This Is Why Saudi Arabia’s Line City is Falling

[@pedrobrazon6610]

Businesses, architects, contractors, designers, etc, are just collecting that paycheck fully knowing that project is absolute insanity

[@theMobileJourno]

It's bigger than that. Western financiers are scamming the Saudis out of their oil wealth. It's brilliant, really.

[@jarrod752]

Those are the best kinds of projects. Nobody knows exactly what to charge that blank check.

[@Greg-yu4ij]

I don’t know. I think it’s buildable, however, if the workers are mistreated, how could they ever voice their displeasure? No price is worth becoming a prisoner in that hellhole.

[@xpusostomos]

I wouldn't say it's insane, I'd say there is a very high probability of failure, not least because nobody will invest in an apartment until it is clearly a success, which is chicken and egg

[@ёжикколючий-х2ч]

While simple builders dying for the crazy ideas..

[@yogiwp_]

This is what happens when people aren't allowed to say 'no'.

[@theTimHernandez]

and when people don't want to be dismembered for being disagreeable.

[@newforestpixie5297]

it sounds like people whom have used a ton of Cocaine ( in spite of course of these folks’ religious piety & they’re purer than God itself )

[@lextalonis839]

What are people going to do all Day? What would be their Purpose?

[@TheLiamis]

Makes escape impossible.

[@sfrancisco]

Who would dare to say “NO” to a tyrant?

[@foreveryoung8287]

Money doesn't magically make someone smart.

[@tabbott429]

It actually lessens their ability or willingness to THINK at all.

[@Psychoolol]

as an egyption and know them very well i agree

[@ravenkahne8484]

My sisters ex-husband thought it did. He spent 18 months in prison because a judge told him, no it didn't. :)

[@Itsitsmy]

​@@PsychoololWhat about New Cairo and its failure and setbacks, you jerk lol

[@Amen6magi]

😂

[@oldgranny410]

50 years ago, I lived in Saudi Arabia. A luxury hotel was built. When it was ready to open, it was discovered to be on the wrong piece of property. It sat empty, furnishings and all for 20 years while it was decided how to resolve the issue. I really doubt things have changed that much over there.

[@seameology]

Wow. A bunch of idiots.

[@gendarmerielosblancos4395]

How does this relate to the topic? Try to stay relevant

[@icon9849]

​@@gendarmerielosblancos4395 It means they have lack of planing and ready throw money at anything

[@windog551]

@@gendarmerielosblancos4395 Wasting money on building something just because you are so rich you can actually have a bon fire with money and not worry about it. That is how it relates clown.

[@notthatinnocent86]

​@@gendarmerielosblancos4395who the f**k are you, the comment monitor?

[@Thomas-ps8xv]

The idea is simply ridiculous, sounds like a prison to me

[@MissDarlaDeville]

Thissss

[@annadrift4]

Especially for women.

[@k3digichaos]

Megacity1

[@jsmith434w]

yeah, living in a futuristic luxury sky scraper with everything you need within a 5 minutes walk, and quick transport to a ski resort and other theme parks. there is no difference between this and prison.

[@neotronextrem]

Yeah, impossible to run away, spotted instantly and shot by some auto turret. Meanwhile the full city can be accessed and surveilled from the outside in.

[@xyzerlynsiwag8858]

the contractors, both locally and international, are just fueling the ego of that country. they'll just grab the contracts/money, knowing that the project is designed to fail even from the drawing board.

[@survidmt]

Xyzerl, I think your 100% on point.

[@miloszkraszewski3533]

Why bite the hand that feeds?

[@laszlobandi6456]

drawing board. lets rethink the city design of the century. lets do something innovative. draws a line...

[@brennanorr2]

Bc u can get a big paycheck and feed yourself forever ​@miloszkraszewski3533

[@americanpatriot2.06]

It seems Saudi is following in the footsteps of China.

[@Aethgeir]

So building a skyscraper sized dividing wall, clad entirely in mirrors, is supposed to be "in harmony with nature?" And look at how light and green it is inside, where does all that light come from? Can you imagine what the "water channel" would really be like: a dark dank open sewer. Like all utopian visions, it's really a horrifying dystopia when you think about it.

[@jsmith434w]

what city out there is in harmony with nature? no really. its in harmony in the sense of how density and green tech. everything is walkable, no cars

[@Aethgeir]

@@jsmith434w Lol I can't believe this thing actually has defenders!

[@jsmith434w]

@@Aethgeir like do you even know why you hate it other than youtuber said line bad circle good? again, nyc is in harmony with nature? at least make sense. just because you said something wrong doesnt mean im pro-line

[@goldenpony822]

​​​​​​@@jsmith434w you're the one coming up with random stuff noone asked like 'nyc green?', then asking people to make sense. Fact is this is a much worse, useless idea than pretty much any other existing population center. You don't need to watch this video to be aware, any random article on the subject will let you know how trash of an idea it is with a good amount of detail- whether it's the mirror, the length, the height or the location, it's all just fancy, useless trash.

[@Puroboi8894]

@@jsmith434w Literally nothing they said is wrong. Methinks you're just a contrarian.

[@scottash351]

Did I just watch a 20 minute video with no paid ads? Damn, that's refreshing. I'll sub just for that!

[@sykoteddy]

I couldn't tell, I would never watch any YT videos without an ad blocker. The channels I feel deserve my support, I do support. I know YT likely someday will collapse without ads, and I'm looking forward to it. Google stole our data and would do it all again if they could. Besides, 90% or more of all the ads isn't valid in my country anyway. In what way would they then get money from me? Instead I am actually saving YT money for the video they don't have to waste bandwidth for.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

Or get an Ad Blocker...

[@unnaturaldodo]

You got lucky that's all, even if they turn off ads, youtube would still force them, i got ads during this video.

[@maryrosetran5109]

​@@TheDylanJoyceI'm watching this on my samsung galaxy, but I'd love to watch youtube on my iphone too. How do i get ad blocker for iphone?

[@kairieanderson4774]

I had ads, unfortunately.

[@edschultheis9537]

The Line City reminds me of those ant farm toys that were popular 30 - 50 years ago. They were two plates of glass, separated by about 1/2 inch, and filled with sand between the plates. The toy came with live ants, and the ants spent their lives tunneling around in the sand and creating their city while kids watched them like zoo animals. I'm sure that the ants didn't want to be there either.

[@stevdor6146]

yes this, i was thinking this

[@isabellind1292]

@@stevdor6146 It reminds me of Dubai who've caused an ecological tragedy to the marine life and the ecology, building these billion-dollar fake islands off shore, full of thousands of homes that stand unoccupied. Not to mention the swanky, luxury hotel where all you see when you walk through the lobby is these stories-high aquarium zoos crammed w/every species of fish they could put on display. So depressing! Poor fish.

[@isabellind1292]

@@techshabby0001 Maybe don't build fake islands for thousands of people to live on when it's a complete and utter fail at the expense of the environment just like all those empty skyscrapers they're building all over Manhattan. Plan better! Animals coming into town? Poor animals can't help if they're being squeezed out of their own territory.

[@RezaQin]

To be fair, they're ants, not people.

[@specialed6357]

@techshabby0001 Yes, build underground and off planet. As a Martian, I welcome everyone here on the planet Mars.

[@VanLee-nf6tk]

Bro that mirror is going to turn half the desert into glass...

[@Sarah-gq5jl]

💯

[@stardresser1]

Well pointed out! Not many catch that. Yup!

[@hungerdanceofkaa]

That wall would be so caked in dust and dirt from the wind it wouldn’t reflect anything after about a week

[@DisconnectHack]

​@@hungerdanceofkaathat is if they can put it up in less than a week ...

[@dmhendricks]

Reflecting light doesn't melt sand, "bro," unless it had a concave shape like the "Walkie Talkie" building

[@ziigii46]

They sold some 3d rendering and a story for millions. The project didn't fail. It made those who made the project very rich.

[@urbzinzane]

that just makes it a successful scam at best

[@ziigii46]

@@urbzinzane Exactly. It was a scam from the start. There is no way humans can build something like that city. At least not with todays technology. Maybe in 1000 years but not today.

[@TY_Tianyou]

...so it failed spectacularly. Catastrophically. Abysmally.

[@raydunakin]

These so-called "futuristic" "utopias" sound like a living hell to me.

[@onehappystud]

Sounds like the prince has been playing too much Minecraft...

[@cauhscrymdorn2132]

in creative mode nontheless

[@JulianCooke-yn5lh]

Problem is, if he had been playing Minecraft, he would have realised the stupidity and impracticability of the project. Minecraft would have saved so much money, effort and grief for the Prince.

[@Fer-p9y]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nicksonian]

He is a murderous fool.

[@symonsmith3497]

@@Nicksonian Just like America

[@jaymatthews9324]

It's amazing to me that educated "engineers" involved themselves in this project. Ultimately, it will be the world's longest linear landfill.

[@Jet-ij9zc]

They're just grabbing the easy paycheck

[@coweatsman]

What do they care? They get their consultancy fee.

[@jaymatthews9324]

@coweatsman This is exactly why the world is so fucked. Why does the public expect millionaires to expect billionaires to reject these ridiculous incentive structures? An engineer agreeing to create a pile of horseshit in the desert, is pretty much the equivalent of a fortune 100 CEO paying global NGOs and national beurocracies to regulate their opponents. It's all a giant pyramid of psychopathic behavior. Why can't people take pride in something other than their portfolio?

[@fredyphoenix]

Is there even enough mass to import and actually build it with?

[@MultiSciGeek]

Would you not do a simple, stupid project like that, if you got paid so well you can retire for 2 lifetimes? Literally NO ONE working on this is taking it seriously. But in Saudi, money talks.

[@GundamChief]

I said in the past that this is a pipedream that, if built, would quickly devolve into a Necromunda like city where the safest place to live is at the top, and everything below is worse and worse until you reach the bottom, which is a dystopian hellhole at best, and a Mad Max urban wasteland at worst. The stories one could write from the idea alone are worth looking into.

[@richardhockey8442]

The Line would make a nice setting for a cyberpunk dystopia

[@sorcerykid]

I think this project is the basis of nearly every dystopian novel and movie.

[@ScorpIron58]

There's a trilogy of books , ''Wool'' by Hugh (something?) being the first. Survival inside a deep in the ground silo with many levels, each dedicated to some essential need of the ''colony'' . Terrifyingly depressing (and plain terrifying!)

[@aday213]

Not enough natural light.

[@Vespyr_]

I want them to make this because I'm a huge fan of cyberpunk and this is the most interesting Megacity I've seen in awhile.

[@gmfdp4852]

It's like some big Minecraft project you start but then you realise you'd need way more resources to finish it and get bored...

[@dead2802]

Imagine millions when it became to expensive, boring, and a hassle finding resources, food, clean water, repairing materials. Cooking alive, crime, disease, starvation. No thanx!

[@vincenthuying98]

All the amenities within 5 minutes, while the city’s footprint is a single line? Absolute rubbish and lunacy!

[@stevdor6146]

like a human version of those 2D ant-farms

[@sonicpreacher1]

I consider it very ambitious and different. And something great to build towards, but how will it affect the human condition if they achieve it? It’ll be interesting to see it accomplished and how it’ll all work out

[@augustsnowfall5189]

Agreed, it’s lunacy.

[@titaiao]

​@sonicpreacher1 too bad (or not) we won't see the results of this madness.

[@Nphen]

A prison for refugees from the other megaproject of an Israeli canal from Gaza to the gulf of Aqaba. And now Lebanon. And of course climate refugees and the ongoing terrorist crisis in Africa. Don't forget the Yemeni genocide from starvation due to the Saudis. But Al Aqsa Flood stopped the Abraham Accords (at least for now) ruining the tyrannical Saudi plot. Our American gas purchases and Iraq War supported this. We should have "dealt with" the Saudi monarchy instead.

[@Spokenword888]

Building a prison where inmates are paying for their living expenses, wow that's futuristic.

[@coweatsman]

I think it's called slavery or unfair competition if the products are sold on the market. Or exploitation Dubai style built on the broken backs of immigrant labour.

[@MidMo4020]

Nahh.. it’ll be as great as they say. Because once the peasantry gets it built, they can start the depopulation programs.. 🇺🇸

[@gerarderloper]

@@coweatsman they will have a 'exception' from the USA due to OIL! Human rights mean nothing in the face of oil!

[@minartson]

@@gerarderloper The US is the biggest terrorist organization on the planet Earth, China is currently killing Africans to steal their resources while carrying out an ethnic extermination against Muslims inside China. EU is also killing Africans for resources and Russia is waging a full-scale war. Let's also not forget that EU, China and the US were also built on slavery. Dubai is bad but they are low on the list. You should really start thinking yourself instead of parroting the propaganda they feed you about being the good guy.

[@tnteachertim]

@Spokenword... Nope, that's current. Present Day. Status Quo.

[@zantas-handle]

Of course, in the case of civil unrest or any kind of coup, it's much MUCH easier to hold an entire city captive if it's all in one straight line...

[@randywatts6969]

My thought too

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

And no more left or right at the junction.

[@jsmith434w]

its designed as a theme park to bring rich people to various interconnected resorts. you ever seen a coup at disney world? why would millionaires organize a coup from their high rise penthouses? to control what strategic resources? professional yapper

[@guysome3263]

yikes haha

[@jsmith434w]

you think billionaires will organize a coup in their luxury penthouse retreat? and what, overthrow the janitor????

[@jts841]

Imagine being able to restrict travel and control people in countless locations in a city

[@JackTalyorD]

You mean like COVID Lock down

[@yesno9592]

@jts841 It would probably look a lot like the wall surrounding the city of the movie "Judge dread".

[@KnightOwlSC]

Like in "Total Recall"? Wouldn't surprise me if this plan had included the option to isolate areas from the water supply.

[@stevegem4155]

The prince sounds like a big child with unlimited Legos

[@Commbo]

It’s great feeling when someone get bullied and later surprise the haters with success and achievements.

[@RevolverOcelot79]

@@Commbo LOL... step away from the crack-pipe 😁

[@MrYitzhak]

Hes truly a person that has a big appetite for the future. In some things its very good, like no more wars and world peace.

[@Thebluewidesky]

​@MrYitzhak there is nothing as world peace, as long people keep expelling each other from their eachothers homes and competing for land and resources. Which is gonna always happen.

[@zizzo5194]

@@Commbo he hasn't achieve shit it was inherited to him

[@johnnynephrite6147]

The guy that came up with this *BAD IDEA* is the same guy that had a reporter murdered and his body cut into pieces with a hack saw.

[@sherluck1423]

Zero evidence. Like the video.. im seeing unreasonable hate here..

[@grumpy-dad3701]

​@@sherluck1423what position do you hold in the Saudi government.

[@ashgaming2651]

​@grumpy-dad3701 I mean everyone can make claims Without evidence

[@johnnynephrite6147]

@@sherluck1423 im seeing your unreasonable denial and ignorance.

[@abdullahal-shimri3091]

Look up Jamal Khashoggi murder

[@duB420Grass]

The thing about line cities is that people will realize that the next best thing to living on the line is next to the line. Eventually, it is no longer a line. In fact, living outside the line, but next to the center, will become far more lucrative than living towards the end of the line. There have been successful line cities in the past in places such as Barcelona, Chicago, and Las Vegas. You can tell that they were successful because they're no longer lines, and have instead become part of a larger metropolitan area.

[@AA-ch7yw]

“If you build a building in an inhospitable location, it makes sense to build then next one a bit away from it. The city will naturally form a line as it tries to get away from itself.” - Patrick Boyle

[@silenteffect755]

Good luck trying to live beside a line made of mirrors in the the desert. You would likely catch fire even stepping foot near that thing.

[@CarlosGonzales-wm8xx]

But what if we're not allowed to leave the Line? It looks like a fancy prison.

[@kennethmullen-qe9hg]

​@@CarlosGonzales-wm8xx Well, to be fair, there is at least one way people could leave...but it's in a bag...lol.

[@sootuckchoong7077]

In case of fire or any emergencies, it may be impossible to handle.

[@Jerbear112266]

Zimbabwe can pay they have hundred trillion dollar notes😂😂😂

[@emekamonyei2158]

Sounds like prison to me And the prince sounds like a disney villain

[@videre8884]

Prince Ali bin Salim Bim Bam hates you for that.....He will send his unicorn to disrupt everything you do.

[@nunyabizness6376]

💯

[@emekamonyei2158]

@@videre8884 OMG not the unicorn please no

[@videre8884]

@@emekamonyei2158 The unicorn has fled to another country.......Now Prince Ali bim bam Salami has let the flying monkeys loose on you. Maybe the monkeys will flee on the way too, who knows.

[@bleb87]

If you get an invite to a saudi consulate, or a new castle united fc game. Don't go

[@Wagmiallday]

"Then they swim to work" i'm dying lol

[@theodugas6372]

Better invest in waterproof suits and laptops.

[@jsmith434w]

@@theodugas6372 no need, you can walk to work in 5 minutes because the city is designed for this

[@michaelatlas2341]

​@@jsmith434w I hope your mother is the first one to experience a 5 minutes city.

[@iandougall7169]

Imagine being a postman there

[@superbeastah]

the deadpan delivery lol

[@David-ci2yt]

There’s a reason there’s no cities like this in the world

[@ahmedbabiker6562]

Because the same thing is getting built in every corner in the world

[@AL-lh2ht]

well actually some cities are like this, in a line, mosty due to natural geagrophy.

[@jsmith434w]

you mean like, sky scrapers built side by side in a row, connected by a passage in between them... buddy, that's every city in the world

[@goldenpony822]

​​​​​​how obtuse of you to imply that real sprawling metro areas dozens of km wide are somehow comparable to an empty lineal shell that will only ever live in fantasy land.

[@michaelatlas2341]

​@@jsmith434w ah yes, because an alleyway is the equivalent of a straight line that holds an entire city 😂

[@MrBiggles53]

For that mirrored external finish, you do realize it’s in the middle of the desert with lots of sand storms. How are you going to keep it clean? It might make more sense to have it lined with a lot of solar panels, which also have a shelf life, which will then need to be replaced.

[@Tools2Survive]

One large earthquake, Tsunami or land movement and the whole thing would be useless. How will they account for the weight of the buildings, water, people, etc.? They are building this in a desert, so I wonder if they will remove the sand and build on bedrock? How can they guaranty stability of the buildings?

[@rickyb4214]

They gone excavate 100 miles long to put footings deep enough for skyscraper height buildings? Flying cars is way easier and more feasible

[@SvendleBerries]

Yeah, it would be nearly impossible to build that thing anywhere as it is, but in the _desert?_ lol Might as well want to bring back the idea of building a Moon colony.

[@viper_exe_]

It would honestly be more feasible to invest in a moon colony. That's how stupid this project is.

[@env0x]

@@rickyb4214 we have flying cars now they are called paragliders

[@jaymethodus3421]

They can't lmao I think that's the point

[@pierregarigue1658]

A line is mathematically a very inefficient way to lay out a city

[@robertbraun7155]

Especially when you save money by not having roads or rails with corners.. Its just ridiculous.

[@Palaquack59]

​@@robertbraun7155Wait you can't be defending it?

[@bjornskivids]

@@robertbraun7155 Corners aren't the problem

[@sillymesilly]

Most efficient city shape is a square.

[@lextalonis839]

Just a High Rise Towerblock with Mirrored Windows. Nothing Revolutionary.

[@Scoo]

The Line answers the question “What if the Cybertruck was a city?”

[@jlrutube1312]

The Line is a pipe dream that will never be built whereas the Cybertruck is a reality. So no. The comparison is silly.

[@ryanm839]

@@jlrutube1312Jesus, I bet you’re loads of fun to be around… 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jlrutube1312]

@@ryanm839 Thanks but don't call me Jesus...

[@TheWanderingFinnegan]

​@@jlrutube1312... An extremely ugly truck, the worst looking ever made, that can't truck. That's the reality.

[@jlrutube1312]

@@TheWanderingFinnegan I agree with you. I think its an ugly truck. However, some people like it. Whatever. Have a great day.

[@jonvon2044]

It literally sounds like a prison designed to keep you from venturing outside of your zone.

[@MKFishing666]

When you put huge amounts of money in the hands of a spoiled prince, the line is the result.

[@felicianoabe]

Once completed it will withstand the test of time. It takes crazy people to truly be visionaries for they see what most think is madness

[@FliGuyRyan]

@@felicianoabe The point is... it won't be completed. Two continuous skyscrapers over 100 miles long. Yeah, sure...

[@bubblerings]

Usually lines on a mirror.. With some rolled up bills.

[@rickyb4214]

@@felicianoabe yeah you dont understand the size and length. Its like idk 100, at minimum, times the mass of the great wall of china and that took hundreds of years. The whole world would have to come together to complete this shit in 100 years

[@dariuslymore7106]

@@felicianoabethey said the same thing about hitler

[@Braneloc]

Large underground structures going miles, city on top. You want morlocks ? That's how you get morlocks.

[@-fuk57]

Lol what's a morlock?

[@planetdisco4821]

The Hollywood designers both worked on zombie movies btw…

[@know-body2519]

And ants!

[@MukiBlalock]

WTH IS A MORLOCK?!

[@chribm]

​​​@@MukiBlalock Take a look at The Time Machine HG Wells book. Or the 1960 movie they made with Rod Taylor. Morlocks were the underground cannibals, the Eloi lived above ground, were essentially cattle because they had everything done for them.

[@matm4331]

Funny that the temporary housing for workers is all spread out like a neighborhood...not in a line😅

[@arribaficationwineho32]

No city is linear

[@MagesseT1]

😂

[@jsmith434w]

you want to live in a worker's camp?

[@jsmith434w]

@kti5682 lolok we all know there is no light in cities with skyscrapers

[@FadingVitals]

I don’t care about problems, I want to see such futuristic stuff!

[@dominiquepoole3337]

6:40 I ugly cried for 5 straight minutes at how funny “then they swim to work” was. Absolutely brilliant comedic delivery, 10/10.

[@kaydabalab]

i feel like its just a way to separate people by class and also a way to keep tabs on every move you make

[@xpusostomos]

I don't know if that's the aim, but it sure feels dystopian

[@trollhunter6934]

It a "15 minute City". You WILL be monitored, and it will cost you your privacy

[@Paulette-hg8sh]

Let them stay separate. The peasants were always healthier than the "elite."

[@ohgeazy]

you can’t afford to stay there anyways

[@c.r.k.7162]

My biggest issue with this is how a giant wall is going to impact wildlife migration. How will they keep birds from constantly crashing into the huge mirrors???

[@TalkingLoon]

I have always wondered why geese walk across the street and get hit by cars when they can just fly

[@t.t6191]

They don't that's how

[@fransantelli]

they couldn't care less. they already don't care about them running into those awful wind farms, aka, bird-blenders.

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!😅😮😅

[@TarquinTheTall]

Not many birds in the desert though.

[@Tannercl101]

I can't imagine the maintenance of the line it would not be possible to keep up, this is the worst idea i have ever heard of. if the Saudis wanted to see if it was possible, first you would build one small part of the line and keep it operational, to see if is even viable.

[@MrNommerz]

They didn't finish the world island plan, they didn't finish the 1km tall building, and they're not going to finish this. Soon SA is going to be known better for all the projects it failed to complete than the ones it did.

[@macforme]

Wasn't the World Islands project out of Dubai? They couldn't sell many of the islands ( outrageous prices) and now I see YT videos talking about the the sea is reclaiming its sand....

[@rednihb]

World island isn’t Saudi

[@dannyarcher6370]

World Island is UAE. Yes, I know, that they all look the same, but it's not that hard to get right.

[@MrNommerz]

@@dannyarcher6370 Point still stands that there's already a precedent for projects like this never being completed.

[@Nawa11YT]

​@MrNommerz no there isn't, jeddah tower is a private project and construction started again literally less than a week ago.

[@MooreAJr2012]

The Saudis have been doing this for decades tho, they put out concepts for these futuristic mega development projects, get everyone interested and talking, maybe even bring in investors. Then, years later, you haven’t heard anything about it again and we get a new concept.

[@helmetmcbaron]

Except there previous projects were doable just massive money pits that ultermatley arent worth the cost this on the other Hand is so stupid on so many levels

[@David_Lloyd-Jones]

The population of Saudi is doubling roughly once ever 25 years. They'll hit 100 million just about the time the oil runs out -- and they'll still have a literate population of thirteen cantors and an accountant.

[@livefree1030]

Your correct; King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) - 2005 - Defunct after heavy investment in 2018 King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) 2006 - 2018 it basically went defunct NOEM (2017) Jazan Economic City - 2006 - Not Completed due to infrastructure challenges The Red Sea Project - 2017 - No progress Qiddiya Entertainment City - 2018 - Can't secure funding Sudair Industrial City: 2009 - Slow progress, insufficient investors and tenants Prince Adbulaziz Bin Mousaed Economic City (PABMEC) 2006 - Stalled due to Funding

[@dmajorray6154]

Did they really think it was gonna work 😂

[@zxrcanada]

Anything is possible for rich Neanderthals

[@AA-ch7yw]

@@zxrcanadaAnything is possible in the imagination of a rich Neanderthal who doesn’t have advisors who will tell him the truth about economic realities, human behavior, city design, and the restraints of physics and engineering.

[@bubblerings]

"A fool and his money... will soon be parted."

[@00whatelseisthere00]

I remember how everyone said similar about tesla hahahahaha

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

That's basically average arab brain nowadays you can't say me racist , I am also brown like arabs

[@khaledsaleh3679]

This kinda videos make us motivated 😛

[@youtubernaz1scensoredbythe201]

"Trust me, the birds are gonna love it!"

[@helmetmcbaron]

Nevermind the birds the entire ecosystem will be destroyed by this even the sand will be melted by the mirror but it will probably get half buried in sand though (it will get torn apart by the coastline a bit)

[@manda.watching.YouTube]

I feel so sad for the people forced off their land.

[@artdonovandesign]

I was an artist for a NYC ad agency that *burned* through money for important presentations. Crazy, unrealistic demands. HUGE, CRAZY SALARIES!. Endless overtime. We never made so much money. ...And I would do *any* crazy stuff they wanted to see. "You got it, boss!"

[@UsmanKhan-coolmf]

It's the only way the world moves forward... most people think that person is crazy.

[@theRhinsRanger]

Can i get a job then 😂

[@davidmckee5659]

The Rick and Morty control flies got me 😂😂😂

[@higgydufrane]

There is an unlimited amount of ways for this to go horribly, tragically wrong.

[@randywise5241]

Probably going to be one of the biggest engineering blunders ever. The mirror thing is insane. The birds will be crashing into it, and the suns reflection will scotch a delicate environment. Imagine the carbon footprint on the material and transportation to sight will be.

[@Chris_at_Home]

That’s true. We have a greenhouse and the sun reflecting off it makes so we can’t grow grass there and this is in Alaska.

[@richardhockey8442]

the 'mobile phone' building in London with a south facing concave mirrored exterior which focusses the sun onto buildings and streets opposite when the sun reaches noon (not the London see that much sun)

[@sekaiomiruhitokaminoyume5426]

Automatic fried sand chicken

[@roberthoople]

Good points, except the carbon footprint point. That's a bit silly. Considering the target population size and density of this thing, along with it's wide-open coastal access, it'll have an insanely lower carbon per capita footprint compared to traditionally constructing this many residences in existing cities.

[@SimonEllwood]

There are no birds in the desert and it is not a delicate eco system. It is a desert and as such is a terrible place to build a city

[@john2510]

Realizing that the US national debt exceeds that of Saudi Arabia’s by more than 30 Trillion dollars puts the costs into perspective.

[@Zgreasewood]

The gross domestic product of the USA is $27 trillion dollars. The gross domestic product of Russia is US$ 1.3 trillion. Saudi is a one trick poney, that's why they invest heavily in the USA, just like China does. Our Stock Market isn't Goverment owned you want a profit you invest in the US DOLLAR , not the yuan or the Ruble or Rial where the government takes all the profits.

[@morganangel340]

@@Zgreasewood no... in USA the corporations own the government. your Stock Market is the biggest over inflated shitcoin-like bubble in history, built on printing endless money, not on real economics.

[@goldenpony822]

​@@ZgreasewoodruBble* 😂

[@marlenebulger6822]

I think your numbers are wrong.

[@Zgreasewood]

@marlenebulger6822 look it up! I did.

[@Darster595]

Why wouldn’t they build a smaller model first and see if it worked? I like the idea but overpopulation is always a problem, if a smaller city proved viable build six small ones instead of one huge one.

[@akula9713]

A prison, no parole, no release. Want to move out? Computer says no……cough.

[@edschultheis9537]

Probably can't even open one of those mirror windows to the outside world.

[@jsmith434w]

the idea is to get out so you can explore the other locations of NEOM, like the sky place, etc etc. you didnt watch the video, did you? youtuber said line bad

[@akula9713]

@@jsmith434w get out to see what? The desert?

[@jsmith434w]

@@akula9713 tell me you know nothing about the Neom project without telling me. its always like that.

[@jiachengwu4185]

​@@jsmith434wsomething's telling me you are obsessed with this project. Or just obsessed with being right or different.

[@thebedroomshow9010]

The most disturbing part of this is that someone has already lost their life over something that is inevitably not going to happen

[@TheMagnificentGman]

The figure is 21000 I believe

[@gregbarnett5299]

Good grief! Most people live their lives trying to stay out of lines.

[@jsmith434w]

uh, what? i literally never think about lines. you know that this is not referring to a conga line or a line at the cash register, right? in fact, since it's designed as a futuristic 5 minute city, most stores would have few people in it and probably lots of self-checkout, which you can have more than twice the amount of regular checkouts. it's designed to hold a lot of people from the start, so it can't get overpopulated like a city can with constant expansion without proper infrastructure, or infrastructure that can't grow due to pipes underground and buildings above ground.

[@bootthekid]

The math for the budget just doesn't work. If we assumed the same labor/time/material stats as the Willis Tower, it would take 430,000 workers to complete 1 mile in a 3 year period, and cost approximately $258B per mile. 1 mile of the wall would be equal to approximately 215 Willis towers by volume. Just isn't possible.

[@SyntheticHuman01]

Blocking wind, animal crossing. Mirrors that big has to reflex alot of light/heat. Environmental factors might be effected

[@NoFace-ke9pc]

What animals? Desert lizards?

[@mihaiciornei5648]

Instead of trying to fight hunger with 1,000,000,000,000 dollars... let's try to make a toy that won't work... the world is so unfair today.

[@TY_Tianyou]

Saudi Arabia is nowhere near socialist enough to try that

[@cobaltbuster4907]

It's not the laws of the world that make it unfair. Egotistical individuals are given unprecedented levels of wealth and authority all the time. And they have a history of making poor decisions, without mind to the consequences, or mind to those they impact.

[@skylerbrodin5176]

​@@cobaltbuster4907this is the issue with heirarchy and heirloom money, the people who actually did hard insane shit to yet that money are giving it to little boys that probably had nannies that took their virginity and handed lambos Its ass backwards

[@patrickcardon1643]

Just a very very very very very expensive pissing contest ... the more money they have the less they worked for it and the less they should be allowed to have it

[@jsmith434w]

Elon Musk promised to solve world hunger if you just present him with the plan. since you care so much, why don't you actually figure it out and become one *the* greatest human in all of history?

[@campbellmorrison8540]

Hairbrained idea no amount of money is going to fix. I note the total lack of detail about the sewerage system, great!

[@meezy9338]

God damn it.... 9pm and I'm making a coffee 😂

[@trevorpetersen9118]

This is why we shouldn't let our leaders play City Skylines.

[@Userfriendly1977]

City skylines would address the problems with a line city. Traffic jams etc.

[@DonnellOkafor_hateslgbtq]

You sound about 12

[@eleven903]

"line City" is just a fancy way to say; 15 minute city=prison city.

[@jsmith434w]

let me guess, any living arrangement that doesn't involve the HOA ruling over your mcmansion in the suburbs, having you stuck in traffic for 2 hours polluting the planet to get to your office in your over crowded city that was never designed to accommodate this amount of people is "a prison" to you?

[@smallstudiodesign]

Absolutely nothing to do with the concept of 15-minute cuties. You’re just ignorant of the concept.

[@Organicme1]

Exactly!

[@jsmith434w]

in the sense that a billionaires row penthouse with a grocery store and artisanal shops, exclusive to locals, and priority access to interconnected resorts, then yeah it sure is a prison

[@Nphen]

One version of a "15 minute city" is what every conservative American loves, which is the traditional small town. You can walk to the local drug store, grocery store, park, and city hall. Your kids walk or bike to school. Like the olden days. A family only needs one car, because you know other local families, and kids can bike to other places in town. Because the streets aren't too fast. Because we honored tradition and saved the farmland. We built townhomes on the edge of town instead of a sprawling subdivision. There's bus service to other local towns and a train to the city if you want.

[@prolarka]

Simulate how the building would modify the local climate. Build a shorter section with the outer walls for confirmation. Then reconsider if it is worth proceeding.

[@GeneGear]

"I want to build a potentially trillion-dollar architectural project." "Maybe prototype it first?" "Do you want money, or to be disappeared?" "...how fancy do you want this fountain piece?"

[@mugennojin3513]

Very easy how this will go; temperature will rise the closer you get to the thing, wildlife will die out in the vicinity and shit will break constantly 😂

[@prolarka]

@@mugennojin3513 I wonder about the effects on the other side, that perhaps will be in the shadows for most of the time. Plus if the height triggers more rain due to the uplift of air.

[@TY_Tianyou]

​@@prolarka Tidally locked world moment

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

The reason is because it’s in saudia arabia, if the line was in a western country everyone will support it

[@frantstorpmadsen3279]

No

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@frantstorpmadsen3279 no

[@Ynzzzy]

someone should just gift minecraft to the prince so he can go all out with his ideas without essentially ruining an entire peninsula

[@FloridaGirl-]

🤣👍

[@sorcerykid]

In 1994, when I was in high school I designed a city of the future called Utopia 1. It was supposed to include all key amenities for environmental self-sustainability in just a 0.8 square mile radius. It consisted of four 100 story residential high-rises in a square formation, connected by multiple sky-bridges atop a 10 story lower level concourse for stores, schools, offices, clinics, etc. I intended the city to support a population of 25,000 people. I'll admit the inspiration for Utopia 1 was the John Hancock Center in Chicago, which follows a similar design concept, being a completely self-contained city of sorts. The advantage of this approach compared to The Line is that it would take up an extremely tiny footprint, yet otherwise not overwhelm the natural landscape much at all. You could instantly leave Utopia 1 via any of the nearly 50 exits around the complex and return to the outdoors at any time, with almost no effort. There would be an outdoor recreation area and gymnasiums on the north side and on the south side there would be a large park and lush garden. To the east and west you could escape to a wilderness filled with hills, streams, and forests. I envisioned Utopia 1 being constructed somewhere along the border between Canada and the U.S. where the climate and ecology was diverse but the risk of natural disasters was very low. I knew the project was ambitious at the time. But in retrospect it's tiny by comparison to what The Line aims to be. Still I think Utopia 1 would enjoy a significantly better quality of life for citizens. People tend to be happier and healthier in mid-sized communities (under 100k people) where they can get to know one another and feel more connected, but also still able to spread out without being unreasonably confined to a narrow walled-in environment. There's a huge amount of social psychology that needs to be considered in the design of a city of the future, because we all know how dense high rise projects can end up backfiring and resulting in a huge social stratification and abysmal living conditions. That is why I took extra care in the design of Utopia 1 to scale it appropriately, while maintaining a strong focus on connecting with the outdoors and nature. And while I can't claim to be an expert on urban design, I would think there are just some common sense principles that should define any vision for future urban life. But as The Line is proving, I guess common sense isn't so common after all.

[@passchen-fail3704]

Sounds like a bugman hive city. The ground would have a difficult time supporting the weight.

[@teresahiggs4896]

You also have to factor in the ideology that rules Saudi Arabia. Islam. I’ve studied Islam and Islamic history for decades and I can see so may potential issues wirh this line city as it’s described in the video.

[@edschultheis9537]

@@teresahiggs4896 You can bet that there will be no place in that line city for Christian churches.

[@Silica.Animus]

​@@passchen-fail3704 give it 20-30k yrs

[@blueyedmule]

Pruitt-Igoe

[@midwestairway]

It looks like an open prison, getting ready for when they one day run out of oil money.

[@lyncorsham]

And being muslin county . Only men will have the freedom

[@bonganimkhwanazi2081]

Yes being behind on rent & they'll broadcast on jumbotrons your expulsion - being kicked off the top floor w/ parachute or water into the desert.

[@thunderbird3694]

Precisely, no escape!

[@Vespyr_]

They're very, VERY far from running out of oil money. That will outlive us all.

[@jimdandy8119]

They won't. Oil isn't finite and is still being made. The term "fossil fuel" is a misnomer. That was just one of many lies made up to try and gain complete control of energy resources.

[@DaysOffCustom]

The flies on the desk are an excellent Rick and Morty nod.

[@rivsarredicoinen3510]

Playing too much Minecraft while smoking psychedelic laced weed has given the prince some outlandish wild ideas. This more like a $20-Trillion dollars project.

[@Skatemonster]

Seems like a very fancy prison. Good luck trying to get off that wall once you’re there lol 😂

[@MrJay_White]

"welcome to line city, just hand over your passport at the counter"

[@bubblerings]

Where does all the poop go? High in heavy metals. No good for gardening.

[@kevinmunger1842]

I see the dystopian outlands.

[@sarahrosen4985]

Open air prison that you volunteer to enter and pay for the privilege.

[@luvondarox]

Not to mention the socioeconomic separation. I'm sure the wealthy would live in the top section of the wall while the less fortunate get to live down by utilities, transportation and freight handling facilities.

[@annadrift4]

Imagine being a Saudi woman stuck in your little square since everything you "need" is 5 minutes away, constantly monitored, trapped.

[@jsmith434w]

imagine being an American and needing to pollute the planet with 278,870,463 private and commercial vehicles so that you can leave in HOA-controlled suburbs, causing you spend 2 hours in stationary traffic every day to commute to your office in a city that keeps expanding vertically with no capacity to expand it's streets horizontally to account for it's growth, leading to congestion.

[@SharukhSaifi]

Why you have to bring your feminist bs in everything. Not only woman, man will also be stuck in that case.

[@RezaQin]

Bot level intelligence right here

[@truckingpix]

It's "the future" though... GET ON BOARD!!! 😂

[@SimplyJorgasmic]

​​@@jsmith434w imagine not treating women like cattle. 😂

[@SusanAmberBruce]

When you said the fridge offers them oatmeal instead of a candy bar, and then they swim to work, I just couldn't stop laughing and was unable to watch the rest of the video.

[@madhatter2465]

People with a lot of money become delusional in their thinking.

[@theodorathompson2034]

Elon Musk!

[@FT4Freedom]

The level of social control required for this prison will be enormous.

[@oldguy7402]

That is the problem with linear thinking....

[@GojoRamsay888]

Why am i seeing Final Fantasy 7 Midgar when all things failed 😅

[@ultimatevexation8782]

at least midgard seems more spacious

[@22moments2]

You so impress me. You speak so well and I love your sense of humor. Been watching you for a few years and decided to subscribe finally. I'm a 78 y/o old man and you have my admiration. Keep it up....please.

[@TarsonTalon]

Thing's a DEATHTRAP. Any minor incident could spiral into a logistics nightmare. Its VERY EXISTENCE is a logistics nightmare, because all the logistics is being funneled through such a narrow area. This means huge delays could happen DAILY whenever something needs maintenance. And this is just during NORMAL days. Now, imagine if an enemy force, a navy no less, decided to blockade both entrances...

[@SvendleBerries]

Yeah lol In a normal city, if something goes wrong, you set up a detour so traffic can continue to move whilst maintenance crews fix the problem. In a line city...how do you divert traffic? You cant. It would be the city equivalent of having a stroke.

[@1BuFo]

@@SvendleBerries but...there are no roads in the line so there is no diverging of traffic because....there is no traffic...lol

[@gokuformanvsfood]

​ @1BuFo there needs to a a tranpsortation system, its literally the same thing as roads and traffic in the case of a breakdown, how did you not think of this before commenting?

[@1BuFo]

@@gokuformanvsfood because we have electric vehicles, and im thinking they wont need anything else.

[@1BuFo]

@@gokuformanvsfood id imagine some kind of single lane road for emergencies but it will not be used by pedestrians and will be strictly for emergency so it won't have any traffick

[@shaicat]

Naming your country's mega project after the sound a car makes driving past you really fast was... certainly a choice.

[@RayeBlevins]

Nnnnnnneeeeeooooommmm..... it's the doppler effect 😂

[@jsmith434w]

neom is the company name. but wow, you sure got them.

[@andersonomo597]

This is SUCH a DUMB idea on so many levels and in so many ways - and I have utter contempt for the 'experts' who let it get this far. is it any wonder that all 'experts are viewed with derision!

[@bobyoung1698]

I think that the Crown Prince has watched too many Flash Gordon movies.

[@majorfeelgoodrecords2740]

To live in such a city, you’ll probably have the same haircut the same clothes listen to the same music and do the same things as your Neighbour,how wonderful 😢

[@lifeisgood5619]

Beautiful

[@jsmith434w]

everyone who lives in a city is forced to have the same haircut as everyone else, which is why i refuse to go to the city. can you imagine having access to the same services and amenities as the people who live next to you? it's just insane.

[@biggest23]

You’ve essentially just described islam.😊

[@kentkrl8709]

Imagine being quarantined in such a small city when another pandemic happens

[@GODENERUONE]

A zombie pandemic 😮

[@vicmarmil2843]

Certainly there will be a filtration of renewed oxygen to sustain life and alternative reality vessels to escape their chosen confinement? Would that be far fetched?

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

More likely the lowest bidder infrastructure you can get away with, just to try and keep the costs down.

[@VladDracul-c6o]

That's probably the point.

[@slimeasmr0314]

I really like this channel.

[@logicerrormusic]

Sounds like a luxury prison to me, that is invisible from the outside, basically inescapable and will melt with heat everything standing near it.

[@quinnoshaughnessy]

Adam Something did a video about this a while ago, pointing out the impracticality of the whole thing. also, instead of spending ridiculous amounts of money on a ridiculous project, this idiot murderous "prince" might consider using that money to improve the cities that already exist. improve the buildings, improve the infra-structure and utilities, make more spaces with in the cities, pay people better, do every thing possible to make their lives better. some people just shouldn't have lots of money. they end up wasting it in the most stupid of ways while every one around them starves.

[@borountree4539]

His analysis of the proposed rail system was hilarious. Don't remember the specifics but it was something like...All those people trying to board trains at reasonably spaced stops fast enough to keep trains from taking all day just to go from one end of the city to the other. Then adding in people disembarking too and handicapped and elderly people ..... but if you put more rail lines then population density goes up as space goes down. It was a mess and clearly not at all thought out. Completely unworkable in real life. Something like that. Basically proved the entire concept a 💩 show.

[@quinnoshaughnessy]

@@borountree4539 yeah, he's pretty funny. but accurate. : )

[@OneAdam12Adam]

​@@borountree4539 You Mean Kind Of Like The genius idea from Musk of The Boring Company of a buried tunnel to transport cars that still hasn't been built. Why? It's impossible and asinine.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Adam something is a racist with ties to alt right movements. He also gets basic facts wrong every video. what he says should not be taken seriously. literally his whole shtick is he thinks carrs should be illegal, single family owns should be replaced with commie blocks, but not too big commie blocks, and rails are jesus. again

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@quinnoshaughnessy dude gets basic facts so wrong he thinks building into to desert is a good idea instead of building on the coast.

[@GunFuiChi]

I totally respect and understand your desire for privacy and anonymity. Word of advice both potentially for you and/or any other CC who might read this: It's no secret that the copyright system on KZbin is broken. What many creators may not know, is that if your channel is registered under your real name and private info, then anyone who copyright strikes you, whether legit or not, will get to see your personal info. The best bet, from my understanding, is to register your channel under an LLC.

[@kevinmunger1842]

I don't get the privacy and anonymity thing. I don't think it is responsible to society, if you are involved in good works, to secrete. Don't get me wrong; I enjoy your channel (Steve?), but I don't like every show. I never hit dislike. I like or I don't say so and once should be enough unless you are considerate of revenue. Of course I don't experience your experience. Maybe I should not envy you. P.S. I did hit a like for you this time, not because I owed you for your passion.

[@VertisSidus]

@@kevinmunger1842 there's a pretty good reason at 16:12 in this video

[@krystlecooke2390]

I’m so confused because I watched some early videos of this channel and “Steve” was a secondary person in the videos and now he’s main but same voice when he had a different voice before? Go back and watch and you’ll see

[@krystlecooke2390]

I don’t get this channel and I wish he would at least explain why in his early videos “Steve” was a secondary character with a different voice and now it’s as if he’s main character with the main characters voice from the beginning?? So confused

[@xtinctube7283]

@@VertisSidus AGREE!

[@Reimana7683]

Late, but GREAT vid. You got me with the cap.

[@veteranredbeard6222]

110 miles long, 20 minutes from end to end, thats a train that goes over 300 miles per hour! Imagine if that thing crashes or derails.

[@UsmanKhan-coolmf]

The world basically already has those.

[@jsmith434w]

an aluminum tube that carries 500 people going at 900mph... imagine if that thing crashes! it's insanity, i tell you

[@eyoung1683]

that would be a express non-stop train not one making stops along the way

[@PhilJonesIII]

Lets give it a stop every 5 miles. Add the stop, pause, restart times, say 45 seconds and you have lost 16.5 minutes of that 20. Meaning, 16.5 minutes gone. So, just under 100 miles in 3.5 minutes. Over 1700 mph between stops. I mean, no issues moving at those speeds, but getting up to those speeds and arriving without stroke victims might be a problem.

[@jsmith434w]

@@PhilJonesIIIyou can always tell people that have never lived in a big city. totally stumped by train logistics

[@Phil9874]

something that seems to be missed by saudi arabias leader is that that's not how cities work you can certainly give them a framework to build in but you can't just build a city like you build a car. Cities are fluid and tend to grow and change over time.

[@teresahiggs4896]

Well I think the fact that Saudi Arabia is an absolute Monarchy, meaning the King can do whatever he wants, that will change the growth of the city…If the King doesn’t like or want a certain change, then he can just make it go away, and then pass a law making that change, illegal. And no one commenting is taking into account how Islam will effect things. Islam is the legal/ judicial system, it’s the countries political system and it the countries only permitted religion. Everything is based on Islam.

[@daniellenierop1738]

Looks like an Ant farm.

[@Badminkey7]

Damn I can't believe you got Kermit the frog to do your voice over 😂

[@Captain_Scarlet_SIG]

Looks like a modern prison to me.

[@SandTiger42]

If *anybody* thought this would be completed successfully, I question the way you think.

[@toorimakun]

when it was first announced a LOT of people defended it, I would post any criticism and would get like 20-30 comments telling me I was wrong each day for like 2 or 3 days. >.>

[@MorphicStates]

This isn't even my engineering field. And I'm going with this has got to be one of the most shortsighted endeavors in human history.

[@horseface31]

As an anti-social trucker who enjoys back roads and empty parking areas, this is legitimately one of my worst nightmares.

[@nancyburridge8785]

Ah, did those jokers consider just how long those mirrored walls will be able to deal with the sandstorms that area is so famous for? Yeah, this should be fun to watch.

[@Ultralightaman]

Wouldn't a circular city be a better option for commuting?

[@GeneGear]

a circular city would just be better in-general, never mind for commuting. But that isn't "visionary" enough, apparently.

[@BlainEnoch]

Good point. It would also create a relatively shaded area within the circle, where an oasis can grow. Moroccan architecture is similar to this concept, except it's based on squares, not circles.

[@9livesLexaPrianik]

Ни в коем случае!😵☝️⚡ Посмотрите на Москву это город состоящий УЖЕ из 4 гигантских колец- это просто ужас, транспортный коллапс, и они собираются ещё дальше строить кольца- идиоты! Чтобы вам доехать из точки a в точку b необходимо ехать по радиусу- это шизофрения, где самым простым путем будет прямая линия, а в их случае это не возможно, и получается ежедневно по этим окружностям одновременно находится 5-6 млн. автомобилей(личный, грузовой, автобусы, трамваи, и службы) и это происходит 365 дней в году! У всех людей поголовно имеются предпосылки к лейкемии млрд тонн выбросов автомобилей убивают всю экологию!

[@namastewellness]

Just make it a horoscope city. That would be awesome.

[@POSSUM_chowg]

I’ve heard of a walled city, but never a wall city.

[@paul_321]

I live in KSA, it’s a 3rd world country. They can barely finish any project here 🤣. 35 million people live there, out of that number 12 million are expats. That means only 23 million saudi citizens. 60% are young adults, and half of them are males, so only about 6 million people who could actually work there.