THE LINE is Growing FAST! Construction Update 2024

This is the world's largest construction project, and also one of the most controversial. NEOM, four letters that reflect the inordinate ambition of one country: Saudi Arabia. A huge region in the north-west of the country, where futuristic cities are due to spring up. The Line, Oxagon, Trojena, Sindalah and other new locations that was unveiled recently: Leyra, Norlana, Sirana and Aquellum. But between the 3D images and reality, how far advanced is the work? That's what we're going to find out today, in this new episode of Looking 4.
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00:00 Why is NEOM built?
02:10 Leyra
03:29 Epicon
04:30 Sirana
04:46 Norlana
04:56 Aquellum
05:20 Utamo
05:55 Riyadh world expo
07:44 Sindalah
09:16 Neom Community 1 & 2
09:35 The Line
10:39 Oxagon
11:30 Trojena
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[@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

[@swilhelm3180]

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?

[@swilhelm3180]

@@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]

@@swilhelm3180 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 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@fauzaan_shareef]

@mpaulm Looks like you never left your home town mate. Let me tell you how it works in real life, since you live in a cave. The top 1% repeatedly visit destinations like Maldives, Las Vegas, London, Bora Bora etc because they have the freedom of time and money. These are super rich people who will do anything to get the experiences they want. If your logic is true, all the ultra luxury hotels and resorts in major commercial cities will be empty now. Because, "the super rich have visited them once". Honestly mate an urban center caters mainly for the middle class. And the middle class travel for various reasons. NEOM will be such a city. Sounds like you are either delusional or you do not want NEOM to be made into a reality for whatever reasons you might have. But as I see it, the west is falling. Western commercial districts which are the bedrock of the economy are falling. Middle East and Asia are attracting more investments. I think that will continue.

[@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. 🐪🤡

[@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 😅

[@ascgazz7347]

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

[@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 😂

[@user-nq6hy2tm2z]

No the highest degree in this place is 40

[@zbaschtian]

All the reflected light from the mirrored surface will raise outside temperatures even more

[@usmcmsgt5487]

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

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Tickled 😂😅👊🏾

[@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.

[@shutincharlie3461]

Not utopia ... dystopia

[@4izm0v]

لا تجي ما نبغاك

[@WhiteanimalsfearDaesh]

Then simply don't come? Because for every Muslims it's utopia. You should keep on staying in your homosexual heaven Europe and the west..

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@zbaschtian]

The Saudi answer to all these questions is 'yes'.

[@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

[@my5092]

its made for Saudis and Arabs which are already rich

[@dr.a006]

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

[@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

[@WTP_1776]

Looks like a giant prison to me

[@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

[@Boxing4K]

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.

[@Boxing4K]

@@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.

[@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.

[@natmarelnam4871]

I hope just game designers are taking huge inspiration from these ideas. They sound amazing and totally realistic in a digital world. They also sound literally insane, and most will never happen.

[@abidrahim7607]

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

[@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😂😂😂

[@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

[@kaunas888]

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

[@orlandomando8486]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

At least the Saudis and the Emirates are thinking big and bold. What people may not be taking into account is that these wealthy countries will outlast other countries that will fail because their old infrastructure will not survive the climate changes.

[@fraizie6815]

Just no. They're building megaprojects for the rich, not to survive climate change. They're just mega rich and want to flex their wealth in the face of the rest of the world, forgetting that this is not sustainable. Oil won't last forever and so won't their money.

[@2ezee2011]

So rich women and even not so rich women want to vacation in a place where they are treated as property. Go ahead and go with just your hair/head uncovered! much less consume a mixed drink in a bikini. Yeah, real vacation in a medieval religious fanatic hell hole.

[@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

[@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.

[@neveser]

These new prisons are getting fancier and fancier.

[@reneeandchrisforever]

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

[@reneeandchrisforever]

@@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.

[@denkoxh8610]

Great film animation. Worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster.

[@yourtuber77]

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

[@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.

[@Bav_ar]

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

[@delta5852]

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

[@user-vw9qh9sw3g]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Gr1zz1093]

Origin story for mad max habitat

[@geoffbuss3699]

The architect of the Wellness Hotel is called Killa 😂

[@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. 😂😂😂

[@angryvaultguy]

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

[@danthreepwood2760]

The catch is that there's a really tiny chance of 100% that none of these projects will be finished. Ever.

[@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 .

[@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.

[@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.

[@Leeds71]

Welcome to the WeF 15 minute city Dystopia

[@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

[@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.

[@CuzCuzBoy69]

mark my words, the line will either: 1) Get cancelled and nobody will ever live on it 2) Get completed, but the mega-rich won't want to live in it, so it gets abandoned, then it attracts homeless people and poor people. Next thing you know, you have now a larger kowloon walled city

[@very..angry..man..]

If it gets finished i will have to go and see it unreal

[@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

[@my5092]

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

[@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?

[@bilgedastogroup]

hey they have a starbucks in their slave labor camp!

[@SonofHardrada]

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

[@MachoMalave]

"If you build it they will come." 😮 So looking forward to seeing this nice to see the future while I'm still alive.😎

[@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.

[@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.

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

Really sad that KSA chose to pursue these glass box vanity projects instead of building vernacular style buildings, or expanding nuclear-powered water desalination, or anything else worthwhile.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@johnwillgetyou8894]

Good luck building it I hope I see it when it's finished

[@ragingdwarf]

Nice to see that we’ve worked out a peace accord with The Vex.

[@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

[@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

[@HypnoPol1499]

Absolutely fascinating. Just subscribed.

[@waffleswafflson3076]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@kaunas888]

Nice video...and lots of information on other projects...but not much on the actual current construction progress of The Line except for images of a trench in the dessert.

[@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...?

[@Bav_ar]

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

[@TheEVEInspiration]

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

[@factsociety4305]

A dream of an architect is a nightmare for a civil engineer

[@poppete]

The 'Line', is situated on a continental fault line between two tectonic plates, you can see the fault line running the length of the Red sea, an earthquake could potentially undo all of it sending a tsunami up the length of the construction with no place to go for millions of people, remember the narrower the space the higher the wave depending on the severity of the quake and water displacement. The gulf of Aqaba is also a fault line that runs through to the dead sea etc.

[@ponyphonic]

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

[@colors6692]

Sounds nothing like him!

[@rclark128]

This massive project, puts to rest the idea that the seas will rise an swamp the coasts of planet. Theres no way this would be built if the world was in danger from climate change.

[@terranaut3314]

The moment someone attacjes the label "luxury" to their product I immediately file that thing under "empty"

[@brayhill]

It must be great to be an architect. You don't have to worry about engineering or economic feasibility, so long as you can make cool renderings.

[@jaimemint405]

very nice animations, thank you!

[@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.

[@busybody1474]

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

[@user-ig1uh6tu9o]

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.

[@howardb.6205]

The Line redefines "I live on the end of town"

[@paighambaloch4221]

InShaAllah Saudi Arabia will be success this project ❤

[@MrElmag12]

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

[@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.

[@christurner68]

Looks like someone likes to play Minecraft and wants to live it in real.

[@emileecitra]

Beautiful Architecture NEOM Greetings from INDONESIA 🙏🏻🇮🇩

[@bjorn_moren]

It is still just a desert though. And deserts are among the most unwelcoming places on the planet. No trees, no green, no water, just rocks and sand.

[@user-bg8ly6bp9w]

Don't come, and who sent you a lawsuit so that you can come? Don't come thank you ❤

[@ronald4011]

You can fiks the desert. And maybe they do ? Ik very curieus

[@3d9e]

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

[@jerrynadler2883]

This is SA not UAE

[@westcarolina7559]

This is incredible how cities like this one can be built over night in the middle of nowhere and solutions like so are never in use f.e. for the war victims (wars that shouldnt even exists in a first place) of neighbour regions or for any other reason to simply help, develope, preserve, maintain, give a chance, shelter.

[@MrRavipalsingh]

The line will be the biggest man made project that will be left unfinished

[@Stafford674]

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

[@kristinaF54]

Where are they going to get water for drinking, never mind for the showers and toilets, for all these mega projects in the desert? Seems conjuring fresh water supply will be the most interesting part.

[@vvinniem8907]

The water will magically appear out of an oasis😅

[@palmsquad4]

Looks like a perfect location for a Bond film. 😮😮

[@smillernc]

My Mother often said " Do the best you can with what you've got!" What they have is sand and desert...

[@valeriabr7343]

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

[@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.

[@shandor2522]

Conceived by the same man-child who paid $300 million on the spot at the Paris Airshow for an Airbus 380-so enchanted was he with the soon-to-be-obsolete double-decker airliner! Saudi Arabia needs more grown-ups.

[@dhungryarchitect]

i just love how this projects makes me feel even poorer