Saudi Arabia’s controversial mega-city project: The Line

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In 2021, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman revealed the country's plans to build The Line, a smart linear city that will be constructed vertically, have no roads or cars and run purely on renewable energy. Now, the Saudi government has released image renders of what The Line could look like once it's done. The city was designed to only be 200 meters (656 feet) wide, but 500 meters (1,640 feet) tall and 170 kilometers (105 miles) long. It will house multiple communities encased in a glass facade running along the coast and will eventually be able to accommodate up to 9 million residents.
The Line's designers envision a city wherein facilities are just a five-minute walk away from people and where residents can organically bump into each other as they go about their daily errands. While it will have no roads and won't be able to accommodate cars, it will have a high-speed rail for end-to-end transit that will take 20 minutes. It will also rely on a natural ventilation system to make sure residents enjoy the ideal climate all year round.
The Line is part of Saudi's $500 billion Neom mega-city project being built in the country's Tabuk Province. It's a divisive initiative that's been beset with controversy from the time it started, because around 20,000 people will be forced to relocate by its construction.
The controversies surrounding Neom had compelled Riot Games to quickly go back on its decision to enter a sponsorship agreement with the mega-city project. Neom was supposed to be a main partner for Riot's LEC esports championship in Europe two years ago until backlash from fans caused the company to end the sponsorship deal a mere 24 hours later.
Read more about Saudi Arabia's 100-mile long emission-free smart city here: www.engadget.com/the-line-neom-saudi-images-134030730.html
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  • @fecundissimus
    @fecundissimus2 жыл бұрын

    This is how all these futuristic movies start..

  • @1966bluemax

    @1966bluemax

    2 жыл бұрын

    Almost like Mars

  • @senju2024

    @senju2024

    2 жыл бұрын

    So..how would they contain a major fire. I could see thousands of birds dead on the ground hitting that mirror wall.

  • @majidqureshi100

    @majidqureshi100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @curte7739

    @curte7739

    2 жыл бұрын

    Futuristic horror movies

  • @Boy-ih4jr

    @Boy-ih4jr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@senju2024 لاتوجد طيور في المكان اللذي يتم بناء المدينة فيه لانه بعيد عن المدن وسط الصحراء ولايوجد طيور في الصحراء

  • @senju2024
    @senju20242 жыл бұрын

    Looks like the coolest Prison I have ever seen.

  • @PJBonoVox

    @PJBonoVox

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @gorudennagetto396

    @gorudennagetto396

    2 жыл бұрын

    why should it be a prison?

  • @vintagemotorcyclerepair4052

    @vintagemotorcyclerepair4052

    2 жыл бұрын

    And if there is an uprising, they can just gas everyone, or set off a magnetic pulse weapon.

  • @CameraMystique

    @CameraMystique

    2 жыл бұрын

    WEF: Designing the German Gas Chambers of the future.

  • @yallitsbonnie1494

    @yallitsbonnie1494

    2 жыл бұрын

    You don’t need to stay in it

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment Жыл бұрын

    utopia or distopia??

  • @sidneygreenglass106

    @sidneygreenglass106

    Жыл бұрын

    The latter

  • @dang4160

    @dang4160

    Жыл бұрын

    Utopia means to end know were

  • @bluezy710

    @bluezy710

    Жыл бұрын

    Utopia at first, distopia at last. Jesus is coming and this will all go to hell, literally.

  • @dang4160

    @dang4160

    Жыл бұрын

    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 .

  • @qmulus1

    @qmulus1

    4 ай бұрын

    It won’t be for all of us. Just the wealthy.

  • @dominnno
    @dominnno11 ай бұрын

    in the future when the line gets finished: “Mom, what’s outside the walls?” “Monsters,titans.”

  • @na.fe.zr7124

    @na.fe.zr7124

    2 ай бұрын

    aram yeager

  • @richsalazme
    @richsalazme2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @alakeshphukan2418

    @alakeshphukan2418

    2 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @LordBailo

    @LordBailo

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is perfect as is. They go outside. Story ends

  • @pedrowillie772

    @pedrowillie772

    2 жыл бұрын

    you said everything.

  • @praveentomgm

    @praveentomgm

    2 жыл бұрын

    And the inhabitants will have a QR code tattoed on the back of their neck.....

  • @4everrbrooke

    @4everrbrooke

    2 жыл бұрын

    1984?

  • @Michtify
    @Michtify2 жыл бұрын

    If this is what the future is like, it's looking pretty miserable

  • @RavenWolf654

    @RavenWolf654

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is not like it is any better currently in there so it is hard to say is it improvement or deterioration.

  • @Michtify

    @Michtify

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RavenWolf654 True, but I was talking about the world as a whole more than about KSA in specific

  • @zzzzzzzjsjyue2175

    @zzzzzzzjsjyue2175

    2 жыл бұрын

    the city looks nice but they definitely will not carry out their plans very well

  • @Niotekk

    @Niotekk

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Mshi-

    @Mshi-

    2 жыл бұрын

    The future is miserable

  • @spencermatthews5942
    @spencermatthews5942 Жыл бұрын

    The will be the coolest abandoned construction site in the world!

  • @s_saud

    @s_saud

    2 ай бұрын

    is this a joke or a convo??

  • @SuperAlba9
    @SuperAlba9 Жыл бұрын

    It feels like an episode of Black mirror

  • @amberpdavis
    @amberpdavis2 жыл бұрын

    “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

  • @HondaEnjoyer12

    @HondaEnjoyer12

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s in the middle of the dessert bud

  • @darrellgainer6966

    @darrellgainer6966

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HondaEnjoyer12 yeah because deserts don’t have a ecosystem 😂. Like come on you know how diverse deserts are.

  • @Cosmicdonut42

    @Cosmicdonut42

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @JKBelle

    @JKBelle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Cosmicdonut42 😂😂😂

  • @RutakoVon

    @RutakoVon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @NouammAA
    @NouammAA2 жыл бұрын

    This literally looks like a dystopian movie plot.

  • @knightara

    @knightara

    2 жыл бұрын

    It actually did its purpose which is an ad for the project and went viral just like the Cybertruck..

  • @Reformed_Borzoi

    @Reformed_Borzoi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Get in your pod!! Bigot!!

  • @MrNote-lz7lh

    @MrNote-lz7lh

    2 жыл бұрын

    It looks like a massive arcology research project to me.

  • @haneef4189

    @haneef4189

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @NV_XE1429
    @NV_XE14293 ай бұрын

    The camels are gonna be like : WTF is that?

  • @mamotakedimakhethi

    @mamotakedimakhethi

    2 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @sebastianharris6989
    @sebastianharris6989 Жыл бұрын

    I used to have dreams about a future like this. A weird very nice city, where everything is right there

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    11 ай бұрын

    Things literally cannot be further apart than in a line like that.

  • @wethenorth269
    @wethenorth2692 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @marshmello4310

    @marshmello4310

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah the concept of the line sounds nice but we have to remember that it’s in Saudi Arabia a strict Islamic country

  • @TruthDissident

    @TruthDissident

    2 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @Mohammed-2338

    @Mohammed-2338

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @celinemara565

    @celinemara565

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @celinemara565

    @celinemara565

    2 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @abby8360
    @abby83602 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sacjohnson1

    @sacjohnson1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because that’s what it is and we can’t let it happen

  • @3ruffians84

    @3ruffians84

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’ve only just realised that

  • @briahumble1858

    @briahumble1858

    2 жыл бұрын

    YES

  • @JustJeff777

    @JustJeff777

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @NYHaole

    @NYHaole

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sacjohnson1 too late its going to happen its just a matter of when

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    @leonardwinston4232 Жыл бұрын

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    @allimohammedmohammed8299

    Жыл бұрын

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    @arinzeamaonye2936

    Жыл бұрын

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    @arinzeamaonye2936

    Жыл бұрын

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    @owoadeenoch2814

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @owoadeenoch2814

    @owoadeenoch2814

    Жыл бұрын

    💯💯💯

  • @pavlara
    @pavlara Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @chickenoodle3397

    @chickenoodle3397

    Жыл бұрын

    I see what you did there, yes he was mixed in with the concrete.

  • @vincentlussier8264

    @vincentlussier8264

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@chickenoodle3397Just like they did with Hoffa!

  • @censortube8662
    @censortube86622 жыл бұрын

    Looks absolutely miserable for someone like me that enjoys nature and freedom. I need to be more grateful for where I live.

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @abdullahal-shimri3091

    @abdullahal-shimri3091

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. Plus living there could be extremely expensive.

  • @chiefbrodyrobertson2950

    @chiefbrodyrobertson2950

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @chiefbrodyrobertson2950

    @chiefbrodyrobertson2950

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tzukyethe plan is to force people in eventually.Prince charles said as much about getting people out of the countryside

  • @Gabriel-jg5wh

    @Gabriel-jg5wh

    Жыл бұрын

    who's inviting you to live there in the first place?

  • @Frostbyte501
    @Frostbyte501 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Frank451Martin

    @Frank451Martin

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @pauljakeman

    @pauljakeman

    Жыл бұрын

    2nd way for sure,

  • @wexwuthor1776

    @wexwuthor1776

    Жыл бұрын

    You know the top levels are going to be off limits for all but the elite few.

  • @blludoguk

    @blludoguk

    Жыл бұрын

    I go the latter

  • @aidanbaldassi4733

    @aidanbaldassi4733

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ll give you a hint. It’s not the first option

  • @shintyty
    @shintyty Жыл бұрын

    This line looks more like a luxurious prison to me

  • @almercool5
    @almercool5 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely a movie of something about this people living in the city like this would make a good movie

  • @bmayaa
    @bmayaa2 жыл бұрын

    I never thought they would start building the Death Star from the trenches.

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bmayaa your comment is awesome! May the force be with you ✨

  • @irocc

    @irocc

    Жыл бұрын

    decease sphere

  • @blindeye1258
    @blindeye12582 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't list in 10 hours all the monumental flaws with this idea.

  • @pussioofamw2

    @pussioofamw2

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do it then

  • @MrNote-lz7lh

    @MrNote-lz7lh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Name three.

  • @crieverytim

    @crieverytim

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're right. You couldn't

  • @WWZenaDo

    @WWZenaDo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @michaelselbor5803

    @michaelselbor5803

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @frolicfutile2409
    @frolicfutile240911 ай бұрын

    Cant wait to see how birds wil navigate a giant mirror 500m high 😂👀🐦

  • @lbarzda1873

    @lbarzda1873

    11 күн бұрын

    Yeah that would be the only problem I see

  • @jolai9553
    @jolai95537 ай бұрын

    You can check in any time you like but you can never leave.

  • @Pennsylvania343
    @Pennsylvania343 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @syedziaabbas5435

    @syedziaabbas5435

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel you

  • @BillClay88

    @BillClay88

    Жыл бұрын

    You will go along or be discarded.

  • @saturnnet1627

    @saturnnet1627

    Жыл бұрын

    We have to draw a line in the sand and say NO to this project.

  • @appletongallery

    @appletongallery

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BillClay88 - That’s bullshit

  • @appletongallery

    @appletongallery

    Жыл бұрын

    @@saturnnet1627 - Isn’t that what they are doing? Drawing a Line in the sand?

  • @Midknyghte
    @Midknyghte2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @k_a3785

    @k_a3785

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TruthDissident

    @TruthDissident

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok and? We have that anyways, Dave. Let the Saudis get creative with their society if they want - wont' bother us.

  • @FeR-bg1vl

    @FeR-bg1vl

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @redragna3648

    @redragna3648

    2 жыл бұрын

    How is that different from today's cities exactly?

  • @romxxii

    @romxxii

    2 жыл бұрын

    Someone on the NEOM board is clearly a fan of cyberpunk films for all the wrong reasons.

  • @LewdestLiz
    @LewdestLiz Жыл бұрын

    This feels like a setting that would appear Cyberpunk 2077.

  • @mbarker_lng
    @mbarker_lng Жыл бұрын

    170 miles long and taller than the Empire State building? Someone needs to lay off the blow.

  • @cahg3871

    @cahg3871

    2 ай бұрын

    Lmao😂😂😂😂

  • @lorewalker
    @lorewalker2 жыл бұрын

    They will make your prison so comfortable, that you won’t even know you’re in a prison.

  • @masonpyle5929

    @masonpyle5929

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like the ones in Iceland and Denmark?

  • @lorewalker

    @lorewalker

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@masonpyle5929 I live in Norway. I can tell you these are quite comfy.

  • @RedLineShortFilms

    @RedLineShortFilms

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @lorewalker

    @lorewalker

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RedLineShortFilms that’s true. Doesn’t mean that I want to go to the more digitalized cyber punk one.

  • @terric703
    @terric7032 жыл бұрын

    Go hang out at the mall for 12 hours. That’s The Line.

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    Except it’s a 170 Km mall. I just get claustrophobic picturing this…

  • @mtgsalt1151
    @mtgsalt115110 ай бұрын

    Imagine being outside the building with the sun reflection

  • @arturskirps2792
    @arturskirps2792 Жыл бұрын

    Mybe we are already in some kind of isolated area…😅

  • @MithunOnTheNet
    @MithunOnTheNet2 жыл бұрын

    500 metre tall for 170 kms... sure, that sounds feasible 🙄

  • @mactastic144

    @mactastic144

    2 жыл бұрын

    It isn’t.

  • @romxxii

    @romxxii

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @HL3AlcAida

    @HL3AlcAida

    2 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @kiefershanks4172

    @kiefershanks4172

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HL3AlcAida I agree. The proposed cost numbers are way off.

  • @SweeTeasGarbageDump
    @SweeTeasGarbageDump2 жыл бұрын

    Poor people in the back, rich people in the front. Just like that train movie thing.

  • @aeldrinnpc7629
    @aeldrinnpc7629 Жыл бұрын

    Hey that's good idea! I'll take that for my new fantasy book!

  • @abusamra47
    @abusamra472 жыл бұрын

    Can ya imagine how many birds gonna run into that mirror wall.. 😔

  • @ImworriedImgettingspyedon

    @ImworriedImgettingspyedon

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂fr tho

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    And I don’t think the developers care 😢

  • @michaeljohn6357
    @michaeljohn63572 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @knightara

    @knightara

    2 жыл бұрын

    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..

  • @bernadette9444

    @bernadette9444

    2 жыл бұрын

    And trying to escape!!

  • @mistervanderveer

    @mistervanderveer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not much nature among the sand ngl, I like the scope of the project but practically it seems like a disaster

  • @knightara

    @knightara

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mistervanderveer Lol people are obsessed with our desert, mountains and valleys. If you know nothing about Tabuk’s nature then don’t talk lol..

  • @k_a3785

    @k_a3785

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ed9763
    @ed9763 Жыл бұрын

    I wish if their was more details and images of the buildings and structures inside the wall such as schools hospitals shopping centers parks recreational centers etc... One good aspect of the project in my opinion it will secure jobs for the immigrant workers for the next 20 to 50 yrs.

  • @_nayanaz
    @_nayanaz Жыл бұрын

    The world is changing. So many so many things are happening around us woow!

  • @damace3838
    @damace38382 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MrSatyre1

    @MrSatyre1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine how fast disease could spread.

  • @RedLineShortFilms

    @RedLineShortFilms

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrSatyre1 Because diseases aren't spreading fast nowadays? Literally everyone got covid lol

  • @mysticcollector8258

    @mysticcollector8258

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TJ-TJ

    @TJ-TJ

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hotshotsunnyz

    @hotshotsunnyz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @nathanjames6305
    @nathanjames63052 жыл бұрын

    People living on top of each other in a glass prison in the desert? Yeah, no thanks. I'll pass.

  • @mrverdogan3616
    @mrverdogan3616 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot say that I support this project. Children and others growing up there will be complete strangers to the outside world.

  • @tommotom7324
    @tommotom73245 ай бұрын

    How much death do we think will be required to accomplish that town compression at 0:35??

  • @fredo1070
    @fredo10702 жыл бұрын

    And when you hit the age of 30 your life crystal starts flashing and you have to renew at carousel.

  • @wasblind4835

    @wasblind4835

    2 жыл бұрын

    Logan’s Run?

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is this from Dr Who?🤔

  • @fredo1070

    @fredo1070

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tdeo2141 Logan's Run.

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fredo1070 ah, ok 👍🏼

  • @grahamfil777
    @grahamfil7772 жыл бұрын

    basically a black mirror reality show

  • @ManiSav
    @ManiSav Жыл бұрын

    I didn't expect the future to turn into this.

  • @mikelazar8061
    @mikelazar8061 Жыл бұрын

    That's give a new meaning to the song called "I walk the line"🤣😂

  • @Blackheart_Rises
    @Blackheart_Rises2 жыл бұрын

    This is basically a wealthy prison, there is absolutely no way in hell I would ever live there even if everything was free.

  • @distorta
    @distorta2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hey.sanoop

    @hey.sanoop

    2 жыл бұрын

    Search for 'Akon City, Senegal' and you can't see a flopped future city by Akon

  • @shaundasilveira3356

    @shaundasilveira3356

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great film!

  • @yeah_i_said_it.

    @yeah_i_said_it.

    2 жыл бұрын

    so just as they want it to be? Fact checkers say this will be good for climate change, bigot!

  • @user-cc5ni7sv4w

    @user-cc5ni7sv4w

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @itsthehumor95

    @itsthehumor95

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought of AeonFlux as well

  • @Garfield_Minecraft
    @Garfield_Minecraft Жыл бұрын

    Life is like living on the line

  • @Ohdarling_
    @Ohdarling_ Жыл бұрын

    Imagine them locking your doors at a certain time with a computer

  • @renzesparza6281
    @renzesparza62812 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @rolloutmustangs3098

    @rolloutmustangs3098

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mr know it all 🥴

  • @sumbtch1168

    @sumbtch1168

    2 жыл бұрын

    You don’t think these issues have been discussed with experts during the designing process?

  • @zonzillamagnus5902

    @zonzillamagnus5902

    2 жыл бұрын

    A Utopia??? This is evil asf. Like genuine dystopian life planning by global fascists

  • @redragna3648

    @redragna3648

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @pain_hd4642

    @pain_hd4642

    2 жыл бұрын

    You forgot that the Line would be build by slaves...

  • @RobertShield62
    @RobertShield622 жыл бұрын

    I want a full hour documentary

  • @XVNRX

    @XVNRX

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is one already

  • @Anne.411
    @Anne.411 Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the wall in the tv series The Colony

  • @derreh
    @derreh Жыл бұрын

    where do the stuff in the shops come from? Is there any primary sector (farmers, dairy...). what do the people work there?

  • @SolomarSolomar
    @SolomarSolomar2 жыл бұрын

    Even more ambitious than Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands. And those turned out sooooo great /s

  • @raidenshogun2002

    @raidenshogun2002

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately the worlds island project failed

  • @SolomarSolomar

    @SolomarSolomar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@raidenshogun2002 /s is for sarcasm

  • @alexandrel5572

    @alexandrel5572

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @SolomarSolomar

    @SolomarSolomar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @k_a3785

    @k_a3785

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @KKP20111
    @KKP201112 жыл бұрын

    This sounds like a prison, man...! 😠😠😠

  • @rayray117
    @rayray117 Жыл бұрын

    So it’s like a long tower block.

  • @wanmerah
    @wanmerah4 ай бұрын

    Gosh.. i could not imagine the expansion joint for each block.. the outer frame must be very2 good engineering method

  • @gingersnap9712
    @gingersnap9712 Жыл бұрын

    When I've spent years trying to warn people about smart cities... Several people owe me an apology

  • @kiefershanks4172
    @kiefershanks41722 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zachcarter3186

    @zachcarter3186

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @vitamind2382

    @vitamind2382

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao it’s never gonna get built so we don’t have to worry about anything

  • @byronwilks5089

    @byronwilks5089

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very true!

  • @Hello-uy6dx

    @Hello-uy6dx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vitamind2382 lol correct. The budget estimated for Line is 1 trillion dollars who is gonna invest

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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)

  • @anthonygibbs9245
    @anthonygibbs9245 Жыл бұрын

    I think that the world will learn a great deal from this experiment

  • @justindaly41
    @justindaly4110 ай бұрын

    The Line sounds like a new movie were people are being controlled and people trying to escape

  • @edgeofugly
    @edgeofugly2 жыл бұрын

    If you guys are not rich, forget about having top floors or even owning the house have glass that view. Your house will be at the bottom floors, where alll the trash are thrown to and collected from and no window house because your house are sandwiched between other houses along the walkway

  • @FeR-bg1vl

    @FeR-bg1vl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who told you that Saudi Arabia distinguishes between the poor and the rich?

  • @stuartpaul9211

    @stuartpaul9211

    2 жыл бұрын

    kind of reminds you of the follow up Star Wars films like The Clone Wars.

  • @explorerofmind
    @explorerofmind2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @HM-2011

    2 жыл бұрын

    Name another country that did NOT resort to such actions to "make it". Name just one.

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HM-2011 doesn’t mean it should be done again.

  • @HM-2011

    @HM-2011

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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 ?

  • @tdeo2141

    @tdeo2141

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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?

  • @SeanKyle461

    @SeanKyle461

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @peterdebaets4590
    @peterdebaets4590 Жыл бұрын

    Where do you put the soccer stadium?

  • @epicwin1544
    @epicwin1544 Жыл бұрын

    This report is emotionally motivated

  • @DigitalCamera0
    @DigitalCamera02 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zonzillamagnus5902

    @zonzillamagnus5902

    2 жыл бұрын

    Plus it would be a dystopian prison where your life and travel are controlled by authoritarian fascists

  • @livefree316

    @livefree316

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @catchnkill

    @catchnkill

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sofiaebrh
    @sofiaebrh2 жыл бұрын

    This is giving me claustrophobia, I need a large view on the sky and environment or else I can’t breathe

  • @AB-jt4rs

    @AB-jt4rs

    2 жыл бұрын

    The line is still incredibly wide.

  • @PurpleLightningYT

    @PurpleLightningYT

    2 жыл бұрын

    You will be able to breath inside,Its wider than you think from the inside.

  • @sofiaebrh

    @sofiaebrh

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @cleetus_

    @cleetus_

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sofiaebrh Its like living in a big mall..not for me

  • @hmkhgx8068

    @hmkhgx8068

    2 жыл бұрын

    And i need 30 women in my bed right now.

  • @user-ku2fh3ly7w
    @user-ku2fh3ly7w Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @JakeHubbed
    @JakeHubbed Жыл бұрын

    It looks like one really long mall

  • @tanvirahmedpolok7858
    @tanvirahmedpolok78582 жыл бұрын

    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'.

  • @BROON71
    @BROON712 жыл бұрын

    It sounds like a giant glass prison..

  • @KingofFray
    @KingofFray Жыл бұрын

    Kowloon part 2?

  • @ogiogos2999
    @ogiogos2999 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve only one question, where is the airport?

  • @sunnymuo
    @sunnymuo2 жыл бұрын

    The Line (2030) The Line: Civil War (2035) The Line: No Way Home (2037) The Line: End Game (2040)

  • @mrds28makesthings11
    @mrds28makesthings112 жыл бұрын

    This is the coolest dystopian prison ive seen yet!!

  • @epictrismegistos3695
    @epictrismegistos3695 Жыл бұрын

    I've seen this before, in Deus Ex Mankind Divided. It was called the throat but it was in Czech Republic.

  • @zandabanda3028
    @zandabanda30287 ай бұрын

    It's cool I can't wait to go and work there

  • @joedowning2428
    @joedowning24282 жыл бұрын

    Nice, very nice. So now show us the workforce that is building it.

  • @joeybulford5266

    @joeybulford5266

    2 жыл бұрын

    No. It’s conceptual only. Doubt this thing ever breaks ground. $1 trillion of laundered funds.

  • @darius2372

    @darius2372

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joeybulford5266 they are already on it lmao

  • @nsevv

    @nsevv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mostly india corporations.

  • @Mazenalafaleq

    @Mazenalafaleq

    2 жыл бұрын

    Worker that are paid

  • @johnkoenig326

    @johnkoenig326

    2 жыл бұрын

    All foreigners who have to surrender their passports to the Saudis.

  • @shellsoapdish9638
    @shellsoapdish96382 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @w1nterf0x_19

    @w1nterf0x_19

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @GeneralLiuofBoston1911

    @GeneralLiuofBoston1911

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @Gabriel-jg5wh

    @Gabriel-jg5wh

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @kai-jf2vd

    @kai-jf2vd

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @AGhostInTheMachine

    @AGhostInTheMachine

    Жыл бұрын

    bs...there are lots of city planners that are architects

  • @Robloxian_ChannelReal
    @Robloxian_ChannelReal Жыл бұрын

    That is probably the most stupid idea i have ever heard like who would want to feel trapped in like a long hallway

  • @Ze_Hans
    @Ze_Hans Жыл бұрын

    "I chose the impossible, I chose Line" Ahmad Al Ryan

  • @MrCmon113
    @MrCmon11311 ай бұрын

    A line is the shape that maximizes average distances between points.

  • @garipyukmaz7308
    @garipyukmaz73082 жыл бұрын

    Elysium in real life, but then on the ground. Magnificent

  • @tuborice4571
    @tuborice45712 жыл бұрын

    You need to build some pass through for wildlife or travelers to go to and fro either side of the structure

  • @hometheatereman5755

    @hometheatereman5755

    2 жыл бұрын

    Walk around 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @kankykonker4953

    @kankykonker4953

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hometheatereman5755 is would only take 40 hours 🤣

  • @MichielJ71

    @MichielJ71

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wildlife will probably run into the mirror and get wounded or die. Not good.

  • @mactastic144

    @mactastic144

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s not a viable design.

  • @tuborice4571

    @tuborice4571

    2 жыл бұрын

    There fore you need a pass through at certain intervals however mirror finish would be a death trap for wildlife.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg38712 ай бұрын

    The 1976 movie ‘Logan’s Run’ comes to mind.

  • @wandilensibandze3445
    @wandilensibandze3445 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds to be a nice place to tour into

  • @samivorhees
    @samivorhees2 жыл бұрын

    A set for a real life The Truman show. Just wonder how thorough sprinkler system that thing needs to have..

  • @hamzaahmedtanveer8211
    @hamzaahmedtanveer82112 жыл бұрын

    It’s like living in a shopping mall , so dull.

  • @wolf-ys3ue
    @wolf-ys3ue Жыл бұрын

    Eon musk just saving his money 😂 where habibi is just came to future

  • @collinschultz3868
    @collinschultz3868 Жыл бұрын

    The correct way to do this is to provide the families you are other homes within Saudi Arabia or with in the line project their choice

  • @nobody-wk6ej
    @nobody-wk6ej2 жыл бұрын

    So how do they prevent the mirrored facades from literally cooking everything???

  • @danyalatk5540

    @danyalatk5540

    2 жыл бұрын

    They're rich

  • @Cornwall1888

    @Cornwall1888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cooking what? There is only sand and air outside

  • @maboo736

    @maboo736

    2 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @bas182341

    @bas182341

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maboo736 the sun...

  • @Som3D

    @Som3D

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maboo736 THE BRIGHT THING IN OUR ATMOSPHERE

  • @bilinasmini3480
    @bilinasmini34802 жыл бұрын

    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".

  • @elaxerblaxer
    @elaxerblaxer Жыл бұрын

    I saw this but I never knew it was Saudi Arabian

  • @kholifaufa1320
    @kholifaufa1320 Жыл бұрын

    the real cyberpunk and alita the battle angel 🤣

  • @MrAbdallah16
    @MrAbdallah162 жыл бұрын

    Just build a Normal city but without roads, plenty of trees and an extensive rail network

  • @Sivicr

    @Sivicr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Eyyo congrats bro

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    @damace3838

    2 жыл бұрын

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    @zulu6ix290

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @hibadeeb

    @hibadeeb

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @SuperCrappyNinja
    @SuperCrappyNinja2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @WWZenaDo

    @WWZenaDo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Desalination AND sewage/trash disposal.

  • @mutton_nutsack

    @mutton_nutsack

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but the world controllers hate everything European so the very thought of doing that would make them vomit

  • @andromedastar1

    @andromedastar1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nothing wrong with carbon. It makes plants grow.

  • @utubularutubelover4363

    @utubularutubelover4363

    2 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @24hoursleep

    @24hoursleep

    Жыл бұрын

    European cities cause claustrophobia

  • @2012tkdstudent
    @2012tkdstudent Жыл бұрын

    I just found out today that they started building this

  • @edwinocora1243
    @edwinocora12436 ай бұрын

    how will it handle Tsunamis or that sort of thing from the sides, like a huge wave going in land?