power earth from there. Improve quality of life for middle class in saudi arabia like norway does with oil money. Fund and invest in projects for a better future. Countless great ideas to spend a trillion on. Everythings better than building a soon to be ghost town in a desert wasteland.

[@gyorgybalint8644]

Reminds me of Matt Damon's Elysium

[@maribelavalosdemora4860]

Only the rich will live there

[@fatimabenz3761]

@@maribelavalosdemora4860 for 10 years fter no

[@supertuber120]

@@maribelavalosdemora4860 No doubt in my mind about that. Only the rich will be able to afford it.

[@Yoctopory]

You mean Neill Blomkamps Elysium.

[@justmike9756]

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

[@marsoudu87]

The Urbex explorer's are going to be happy in fews years :'-)

[@Clove_Parma]

No apostrophe required for plural

[@AFox-qc4kh]

@@Clove_Parma nobody gives a sh*t. This is youtube's comment section and not an exam.

[@DetectiveTrupo203]

Urbex explorers is redundant. Urbex means "urban explorers"

[@Clove_Parma]

@@AFox-qc4kh I don’t care whether you’re interested. Illiterate people like you are degrading our languages. Learn something instead of being reactive and defensive.

[@johnw.1404]

Imagine living in a flat where birds will crash on your window often....

[@johngreene6780]

That will not happen, there will be no bird signs, surprised you don't that, sheezzz

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

that wont happen. Educate yourself about The Line

[@Test-ny6uh]

Desert

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

@@Test-ny6uh there are birds ofc but that wont happen because they already thought about the birds, they’ll open the way so they can cross

[@Test-ny6uh]

@@ArabianQuirkSA Now I understand, thank you.

[@Bammut]

Lovely Inspiration! For my Dystopian Roman im writing.

[@brentdallyn8459]

The only thing longer than this would be the 'line' of honey wagons needed to haul away their sh*t every day

[@TheStockwell]

In April of 2024, a minor, barely-worth-mentioning adjustment of the scale of The Line was announced. Instead of being 170 km/100 miles long, it will be 2.4 km/1.5 miles long - a 98.6% reduction of the original design. The reason given: something about there not being enough money. Who saw THAT coming? 🤔

[@Endervour1]

A really interesting, ambitious and incredible project that I'm very excited about developing and I really hope for Saudi Arabia that it all works out and is successful and doesn't become one of the biggest and most expensive flops in history.

[@elrasita5084]

It will fail.

[@duovigintillongaming3779]

​@@elrasita5084this project is backed by trillions of dollars. With that much money you can build a moon base and have enough leftover to mine asteroids. This is one of the most ambitious things done by humanity. Be a little bit more optimistic

[@alphakevin687]

Remember guys: they came up with the plans for this while being sober.

[@wlockuz4467]

Its sad that the killed this project. It was providing so many jobs for the VFX artists.

[@willsteuer1621]

From a firefighters point of view, The Line is a 170 Km long fire trap from which there is NO escape.

[@Ace57_]

I actually really want to live there, cant wait to visit when its finaly finished. Wish i could help build it even.

[@lancehobbs8012]

That's just random footage of roads being built , mine sites, and computer generated sales crap, thrown together in a montage . Its all just a fantasy

[@AsmaAlOtaibi-t2r]

Fantasy is important to move forward in such a changing era.

[@Lavonne9870]

"If you can dream it, you can build it" Another word for fantasy is *vision* I have no doubt they will build it, but my belief is, the newness / novelty will wear off, and investors will back out after about 5 to 7 yrs.

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

not a fantasy they are constructing it, the computer generated videos are just artists interpretations of what the line would look like when its finished

[@Jensandfriends]

looks better than my city already, that's for sure

[@fbpetrucci]

I still think the desert is prettier. Those bizzare buildings are just....bizarre😂

[@krishnashanthvr5073]

Wow... Quality of Life..

[@007CICIBAN]

how is it possible to make objects of 170 kilometers in one straight line if we live on the Globe?

[@HalfDayHero]

What are you putting in place to stop birds flying into this? And it getting in the way of all animals -- land and air -- in general?

[@benzo___]

who is stupid enough to think a 170km long and 500m tall glass and steel wall in the middle of nowhere is a good place to live in even with 100% solar electricity this thing will need an insane amount of water and food imports from all over the region the only way for those goods to arrive is by container ship and that is definitely not a plus for the environment the cost for this is now estimated at one trillion $ for that money they could have built hundreds of desalination plants and solar parks to prop up their agriculture instead

[@فهدالعطاوي-ن3ح]

If you do not have an education about the country you are talking about, do not speak without your knowledge. Saudi Arabia has the most advanced projects in desalinated water, and it is now working on an artificial river under all cities. It also has the largest factories and the highest quality in solar energy. Research well before speaking, as there are plans to deliver special goods. In the city, there is an environmentally friendly means of transportation, what a knowledgeable and ignorant person

[@CurrypkatRamonlab]

@@فهدالعطاوي-ن3حHow much are you paid to defend your miserable king ?

[@benzo___]

​@@فهدالعطاوي-ن3ح Saudi Arabia currently consumes about 16 billion m³ of water per year while all Saudi desalination plants combined put out around 2 billion m³ of water per year that makes a net negative of 14 billion m³ of water every single year within the country for comparison, Germany with its 85 million population currently consumes about 225 billion m³ of water per year population forecasts for Saudi Arabia put it at 50 million inhabitants by 2050, an additional 10 million compared to now how will Saudi Arabia cope with that and especially with food and water supply for all these people? Saudi Arabia currently imports more than 80% of the food consumed in the nation desalination provides less than 15% of Saudi Arabia's annual water consumption please explain how this is sustainable at all, either financially or for the environment? I suppose you live there, from a European perspective it is pretty sad to see how your leaders go on about this they fall for Western architect firms that sell them megaprojects that will not return invest, it's a cash grab for our companies meaningful development of your country can absolutely be achieved but you're trusting the wrong people for that looking forward to your response, I am not hating on Saudi Arabia, a lot of these projects are just not well through through!

[@فهدالعطاوي-ن3ح]

@@benzo___ The Saudi water desalination project has a daily production of 5.9 million cubic meters. It is produced around 32 water desalination plants and extends desalinated water supplies to all regions of the Kingdom and agricultural areas. Saudi Arabia also leads the world in the production of desalinated water. It does not have rivers, but rather desalinates sea water and is a pioneer in the field. Desalination around the world, which achieves sustainability. Drink safe water not only for Saudi Arabia, but for the whole world. Saudi Arabia is also ranked 4th globally in exporting phosphate and has plans to compete with China in exporting phosphate to achieve food security around the world and achieve sustainability in this field. As we work, Saudi Arabia is on 2030 plans to achieve Agricultural sustainability will be achieved before this time instead of huge tourism projects. Saudi Arabia today is experiencing rapid progress in agriculture, tourism and industry according to the plans of the young Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince, to achieve sustainability and development at all levels, which guarantees the quality and well-being of the citizen for decades through local and foreign tourism, industrial and agricultural investment.

[@fatimaachouri3433]

​@@فهدالعطاوي-ن3ح I lived there for a while. You have an incredibly safe country. I loved it. My 7 year old daughter used to run around with her friends in Riadh until very late and come back home happy

[@yaca_]

General question, is there plans for a metro system/light rail system to travel on something this straight ? Annyway it looks sick, very interested in the future of this project

[@geraldwerdler]

Kan je er ook fietsen?

[@nathanmyles1]

There are amazing cities already. I don’t get the urge to wanting to change something that’s already amazing lol. Investing that money in a space station would probably be more exciting

[@fatimaachouri3433]

Why spend money on space when we can do it for our planet (as much as I love astronomy)

[@FreeFire-ui7oo]

These people are doing it in the middle of a desert ! man, great.

[@r.b.l.5841]

Multiply the area of the project x 100 levels x typical cost per sqm of construction in the region, and divide by 9-million residents. Keep in mind this is anything but 'typical' construction. Now calculate on top of this construction cost another 10% of that per year for operation and maintenance. Yeah, doomed before we start.

[@ekladka]

Meanwhile our brothers and sisters including children are starving in Gaza!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@warthogoftheyear]

Megaloman tragedy that is already cursed. It will be a good example for Babylon where ppl just wanted tonconquer the sky to be like gods.

[@wigglesbee]

how do i sign up? I genuinely want to move into this

[@alexsandulescu2129]

how many people will die during the "Construction" of this mega project?

[@Rusty9017]

lol ... what construction? They are digging hole for 5 years now, they gonna dig it for 5 more and abandon the project, cause money well will dry up.

[@chillout914]

focus on your country , if you are not positive it is not he problem of Saudi arabia to make you a positive person

[@Test-ny6uh]

Zero

[@althaf1250]

Zero

[@r.b.l.5841]

So far, one, that protested being forced off "their" land. should we include the ones that will die in jail?

[@yevanasvetya5486]

Thankyou for the concept. This will make cool backgrounds for some new futuristic Extraction Shooter game in the same theme as Spec Ops The Line. Maybe the game can be titled The Line: Survivor. Im not gonna lie, the verticality of the Neom will make a good battleground for scvengers. Maybe the main currency is just, water. Bottled water. Where the furthest part of Neom will give better loot but in order to go tho the furthest, the player need to drink a lot of water, hence needed to choose between fast bottled water looting gameplay, or long play of looking better gear but need a lot of water. Sounds good enough for me

[@lucysnowe31]

Dystopia under the guise of advancement and "sustainability." May it fail miserably.

[@electricearth1101]

Explain please

[@СергейМаксимов-д4р]

🤦🤦🤦

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

May God grant them what they(you) wish on us

[@JamesDean_17]

​@@ArabianQuirkSAit will surely becomes problem to Saudi . It will surely cause earthquakes

[@frankty800]

MBS is an extraordinary leader, he is building this project in the Meta verse. Y'all thought it was irl? That's old and archaic, renders and meta verse yo 🙏🏼🙏🏼🔥

[@LG-dm7nv]

How horrible it will be !😲 Did they realise that they will vonlontary pay for living in a prison ?

[@Test-ny6uh]

people defaming saudi arabia or the line, probably only saw a render never entered the neom website.

[@DeLaRafi.]

i heard its from "The Line" reduce to be "The Dot" project. is it true?

[@grafzeppelin6954]

What a dystopian utopia.

[@PatLadsChan99]

Cool and everything but... How long will it take to offset the huge amount of emissions used in creating this project??

[@moinuddinkhan593]

It will take 2040 to complete, if it's ever to be completed .

[@DrRestezi]

The only thing progressing rapidly is the realization that this actually not going to happen.

[@Prashant_Pandey4]

Doesn't these massive mirror will reflect sunglight and cause damage to local biodiversity there (Although there is less )

[@sci3nceorbust917]

What biodiversity? A few mirrors in the desert will do nothing compared to oil drilling.

[@fatimaachouri3433]

I remember an interview to one of the engineers of the project. He said the "glass walls" are actually going to be designed to collect solar energy

[@designzip5890]

With 6 years to the first phase of completion but looks like they're still completing groundworks....

[@BrickInMind]

Usually that part takes the longest. In the mean time there are probably tones of construction elements prefabricated in remote factories which will be brought to the site when the ground works are finalized. The building will start growing fast after that.

[@Alkuf100]

What Im scared about is the design.. I like that the project is ambitious but they have to design this thing before the foundations are finished and there is a lot to unpack so wish them luck

[@elhugeo]

don’t worry they’ll get more slaves to meet completion date

[@luisalvarez9598]

​@@BrickInMindThis will never be built, the Burj Khalifa took 10 years to build, even if they built just 1 kilometer there would be dozens of Burj Khalifas lined up, do you really think they will be finished in 6 years 😂😂😂

[@BrickInMind]

@@luisalvarez9598 time will show. It seems to be very ambitious and megalomanic but the work constantly progressing and you can watch it so who knows.

[@ulisses-Madropes]

everything is ok... from putting tons of humans in only one place to isolating them away from nature... but one thing only a few people are talking about is, What about the overheat that will be produced daily on the sides of the building because of the mirror? What about the migration of long didstance animals that go through that place? What about the tons of workers that areyhere right now, their present situation or will they get something in their honor on the construction? What good will it do to humanity in general? Me? I only see a place for the rich to hide, i see where there will be an extreme disaster. I see a place that will lead to the destruction of many lives. In the end if that place don't affect me, i will not affect it. But if it comes around making something good for the planet, well that time i will thank you.

[@LeahGreen-q9y]

This will absolutely fail for all the reasons you mention. They will waste many billions but this is also no suprise.

[@fatimaachouri3433]

​@@LeahGreen-q9y Ppl also said that about building a city in the middle of the desert. Look at Dubai now.

[@LeahGreen-q9y]

@@fatimaachouri3433 building a normal looking city. Not a line. Basically, this will either not even come to completion or it will fail in a few years after. It's simply an inconvenient project for many reasons(read the long message above by another user). If catastrophe comes the outcome will be devastating, on different level and reason.

[@quantumhype9839]

Thought they would have announced the project is cancelled by now. I'll check in again later this year.

[@Erazon]

When dubai was making a city in desert nobody expected it to be that successful It is today let the people talk its out of the box thinking if it fails we will learn something atleast, but what if it not just imagine it doesnt. 😮

[@BATSOY]

neom doing great job for this amazing project congrats neom

[@enriquealba2193]

This is the final of Saudi Arabia

[@EridanusYT]

And the start for "Arabia" again without the "Saudi/Al Saud" part.

[@sandrahooley]

Get in line ❤

[@umbrellacorporation3206]

Longest prison ever

[@aggimania7901]

what was the progress about here? the foundation statement... well that was informative!

[@BacAsable]

It’s a scam, a waste of everything, a joke, I don’t know if a I have to laugh😂 or cry😢

[@lavamonster6384]

Cry because of jealous and losers who stay at home don't know anything

[@UrbanBDKNY]

I d like to see this built and be a success. Just like I appreciate other mega projects old and new like the Empire State Building to the pyramids to the burj. I probably won’t live there lol but i5 would be cool to see it if it works out

[@AmikoNovich]

So much negativity and jokes in the comments, but I find this project really bold and interesting. It could be a huge fiasco or a new world wonder at the end. As for myself I would've gladly live in a huge futuristic city like that instead of boring small village on outskitsts of Moscow with nonexisting infrastructure

[@LollipopUnicorny]

Радуйся, что ты живёшь на природе, а не в этом ящике в пустыне

[@AmikoNovich]

​@@LollipopUnicornyприрода относительная. Вечно кто-то жжет какой-то мусор, а сборщики металолома неподалеку постоянно обжигают проводку и всю деревню заволакивает черный дым и вонь горящей резины, окна открыть невозможно. Летом с озера постоянно доносятся пьяные вопли, а в ресторане на озере с 10-12 дня до 5 утра орет раздражающая музыка, и менты на жалобы вообще не реагируют. Поскольку нет централизованной канализации, говно все сливают в озеро. Автобусов нет, инфраструктуры нет, скорая едет часами, так как деревня не в приоритете. Проведение газа, труба с которым в сотне метров, мы с соседями добивались годами, бесконечно платя огромные взятки. Интернета тоже ждали годами. Электричество постоянно отключают без предупреждения, порой его нет сутками (отопления, соответственно, тоже нет). Из-за скачков напряжения летит вся техника, в том числе дорогущий котел (скачки такие сильные, что обычные стабилизаторы не спасают). Снег никто не чистит, в этом году с осени практически каждый вечер и каждое утро вместо отдыха занимался расчисткой дороги и выталкиванием застрявших перед моим домом машин (и это при том, что я ужасно переношу холод). Жизнь в деревне - отстой.

[@LollipopUnicorny]

@@AmikoNovich Тебе просто не повезло с местом в таком случае, но хз какой человек в здравом уме захочет жить в той коробке

[@AmikoNovich]

@@LollipopUnicorny да в большинстве деревень сейчас жить не особо, за вычетом элитных поселков для богачей. До того, как переехали сюда, жили в деревне дальше от Москвы. Там не было металоломщиков и ресторана, зато открыли гигантскую нелегальную свалку и свиноферму под боком. И вырубили леса под трассу. А газа там нет до сих пор, поэтому либо платить космические суммы за электричество, либо топиться печкой

[@AFox-qc4kh]

There is a lot in between the outskirts of Moscow and this waste of money in the desert. It's such a bad idea I really can't believe they're doing this. Look at the last mega project on the Arabian peninsula, burj khalifa. Most of it is empty and they have no connection to the sewerage. Every day many trucks have to come to bring all that sh*t away. That city is a gigantic waste of resources for the sake of prestige. It really is a joke.

[@isnotkevin]

Did Papa John just sell me a dystopia?

[@KunalPatil208]

I fail to understand why countries having deserts with hot and arid climates dont use their unusable land to build huge solar farms and use the power to further industrialize themselves or even sell that excess power to other countries ??? 😢 What if this project fails since people dont wish to move here when they have the option to stay in already established cities

[@wussrestbrook1200]

Pretty sure dust messes up solar plants

[@KunalPatil208]

@@wussrestbrook1200 I think there are some robotics based solutions for the cleaning the panels. Also the benefits far outweigh this issue over the long term

[@greenblue76]

It has been almost totally cancelled, just 1 km

[@tom20152]

2.4 km

[@apexerman1]

Utopian visions are seductive. Can humans adapt to living in a long linear city? Will vision match reality? Time will tell.

[@jancarlosmanon4556]

Millions of humans live in slums without access to water and electricity yet they still live there, this will have all the necessary things and even more humans need to live

[@Rusty9017]

no, of course not, you dont need time, when you leave a smooth brain dictator design anything, it will be dumb shit! Have you learned nothing from Dubai? Or Jedda tower? (that is absolutely the tallest building in the world right now lol)

[@butterfliesinsidemj]

​@jancarlosmanon4556 Slum people might want to live here but will not be invited.

[@AFox-qc4kh]

@@jancarlosmanon4556 nothing of that will work, just like all the other projects on the Arabian peninsula. All just a big waste of materials and money.

[@matthias9184]

Peoples were saying the same about Dubai in the past. Was exactly the same situation. Building a city in the middle of the desert. And today here we are. Peoples all around the world are under estimating middle East countries…

[@ludovicle464]

Yes exactly! More city like Dubai. Thanks to them to host our so called "Influencers". Please keep them all. We still have more to send.

[@Tom78777]

Well it depends of the project, the The World Islands in dubai is a total failure

[@fiesta123]

Dubai are growing from the time they are building a normal City, not only High Buildings and palms in the water that are collapsing.

[@Rusty9017]

Well yes, and Dubai is a joke and highest tower in the world has to have its poop sucked out by a bunch of trucks each morning and UAE is on the different level than Saudis in the first place.

[@PastaSenpai]

This won’t be anywhere near as successful as Dubai

[@nikomokrov]

Saudi-Arabia… human rights… thin and long megacity… surely a fantastic idea

[@r.b.l.5841]

LOL what could possibly go wrong....!

[@SantoshYadav-fw5ni]

We need work progress video not promotion video.

[@Rusty9017]

google "hole in the ground" and then "big hole in the ground" for progress video

[@martinsky2086]

Way to go Saudi, I would take a trip, keep up the good job

[@begula_real]

Yeah im waiting. If they do build the first phase i would go there to see. Human build something impossible, yeah back 100 year ago even engineer cant imagine mobile phone

[@begula_real]

Just because they're arab, or china, or asians, or any of those low-profile country that do this, i wont go racist and just hoping humanity creates more cool things in world

[@umangyadav7579]

This project is beautiful only in youtube videos..but ground reality is very very different from youtube videos. The.major challenge how to grow trees and planting in non productive soil. Other challenge...Drinking water, harsh and warm environment, security challenges..

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

They can grow trees and plant, it’s good soil. Drinking water will be the easiest. weather & environment are great. Very Secure so idk what security challenges you’re talking about

[@Lawandorder-lw7zh]

@@ArabianQuirkSAI’m sorry to tell you but no amount of money is gonna make this thing profitable let alone a good idea. It’s gonna end up as a horrendous mistake like Chinese ghost cities and Jedda tower

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

@@Lawandorder-lw7zh nah, ur acc is 4 months old

[@AntonySimkin]

Yeah.. moving millions of tons of materials, earth and water, CUTTING OFF the lifecycle of all the species living in desert (yes, there is a lot of migrating life in desert). In other terms - destroying everything to build nothing. Watch any breakdown of the project by some respectable architect. And me, like an egineer.. man.. when you have such a massive artificial habitat - so many things will go wrong. Just imagine an electrical explosion in any of the main distribution boxes.. a chunk of the city will go down. Air circulation, humidity control, temperature control... What a mess. Bro.. I can imagine some "futuristic way" of solving some stuff.. but we didn't move far from 304 stainless steel yet. Khalifa tower leaking pipes are a good example.

[@hectorpinheirobatista1740]

It has very promising things, like zero emissions. But imagine going to visit some frind in The line but there is only one airport so we have to move dozens of kilometers 😂. I hope there's at least a highway for eletric cars

[@Francisco-FX]

People so negative here they said the same about dubai back in the day besides no one of us will live there only rich people

[@rioluna6058]

To Make burj khaifa it took 10 years and the line is that X of I dont know 100 maybe less maybe more.. At this trate they Will finish a couple of kilometters in 10 years...

[@BrokenLaptop_]

Dubai still sucks, this will suck even more

[@PastaSenpai]

This is no Dubai.

[@emirkulovic713]

Of course. 98% of people have no clue what's going in the world. You can't blame them. Lol 😆 😂

[@r.b.l.5841]

even the rich don't want to live there, just buy a unit as an investment...

[@MrAra213]

This would be so crazy if they pull it off!

[@schmetterling4477]

They will pull off what they are really doing, but it's not building a city. :-)

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

This is nothing more than a propaganda video. I have seen no information presented which explains how it will achieve this claim of "balance with nature conservation, sustainability and economic prosperity" at 1:25. When something seems to good to be true it usually is!

[@themugwump33]

Remember that scene in Star Wars where our heroes are stuck in a pile of garbage between walls closing in on them? What a great place to live. You get the feeling of that exciting movie scene every day! Sign me the fuck up!!! 🎉

[@chillout914]

God bless the land of Muhammed ánd Omar and the royalty the kingdom of Saudi Arabia ....

[@ArabianQuirkSA]

Ameen