I remember those movies that starts with a big company introducing such a city, that it's the future. Then we cut to our main character living at the crappy apartment, we hear noise of nearby neighbors. He goes out and show us a heavily populated, and cramped city, trash and neon signs everywhere. Then we see him look up to see the wall of buildings until he see the actual sky. He then see his best friend and talk about how he'd like to leave that place to see the world that is round and not linear like "the line" city. Later that day he bumped into a mysterious woman running away from something. Eventually they'll meet and talk about how the city and how bad the government is running it. They'll start an uprising, all of the people start fighting back, some of his friends die. In the end they defeat the security, and the people running the place. Then they go outside the Line.. You guys continue this story.. I'm done taking a dump.
Only to realize that the world is not left like the way his grandfather told him. Its mostly trees everywhere due to zero pollution and there are these scavengers which are people of the descendants of those people who were discarded by the governments calling them the disease carriers and left to die outside the line. However they survived but they were no better than animals. They have always been in the lookout for the cure of the disease ever since. But now when the line was breached they chase after him because he contained the pure bloodline that could be the cure to their disease. Then he remembered the super secret drive that contained info about the sphere that is 16000 kms from the line. And somehow he must reach there in order to save himself and his loved ones from the scavangers... You guys continue this story..Here my boss comes...
Hehe. And they'll use borderline slave labour to build it, only to find out that no fucker wants to live in Saudi Arabia, let alone in the middle of the desert.
One Man's megalomaniac vanity project isn't representative for the future. This isn't the first failed mega-project in the region and won't be that last. It's just sad to see all that money wasted, instead of spending it on the 34 million people that live in poverty in SA.
Why am I getting a feeling that we’re slowly moving towards a dystopian future where anything outside megacities is barren and unsuitable for life. Just like in Judge Dredd’s Mega city one
If you voluntarily live here, you’re insane. This is a prison in the middle of a desert. They’re selling it as a utopia but it’s going to be a hell on earth. You’re in a desert, in the middle of nowhere in an authoritarian country…..what could go wrong.
I mean you're living under authoritarianism in SA anyways regardless of where you go. Why not atleast live in a beautifully designed city as long as the maintenance is maintained & your needs are met?
@@marshmello4310 "strictly Islamic" that was in the past before Mohammad Bin Salman's arrival to power. The country is slowly transitioning to secularism. Everyone will be welcomed. I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. Culture has been rapidly changing and dramatically opening up just in the past 8 years.
@@Mohammed-2338 don’t lie i am a muslim and it is welcoming everyone but it’s certainly not moving anywhere from islam and it never will as we have the kaaba and we are proud of that
Utopia means to end no way Jesus is je Zeus Your life is going to hell not mine no one is comeing the Christ is in you what Jesus has so do you that’s a metaphor for only you can change things to believe means you don’t know anything surely you want KNOWING your faithless too coz you want someone to save you with out inner faith WHAT makes you think you have any faith you don’t your faithless wich is a feminine act go get some help or read philosophy change your mind set .
“Minimal environmental impact” yeah except for where they completely bisect an ecosystem with no way for animals to go above or under, and creating basically a miles long sliding glass door for all the birds to beef it on
@@darrellgainer6966 this is a move forward. Not perfect as all new ideas are but significantly better than the direction we are going now. There’s a type of glass designed to repel birds. There are sound frequencies that can keep animals at bay and within their own land. A damn barrier lol. This is an idea towards the future. I like it.
@@Cosmicdonut42 This will literally never be completed in your and your children's lifetime if it even manages to actually get approved. Also considering saudi arabia would run out of oil before it manages to finish the first kilometer.
If sw3den or some other European country was building this people wouldn't stop praising them Clearly you're just mad because you thought that Muslims can't achieve anything
I agree. It made me feel claustrophobic. Imagine having to live in The Line during a pandemic. Can’t go out anywhere, and it’s much more enforceable within those walls. No thanks.
This will end in either 2 ways (if it actually happens), an amazing eco-city that’s a beacon for technology, or a dystopian nightmare that you can never leave which is full of corruption and suffering and where the sunlight never reaches the bottom.
By looking at it, it felt pretty impractical when building a city like that since you have to walk all the way to the other side, face constant congestion and stoppage if everyone using the same transportation since they're going in a straight line instead of a circle. It would be a miracle if this city survive and the government maintain it.
As an introvert who loves nature and being left alone and owning my own property I would get depressed in a place like that this is a terrible idea! I won't live in the line, I won't eat the bugs!
Imagine the social stratification. The rich live in the top floors in luxury, the poor on the ground level in squalor. That's the end game for this project. Those among the poor who speak out will be ostracized, imprisoned, or worse.
Much like any city, but much fancier, we are yet to know how it’s social structure would be, so I hope for implemented rules that would make it hard for the rich to abuse their power
We, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, our religion does not allow us to distinguish between the rich and the poor. Of course, the rich will have preferences in some things, but the government cares about the lives of the poor as well.
@Mr. Note - 1. Haboobs. 2. Not enough water. 3. Excessive demand for materials (which will cause the building costs to continue to rise). That building is designed to work against the natural desert environment, instead of with it.
@@MrNote-lz7lh Look at all the land outside, that is if you're even allowed to. I wonder who gets to live out there? I like the comment up top. It looks like the coolest prison I've ever seen.
I like how the presentations haven’t gone past the conceptual phase yet the excavation has started. I think whoever told the Saudi prince this might be a bad idea will be part of the foundation.
Even if they solve all the engineering challenges -- which if their other mega-constructions are any indication, they won't -- AI won't solve all the logistical challenges. They'll still need human labor for maintenance and sanitation. AI drone deliveries have proven to be too nascent a technology, so last mile couriers living on minimum wage and tips _will_ be a necessity.
I read an article saying that even if they were able to build it, it wouldn't be complete until at least 2050. The prince said he wants it built by 2030... which is just ridiculous. He'd have to enslave the entire region to get the bloody thing built that fast. But he did compare it to the Giza Pyramids so maybe he will be going full slave driver just like the Egyptians of old.
Imagine kids growing up in the line, i feel like it would be very isolating, and completely shuts them off from nature. I feel like the outside world could be strange for them. Really reminds me of a dystopian movie lol Edit: I am aware that they are allowed to leave, but it’s in the middle of the desert…. not to mention climate change, it will make going outside uninhabitable if you think about this years heatwave. The people of the line will stay in the line, everything you need is around etc. this may sound nice but I don’t think the long term effects of living there are so good
It’s the opposite! The outside nature will be untouched! A resident can go for a picnic in nature or the beach just minutes away walking.. and completely forget the city life..
NEOM is made to preserve nature, and its nature made accessible to everyone, so it depends on you, either venture its valleys or enjoy The Line’s Unique environment
All means of transportation controlled by the state "Papers Please!". Each individual neighborhood walled off from each other, "Papers Please!". A 100 mile long company town where you buy everything from the company store and can never leave, sounds great.
I wonder if they’d even let you out, I couldn’t imagine being stuck in some dystopian city that goes in a straight line for 50+ kilometers or so, then being stuck behind some steel wall that you can’t escape from
The State is controlled by corporations. The obsession with "free market" leads to monopolies and then you have an unelected corporation controlling you based on how much profit they can extract from you.
@@TJ-TJ the state and and large monopoly corporation are one and the same. They want the people to buy from them and whatever is that they are "producing". Free markets on the other hand enables competition and the consumer will have choice to buy the same product with different qualities and prices according to his/her convenience. The fundamental principle for free markets is to prevent monopolies like state or large corporation like Google. I believe you like state control and Google.
Reminds me of Aeon Flux. Humanity was confined to Bregna City with all of their rights and freedoms taken away by a technocratic rule enabled by the high tech city walls.
Perfect for the 2030 Agenda, another way for the globalists to control people, WEF and the rest of the round table groups of elites are excited to have the land to themselves.
It sounds like a utopia except for a few important details. 1 being born and raised in it would make the concept of an entire world outside of it overwhelming, 2 wildlife has no way of crossing, and 3 just the idea of how much trash the bottom would collect with all the airflow coming from the top down. Not to mention if someone were to take their life off a walkway and affect 10 levels at once
@@alexandrel5572 fair point but doesn't really change the nature of it being a vanity project with unrealistic goals. Which have very common points with the projects I did name.
@@SolomarSolomar true, it is ambitious, and many hardly see it working out, but many before us viewed todays modern technology the same way many are viewing this project, some failed, and some made it to modern society, much like Korea’s floating city, which is being built, The Line is set to be an example to be followed, if these projects managed to prove their points, it would change the way cities are built
the line reminds me of the city from Aeon Flux with a wall. It may look good in animation but the reality of building such a project could backfire. How about desert sand storms, sand breaking the invisible wall. It's that reality and they may have some probliems and issues with other saudis on this project. And there is no such thing as zero carbon.
Its basically a prison for mental slaves of delusion. Satan's agenda. Where people can't think differently. Especially if you're a God person. Turn to Jesus and read your bibles. DO NOT DIE WITHOUT JESU'S. Hell is real! JESUS Prince of peace ❤ U! Turn to JESUS CHRIST! Not to drugs! Not to sexual slavery! Not to anger! Not to false paths! Not to magic! Not to immoral music! Why? IGNORING Jesus! Reblling to Jesus is foolish. WILL ONLY LEAD TO YOUR DESTRUCTION AND CONDEMNATION! Hosea 14:2 says, "Take with you Words and TURN to the LORD. It is time to plead your case - to remind God of what He has promised in His Word, God hearkens to the VOICE OF HIS WORD
Wind load. WInd load. Wind load. Important thing must be repeated three times. A mirror wall 500m high is in itself a enormous sail. Wind is stronger at greater height. 500M high is no joke. The structure to sustain the wind load for the mirror facade is just beyond description.
This is a perfect example of why architects are NOT city planners and should never “design” a city like this. We’ve seen time and time again that the best places are human scale, compact, grow from a natural “nucleus” or city center, are architecturally and culturally diverse with a distinct sense of place, and have lots of community amenities. This design is obviously lacking in at least a few of these areas from the jump
Architects have designed some of the european cities that are still considered good today. Don't judge them based off the idea of their employer. Even most architects would see this project as a catastrophe just from looking at it.
@@w1nterf0x_19 Architects, engineers, traffic planners, and urban planners alike are looking in heavy distaste for this project and I'm in full support of this position. It's such a catastrophic idea from the gadgetbahn idea that we can have 500mph trains for such a short distance and the situation with the local tribes being displaced and oppressed for this project to go through.
Rather than architects, this feels like a project poorly conceived by tech bros in the silicon valley, especially with the integration of the illusive “hyperloop” that and I’m also well aware that many architect colleagues and youtuber looks at the project in huge distaste. I know a few acquaintances that are in support of the project but they’ve mostly been ego-tripping architects that are more conceptual artist than making actual solutions. Oddly enough most of them came from high social standing backgrounds, not implying anything but an amusing correlation.
This thing gives me Elysium vibes. Surely it will be for mostly rich people to congregate. It's perfect shelter in the middle of the desert away from all the working class people. I guess that is why they are pushing so hard to make it automated (exactly like Elysium). Not to mention it is a powerplay for the Saudis. The more rich, affluent people they can attract, the more control they will have over them. The ultra wealthy already have a tendency to distance themselves from the rest of humanity. Deep down, they know the masses are a danger to them. There will be increasing demand for a place like The Line if wealth disparity continues to increase.
Itll be a mix class , theres always gonna be blue collar jobs, as well as some white collar. I find more in house careers are at the verge of being replaced by tech, but eventually down the line, someone has to fix that tech or whatever else it may be that breaks down . And someone has to manage. Always a rep on site
@@zachcarter3186 it still has a very elitist vibe to me. And too much big brother technology ( see at the end, tons of facial recognition software etc)
This is why there needs to be checks and balances in government: to protect the innocent and the minorities as well as the majority. I loved the thought of this smart city which would increase the livability of the desert, until I realized that they were killing people to make it and were likely going to take away the freedoms of all those who lived inside it.
@@HM-2011 exactly; so two wrongs don’t make a right. Im not defending displacing people, and it’s 170Km, longer than most of world cities. How many local inhabitants will it displace along those 170km? Is the environmental cause more important than these human beings?
Yes, that's how the government works. Even if they're delusional about the future. They're going to make it possible to matter what it takes. From abducting and killing.
The point of mirrored facade is to blend into the environment and be indistinguishable from the landscape. This kind of begs the question: Is it really that important to be hidden? From what?
Thinking of living in a city aside a sea,and still you can't enjoy the scenic landscape due to the so called 'Glass Wall'- for me it’s nothing but a 'Golden Cage'.
I'm honestly surprised this is only $500bn if it's going to house 9 million people. That amount seems off. Maybe $500bn would build the initial start of the line, and enough for the initial residents and businesses to move in. Then they'd continue to finish out the project over the next 20 years after, investing another 1 trillion or so. Edit: for those wondering, $500bn divided by 9 million is only $55k per person. That isn't taking into account the monstrous amount of other facilities, infrastructure, etc.. Which drastically lowers the $55k amount per resident. So again, I think $500bn is just to get it started.
Dude its the arabs while they attempt to pretend slavery isnt a thing its a massive part of their societies. Always has been. 500bn for a literal arab monarchy is not a hard concept to think of.
The amount of freshwater this will guzzle down will be concerning. The desalination that will result from this will destroy the fishing industry in the region.
@@MrNote-lz7lh Freshwater into the ground, but desalination produces brine that is released back into the source body of water. So mass desalinization could increase the local salinity in the Red Sea. But given that they are in a empty desert, they could do something else with the brine. Such as creating large brine pools to dry the brine and harvesting the salt. Then they would have a product for local use and export, and would avoid affecting the quality of the local seawater. The Red Sea connects to the world's oceans, so there's no shortage of saltwater and evaporating it wouldn't necessarily cause environmental damage. It could raise local humidity levels, which would be a good thing. They might be permanently turning some area into a salt flat, unless they do something like line the evaporation pools with a permanent nonpermeable lining so that the salt doesn't get into the earth.
In my opinion, The line project is actually a grand scaled project in the world. And, also It's the most interesting news to me. By the way, I'm so worried about the "Is that Actually working clearly?". The Blueprints and any structure shape of that are definitely unique and unexpected to humans. If they're complete build them, the last floor can't get a ray from the sun. I mean, It will be a dark dystopian city landscape.
Organic growth is the best way of growth. Old European cities have everything within walking distances and are unfriendly towards car leading to great Public transit which is the best way of reducing our carbon footprint too.
Sigh when you all see what the climate change really is…you will all who believed it go insane in denial! Interplanetary system coming the ones in the know are the only ones who “know”…and the wrath of GOD quickening!
@@Darkest_matter A desert isn't separate from the wind. The wind pattern is part of the weather pattern. This isn't a set of skyscrapers which sort of change the wind pattern but not really. The wind can and does go around skyscrapers. The wind flows between skyscrapers. Nothing of this scale has ever been done. The effect on the wind, and thus the weather, in the region is unknown. What is known is that the wind cannot go between anything for 100 miles, until it goes over this at 1500 feet. Even if this structure is aligned parallel to the prevailing winds, prevailing winds vary in direction. This structure will alter the wind in the region. Alter the wind for that large a space, and you alter the weather. No one knows how, yet. So do we just experiment and hope for the best ?
@@Darkest_matter shade? What’s that big ass mirror they where talking about? That reflects sun, and in the dessert? Yea have fun with it being a oven anywhere near that thing.
@@traviscornell3549 and that’s just ONE factor in nature. There’s so much more that is wrong with this Line. Honestly I don’t know who thought this would be a good idea.
While the concept is idiotically opposite to basic design logic, I’m excited to see if they can pull it off. Most likely it’ll be a classic bait n switch with a mediocre output but on the off chance that they can make something like the 3D render, that would be an incredible thing to go visit. It’s like the pyramids init, their craftsmanship, purpose and size is absolutely ridiculous for the age of their conception but those people did something stupid to make a monument that we admire now. By stupid I’m referring to needless wastage of human and natural resources and most importantly people’s time.
I don't know how it can have no foot print when it quite literally cuts the land in two. It would surely be a disaster for wildlife and anyone who wants to live outside the walls! 😬
While it looks and sounds really ideal, it is still a double edged sword, being a "line" as well as a trap for better crowd control and surveillance. I'm not so sure people want to give up the independence that comes from their own personal vehicles. Also, in case of anything going wrong, where's the way out? Oh, wait, if you do need to escape, you would be surrounded by desert. Still, for those willing, it should be an interesting experiment. I'm thinking that, first, the countries in that area should probably work on bringing their cultures into the 21st century. They sure aren't mentioning the displaced tribes in the brochure.
"Double edged sword"? My sister in Christ... *Its a suicide vest* One sandstorm and this "dream city" is going to be a humanitarian and ecological disaster of the century.
😢Many of Emirates Saudis still have slaves, there are many videos on UA-cam about it, please help the people who go there for work, don't go on holiday to Arab countries. Thank you for your understanding🙏
If they really want sustainability, they should build a traditional dense city in a circular or semi-circular shape. Just how we used to build them until mid 20th century With that density and shape in combination with mixed-use buildings (I’m generally thinking of such with housing in upper floors and stores/restaurants/etc in ground floor), the goal of necessities within a 5 minute walk can also be achieved A such city also doesn’t need that much fancy and costly infrastructure to work properly, while buildings as well can get done in a more human-friendly scale. And finally, it doesn’t becomes a dystopian barrier through the landscape blocking everything coming in it’s way So, my conclusion is that the Saudi’s doesn’t have to re-invent the wheel to get a sustainable city
@@kknn523 Exactly! And a such project is pretty much what you can expect from a big showoff of wealth like this, just like anything in Dubai. It’s not even meant to be liveable primarily, just epic from the first glance
@@kknn523 Dude, they killed Khashoggi. Do you believe they care even a little about the investment side? As I said. This is a social experiment, conducted by billion zillion trillionaries. They care about CONTROL. Not ROI.
The idea is about as “un-green” as anything I’ve seen. In addition, those mirrors will kill literally trillions of birds who regularly hit mirrored buildings as it is. And they want to make the entire city mirrored. Boo to that project.
It would only be "high-speed rail" for longer journeys, since the trains take a while to accelerate and slow down. Most subway trips would just be ... "rail".
Yes, the trains are supposed to be able to travel at speeds above 300 mph. The best Japanese maglevs trains can do that and hyper loops are theoretically capable of faster speeds.
Ahh..you are one of those people that paid attention in math class.. If train A is traveling down the line at 316mph, and it takes 30 minutes to reach the end, how long is the Line.. well done 👏
20mins to travel from one end to one end, but not included all the stops, acceleration and deceleration. Deceleration took more than a minute. Full acceleration takes 180 seconds. Let's say acceleration and deceleration takes 3mins, 5 stops means extra 15mins.
@@DuanvantSlot It is possible in current technology. However it can be too expensive to build. Japan's L0 serie of Maglev and CRRC Qingdao Sifang Maglev achieve 602 and 600 km/hr in testing respectively. Both are not in production yet.
@@DuanvantSlot Exactly. How many stations for stops along the 170 miles? One every mile? Line city population capacity 9 million people. Line city width 200 metres. They would need multiple train tubes side by side in this 200 metre width. And stacked upon each other in layers. All stopping at differing stations some express and others semi express. It could be done. But very complex. With Maglev zero friction vacuum tubes.
also the minorities and women that have no right it's very sad to hear yikes , we should feel lucky and thankful for the decent places we reside at 🙌❤️✨
@@فارسالطباخي-ش7د That still does not mean lives should be taken. Once again, it is simply evil and selfish. Money has no power.. It is mans own selfishness connecting money to their desire to control and to feel powerful to those who view themselves as less than. The idea is great but the process of executing it is unfair.
@@mahirudrasingh5391 its a muslim country, if you dont like it then leave it. they dont know you, they dont even care about what you thinking about them. they just follow the rules froms Qur'an
@@rickydavidson5268 first thing I'm not even living there second I'm aware they don't care about my opinions, cause they don't even care about their people also..i don't know why you are so pressed but have a nice day !
They say that it is possible to travel by train with average speed of 510 km/h (170 km in 20 min) between the ends of Line. But most travels will be in the middle of Line, which means that there has to be a densed network of stops. So, this 20 min doesn't have much significance.
it was planned by the world's leading architects; do you seriously think they hadn't brainstormed every factor on this mega project? I'd rather believe a top-notch worker's plans than some "i-know-it-all" random guy lmao
@@crateudemedici probably someone has thought of this. Nevertheless, they decided to go with the sales pitch of 20min, which obviously doesn't include stopping. The reality would be something else
did he say women had no rights in S. Arabia? I think this guy never visited the kingdom. Saudi Women live like queens. They are also very educated and not made like objects for sale like many women in what's so called open developed countries.
It is spent in phases, the first phase from approximately 2020 to 2025, and the second phase from 2025 to 2030, and shares will be offered for subscription for NEOM next year to investors and the Saudi Public Investment Fund will participate in the subscription
@@Nonamelol. There is no doubt that if the project's risks increase, two things will happen: either it succeeds and becomes something generations talk about, or it will fail miserably.
@@wolf9945 i was referring to the American journalist who was murdered by the Saudis. Now they get to build this trillion dollar monstrosity with their blood money
You know those scifi movies where it seems everyone is living in an utopia and the longer you watch the more you realize that something is fucked up? That's this stupid Line city, good premise for a dystopian setting tho.
that money to go to making their existing cities better instead of brushing them under the carpet. greener cities are doable through changes to existing cities, not via getting new ones and pretending the old ones dont exist
@@celinemara565 nothing wrong with the idea of a green city… but the money would be better spent on other green, renewable projects, addressing climate change issues such as drought, etc not a vanity project for the rich and famous.
As a civil engineer I can say this is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of and if constructed will be the biggest waste of money in the 21st century. This is utopian at best and dystopian at worst. For example high speed rail needs long distances to accelerate and break because rails are extremely "slippery" so if the train has to stop often within those 170km (which is a pretty short distance for HSR) it will never reach a high enough speed to justify the cost of construction 🤷♂ and that's their easiest to solve problem. Not to mention there are huge mountains in the way that they would have to cut a 500+ meter passage through. 🤷♂ How to loose most of your oil money in 1 project 😂😂😂😂
I remember those movies that starts with a big company introducing such a city, that it's the future. Then we cut to our main character living at the crappy apartment, we hear noise of nearby neighbors. He goes out and show us a heavily populated, and cramped city, trash and neon signs everywhere. Then we see him look up to see the wall of buildings until he see the actual sky. He then see his best friend and talk about how he'd like to leave that place to see the world that is round and not linear like "the line" city. Later that day he bumped into a mysterious woman running away from something. Eventually they'll meet and talk about how the city and how bad the government is running it. They'll start an uprising, all of the people start fighting back, some of his friends die. In the end they defeat the security, and the people running the place. Then they go outside the Line..
You guys continue this story.. I'm done taking a dump.
Only to realize that the world is not left like the way his grandfather told him. Its mostly trees everywhere due to zero pollution and there are these scavengers which are people of the descendants of those people who were discarded by the governments calling them the disease carriers and left to die outside the line. However they survived but they were no better than animals. They have always been in the lookout for the cure of the disease ever since. But now when the line was breached they chase after him because he contained the pure bloodline that could be the cure to their disease. Then he remembered the super secret drive that contained info about the sphere that is 16000 kms from the line. And somehow he must reach there in order to save himself and his loved ones from the scavangers...
You guys continue this story..Here my boss comes...
This is perfect as is. They go outside. Story ends
you said everything.
And the inhabitants will have a QR code tattoed on the back of their neck.....
1984?
Looks like the coolest Prison I have ever seen.
Hehe. And they'll use borderline slave labour to build it, only to find out that no fucker wants to live in Saudi Arabia, let alone in the middle of the desert.
why should it be a prison?
WEF: Designing the German Gas Chambers of the future.
You don’t need to stay in it
@@GorudenMusic cause that’s what it is forehead
This is how all these futuristic movies start..
Almost like Mars
So..how would they contain a major fire. I could see thousands of birds dead on the ground hitting that mirror wall.
@@senju2024 Saudi prince be like: ohh I never thought of that.
Now no more Glass building in Saudi Arabia 🤣🤣🤣
We already made so many Glass building.
Futuristic horror movies
@@senju2024 لاتوجد طيور في المكان اللذي يتم بناء المدينة فيه لانه بعيد عن المدن وسط الصحراء ولايوجد طيور في الصحراء
The will be the coolest abandoned construction site in the world!
is this a joke or a convo??
If this is what the future is like, it's looking pretty miserable
It is not like it is any better currently in there so it is hard to say is it improvement or deterioration.
@@RavenWolf654 True, but I was talking about the world as a whole more than about KSA in specific
the city looks nice but they definitely will not carry out their plans very well
One Man's megalomaniac vanity project isn't representative for the future. This isn't the first failed mega-project in the region and won't be that last. It's just sad to see all that money wasted, instead of spending it on the 34 million people that live in poverty in SA.
The future is miserable
Why am I getting a feeling that we’re slowly moving towards a dystopian future where anything outside megacities is barren and unsuitable for life. Just like in Judge Dredd’s Mega city one
Because that’s what it is and we can’t let it happen
You’ve only just realised that
YES
That might be the case, except... the rest of the world will be Utopia, and they wouldn't want us to know that, not touch it due to climate change.
@@sacjohnson1 too late its going to happen its just a matter of when
If you voluntarily live here, you’re insane. This is a prison in the middle of a desert. They’re selling it as a utopia but it’s going to be a hell on earth. You’re in a desert, in the middle of nowhere in an authoritarian country…..what could go wrong.
Yeah the concept of the line sounds nice but we have to remember that it’s in Saudi Arabia a strict Islamic country
I mean you're living under authoritarianism in SA anyways regardless of where you go. Why not atleast live in a beautifully designed city as long as the maintenance is maintained & your needs are met?
@@marshmello4310 "strictly Islamic" that was in the past before Mohammad Bin Salman's arrival to power. The country is slowly transitioning to secularism. Everyone will be welcomed.
I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. Culture has been rapidly changing and dramatically opening up just in the past 8 years.
@@Mohammed-2338 don’t lie i am a muslim and it is welcoming everyone but it’s certainly not moving anywhere from islam and it never will as we have the kaaba and we are proud of that
Who are you to judge the project before it even happened? What is bad about all services being available within 5 mins and zero carbon waste lmao?
utopia or distopia??
The latter
Utopia means to end know were
Utopia at first, distopia at last. Jesus is coming and this will all go to hell, literally.
Utopia means to end no way
Jesus is je Zeus
Your life is going to hell not mine no one is comeing the Christ is in you what Jesus has so do you that’s a metaphor for only you can change things to believe means you don’t know anything surely you want KNOWING your faithless too coz you want someone to save you with out inner faith WHAT makes you think you have any faith you don’t your faithless wich is a feminine act go get some help or read philosophy change your mind set .
It won’t be for all of us. Just the wealthy.
“Minimal environmental impact” yeah except for where they completely bisect an ecosystem with no way for animals to go above or under, and creating basically a miles long sliding glass door for all the birds to beef it on
It’s in the middle of the dessert bud
@@HondaEnjoyer12 yeah because deserts don’t have a ecosystem 😂. Like come on you know how diverse deserts are.
@@darrellgainer6966 this is a move forward. Not perfect as all new ideas are but significantly better than the direction we are going now. There’s a type of glass designed to repel birds. There are sound frequencies that can keep animals at bay and within their own land. A damn barrier lol. This is an idea towards the future. I like it.
@@Cosmicdonut42 😂😂😂
@@Cosmicdonut42 This will literally never be completed in your and your children's lifetime if it even manages to actually get approved.
Also considering saudi arabia would run out of oil before it manages to finish the first kilometer.
This literally looks like a dystopian movie plot.
It actually did its purpose which is an ad for the project and went viral just like the Cybertruck..
Get in your pod!!
Bigot!!
It looks like a massive arcology research project to me.
If sw3den or some other European country was building this people wouldn't stop praising them
Clearly you're just mad because you thought that Muslims can't achieve anything
Looks absolutely miserable for someone like me that enjoys nature and freedom. I need to be more grateful for where I live.
I agree. It made me feel claustrophobic. Imagine having to live in The Line during a pandemic. Can’t go out anywhere, and it’s much more enforceable within those walls. No thanks.
Yep. Plus living there could be extremely expensive.
Agreed
@@tzukyethe plan is to force people in eventually.Prince charles said as much about getting people out of the countryside
who's inviting you to live there in the first place?
in the future when the line gets finished:
“Mom, what’s outside the walls?”
“Monsters,titans.”
aram yeager
This will end in either 2 ways (if it actually happens), an amazing eco-city that’s a beacon for technology, or a dystopian nightmare that you can never leave which is full of corruption and suffering and where the sunlight never reaches the bottom.
By looking at it, it felt pretty impractical when building a city like that since you have to walk all the way to the other side, face constant congestion and stoppage if everyone using the same transportation since they're going in a straight line instead of a circle. It would be a miracle if this city survive and the government maintain it.
2nd way for sure,
You know the top levels are going to be off limits for all but the elite few.
I go the latter
I’ll give you a hint. It’s not the first option
I never thought they would start building the Death Star from the trenches.
Bmayaa your comment is awesome! May the force be with you ✨
decease sphere
As an introvert who loves nature and being left alone and owning my own property I would get depressed in a place like that this is a terrible idea! I won't live in the line, I won't eat the bugs!
I feel you
You will go along or be discarded.
We have to draw a line in the sand and say NO to this project.
@@BillClay88 - That’s bullshit
@@saturnnet1627 - Isn’t that what they are doing? Drawing a Line in the sand?
The camels are gonna be like : WTF is that?
😂😂😂😂😂
They will make your prison so comfortable, that you won’t even know you’re in a prison.
Like the ones in Iceland and Denmark?
@@masonpyle5929 I live in Norway. I can tell you these are quite comfy.
We're already in Prison. Does your country lets you do much? Can't even grow weed with out getting thrown in a cage for years
@@RedLineShortFilms that’s true. Doesn’t mean that I want to go to the more digitalized cyber punk one.
Imagine the social stratification. The rich live in the top floors in luxury, the poor on the ground level in squalor. That's the end game for this project. Those among the poor who speak out will be ostracized, imprisoned, or worse.
Much like any city, but much fancier, we are yet to know how it’s social structure would be, so I hope for implemented rules that would make it hard for the rich to abuse their power
Ok and? We have that anyways, Dave. Let the Saudis get creative with their society if they want - wont' bother us.
We, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, our religion does not allow us to distinguish between the rich and the poor. Of course, the rich will have preferences in some things, but the government cares about the lives of the poor as well.
How is that different from today's cities exactly?
Someone on the NEOM board is clearly a fan of cyberpunk films for all the wrong reasons.
I couldn't list in 10 hours all the monumental flaws with this idea.
Do it then
Name three.
You're right. You couldn't
@Mr. Note - 1. Haboobs. 2. Not enough water. 3. Excessive demand for materials (which will cause the building costs to continue to rise).
That building is designed to work against the natural desert environment, instead of with it.
@@MrNote-lz7lh Look at all the land outside, that is if you're even allowed to. I wonder who gets to live out there? I like the comment up top. It looks like the coolest prison I've ever seen.
I like how the presentations haven’t gone past the conceptual phase yet the excavation has started. I think whoever told the Saudi prince this might be a bad idea will be part of the foundation.
I see what you did there, yes he was mixed in with the concrete.
@@chickenoodle3397Just like they did with Hoffa!
500 metre tall for 170 kms... sure, that sounds feasible 🙄
It isn’t.
Even if they solve all the engineering challenges -- which if their other mega-constructions are any indication, they won't -- AI won't solve all the logistical challenges. They'll still need human labor for maintenance and sanitation. AI drone deliveries have proven to be too nascent a technology, so last mile couriers living on minimum wage and tips _will_ be a necessity.
When i think that just a kilometre of german highway (autobahn) costs between 6 to 20 million €uro i dont think that this calculation will match...
I read an article saying that even if they were able to build it, it wouldn't be complete until at least 2050. The prince said he wants it built by 2030... which is just ridiculous. He'd have to enslave the entire region to get the bloody thing built that fast. But he did compare it to the Giza Pyramids so maybe he will be going full slave driver just like the Egyptians of old.
@@HL3AlcAida I agree. The proposed cost numbers are way off.
Imagine kids growing up in the line, i feel like it would be very isolating, and completely shuts them off from nature. I feel like the outside world could be strange for them. Really reminds me of a dystopian movie lol
Edit: I am aware that they are allowed to leave, but it’s in the middle of the desert…. not to mention climate change, it will make going outside uninhabitable if you think about this years heatwave. The people of the line will stay in the line, everything you need is around etc. this may sound nice but I don’t think the long term effects of living there are so good
It’s the opposite! The outside nature will be untouched! A resident can go for a picnic in nature or the beach just minutes away walking.. and completely forget the city life..
And trying to escape!!
Not much nature among the sand ngl, I like the scope of the project but practically it seems like a disaster
@@mistervanderveer Lol people are obsessed with our desert, mountains and valleys. If you know nothing about Tabuk’s nature then don’t talk lol..
NEOM is made to preserve nature, and its nature made accessible to everyone, so it depends on you, either venture its valleys or enjoy The Line’s Unique environment
All means of transportation controlled by the state "Papers Please!". Each individual neighborhood walled off from each other, "Papers Please!". A 100 mile long company town where you buy everything from the company store and can never leave, sounds great.
Imagine how fast disease could spread.
@@MrSatyre1 Because diseases aren't spreading fast nowadays? Literally everyone got covid lol
I wonder if they’d even let you out, I couldn’t imagine being stuck in some dystopian city that goes in a straight line for 50+ kilometers or so, then being stuck behind some steel wall that you can’t escape from
The State is controlled by corporations. The obsession with "free market" leads to monopolies and then you have an unelected corporation controlling you based on how much profit they can extract from you.
@@TJ-TJ the state and and large monopoly corporation are one and the same. They want the people to buy from them and whatever is that they are "producing". Free markets on the other hand enables competition and the consumer will have choice to buy the same product with different qualities and prices according to his/her convenience. The fundamental principle for free markets is to prevent monopolies like state or large corporation like Google. I believe you like state control and Google.
Cant wait to see how birds wil navigate a giant mirror 500m high 😂👀🐦
Yeah that would be the only problem I see
Reminds me of Aeon Flux. Humanity was confined to Bregna City with all of their rights and freedoms taken away by a technocratic rule enabled by the high tech city walls.
Search for 'Akon City, Senegal' and you can't see a flopped future city by Akon
Great film!
so just as they want it to be? Fact checkers say this will be good for climate change, bigot!
Perfect for the 2030 Agenda, another way for the globalists to control people, WEF and the rest of the round table groups of elites are excited to have the land to themselves.
I thought of AeonFlux as well
Go hang out at the mall for 12 hours. That’s The Line.
Except it’s a 170 Km mall.
I just get claustrophobic picturing this…
This is basically a wealthy prison, there is absolutely no way in hell I would ever live there even if everything was free.
I used to have dreams about a future like this. A weird very nice city, where everything is right there
Things literally cannot be further apart than in a line like that.
People living on top of each other in a glass prison in the desert? Yeah, no thanks. I'll pass.
It sounds like a utopia except for a few important details. 1 being born and raised in it would make the concept of an entire world outside of it overwhelming, 2 wildlife has no way of crossing, and 3 just the idea of how much trash the bottom would collect with all the airflow coming from the top down. Not to mention if someone were to take their life off a walkway and affect 10 levels at once
Mr know it all 🥴
You don’t think these issues have been discussed with experts during the designing process?
A Utopia??? This is evil asf. Like genuine dystopian life planning by global fascists
@@sumbtch1168 They have zero intention of building it. So no, they haven't. It's a vanity project for marketing at best and a rug pull at worst.
You forgot that the Line would be build by slaves...
Even more ambitious than Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands. And those turned out sooooo great /s
Unfortunately the worlds island project failed
@@greatest-white-mage /s is for sarcasm
Not the same country....
Was UAE, not Saudi Arabia
Its like, "oh look at japan, they failed à project, so the chinese one will fail too" make no sens
@@alexandrel5572 fair point but doesn't really change the nature of it being a vanity project with unrealistic goals. Which have very common points with the projects I did name.
@@SolomarSolomar true, it is ambitious, and many hardly see it working out, but many before us viewed todays modern technology the same way many are viewing this project, some failed, and some made it to modern society, much like Korea’s floating city, which is being built, The Line is set to be an example to be followed, if these projects managed to prove their points, it would change the way cities are built
It feels like an episode of Black mirror
And when you hit the age of 30 your life crystal starts flashing and you have to renew at carousel.
Logan’s Run?
Is this from Dr Who?🤔
@@tdeo2141 Logan's Run.
@@fredo1070 ah, ok 👍🏼
Can ya imagine how many birds gonna run into that mirror wall.. 😔
😂fr tho
And I don’t think the developers care 😢
the line reminds me of the city from Aeon Flux with a wall. It may look good in animation but the reality of building such a project could backfire. How about desert sand storms, sand breaking the invisible wall. It's that reality and they may have some probliems and issues with other saudis on this project. And there is no such thing as zero carbon.
Plus it would be a dystopian prison where your life and travel are controlled by authoritarian fascists
Its basically a prison for mental slaves of delusion. Satan's agenda. Where people can't think differently. Especially if you're a God person. Turn to Jesus and read your bibles. DO NOT DIE WITHOUT JESU'S. Hell is real!
JESUS Prince of peace ❤ U! Turn to JESUS CHRIST! Not to drugs! Not to sexual slavery! Not to anger! Not to false paths! Not to magic! Not to immoral music!
Why? IGNORING Jesus! Reblling to Jesus is foolish. WILL ONLY LEAD TO YOUR DESTRUCTION AND CONDEMNATION!
Hosea 14:2 says, "Take with you Words and TURN to the LORD. It is time to plead your case - to remind God of what He has promised in His Word, God hearkens to the VOICE OF HIS WORD
Wind load. WInd load. Wind load. Important thing must be repeated three times. A mirror wall 500m high is in itself a enormous sail. Wind is stronger at greater height. 500M high is no joke. The structure to sustain the wind load for the mirror facade is just beyond description.
This line looks more like a luxurious prison to me
Poor people in the back, rich people in the front. Just like that train movie thing.
This is a perfect example of why architects are NOT city planners and should never “design” a city like this. We’ve seen time and time again that the best places are human scale, compact, grow from a natural “nucleus” or city center, are architecturally and culturally diverse with a distinct sense of place, and have lots of community amenities. This design is obviously lacking in at least a few of these areas from the jump
Architects have designed some of the european cities that are still considered good today. Don't judge them based off the idea of their employer. Even most architects would see this project as a catastrophe just from looking at it.
@@w1nterf0x_19 Architects, engineers, traffic planners, and urban planners alike are looking in heavy distaste for this project and I'm in full support of this position. It's such a catastrophic idea from the gadgetbahn idea that we can have 500mph trains for such a short distance and the situation with the local tribes being displaced and oppressed for this project to go through.
who are we to judge it. no one is forcing you to live there. we're nobody, most of yall just hate for no reason istg
Rather than architects, this feels like a project poorly conceived by tech bros in the silicon valley, especially with the integration of the illusive “hyperloop” that and I’m also well aware that many architect colleagues and youtuber looks at the project in huge distaste. I know a few acquaintances that are in support of the project but they’ve mostly been ego-tripping architects that are more conceptual artist than making actual solutions. Oddly enough most of them came from high social standing backgrounds, not implying anything but an amusing correlation.
bs...there are lots of city planners that are architects
This thing gives me Elysium vibes. Surely it will be for mostly rich people to congregate. It's perfect shelter in the middle of the desert away from all the working class people. I guess that is why they are pushing so hard to make it automated (exactly like Elysium). Not to mention it is a powerplay for the Saudis. The more rich, affluent people they can attract, the more control they will have over them. The ultra wealthy already have a tendency to distance themselves from the rest of humanity. Deep down, they know the masses are a danger to them. There will be increasing demand for a place like The Line if wealth disparity continues to increase.
Itll be a mix class , theres always gonna be blue collar jobs, as well as some white collar. I find more in house careers are at the verge of being replaced by tech, but eventually down the line, someone has to fix that tech or whatever else it may be that breaks down . And someone has to manage. Always a rep on site
Lmao it’s never gonna get built so we don’t have to worry about anything
Very true!
@@vitamind2382 lol correct. The budget estimated for Line is 1 trillion dollars who is gonna invest
@@zachcarter3186 it still has a very elitist vibe to me. And too much big brother technology ( see at the end, tons of facial recognition software etc)
I cannot say that I support this project.
Children and others growing up there will be complete strangers to the outside world.
basically a black mirror reality show
This is why there needs to be checks and balances in government: to protect the innocent and the minorities as well as the majority. I loved the thought of this smart city which would increase the livability of the desert, until I realized that they were killing people to make it and were likely going to take away the freedoms of all those who lived inside it.
Name another country that did NOT resort to such actions to "make it". Name just one.
@@HM-2011 doesn’t mean it should be done again.
@@tdeo2141 I fully agree, but I rather hear people clean own house before the rest ;)
And by the way isn't it still being done ?
@@HM-2011 exactly; so two wrongs don’t make a right. Im not defending displacing people, and it’s 170Km, longer than most of world cities. How many local inhabitants will it displace along those 170km? Is the environmental cause more important than these human beings?
Yes, that's how the government works. Even if they're delusional about the future. They're going to make it possible to matter what it takes. From abducting and killing.
When I've spent years trying to warn people about smart cities... Several people owe me an apology
170 miles long and taller than the Empire State building? Someone needs to lay off the blow.
Lmao😂😂😂😂
So how do they prevent the mirrored facades from literally cooking everything???
They're rich
Cooking what? There is only sand and air outside
The point of mirrored facade is to blend into the environment and be indistinguishable from the landscape. This kind of begs the question: Is it really that important to be hidden? From what?
@@maboo736 the sun...
@@maboo736 THE BRIGHT THING IN OUR ATMOSPHERE
I want a full hour documentary
There is one already
Thinking of living in a city aside a sea,and still you can't enjoy the scenic landscape due to the so called 'Glass Wall'- for me it’s nothing but a 'Golden Cage'.
I'm sorry for desert birds dying when hitting the mirror walls, in addition to not respecting their own countrymen who've been there forever.
Nice, very nice. So now show us the workforce that is building it.
No. It’s conceptual only. Doubt this thing ever breaks ground. $1 trillion of laundered funds.
@@joeybulford5266 they are already on it lmao
Mostly india corporations.
Worker that are paid
All foreigners who have to surrender their passports to the Saudis.
Just build a Normal city but without roads, plenty of trees and an extensive rail network
Eyyo congrats bro
To claim your prize please send just $50 and your super awesome $20000 prize will be sent to you by care of a Nigerian Prince.
@@damace3838 Damn Nigerian princes are the most generous in the world!
@@zulu6ix290 😂😂😂😂😂
You need to build some pass through for wildlife or travelers to go to and fro either side of the structure
Walk around 🤷🏾♂️
@@hometheatereman5755 is would only take 40 hours 🤣
Wildlife will probably run into the mirror and get wounded or die. Not good.
It’s not a viable design.
There fore you need a pass through at certain intervals however mirror finish would be a death trap for wildlife.
You can check in any time you like but you can never leave.
I'm honestly surprised this is only $500bn if it's going to house 9 million people. That amount seems off. Maybe $500bn would build the initial start of the line, and enough for the initial residents and businesses to move in. Then they'd continue to finish out the project over the next 20 years after, investing another 1 trillion or so.
Edit: for those wondering, $500bn divided by 9 million is only $55k per person. That isn't taking into account the monstrous amount of other facilities, infrastructure, etc.. Which drastically lowers the $55k amount per resident. So again, I think $500bn is just to get it started.
@Nova even the poorest neighborhoods in saudi have better quality of living than the mid class tiny apartments of the west
no you fools the line is part of a GROUP OF PROJECTS that all total 500billion. no government is spending that much on just one project
If Qatar is any reference, they'll be using borderline slave labour and having many of them die on the building site.
Dude its the arabs while they attempt to pretend slavery isnt a thing its a massive part of their societies. Always has been. 500bn for a literal arab monarchy is not a hard concept to think of.
Its all BS, there is zero chance this thing gets built
"I drive everybody like a slave, when they drop down dead, I celebrate. That’s how I do my projects." - Nadhmi Al-Nasr, CEO of NEOM.
Seriously 😮
This sounds like a prison, man...! 😠😠😠
That is probably the most stupid idea i have ever heard like who would want to feel trapped in like a long hallway
The Line (2030)
The Line: Civil War (2035)
The Line: No Way Home (2037)
The Line: End Game (2040)
The amount of freshwater this will guzzle down will be concerning. The desalination that will result from this will destroy the fishing industry in the region.
I thought they were getting their water from the ocean. If so it will be introducing freshwater into the environment.
@@MrNote-lz7lh Freshwater into the ground, but desalination produces brine that is released back into the source body of water. So mass desalinization could increase the local salinity in the Red Sea.
But given that they are in a empty desert, they could do something else with the brine. Such as creating large brine pools to dry the brine and harvesting the salt. Then they would have a product for local use and export, and would avoid affecting the quality of the local seawater.
The Red Sea connects to the world's oceans, so there's no shortage of saltwater and evaporating it wouldn't necessarily cause environmental damage. It could raise local humidity levels, which would be a good thing. They might be permanently turning some area into a salt flat, unless they do something like line the evaporation pools with a permanent nonpermeable lining so that the salt doesn't get into the earth.
That would be the easiest city to destroy on the planet
With nuclear weapon, every city is easy to destroy
Why
@@RedLineShortFilms Why? It's literally a straight line. It's just begging to be bombed and shelled from both sides
In my opinion, The line project is actually a grand scaled project in the world. And, also It's the most interesting news to me. By the way, I'm so worried about the "Is that Actually working clearly?". The Blueprints and any structure shape of that are definitely unique and unexpected to humans. If they're complete build them, the last floor can't get a ray from the sun. I mean, It will be a dark dystopian city landscape.
Organic growth is the best way of growth. Old European cities have everything within walking distances and are unfriendly towards car leading to great Public transit which is the best way of reducing our carbon footprint too.
Desalination AND sewage/trash disposal.
Yeah but the world controllers hate everything European so the very thought of doing that would make them vomit
Nothing wrong with carbon. It makes plants grow.
Sigh when you all see what the climate change really is…you will all who believed it go insane in denial!
Interplanetary system coming the ones in the know are the only ones who “know”…and the wrath of GOD quickening!
European cities cause claustrophobia
Sure. A 1500-foot-tall 100-mile long building won't affect the environment. Not at all. No chance of that happening.
It's a dessert. If anything, it will provide shade and maybe allow some plants to grow
@@Darkest_matter A desert isn't separate from the wind. The wind pattern is part of the weather pattern.
This isn't a set of skyscrapers which sort of change the wind pattern but not really. The wind can and does go around skyscrapers.
The wind flows between skyscrapers. Nothing of this scale has ever been done. The effect on the wind, and thus the weather, in the region is unknown.
What is known is that the wind cannot go between anything for 100 miles, until it goes over this at 1500 feet.
Even if this structure is aligned parallel to the prevailing winds, prevailing winds vary in direction. This structure will alter the wind in the region.
Alter the wind for that large a space, and you alter the weather. No one knows how, yet. So do we just experiment and hope for the best ?
@@Darkest_matter plants growing...in the shade...
@@Darkest_matter shade? What’s that big ass mirror they where talking about? That reflects sun, and in the dessert? Yea have fun with it being a oven anywhere near that thing.
@@traviscornell3549 and that’s just ONE factor in nature. There’s so much more that is wrong with this Line. Honestly I don’t know who thought this would be a good idea.
This is giving me claustrophobia, I need a large view on the sky and environment or else I can’t breathe
The line is still incredibly wide.
You will be able to breath inside,Its wider than you think from the inside.
@@PurpleLightningYT I know i will be ABLE to but it's making me anxious just the thought of being locked between two huge ass walls
@@sofiaebrh Its like living in a big mall..not for me
And i need 30 women in my bed right now.
Definitely a movie of something about this people living in the city like this would make a good movie
While the concept is idiotically opposite to basic design logic, I’m excited to see if they can pull it off. Most likely it’ll be a classic bait n switch with a mediocre output but on the off chance that they can make something like the 3D render, that would be an incredible thing to go visit.
It’s like the pyramids init, their craftsmanship, purpose and size is absolutely ridiculous for the age of their conception but those people did something stupid to make a monument that we admire now.
By stupid I’m referring to needless wastage of human and natural resources and most importantly people’s time.
everybody riding the hate parade smh, no one is inviting you to live there
Im not. Rather everyone to keel the freedom to go outside when they want. Let's not give hittler what he wanted, shall we.
I'm excited to see the millions of refugees at my border then Saudi Arabia runs out of oil
What an absolute load of s***
I can't believe somebody thought this was a good idea 🇬🇧
I don't know how it can have no foot print when it quite literally cuts the land in two. It would surely be a disaster for wildlife and anyone who wants to live outside the walls! 😬
Exactly no life out the walls! They seek full control and ownership of the world globe left insane follow this lock step!
I can see birds crashing into it on a very regular basis.
part of the plan...the birds are then collected at the bottom, ground up and fed to the people
While it looks and sounds really ideal, it is still a double edged sword, being a "line" as well as a trap for better crowd control and surveillance. I'm not so sure people want to give up the independence that comes from their own personal vehicles. Also, in case of anything going wrong, where's the way out? Oh, wait, if you do need to escape, you would be surrounded by desert. Still, for those willing, it should be an interesting experiment. I'm thinking that, first, the countries in that area should probably work on bringing their cultures into the 21st century. They sure aren't mentioning the displaced tribes in the brochure.
So you’ve not been following the great reset !
Lol just because guys don’t kiss each other doesn’t mean where not in the 21 century 😂😂
"Double edged sword"?
My sister in Christ...
*Its a suicide vest*
One sandstorm and this "dream city" is going to be a humanitarian and ecological disaster of the century.
@@DJWeapon8 lol😂😂😂
@@LadyMaven its a meme
😢Many of Emirates Saudis still have slaves, there are many videos on UA-cam about it, please help the people who go there for work, don't go on holiday to Arab countries. Thank you for your understanding🙏
This is the coolest dystopian prison ive seen yet!!
A set for a real life The Truman show.
Just wonder how thorough sprinkler system that thing needs to have..
If they really want sustainability, they should build a traditional dense city in a circular or semi-circular shape. Just how we used to build them until mid 20th century
With that density and shape in combination with mixed-use buildings (I’m generally thinking of such with housing in upper floors and stores/restaurants/etc in ground floor), the goal of necessities within a 5 minute walk can also be achieved
A such city also doesn’t need that much fancy and costly infrastructure to work properly, while buildings as well can get done in a more human-friendly scale. And finally, it doesn’t becomes a dystopian barrier through the landscape blocking everything coming in it’s way
So, my conclusion is that the Saudi’s doesn’t have to re-invent the wheel to get a sustainable city
Has nothing to do with environment. It's a social experiment. They want to find out the effect on people in a closed, super surveilled area
@@kknn523 It's like the less money they had the more ambitious they got.
@@kknn523 Exactly! And a such project is pretty much what you can expect from a big showoff of wealth like this, just like anything in Dubai. It’s not even meant to be liveable primarily, just epic from the first glance
That’s not the goal.
@@kknn523 Dude, they killed Khashoggi. Do you believe they care even a little about the investment side? As I said. This is a social experiment, conducted by billion zillion trillionaries. They care about CONTROL. Not ROI.
This feels like a setting that would appear Cyberpunk 2077.
Elysium in real life, but then on the ground. Magnificent
The idea is about as “un-green” as anything I’ve seen. In addition, those mirrors will kill literally trillions of birds who regularly hit mirrored buildings as it is. And they want to make the entire city mirrored. Boo to that project.
Mmm, free bird meat.
@@radioreactivity3561 lol the people in there are gonna be eating bugs and synthetic meat. The bird meat will go to the wealthy elite only.
It would only be "high-speed rail" for longer journeys, since the trains take a while to accelerate and slow down. Most subway trips would just be ... "rail".
It's a fucking prison in the middle of nowhere to make it impossible to escape, we can't let this shitty hellcity be a reality.
“Travel from end to end in 20 minutes” the line is supposed to be 170 km. That means that thing is going 316.899 miles per hour
Not to mention the stops, but some trains can go faster than that so the speed isn’t the problem
That speed it could open a new portal into another dimension! If it uses Nitrox it would be better!
Yes, the trains are supposed to be able to travel at speeds above 300 mph. The best Japanese maglevs trains can do that and hyper loops are theoretically capable of faster speeds.
Ahh..you are one of those people that paid attention in math class..
If train A is traveling down the line at 316mph, and it takes 30 minutes to reach the end, how long is the Line.. well done 👏
To reach 170km in 20min, it only needs to travel at 510km/h
Full control with minimal effort. The Line or better yet Stay In Line!
20mins to travel from one end to one end, but not included all the stops, acceleration and deceleration. Deceleration took more than a minute. Full acceleration takes 180 seconds. Let's say acceleration and deceleration takes 3mins, 5 stops means extra 15mins.
A high schooler could prove it's impossible. 170km in 20 minutes is an average speed of 510km average speed without stops
@@DuanvantSlot It is possible in current technology. However it can be too expensive to build. Japan's L0 serie of Maglev and CRRC Qingdao Sifang Maglev achieve 602 and 600 km/hr in testing respectively. Both are not in production yet.
@@DuanvantSlot Exactly. How many stations for stops along the 170 miles? One every mile? Line city population capacity 9 million people. Line city width 200 metres. They would need multiple train tubes side by side in this 200 metre width. And stacked upon each other in layers. All stopping at differing stations some express and others semi express. It could be done. But very complex. With Maglev zero friction vacuum tubes.
The Line sounds like a new movie were people are being controlled and people trying to escape
It sounds like a giant glass prison..
For anyone who is not from the middle East or from Saudi Arabia, sand storms will be the first factor to not make this happen
Wow. This isn’t worth it at all. Because these people were killed and or taken away from their land is purely evil. This country isn’t right.
First it's government land those people live in desert they don't have a specific land they travel by the time
also the minorities and women that have no right it's very sad to hear yikes , we should feel lucky and thankful for the decent places we reside at 🙌❤️✨
@@فارسالطباخي-ش7د That still does not mean lives should be taken. Once again, it is simply evil and selfish. Money has no power.. It is mans own selfishness connecting money to their desire to control and to feel powerful to those who view themselves as less than. The idea is great but the process of executing it is unfair.
@@mahirudrasingh5391 its a muslim country, if you dont like it then leave it. they dont know you, they dont even care about what you thinking about them. they just follow the rules froms Qur'an
@@rickydavidson5268 first thing I'm not even living there second I'm aware they don't care about my opinions, cause they don't even care about their people also..i don't know why you are so pressed but have a nice day !
Look like a place that birds like to ram into
"..if Neom is built and lives up to it's lofty promises.."
That "if" did not skipp leg day! 🤣
The question is, what are they going to do about the heat from the mirror sides that would probably melt the sand, disease, and water.
They say that it is possible to travel by train with average speed of 510 km/h (170 km in 20 min) between the ends of Line. But most travels will be in the middle of Line, which means that there has to be a densed network of stops. So, this 20 min doesn't have much significance.
It won’t be a train, it will be hyper loop, read about it
it was planned by the world's leading architects; do you seriously think they hadn't brainstormed every factor on this mega project? I'd rather believe a top-notch worker's plans than some "i-know-it-all" random guy lmao
@@crateudemedici probably someone has thought of this. Nevertheless, they decided to go with the sales pitch of 20min, which obviously doesn't include stopping. The reality would be something else
@@liekkiilola5789 yea that's right. maybe it's not exactly 20mins but somewhat close to it as we know reality doesn't always go our way
@@crateudemedici Yes, you are that random guy. I didn't say that I know all, but every stop takes time.
did he say women had no rights in S. Arabia? I think this guy never visited the kingdom. Saudi Women live like queens. They are also very educated and not made like objects for sale like many women in what's so called open developed countries.
A labour camp designed as a cyberpunk dystopia. Smart
Their gdp alone is just 698Billion. How the hell are they gonna afford that 500Billion dollar project?????
It is spent in phases, the first phase from approximately 2020 to 2025, and the second phase from 2025 to 2030, and shares will be offered for subscription for NEOM next year to investors and the Saudi Public Investment Fund will participate in the subscription
@@عزيزوهزهراني That will hold back the Saudi GDP by a lot this is such a horrible investment.
@@Nonamelol. There is no doubt that if the project's risks increase, two things will happen: either it succeeds and becomes something generations talk about, or it will fail miserably.
Their gdp is way higher than that it’s actually one trillion.
@@rayanchenafa8346 Soon, it will cross a trillion as oil prices continue to rise
Great - now Journalists can get chopped to pieces in style.
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@@wolf9945 i was referring to the American journalist who was murdered by the Saudis. Now they get to build this trillion dollar monstrosity with their blood money
It won’t be long before Elon Musk creates his own version of The LINE and markets it as the next perfect way of living.
People would be unable to walk more than five minutes! No longer able to explore the world! This is horrifying!!
@Smart Man more like “yoo vill own nossing and vill bee happy”
You know those scifi movies where it seems everyone is living in an utopia and the longer you watch the more you realize that something is fucked up? That's this stupid Line city, good premise for a dystopian setting tho.
Except that it will never be a Utopia at any time.
What a waste of money, just think what else could be done with that insane amount of money!
that money to go to making their existing cities better instead of brushing them under the carpet. greener cities are doable through changes to existing cities, not via getting new ones and pretending the old ones dont exist
So a green city is a “waste of money”
@@celinemara565 nothing wrong with the idea of a green city… but the money would be better spent on other green, renewable projects, addressing climate change issues such as drought, etc not a vanity project for the rich and famous.
@@MadBrit26 how did u decide its only for the rich and famous? They are tryna house 9 million people here…
@@celinemara565 so you really think it’s going to be reasonable after spending that insane amount of money?
"Hey mom, what's outside the wall?"
Live in a pod.
Eat the bugs.
And you'll be happy
As a civil engineer I can say this is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of and if constructed will be the biggest waste of money in the 21st century. This is utopian at best and dystopian at worst. For example high speed rail needs long distances to accelerate and break because rails are extremely "slippery" so if the train has to stop often within those 170km (which is a pretty short distance for HSR) it will never reach a high enough speed to justify the cost of construction 🤷♂ and that's their easiest to solve problem. Not to mention there are huge mountains in the way that they would have to cut a 500+ meter passage through. 🤷♂ How to loose most of your oil money in 1 project 😂😂😂😂
That’s why we need the dislike button
The liberals who run UA-cam removed the dislike button because they didn’t like that Joe Biden videos got way more dislikes than likes.
On u
Too many men wearing long white dresses and tea towels on their heads for mine.