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Saudi Arabia is constructing a $500BN city of the future in the desert. Called NEOM, the new city is being built to help diversify the Saudi economy away from oil and build a sustainable future. As part of this project, the Saudi royal family has unveiled plans for The Line, a 170 kilometer long skyscraper city that will have a 3D-design filled with advanced technology, luscious parks and AI services. In addition to the Line, plans have been revealed for Oxagon, a 7-kilometer wide floating port city, and Trojena, a top-class mountain tourist destination. However, while these proposals look beautiful in the renders, they are filled with issues. Clouded by the hubris of the Saudi royal family, their designs have been filled with expensive and impractical elements. This is a shame as the project has the potential to be a major source of positivity for the country. Hopefully, the plans can be looked at and carefully redesigned to be more realistic and beneficial for the general populous.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_V...
https://www.neom.com/en-us
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lin...
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/indus...

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0:00-1:59 Introduction
1:59-5:22 The Line 2.0
5:22-8:54 Project Flaws
8:54-10:47 The Reality