THE LINE is Growing FAST! Construction Update 2024

[@tj_fiji]

A tent in the African Sahara watching the wildlife is more exciting than sitting in a posh hotel looking at sand. But thats just me

[@FreshAirRules]

100% true.

[@duhaneyparkclassics7484]

No one is lining up to live in a autocracy. The whole premise is a recipe for disaster.

[@MacGyver886]

Does this mean there should be no construction anywhere in the world?

[@FreshAirRules]

@@MacGyver886 No but it should respect nature. We should try to build around nature, with nature, as much as possible. It makes for a much better stay there if they manage it. We've all seen some places that look like they grew out of the ground there so compatible are they with their surroundings. That's the magic that is so serene when you're there. Construction shouldn't disrupt the environment.

[@MacGyver886]

@@FreshAirRules But there's construction elsewhere in the world. People go to New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Cairo, Paris, Sydney, Dubai, Rio and other places to experience culture and observe man-built structures. Why criticism here then?

[@mindyourbusiness4440]

I feel they should invest in animation projects because the animation team is doing such a great job!

[@peelypeelmeister6432]

😅 Yeah. Good comment 👍

[@danielbalev991]

Hyperloop supposed to do that as well 🙂

[@FoodNerds]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@BinHadi]

we already start with Some non-profit companies

[@Shakazuloeman]

So you are criticising Hyperloop for trying something futuristic? Good thing rest of the world is not like you sitting on your couch criticising others for trying 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@shutincharlie3461]

Not utopia ... dystopia

[@4izm0v]

لا تجي ما نبغاك

[@Eric_Tennant]

@@4izm0v Writing looks like you had a stroke

[@4izm0v]

سكتة قلبية تصيبك@@Eric_Tennant

[@Eric_Tennant]

@@4izm0v لا، ولكن الرجل الذي جاء بهذه المشاريع هو حمار

[@Glotalaya]

I think he's speaking noodle@@Eric_Tennant

[@idriveastationwagon1534]

This gonna end up like one of your unfinished Minecraft projects

[@podunkman2709]

EVERYTHING they own was bought in Europe or US. Even siplest jobs are done by external people. "Future" 😅

[@createdshocked4700]

😂

[@Talos_Valkoran]

That's painful. Gotta to check my world

[@trapperbytariksfouane7558]

That have too much money to fail

[@jery214]

Top 2 Luxe hotel Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines Mnjnjbjhbhb

[@fighter4liberty211]

This is 1 of the clearest examples of having more money than sense that I've ever seen.

[@2869may]

Right, Money is a control illusion....

[@fighter4liberty211]

@@2869may So if I get my Illusion skill to 100 will I have that much money? No. Illusion or not money makes the world go round.

[@r.b.l.5841]

More money for a few, too bad for the rest.

[@jery214]

Top 2 Luxe hotel Cagayan de Oro city Philippines Jijihujjh

[@arturogarcia9946]

I can bring the perfect weather ☁️

[@mpaulm]

These hotels for the super rich won’t last if they are built, once the 1% visits them and gets bored they’ll just sit empty.

[@classic.cameras]

they will lower the price for the rich at that point I suppose.

[@reatile]

The rooms will on average be about $1000 a night, it's not bad

[@ReinhardvonHolst]

I agree. Why rock up in your multi-million dollar super yacht just to stay in a hotel room without your own personal staff.

[@mpaulm]

@@fauzaan_shareef You assume too much. 🐪🤡

[@mikeb6085]

​​@@fauzaan_shareef lmao cope harder and maybe they'll actually finish one of these projects for visitation to even be possible. It's the same old story, insane oil rich dictator thinks like a child playing SimCity to make the most unnecessary and ostentatious structure his juvenile mind can conceive. He just enters an infinite $ cheatcode so he can skip all the boring adult and real life stuff like actually having a demand for whatever monstrosity, or an existing tourism industry, or urban and architectural planning, or resources, or a voluntary and compensated labor force, or existing construction materials and methods of engineering, or the basic laws of physics, or anything else relating to dumb boring reality. Nope, he just scribbles his crayons on a napkin and says "I was THIS" and his cronies have to figure out how the hell they're going to make it work if they want to keep their hands. For those reasons, I admit, I don't really want it finished. The west may be a cultural wasteland, and failing at many social issues, but infrastructure is one thing the US does right. It might take a while and be abandoned years later lol, but construction will be completed and it won't be an engineering disaster that will collapse like a castle of sand. These gulf cities are basically amusement parks with as much spirit as Pyongyang. Also by "investment" i think you mean laundering and gaining political capital. It's not healthy or sustainable for the economies, especially China in Africa.

[@NathanHarrison7]

I came here for a construction update about the Line. Not to hear about other projects. If I wanted to hear about those other projects I would have searched for information on those projects.

[@Trey4x4]

**SHITS DOWN YOUR THROAT**

[@salvalooez2249]

I concur 😅

[@ascgazz]

Yup. Bullshit video.

[@19AGJ86]

The line is going to fail!

[@cardboardboxification]

click bait , I just scan the vid and see if any thing shows real construction pictures , didn't even watch this just read some comments

[@Boofi-quat]

Really going for the Mordor aesthetic here aren’t they?

[@thecatat7]

Love it!

[@whimsygrove9971]

So weird I was JUST thinking that! Sauron's making gold instead of rings.

[@jimcrawford3185]

Based on the assumption of silicon life forms not carbon Carbon is so pre New World Order

[@andreirachko]

The Lord of the [oil] Rigs

[@superkd7030]

@andreirachko The Lord of the [oil] Rigs? Is SA taking Americans moniker from them? Don't worry, gollum, the 'rigs' is still yours, after all you're still illegally invading Syria to steal their oil.

[@usmcmsgt5487]

Windex is going to love this.... sales will go up for sure cleaning those mirrors/windows

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Tickled 😂😅👊🏾

[@TheSateef]

all glass towers makes a lot of sense in a place where is 50 deg C in the day and zero water

[@mostaksobhan1831]

😂

[@SteenyBean]

I’d think windex would instantly evaporate on contact from the 8 billion degree mirrored facade 😂

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

No the highest degree in this place is 40

[@timogronroos4642]

That's like two Berlin walls against each other and people living in between. Sounds like freedom. Who guards the doors in and out?

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

No one guards the doors. It's in the middle of a desert. Where is anyone going to go if they want to leave?

[@rexharrison6827]

@@did_I_hurt_you_feefees It's "The Prisoner" 2.0! 😄

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

@@rexharrison6827 LOL Good one!

[@matthewhayes3142]

except they're nothing like 2 berlin walls against each other, but ok

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

@@matthewhayes3142 True. They're nothing like the Berlin walls because you live inside these walls. I sure hope you don't think you'll be free if you live in these things.

[@T1000mileman]

I think if I sell my house, I can afford a weekend at one of these luxury resorts. I can't wait...

[@pyr3x849]

More like half an hour fool!

[@enigmaticallis3110]

Wouldn't break my heart lol

[@ronald4011]

You can buy an appartement there. I dont think its going to be expensive

[@Nesut-king]

its made for Saudis and Arabs which are already rich

[@dr.a006]

Maybe you get lucky if you strike oil on your property 😅

[@jrr6947]

I just wonder how many tourists they think there really are. I mean they are competing with millions of other places. "Futuristic glass and steel building" in the middle of nowhere doesn't sound so nice. The rich may splurge, but how many times would they actually go back?

[@keithdefreitas3399]

That’s how Las Vegas was started as just a desert in the middle of nowhere and now look at it today.

[@jrr6947]

@@keithdefreitas3399 Vegas was started as a pitstop and a guy decided to create entertainment by building a casino. So there was a reason people traveled through, a place to stop and with more people, more businesses opened. What's this massive shard in the desert for? There's no reason to travel through, that is literally the destination.

[@MrDg05]

​@@jrr6947you will see how much tourists visits there once it's completed

[@Ozvideo1959]

Oh yeah, they'll come in their droves. Why would anyone want to travel the world in a luxury yacht, or stay in a 5 star hotel in some exotic location. No they'll want to sit in an isolated outpost in the desert where you can see all those locations via augmented reality. I mean they're fake, but then again so are most rich people.

[@Ozvideo1959]

@@keithdefreitas3399 What do you mean? Vegas may well turn a profit, but that has little to do with anything other than gambling. If you were to take gambling away, Vegas would die. There would be no major events, just a bunch of empty hotels.

[@Leeds71]

Welcome to the WeF 15 minute city Dystopia

[@MichaelMiller-op8fe]

I have a friend who's always working on six or seven projects at the same time ...over the years I have yet to see him finish anything.

[@ruilopes00]

Guilty

[@jeremygrecte]

The title should rather be "THE TRENCH is growing fast !". While some of the announced projects in NEOM are truly going well as shown in this video, it doesn't look the same for the Line. Despite many videos claiming that the LINE is progressing, it is in reality still nothing more than a huge trench on the site of the announced Line.

[@barnz3000]

500m high! LOL. That is ridiculous. Any engineer would tell you. Stupidly high buildings are stupid, you loose too much real-estate to elevators. And you use a huge amount of structural materials.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Sometimes you need to draw a -Line- trench in the sand.

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

@@scipioafricanus5871 That was just beautiful, thank you.

[@Mranshumansinghr]

The Houthis are looking forward to the completion.

[@Kr0N05]

Yes that was my thought exactly. But Saudi Arabia seems to remain untouched after all these decades of strife in the area - it's almost like they provide training areas for terrorists in exchange for not going after Saudi Arabia.

[@juisss]

@@Kr0N05They have been hit by multiple missile and drone attacks by houtis, and they're not "giving" any terrain for training that's not what a truce is, and third houtis are more of a rebellious group than "terrorist", terrorist are groups like ISIS who only appear to kill more muslims and seem to have a connection to the west, stop spreading lies and nonsense.

[@MacGyver886]

India is not fearful of Kashmiri separatists while they are building the Ram Mandir, then assuming Saudis know how to protect themselves.

[@gwhite7136]

When it comes to guarding money and this place is an investment for untold amounts of revenue, best believe it will be fort Knox time ten.

[@MSC2013]

Indeed it is😂😂😂

[@nerrade]

The Line is the most inefficient, muddle headed architectural design that I've ever hear of. Building a city in a line is the only way to guarantee that each place is a maximum distance away from any other place plus maximum exposure to the elements therefor guaranteeing residents maximum transportation and hydro costs possible.

[@richardcampbell7255]

You need to think in 3d.

[@stewartdent9661]

@@richardcampbell7255You need to think. What he said is true, the laws of physics are on his side.

[@cuseyeti_one8three]

Don’t forget the mirrored exterior in the desert. That can’t possibly cause problems. :/ Don’t forget the disturbance of animal movements inherent in horizontal construction. So many issues with the basic geometric concept of Neom.

[@Esme-gf4jd]

​@@cuseyeti_one8threeI am giving this project the benefit of the doubt until I see otherwise. Does it occur to you that maybe the construction of the walls is for the collection of solar energy? As for me I believe this could truly be the city of the future. Think about it:, hydroponic agriculture, a gorgeous park on top of the walls, and it takes only 20 minutes by high speed rail to cover the entire distance. I live in the USA. If the Line works, I might live to see something like it in Nevada, Wyoming, the Dakotas, anywhere the US has huge tracts of undeveloped land. Maybe people lack vision, but as Saudi A.moves away from a future based on Fossil fuels to a technology based economy, I give them props.I can't wait to see it.

[@odinmoksha]

You are speaking without apparently having any insight as to how it actually works. Efficient transport is specifically one of the factors they designed for. Any part of The Line can be traveled to from any other part within 20 minutes.

[@WTP_1776]

Looks like a giant prison to me

[@azadam1000]

Starbucks? Okay i boycot the whole project

[@icannotthinkofagoodname7439]

cook up

[@azadam1000]

you also boycott starbucks? @@icannotthinkofagoodname7439

[@angelinasimon3513]

Why so much hate for Starbucks? I hate McDonald's and I feel annoyed when burgers are promoted as "delicious" food even in movies like Aquaman. What's wrong with Starbucks? I personally like it, not the best coffee but not the worst.

[@azadam1000]

@@angelinasimon3513 overprized and Starbucks supports modern nazi regime, thats why I hate Starbucks

[@azadam1000]

@@angelinasimon3513 they support zionist or modern nazi

[@suspiciousafternoon]

it's all fun to design and render stuff but I do wonder how many of these projects will actually be realized

[@fiaao546]

none, oil money isn't endless.

[@metrodonkey8093]

depends on how much slave labor they can acquire

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

I wonder who would want to live in a glass cage in the desert where they will be at the mercy of the people who control literally every single aspect of this structure. Disagree with them, bam you can't travel. If your block is doing something they don't like, what you do know? The doors no longer open. Get out of line, no power or A/C. Anyone that moves into this monstrosity is begging for a bad time.

[@The_Reality_Filter]

@@did_I_hurt_you_feefeesIt will never be finished and we know what it would've been like as we had Kowloon Walled City just not in a desert.

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

@@The_Reality_Filter I also doubt it will ever be finished and even if it was, only fools would live in it.

[@dnavid]

the country is filling up with projects that will never be finished.

[@wout123100]

food for future archeologists, say in 3 to 5 thou years.

[@mtsky-tc6uw]

this project cost is a lot less than the yearly budget of the U.S military which will probably nuke the whole world anyways--usa has forfeited its future to have a army to destroy the world....sad as heck

[@ahmad8_8]

It’s all in one place, just different areas

[@Aranimda]

Most tourists will never be able to afford the price level needed to get these projects off the ground.

[@usmclucas]

And that is the injustice.

[@jerrynadler2883]

and the tourists that can afford it do not want to go to saudi arabia.

[@Spirit-vlad]

They're not for you mate 😂 the future is Asia

[@Movingforward2000]

It will be a total fiasco.

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

the only shareholder is the royal family, stting on countless billions. this is not designed to make some hotelier money

[@lindaromero7780]

I thought I was getting an update on the Line. 10 minutes in you finally mention it. Barely…

[@stekon9112]

So any questionsb 1. Logistics in the building, wather, garabage, food 2. Who will live there? 3. Why live there.? 4. How much will it cost per month?

[@fortissimoX]

I really can't understand how someone would even come to such bizarre idea like "The line", let alone try to build it, or even want to live in that prison. Wtf?

[@thefluffernutters2572]

Well they will need somewhere to store all the slaves they use to build their luxury hotels

[@spectaclesociety]

i can imagine this is inspired by some group of wealthy individuals during drug session, you know...line..on coffee table..or on big glass table

[@willpolr]

Ego

[@denkoxh8610]

Great film animation. Worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster.

[@yourtuber77]

2024: The Line becomes reality 2034: The most visited Lost Places

[@kaunas888]

The Line sounds like a white elephant megalomaniac's dream turning into a Judge Dredd like dystopia prison.

[@delta5852]

Those hotels in the desert look like they came straight out of Mordor.

[@jerrynadler2883]

All I see is luxury this, luxury that. GCC doesnt need more luxury hotels and restaurants. It needs real cities with jobs and corporations, and a middle class.

[@icetrip2417]

There is also a middle class

[@pinkblossom1516]

True I thought the same , it’s kinda sad

[@factcheck9849]

Do you think this city doesn't provide opportunities for the middle class especially with jobs?

[@superkd7030]

@jerrynadler2883 And all we have seen from the West is War here, War there. What we ABSOLUTELY don't need is WW3, but here we are in the brink of it and your griping with this? This is the least of our worries and every penny that don't go to War is good in my books. BTW, real cities as what? These 15 minute cities? SA have a more thriving middle class than most of Europe, these they are shrinking at alarmingly rates. This is not even in the top 100 of SA worst worries whit what is going on.

[@ryan4freedom]

The Line equals The Truman Show on a massive scale.

[@gwhite7136]

I will take the Truman show over the warzone NYC, Philli, Chicago and LA have become.

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

@@gwhite7136 So you'll trade one hell for another? As long as you do as your told I'm sure life there will be just great...

[@gwhite7136]

@@did_I_hurt_you_feefees Your literally calling commercial and infrastructure construction hell..lol Did you hit every branch of the tard tree on your way down? LOL

[@JohnSmith-rk6jy]

100% ........ or that movie that justin timberlake started in where the wealthy lived on one side and the dirt lived on the other .

[@superkd7030]

@JohnSmith-rk6jy I though it was Eminem in 8 miles? You don't need fantasy to make the comparison, just go to LA or any big city in the US, its already reality.

[@simgamelab3034]

What a great idea to put 170km long 500m height wall made of glass in the middle of the desert (!)

[@Bartekwis]

Yeah it definitely won't help the ecosystem

[@simgamelab3034]

@@Bartekwis and such giant mirror can even radiate so much sun light, that will most probably change the wind stream.

[@sebastienbolduc5654]

It's all about money laundering. Do you know anything about those Chinese ghost cities? That's what it's all about. Look into it. It's interesting. Seems like the Saudis are going down the same road.

[@Drobium77]

there aren't enough materials on earth to be able to make The Line, not in the timescale they want, and the environmental costs will be vast, across the planet

[@rehlashylyco7058]

Global warming..not a smart move

[@orlandomando8486]

Finaly someone is advancing us into "The Fifth Element" levels :)

[@markiowa5437]

Tourism can be a profitable industry- in destination locations with access to easy travel for large number of populations...like many European cities, Vegas, Orlando, Carribean resorts, etc. To be a primary industry- you need lots of cheap labor, great weather, and the corresponding housing and transportation needed for the working folks. Easy flights, trains etc. to get there- like Vegas- cheap flights all day long and lots of reasonably close by high population cities. None of these criterium seem to be in place for these projects. They are assuming that extremely wealthy peoples will flock there- well there isn't enough extremely wealthy people to fulfill this, especially if middle east tycoons oil money dries up over the next 40 years- which it likely will- that is why they are seeking diversity of income sources. Diversity of income would be other industries- like manufacturing, technology, health care, agricultural, finance/banking, etc. And let's be honest- lots of people vacation for the sights, but many also want some sins, like alcohol, partying, gambling, bikini clad beaches, chasing woman- or men- which is not really something you're going to find much of in the middle east. Weather and safety- political safety- are also considerations for non-middle east tourists. I don't see this ending well, but fun to watch.

[@vvinniem8907]

Oh no, they wouldn't want to invest in industry and manufacturing. Too much hard work. Arabs are known to be very shy of hard work .

[@ovalwingnut]

Have these people been drug tested recently? Just saying... Anyway, good luck with "all that".

[@theTimHernandez]

🤣

[@PierredeCur]

It's worse. It's religious fundamentalism...

[@mc_coolcat847]

Have you been to Dubai? I just came back. They have ALREADY built structures far more impressive than what is showcased here

[@PierredeCur]

@@mc_coolcat847 you said it "impressive", which is the only point... 😃 It's the essence of religious fundamentalism: all show, no substance, not grounded in reality, efficiency, efficacity or similar...

[@superkd7030]

'All show, no substance, not grounded in reality, efficiency, efficacity or similar...' Are you're sure is religion? Cause i haven't seen a better description of the US Military ever. 😂😂😂

[@ahmedalireza-uo9vi]

Total waste of money. Our wealth is being spent in none productive total bullshit projects but there is no one to tell MBs that people don’t agree with him or with what he is doing. A large silent majority whose voice is silent for fear of retaliation by the police …… he simply has no clue how unpopular he is in the face of the chears of his close associates

[@elafalssayed9551]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wout123100]

inst that true in some other countries as well?

[@agent-A-build]

Looks like saudi arabia does not care about economic growth or cost. It cares about, what buildings do we have today

[@BeigeBrownClip-jd2pv]

Hope he reads KZbin comments here

[@oFaisalo]

@@agent-A-buildwhat ? Bro every country wants economic growth

[@abidrahim7607]

A circular hi tech city would’ve made more sense than a line

[@neveser]

These new prisons are getting fancier and fancier.

[@mddell24]

These projects all look like English 'Folies' (folie à deux) where a wealthy person meets an architect that has great wondrous ideas but little sense of the practical world. Noam, where will the water be piped from and waste sent? The transport to/from airports, delivery of thousands of tons of food each day...? Will every one travel by PT, and fast train? What is the advantage of putting living space in a straight line, when every civilization has always spread out in a plain (two dimensions not one dimension).

[@pianissimo369]

Yep ..but follies were generally quite small building projects 🤷

[@higherresolution4490]

The self-centered cultural bias of the super wealthy around the world is so skewed from reality that it's somewhat amusing how blind they are when conceiving of these kinds of multi-billion projects. No useful research performed. The whole thing is just ego.

[@niviamaeva]

Where’s Noam located exactly? 🤪

[@Lee-jh6cr]

How does Riyadh function? Medina? Mecca?

[@dagmarbubolz7999]

@@Lee-jh6cr not in a line, that's for sure, and that if for reasons.

[@GalvinW]

Wonder how many corners will be cut to reach deadlines. Wouldn't surprise me after this is built that they'll be many issues

[@robertlindsay9826]

It will probably flood!

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

Just bring in more Indians.

[@superkd7030]

@robertlindsay9826 That's a great joke. 😂😂😂😂😂 The sarcasm was pouring.

[@HyperBiker]

Hope they rememeber to construct the sewage systems first unlike what they did with the Burj Kalifa.

[@spcrowe]

I wonder if they'll have time to plumb in a sewerage line.

[@mattypants]

When i think of vacation destinations, Saudi Arabia is always top of the list ... Pretty sure said no one ever. The ultra wealthy may go a time or two because they've exhausted other places, but thats about it.

[@Movingforward2000]

There`s no point @ all to go to a country like Saudi arabia there`s nothing there, the people are stuck up & stupid. countries like Brazil Colombia would be a much better choice.

[@btdking1597]

To you maybe , not to the 2 billion Muslims you donut , Google how important Makkah and Madina to all Muslims . So dumb

[@miokaya4595]

@@Movingforward2000 Yeah, I Mean, Peoples, Nature, and Culture still the best rather than soulless expensive hotel and resort lol.

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

Dude that is one of the most asinine comments I have ever seen. Literally millions and millions of people visit Saudi Arabia every single year for the hajj. For Muslims around the world who have not made the trip, you bet your ass it is at the VER Y top of the list. Do your research.

[@Movingforward2000]

@@nobrainsnoheadache2434 Muslims don't count only western tourists do

[@theseedlady2025]

I LOVE IT ❤ I AM SO EXCITED TO SUPPLY EVERYTHING NEEDED! I AM ON IT!!!! ❤

[@MattPerdeck]

The 9 million people living in The Line - what will they do? It is located in a very remote desert, with currently hardly any economic activity. And why wasn't it built closer to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's largest city, a few hundred km further south on the red sea?

[@Matkustaja]

Maybe its just the future prison for all the uncompliants left after others were died.

[@MAtildaMortuaryserver]

They could not pay me enough to ever go to Saudi Arabia.

[@Special-Creature]

I’ve been there and it was amazing. Went out at 4 am without any fear (I’m a European woman) You couldn’t pay me enough to go as a woman to India

[@Nesut-king]

don't go then they don't want you actually

[@tweet334]

@@Special-Creature Safety is a point in the truest sense of the word. A city where you can leave your diamond necklace on the diner table without anyone taking it away, while you take your children to the chocolate fountains.

[@Special-Creature]

@@tweet334 literally. Walking around at night and people leaving their door completely open

[@theuncanspan]

True, my american friends online are begging me to leave for the US but i tell them i wouldn't trade the safety for anything​@@Special-Creature

[@markbole2496]

Regardless what they build, Neom is still located in a bleak desert near nothing. No jungles, limited wildlife (unless desert mice and beetles are your thing), no surf, no historical sites, no local culture. It's a new city in a patch of dirt near the coast. You can sit in a luxury hotel lobby in some awesome places in the world, why travel there?

[@spcrowe]

Sand spiders, always nice to be bitten by

[@suhacaykoylu8259]

Peak of fantasy and absurdity. Sheer waste of money. A monumental monstrosity

[@MrDg05]

Cry they have money you don't

[@pixel3163]

you are primitive Mrdg

[@secretagentcat]

@@MrDg05 monumental waste of resources, st fu. i dont want the money these greedy pigs have

[@wout123100]

@@MrDg05 that is still no reason to spoil it.

[@MrDg05]

@@wout123100 what spoil there barren land they wanna use for tourism why you poke I'm their buisness

[@angryvaultguy]

Oh the epicon tower looks futuristic, it just looks like a futuristic building that was destroyed in a oribital bombardment

[@SonofHardrada]

The Linet is the epitome of the saying "more money than brains". A bad idea for a number of reasons.

[@raoultesla2292]

How many Nepalese and Filipino workers does it take to build all those projects with hammer and towel?

[@Seeker_of_sense]

And how many will die?

[@stuboyd1194]

Neom, if it's ever completed might be like the Peach Trees tower in Dredd.

[@salvalooez2249]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@angryvaultguy]

Yeah I thought the exact same thing, this project exists because some billionaire arab watched too many sci fi movies

[@adamnielson2980]

The most interesting thing to me about The Line is, how do they expect to get 9 million residents to move there? Most cities are built up in areas with lots of people with lots of growth, but for this project they will have to move in. I may just be underestimating interest in people who want to move there, but getting 9 million people to move to a new prototype city in the desert seems like a stretch. Also on a side note, is there any plan for fires or natural disasters? I'm legitimately curious to see if anyone has any ideas for an escape plan or safety features in this city because with how compact the entire thing is I can't imagine there aren't going to have to be many contingencies for emergencies in this project. I'm skeptical but I will applaud them if Saudi Arabia can pull this off 😂

[@BinHadi]

مشروع ذا لاين من المخطط ان يتم على ٣ مراحل حتى عام ٢٠٤٥ لا احد يعرف ماذا سيحصل خلال ال٢٠ سنة القادمه

[@ezekiel5386]

Yeah, who wouldn't want to live in a city that defies every single concept of effectiveness and sanity.

[@adamnielson2980]

@ezekiel5386 exactly! like, how are you supposed to move your belongings in? 🤣

[@ukpitts]

@@adamnielson2980 Belongings ! I suspect residents will rent everything….right down to towels / toothbrushes & bed linen. Own nothing & be happy……remember!

[@paddymcgree8511]

And what economic activity or industry is the root of this city? Services? As long as they are pumping oil this may survive but it seems to lack a solid foundation for a future where the main resource seems to be sand.

[@radart6037]

I find it hard to get too enthused about these resort towns built for wealthy westerners. How about housing for the desperate displaced people of the world? That would be truly something of lasting value to come from all these oil riches that have lead to a climate crisis for the world.

[@nando7688]

I have even worse projects I develop in my daydreams. How can I submit my projects for assessment?

[@jvs333]

Guess this is what’s called “stupidly rich”

[@ishko108]

"Stupid" being the operative word.

[@gwhite7136]

Hmmm as opposed to the morons running NYC? LOl Stop it. At least their rich aren't electing job killers while building dooms day bunkers on private islands they plan to flee to.. lol They are embarrassing us..

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

No, just stupid.

[@superkd7030]

Don't worry, "Stupid" will always be the operative word for American. Its not an little building that's going to take your moniker away.

[@gwhite7136]

@@superkd7030 lol. Good point, and agree. The worst thinking you can do imo, is build nothing, inspire nothing. Blue and red states in the US than battle at teh local level where local city councils kill programs.. Look up Destiny USA for Syracuse NY and see what became of that in a blue state.

[@busybody1474]

Most skyscrapers in Manhattan are nearly empty.. humans are really great at building stuff they don't actually need

[@l11-s2l3q]

Good sentence. These projects also remind me of the story of Tower of Babylon. And peaceful as I am, I don't think there is a bad evil plan behind such projects, it's the monetary system that somehow rewards these grazy useless projects.

[@pianissimo369]

We need trees and grass...

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

No one with a sense of freedom (real or not) will subject themselves to this monstrosity.

[@classic.cameras]

These just look like scenes from Star Wars.

[@HugoBrown]

especially those luxury hotels haha , Star Trek Next Gen came to mind, when IIsaw the hotels lol and the Line looks like some Klingon Cloaked city lol

[@DrRestezi]

AI narrator reading ChatGPT cue cards is not very convincing.

[@FireDFPV]

Investing into the future... Fixing world problems (Plastic waste, pollution, etc) - No More hotels - Yes

[@Shawnmaclean-rj1uz]

We (the west ) are paying for this with our gas ect . As we go to the food bank , forced to pay extreme fuel tax ; there police force are Lamborghini and flying bikes?” Something is very wrong with this picture

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

😂 I hope they figure out the plumbing situation and don’t end up like some other “rich” countries where they don’t have a way of carrying toilet waste from this place to a water treatment facility…. No more poop trucks pumping feces out and driving it into the desert to “dispose” of.

[@stephenallen4374]

It's going to be the largest Hot house on the planet no thank you 🥵

[@ursdreyer3122]

...and the darkest. How are the inner surfaces supposed to get daylight at 500 meters high and 200 meters wide...?

[@Spirit-vlad]

You won't be able to afford it don't worry

[@jefffredrickson9318]

None of this will happen before 2029. You know that's in 5 years, right? 2030 is in 6. These projects, many of which you're saying haven't started yet, would take WAY longer than 6 years to build. Unless they're not as lavish nor as large as the renderings made them look. Just saying.

[@gwhite7136]

It's attainable. The Chinese with their Mega projects using less labor per project met most of their deadlines and leading up to the Olympics. These numbers exceed that and growing every year. But when you start getting into the hundred thousand worker range, you would be shocked at how fast you can build. We don't do it this way in the US because we do cost based on a timeline that is usually much slower. This is why you never seen large projects completed very quickly at all here. Raise funds, spend funds, raise more funds, delays and oh we need more money. This creates the slow progress of building larger projects. Most city councils looks to reduce the cost as they see them as easy wins politically. This in tern means a lesser finished product. Example, the Freedom Tower in NY is a joke compared to even the original Twin Towers and for 15 years after 911, all we saw were two empty holes. None of this has to be finished by 2029. Investors just want to see progress, something well started and some completions, that's all but assured. The hardest part of any big project is actually doing everting need to get construction going. That's the hard part, especially in the US.

[@UnChannelDuVulpineX]

@@gwhite7136 I wonder if the arabs will pay 50 grand to shit on White women here too, like they do in dubai.

[@ooii565]

the line will finish in phases, i think the last phase is projected to complete in 2050, theres plenty of time

[@jenniferwolfe5110]

​@@ooii565the sad thing is it will happen in my lifetime when I am 60 by the time it's fully built, meaning I have a higher chance of witnessing this Dystopian city before it gets destroyed. I am only 31😅😅

[@kaunas888]

If they are going to build The Line at all (which they really should not if they were sensible) they should fully construct about 100-200 meters of it, move people in to live and see if it is even remotely workable in real life...and not just in idealized rendered graphical images.

[@LayzeeGiant]

So a bunch of guys with pizza restaurant tablecloths on their heads are building a Borg Cube. Seems legit.

[@MohamedShou]

“Pizza restaurant tablecloths in their head” did you just say something racist or bigoted? 🤨 You guys really are brave online huh

[@LayzeeGiant]

@@MohamedShou Sorry the truth hurts.

[@Alex-oz9eh]

​@@MohamedShou uh oh, stinky...

[@mkworkgroupis1739]

not racist or bigoted, people do that, the French laugh at English food and English laugh at them eating frogs, scots get called tight the Irish thick and the English over apologetic with bad food. in Europe that's how we be friends we laugh at each other national difference but we know that we are actually friends. so please leave our bigot racist tears at Vienna or the communist halls of the Frankfurt school from where that shit came @@MohamedShou

[@Farmvalleygrl]

Nah you’re not sorry. You’re just an asshole.

[@AMeise-vy4fk]

Man....this is real boredom caused by Money. A Desaster for Nature built by Slaves. But thanks for this Advertisment

[@jerrynadler2883]

There is no 'nature' in the arabian desert. No Rivers, no trees, very very few animals. The environmental impact will be less than if a Houston developer opened up another suburb

[@Nesut-king]

just like the USA right??

[@appliedengineering4001]

How in the bloody hell can they build that wall city. 500m tall by 174km long. Even with an unlimited budget, It would still take over 100 years to build that thing.

[@kedrprao]

idk about 100 years but there's no way this insane line project gets done by 2030.

[@appliedengineering4001]

@@kedrprao If nothing hinders the work progress. They might get a 5km section done by 2030. Even with fully robotic construction. I don't see how this can be done in less then 100years. Can anyone out there fathom the scale of this thing.

[@VictorianDad]

However long it takes, ​I can't help think that it's completely the wrong shape. Surely the most efficient shape for a city is square? Or possibly circle? It's certainly not a 500 mile long line.

[@tralfaz77777]

Spending extra money to integrate into mountains in remote areas, and building buildings that have extra structurally non useable areas makes perfect sense in saving the planet. Rich people are such hypocrites.

[@createdshocked4700]

The problem is when the idea comes and some follow you can’t stop it. I was sitting in bathroom thinking what it will be if I say I can be a “fully workable” woman and my girlfriend could be “fully workable” man in five years saying she can breed me and I can have a child because of super great technology that will be able to produce human intimate parts. How does it feel when small group will be attracted to this with such a nice words and tone? It is just an example but believe me or not it started from saying that we are dying because of heat and pollution. Many people have no idea why the hell they say about it getting even more money than before by saying that. And as in mass scale you will say idea to people with having some respect around you built earlier you will face approbation from others. That’s how it works. It’s about those instagram people who believe in many sci-fi things that are possible in a blink of an eye when they are not.

[@tralfaz77777]

@@createdshocked4700 everyone has their own opinion. And that just shows that some ideas are what a majority would say are a good or a bad thing. The beauty of it is, we are all free, to an extent, to do whatever we want to. Just sad that almost all the time, creativity is stifled by money. It's all a matter of perspective though. Thanks for your comment. Have a nice day.

[@createdshocked4700]

@@tralfaz77777 Sadness is more about toxicity and that 70% of world has no right to speak about it to deny project like this because it may be unsafe for builders and secondly it can flow and cause a environment being touched. Thanks for reply. Have a nice day too.

[@biggeststeppa1]

How to say nothing in 12:46

[@johnyblandofoz952]

U MAY NEED TO RE DO THE $$ FIGURES... PLUS THE WALL MAY BE MILES N MILES LONG BUT IT CERTAINLY ISNT WIDE ENOUGH...

[@richardsainz3655]

Since there won't be any cars allowed in the line, it makes me wonder what will happen if a fire breaks out in one of the buildings. It seems that they haven't given this disaster scenario any thought and if a fire did break out, it seems that it would simple spread quickly and a great tragedy would occur. Any thoughts on this?

[@BuzzBee-et8np]

I agree- that makes me anxious just thinking about it.

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

It’s gonna be all steel and concrete. Fire can’t spread from unit to unit. And I’m sure at a bare minimum there will be some basic fire suppression system in place that will help suppress any fires in any isolated unit.

[@juliapigworthy]

They could call it the Grenfell Line City.

[@outlet6989]

I've been told that sand will smother a kitchen stove fire.

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

@@outlet6989 it’s best for lithium battery fires. Deprive the lithium of oxygen and no more fire.

[@valeriabr7343]

Que condições estão e estarão os ttabalhadores destas obras? Só consegui pensar nisso. E o que pensei é catastrófico.

[@SanjarTheKingOfKings]

I would like this opportunity to thank the esteemed prince for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on future james bond sets.

[@gwhite7136]

Well, at least he didn't send hundred of billions over the last year to Ukraine that is 100% gone. What did we get for that by the way, the taxpayer? Oh, yea, that's right, nothing. lol

[@Modaly-kg8qu]

{ أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ } [سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ: ١٢٨]

[@JoeWolsing]

Projects of the human hybris. Who thinks such things are a good idea should learn about the rabbit fence in Australia and its effects on the environment.

[@DieselRamcharger]

Its all so very real the entire video is CGI and Animation.

[@green29373]

Why does everyone love investing into stuff that only billionares can afford, instead of improving infrastructure, affordable housing/cars/stuff, and helping the poorer areas. The luxury market is so over saturated

[@Spright91]

Because billionaires are the ones doing the investing. They don't give a shit about affordability.

[@haifaalmaashi9707]

@@Spright91 i am scared

[@adrianboulter1906]

couldnt think of anywhere worse to live, surrounded by sand and rock

[@ooii565]

on the contrary, bugs and insects are rare, sunlight is plentiful, so will solar energy, and subsequently water, also the design of the line is suitable for a hot climate,.

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

And a dictator. They will have 100% control over every single thing you do in that hell.

[@PopCapMusicTrending]

I feel like the line may not be as accurate they promised, it would be a great way to build transportation though, just straight line ride.

[@did_I_hurt_you_feefees]

Somehow I don't think transportation is their goal. I think control is the prize. What do you think they'd do if you started disobeying them? Who controls the doors, the power, the transportation, the money, the stores, the hospitals? Is that something you want to live in?

[@PopCapMusicTrending]

@@did_I_hurt_you_feefees I'm saying that they're just building it for incredibly quick transit as a tourist attraction, not as a city. After that, the city would be constructed beside it.

[@sprezzatura8755]

I prefer to sit in a quiet cafe in a charming Italian town.

[@KatariaGujjar]

Abraha also built a Mu*kaab* in Yemen in the 6th century to rival the real *Kaab*a in Makkah. It did not last very long and he died an excruciating death.

[@Stafford674]

A huge investment into a government inspired project; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

[@ponyphonic]

Is that a Jared Harris AI voice? It sounds flawless.

[@colors6692]

Sounds nothing like him!

[@skyylow]

They would be better off spending this money to benefit humanity instead of there ego.

[@guntherkotzur5989]

No word in the article about the progress on NEOM. Has it already been cancelled? When your bank starts offering you a fund with NEOM, you'll know what's going on.

[@liamharrington6672]

You would have to be all kinds of insane to spend that much money on anything that close to the sea, which will rise and devour everything nearby it. I guess it could be useful to people in our lifetime but who cares about everyone in the future, I guess? The shortsightedness is spectacular.

[@3d9e]

UAE is slowly turning into Halo / Assasins creed in real life

[@jerrynadler2883]

This is SA not UAE

[@BearfootArt]

Have they learned from their previous projects that they need to connect it to a sewage system or will they just have a constant line of sewage trucks servicing it like they do for the Burj Khalifa?

[@celinepa8246]

This is KSA not UAE.

[@MrFranklitalien]

just think of all the birds that will smash on those walls lmao

[@kore1552]

Exactly what I thought !

[@irenejohnston6802]

They won't think about it. Creatures to be exploited. We don't care for things we don't love. Don't worry The Almighty Sovereign Creator of the Universe has His own timescale and Purpose. Daniel 2:44; Revelation 11:18; Isaiah 45:18; Good News for anyone who is on His side Matthew 24:14. 🕊

[@thetraveler7368]

Not to mention the ecological impact structures like The Line will have on the plants and animals in the desert by blocking the wind.

[@superkd7030]

Ecological impact on the plants and animals in the deserted? All the rain Forrest will be gone I guess. 🙄😂😂😂 They are building it on the foot of the mountain, nothing is going to be lost.

[@thetraveler7368]

@@superkd7030 ah, so The Line being built by Saudi Arabia on the coastline is being built at the base of a mountain, got it.

[@achimidler8015]

I welcome visionary projects like this, but considering that it is being developed by one of the most repressive regimes in the world, it can inevitably only lead to a dystopian future that we have only heard about in science fiction and feared so much.

[@TonyEmond]

It's all ridiculously insane.

[@TheEVEInspiration]

5:08 Hilarious, for the same people that panic about rising sea levels.

[@MrElmag12]

wow! I can't believe they won't built a ski resort! lol

[@jaimemint405]

very nice animations, thank you!

[@malahammer]

The mega rich will on the top. The poor, way down in the dizzy depths. I guess we have all seen those science fiction movies.

[@waffleswafflson3076]

Man this is some super villain stuff. I feel for whoever they trick into moving into these slave pens

[@directx3497]

That’s a pretty fancy prison

[@superkd7030]

Like American suburbs then. 😂😂😂

[@directx3497]

@@superkd7030 you can leave the suburbs at will as of now anyway. 15 minute cities will be different though

[@BuzzBee-et8np]

I live in Florida and people have their “shoebox” houses that used to be affordable. Now it’s 500,000 -$700,000 for an average house. The ones with 900-1200 sq feet are 300,000-$400,000. They have always been small for the most part and people retired here and had a small yard, bbqs, and a simple life. That’s not as easy to find anymore. But I couldnt imagine being put into an endless condo without a car, without a yard, and without a dog-That would be total torture to me! Their culture is different over there and if part of the desert is going to be farmed and they need all that space for that then it makes sense but there is a lot more to life than being trapped in a condo. It’s also really bad for health not to be able to breathe fresh air or get natural sunlight for vitamin d. The reason Star Wars had cities like that in it was because they were terrifying on some level to your average American who wants lawns and baseball fields and parks. A place gains value from the diversity of culture allowed and freedom allowed. There has to be some kind of town where a person can have hope to work their way up or survive humanely. We have our problems with that now because our economy is being destroyed. But the basic idea is still there that being able to afford a house to bring your family up in is important and not bringing kids into a world where they have no future or chance. I wish there was a way for urban planners to realize this but if they are going to take our cars away we will live a completely different life. I just can’t imagine living where all the women and children are housed in a metal condo and all the men work and dine in the beautiful part of the city and continue to drive their cars. It’s such a foreign way of thinking it’s hard for me to get my mind around it. But we have our problems with no affordable housing where I live and other issues- it’s hard for businesses to get employees at all.

[@blackpharaoh5561]

Thanks man...😂 I'm died @ endless condo. 😅

[@Fazak38]

The words that stood out 1 percent. Winter Olympics in the desert, and my favorite INSANE. They have thrown a fortune at fading football players to play in their league. And that is turning into a disaster that is bringing bad publicity. The exact opposite of what they wanted from the massive investment. The same will happen here.

[@wout123100]

this is what happens if you give ignorant kids unlimited means. glad it is in the desert, they wont spoil much.

[@gwhite7136]

The Chinese built an entire Winter Olympic city in a high desert from nothing. This is by far easier and more impressive if they get it done by 2030. And if your talking about 60K workers on site daily, that's very achievable. We all said the same thing about Beijing and their building a winter Olympics town and in a area that sees very little snow. But they did it.

[@dward7987]

It's still stupid and will do nothing to make the country look good. The Chinese also threw lots of money at football, and that was a massive failure. So much so they arrested the national team coach for not qualifying for the world cup he hasn't been seen again. And like most Olympic venues they are left abandoned after its over. Like Qatars world cup stadiums are now.

[@gwhite7136]

@@dward7987 Stupid. Well, lets see. China's mega projects out value ours in America and by sheer number 100 to 1. It's creating new revenue. And your talking about Chinese football? LOL What? One Belt One Road now has over 100 countries involved spanning the globe, land and sea and now China is on the BRICS system, backed by gold and off the Western Central Banking system. I'm not sure you understand what that means for China and those other nations vs the US, They dumped our dollar and timed with backing their currency with gold on that Brics system. This means they aren't going poor or imploding anytime soon and we are likely to have a banking crash before they ever have funding issues for projects. Beijing Olympics were impressive, considering they built most of those Olypic areas under 4 years and today makes them money. Even the Winter park built out of the high desert.

[@gwhite7136]

@@dward7987 Where is the US's One Belt One Road Initiative? lol. We rely on bank notes unbacked by gold as our currency and we decide if we build by both parties fighting over city slush funds so most major projects are killed, reduced in size and scope. History teaches us that building and investing is what makes a nation great. America used to believe in this. But because every 4 years Congress kills a program, or a different president does, nothing major ever gets built that could make a difference. Got no reason to think Saudi won't deliver if China did.

[@greenspiritarts]

The Borg in Riyadh. What a match made in heaven.

[@qw-tr6fm]

It will be abandoned. They did soil investigation for a small section, such that they can proceed excavation works, and to draw in investors. A real headache comes when they start infrastructure works, which current technology does not support. Utilities, sewage, structural integrity etc. It is no doubt extremely optimistic, logic defying, inefficient city not supported by current technologies. But if they have the money, why not and should start building the first segment maybe 1km first to see the tremendous challenges.