Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City

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    In January of this year, Saudi Arabia announced an immense new development project, that is supposed to set a blueprint for the future of the country and the world. The country will build a city, that stretches along a single 100 mile long line
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  • @TheC130navigator
    @TheC130navigator Před 3 lety +2330

    “Man, I thought you said you lived right down the road”

    • @unknown_gamer7040
      @unknown_gamer7040 Před 3 lety +47

      LOL underrated comment

    • @astelp9220
      @astelp9220 Před 3 lety +85

      "Yeah dude, just 170 kilometers away"

    • @lahirudalugoda5394
      @lahirudalugoda5394 Před 3 lety +12

      Just think running to the gocery store and coming back.

    • @retro9173
      @retro9173 Před 3 lety +1

      *Snickering .. hehehehee

    • @HansDunkelberg1
      @HansDunkelberg1 Před 3 lety +6

      That underground traffic _line_ will have to be utterly massive. Perhaps you'll need a dozen parallel metros, in the middle.

  • @ore1628
    @ore1628 Před 3 lety +4152

    Tourist: Where is (a place)
    Citizen: Oh, just go straight.

  • @CanadianPrepper
    @CanadianPrepper Před rokem +726

    SCIENTIST: We need to restructure and diversify the economy
    SUPREME LEADER: I will spend 1 trillion on a line city.

    • @pierrebitcan
      @pierrebitcan Před rokem +56

      In a culture with very little innovation or productivity. It's going to be one giant air conditioned fascist dystopian shopping hell, stinking of perfume and sheesha.

    • @eavyeavy2864
      @eavyeavy2864 Před rokem

      Had you care about it, you would protest at usa and uk bombing MENA all year round. But no. It is bad when non-western do it.

    • @eavyeavy2864
      @eavyeavy2864 Před rokem

      @@pierrebitcan Pauper People call it dystopia as if it is from future when wealth gap exist everywhere today. Or the desert look post apocalypse instead of desert was always there
      Conservatives fear (mongering) is funny

    • @Ved_Desai
      @Ved_Desai Před rokem +4

      @@ozymandias4988 yes, (and I dislike USA a lot)

    • @toroddlnning6806
      @toroddlnning6806 Před 10 měsíci +6

      there is nothing in saudi arabia, only oil. But u find oil everywhere if you stick a pipe. U keep it in the ocean oand in desert to not have it ontop of soil and ppl. Makes no sence to have a huge city here. They have huge city in egypt. Build a dock and some housing for the oilrigs and let ppl work there on shifts from egypt.

  • @speedyspeedo
    @speedyspeedo Před rokem +162

    1. The high-speed train cannot be very fast if there are many stations.
    2. The Kai Tak Runway Redevelopment Project in Hong Kong, about 200m wide with skyscrapers on both sides, is a pilot example of the Line. Hard to avoid congestion if all people are travelling on the same route. In addition, if the only transportation route is down, the entire city will be down.

    • @user-sb8mo2qp9p
      @user-sb8mo2qp9p Před 3 měsíci

      يمكنهم في مدينة كهذه ان يصنعو دور ثاني من الخطوط الحديدية للقطار عليك الترجمة ياصديقي😂

    • @ThatPianoNoob
      @ThatPianoNoob Před měsícem

      You basically need a bunch of trains all going along the line, some of them skipping less travelled to stops

  • @dal.salvador
    @dal.salvador Před 3 lety +2747

    "Where you live?"
    "Just down the street."

  • @TheRockacer22
    @TheRockacer22 Před 3 lety +7446

    As a sim city expert I can guarantee there will be a traffic and fire problem.

    • @Broncort1
      @Broncort1 Před 3 lety +419

      Not to mention a lot of pollution from the airport...lol

    • @Hallettjs7957
      @Hallettjs7957 Před 3 lety +175

      I was thinking on the same lines as you. That or Skylines.

    • @masterdementer
      @masterdementer Před 3 lety +63

      This is underrated, lmao

    • @caracaes
      @caracaes Před 3 lety +171

      Not at all. You can totally build a huge linear city in CS without any traffic jam, you just need to plan carefully your roads and subways, and connect everything with pedestrian paths.

    • @javierlandaverde4108
      @javierlandaverde4108 Před 3 lety +28

      It depends but the metro underground station has various lines to keep traffic out but I don't know what their pedestrian walkways will look like. They are probably going to be wide and compact.

  • @detroitredwings7130
    @detroitredwings7130 Před 2 měsíci +14

    In October 2022, Shadli, Ibrahim, and Ataullah al-Huwaiti, of the Howeitat tribe, were sentenced to death when they refused to vacate their village as part of the NEOM megaproject.
    Shadli al-Huwaiti was the brother of Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti, who was shot dead by security forces in April 2020 in his home in Al-Khariba, in the part of Tabuk province earmarked for NEOM, after he posted videos on social media opposing the displacement of local residents to make way for the project.

  • @bruhtholemew
    @bruhtholemew Před rokem +334

    They've apparently updated this project. The line will now have large glass walls on the sides, and the city will now be compacted vertically between the walls. So basically if you leave your home to go to a store, you might have to travel up or down elevators or stairs.
    Look up Kowloon walled city as an example, but imagine it looking shiny and long.

    • @MeCooper
      @MeCooper Před rokem +93

      It's like they thought the desert wasn't hot enough so they decided to find a way to make the surrounding area even hotter...
      I swear this whole project has to be some kind of joke. It's insane

    • @mushmush4980
      @mushmush4980 Před rokem +50

      So the birds won't just go extinct by slamming into the thing, they'd be vaporized by the reflective heat of the city for miles and miles outwards

    • @referencefool6525
      @referencefool6525 Před rokem

      🧑‍🚒🚨One big fire 🌋🏴‍☠ or an earthquake ♨?
      🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺
      🗺⛺🚷Useless brown-glazed waste mountain-range™.🏜⛺🐪🌴

    • @imarchello
      @imarchello Před rokem +11

      @@mushmush4980 what birds? it's a desert.

    • @mushmush4980
      @mushmush4980 Před rokem +40

      @@imarchello bruh birds migrate through them

  • @2xAaron
    @2xAaron Před 3 lety +1483

    "Where's the Mall?"
    "Just keep going Straight"

    • @king_zapp
      @king_zapp Před 3 lety +28

      You can't miss it

    • @anoninunen
      @anoninunen Před 3 lety +12

      ...Oh, wrong way

    • @bargethaddee6542
      @bargethaddee6542 Před 3 lety +2

      😂😂😂

    • @najjar_om
      @najjar_om Před 3 lety +5

      The city consists of three layers (underground) however, the malls will be the second layer (2nd floor downstair) and the 3rd one will be fast trains which will take you from the starting point of the city to the ending point within just 20 sec
      Cheers
      Omar from saudi

    • @raffymushkil
      @raffymushkil Před 3 lety

      LMAO. No misdirection.

  • @021kangaroo
    @021kangaroo Před 3 lety +1637

    When you need to connect sections in City Skylines but don’t want to buy electrical lines

    • @inactive6200
      @inactive6200 Před 3 lety +40

      they're gonna invest in blimps

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Před 3 lety +6

      Photovoltaics. Photovoltaics everywhere.

    • @ohwell6422
      @ohwell6422 Před 3 lety +11

      @@vortexian2390 Will meteors strike the city?

    • @John_Ass
      @John_Ass Před 3 lety +5

      @@marcosolo6491 basically American

    • @syahrezank
      @syahrezank Před 3 lety +4

      Or to avoid traffics

  • @JordanM8
    @JordanM8 Před rokem +18

    This takes “don’t try to reinvent the wheel” to a whole new level.

  • @Erik-ey7jh
    @Erik-ey7jh Před rokem +41

    It was a brave and bold move by MBS to put children in charge of Saudi economic development plans. Sure the plan is foolish and doomed to failure. But it has created an endless supply of entertaining CZcams videos. Thank you Prince MBS!

    • @user-sb8mo2qp9p
      @user-sb8mo2qp9p Před 3 měsíci +1

      اعتقد انه قادر ان يجعل الخيال ومقاطع اليوتيوب حقيقة هذ الرجل لايمزح صدقني اني رأيت اشياء فالسعودية ينبغي عليها ان تكون بعد خمسين سنة من الآن عليك الترجمة ياصديقي 😂

  • @Strange_Man1911
    @Strange_Man1911 Před 3 lety +8342

    Can't imagine being the pizza guy in this city.

    • @dh4913
      @dh4913 Před 3 lety +801

      Should be pretty easy, right? Pizza *straight* to the customer's house

    • @Blackknight8
      @Blackknight8 Před 3 lety +238

      @@dh4913 True, the pizza guy would have an easy job

    • @magnusfrederickson6231
      @magnusfrederickson6231 Před 3 lety +188

      Can’t imagine there being a singular pizza restaurant...

    • @gcdelrosario
      @gcdelrosario Před 3 lety +46

      Robotics"

    • @youddc
      @youddc Před 3 lety +111

      No need. They'll have s robot doing the deliveries. No need for low paint jobs in this rich city

  • @cottontheeastercottontailr265
    @cottontheeastercottontailr265 Před 3 lety +2780

    This guy has the most underrated intro in the world

    • @councilornevec8249
      @councilornevec8249 Před 3 lety +31

      Fact

    • @soleimaniintel9293
      @soleimaniintel9293 Před 3 lety +14

      @@councilornevec8249 fact fact

    • @FadingPixel
      @FadingPixel Před 3 lety +12

      I didn't realize there was an intro. I don't watch intros.

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano Před 3 lety +3

      i guess you are right

    • @quincyskis
      @quincyskis Před 3 lety +68

      The intro gives me shivers watching it. Pretty impressive for someone who’s only put out a few (very good) videos.

  • @MysteriMaan
    @MysteriMaan Před rokem +777

    As a Cities Skyline enjoyer, a single major road line, no matter how large it is, is a horrible idea.

    • @fmblz6468
      @fmblz6468 Před rokem +2

      😏

    • @septology
      @septology Před rokem +17

      It's going to be done with public transport not roads though?

    • @moth5799
      @moth5799 Před rokem +41

      @@septology Which can also fail, yes. This is a dumb idea regardless, it's built as a tourist attraction at the expense of the climate and poorer people.

    • @garyprice6504
      @garyprice6504 Před rokem +1

      Would make more sense with two parallel lines that can interface.

    • @yt-nx1qm
      @yt-nx1qm Před rokem +10

      Ever heard a good idea of an arab? 🤣

  • @badamsfx
    @badamsfx Před rokem +3

    Great video. I have watched a bunch of the official Neom videos and none that I have seen give a complete overview of the project like this video. Liked the music too. Great graphics, really help put the project in perspective.

  • @wabbitseason5168
    @wabbitseason5168 Před 3 lety +3878

    Urban planner draws one straight line
    Urban planner: you like?
    Crown Prince: I like

    • @randomfjord1256
      @randomfjord1256 Před 3 lety +181

      be careful not to visit any embassy office, dude

    • @SherinFunmes
      @SherinFunmes Před 3 lety +25

      I like too

    • @SueMead
      @SueMead Před 3 lety +74

      Crown Prince Bin Salman and Donald Trump are kindred spirits. Not very bright and spoilt brats who think it is their right to do what they want to get what they want.
      Nothing will ever be enough to fill that space where their compassion should reside. Someone says something you don't like, Bin Salman gets them cut up into tiny pieces. Trump takes them to court until their resources are depleted and what little they owned has been divided up into pieces.

    • @arandomguy3288
      @arandomguy3288 Před 3 lety +50

      @@SueMead and Biden bombs them

    • @frankfeng2701
      @frankfeng2701 Před 3 lety +7

      Urban planner likes and hates straight development: while it's efficient for high speed transit like BRT or HSR, it stifles diversity.

  • @NotHere07
    @NotHere07 Před 3 lety +1805

    Saudi Arabia: Builds linear city...
    Chile as a linear country: 👁️👄👁️

  • @MurderedBySunshine
    @MurderedBySunshine Před 10 měsíci +8

    Awesome video, just a bit of a tip, when you start your video try not to start with “At the start of this year” because as we all know time goes on and we lose track of it. Try to say the date. Hopefully I don’t get backlash for this. But I love the videos and keep up the good work

    • @cemdursun
      @cemdursun Před 28 dny

      Exactly. I just started watching this and had to stop and check the year it was posted when he said that. Its an amateur mistake but the quality of the channel is great

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Před 9 měsíci

    Good stuff 👍 Thank you 💜

  • @fan6205
    @fan6205 Před 2 lety +3749

    In normal cities-" Road closed for maintainence, take diversion"
    In neom- " city closed for road maintenance, come back tomorrow"

    • @user-de4cq6uk6l
      @user-de4cq6uk6l Před 2 lety +87

      @[REDACTED] they must move the poop in their hyperloop system

    • @NouammAA
      @NouammAA Před 2 lety +2

      @Puneet singh,an atheist,fights for good healthcare Yep. We all did.

    • @veneanu1477
      @veneanu1477 Před 2 lety +41

      Lol what a lack of imagination; just because it says linear doesn’t mean not layered… they will have multiple “lines” from point A to B including a line to walk/bike if need be!

    • @LowValueMan
      @LowValueMan Před 2 lety +17

      😂 1 suicide bomber and the whole city’s shut down

    • @wendellmarzan162
      @wendellmarzan162 Před 2 lety

      Apvps b, lpl bpnp

  • @wurty
    @wurty Před 3 lety +1561

    "Hey, I just moved here, can you show me around?"
    "A...round? You really are new here aren't ya?"

  • @RicardoRodriguez-nz6sf
    @RicardoRodriguez-nz6sf Před měsícem

    Wow!!! One of the best-edited videos I have ever seen. I love how you use the terrain transitions with the 3D maps. What programs do you use to make the effects at minute 10:07 when you start talking about Brasilia? I love how you are highlighting the different areas you are talking about and I would like to use that effect in a project.
    Thanks for your time.

  • @jovedo27
    @jovedo27 Před rokem +138

    Sounds to me like an easier way to keep control of an entire city. Where nobody can hide a d everyone is constantly being watched. Moreso than if it was a normal city. Reminds me of the fallout shelters in the game fallout, and how all of the shelters were abandoned and full of dead people, and stories of how it always turned into a fight for power and eventual massacres.

    • @kloe7137
      @kloe7137 Před rokem +2

      👍

    • @tylersoto7465
      @tylersoto7465 Před rokem +2

      Dam vault TEC company

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před rokem +7

      YEP. That's the whole point.

    • @kumral76
      @kumral76 Před rokem +3

      U got it!!!! First they try demo cities like this,- then what?? why in Saudi??? Cause they got $$$$$!!!

    • @lau6973
      @lau6973 Před rokem +1

      Yeah all about control. This is about agenda 2030

  • @R3lo
    @R3lo Před 3 lety +1367

    Saudi Arabia: we're building a linear city.
    Chile: that's cute!

    • @SowedCastelli
      @SowedCastelli Před 3 lety +13

      😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @R3lo
      @R3lo Před 3 lety +6

      @@nskumar6394 did you check Chile in a map?

    • @ariyaikhsan1642
      @ariyaikhsan1642 Před 3 lety +30

      Linear country

    • @sirnikkel6746
      @sirnikkel6746 Před 3 lety +17

      Linear *country*

    • @elmunizada
      @elmunizada Před 3 lety +7

      @@nskumar6394 man, it's just a joke... take it easy

  • @pkpb8133
    @pkpb8133 Před 3 lety +778

    Future Neom ad: "Imagine your life without google maps."

  • @brisvegas859
    @brisvegas859 Před rokem +20

    Great cities have grown organically over hundreds of years, good luck Saudi Arabia.

    • @GjaP_242
      @GjaP_242 Před rokem

      10:01
      According to the report, the oil-rich kingdom will be the Middle East's richest economy in terms of GDP per capita by 2050, with Saudis earning USD 98,311 per annum on average by 2050.
      Source: The Economic Times

    • @gavins9846
      @gavins9846 Před rokem +1

      @@GjaP_242 And? Saudis are still humans. We don't live in such bottlenecked spaces.

  • @katherinebrubaker7788
    @katherinebrubaker7788 Před 4 měsíci +1

    @neo I would love it if you released an updated version with the new glass wall. It's the same, yet totally different.

  • @user-cf1se1kk5x
    @user-cf1se1kk5x Před 3 lety +768

    “Drawing a line in the sand” takes on a whole different meaning.

  • @Q-H-T
    @Q-H-T Před 3 lety +2090

    Today is the day everybody in the comment section became a civil engineer.

    • @Hu55a1n
      @Hu55a1n Před 3 lety +10

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @1individeo
      @1individeo Před 3 lety +69

      that is the problem with this project: it looks like an amazing engeneering project but seems to have forgotten the social part of it.

    • @RJKK
      @RJKK Před 3 lety

      😂

    • @whatthe9256
      @whatthe9256 Před 3 lety +16

      @@1individeo Even if they cramp the city close to each other you wont even know 95% of the people living in that city

    • @Furanshisuko170
      @Furanshisuko170 Před 3 lety

      😂🤣

  • @DasGaneshRAKESH
    @DasGaneshRAKESH Před rokem +18

    I just have 1 suggestion for this plan
    If they could add a parallel line
    With a canal in between, starting from the sea and into the land
    It will greatly help reduce the temperature of the infrastructure

    • @raven-3603
      @raven-3603 Před 11 měsíci

      Good idea

    • @countryjoe3551
      @countryjoe3551 Před 9 měsíci +1

      If there is no flow of water from the sea to some other place at the far end of the Line, the water will become stagnant and reach ambient temperature, growing algae and become nasty. Since the sea is at a lower elevation than the inland end of the Line, any water in the canal will have to be pumped uphill along the way. Pumping water uphill tends to be rather energy intensive and expensive. Kind of sounds like this canal will fit in just fine in this project...

  • @horseradish4046
    @horseradish4046 Před měsícem +6

    finally a city you can snort

  • @johnnyharris
    @johnnyharris Před 3 lety +12254

    wow I hadnt heard of this. thanks for the excellent video.

    • @uhohhotdog
      @uhohhotdog Před 3 lety +56

      +

    • @Knez_Pavle
      @Knez_Pavle Před 3 lety +152

      Love your work man!

    • @neoexplains
      @neoexplains  Před 3 lety +1081

      Thank you so much. Big fan of your work!

    • @user-cv5fq4lu8w
      @user-cv5fq4lu8w Před 3 lety +23

      hmmmmmm........from where you want to hear about this i mean..... nsa hearing is strong as you know other then praisng the vid we might end up in fed jail..... right.. xd uncle joe with his cummuinst party get angry really quick

    • @inutaro
      @inutaro Před 3 lety +55

      I'll be looking for your take on this in the future Mr. Harris :3!

  • @jeiku5314
    @jeiku5314 Před 3 lety +1640

    “Has Cities Skylines gone too far?”

    • @MaxFriedrichHartmann
      @MaxFriedrichHartmann Před 3 lety +43

      No. It’s just a stealth teaser for a “Spec Ops: The Line” (2012) sequel.

    • @ttvrs1059
      @ttvrs1059 Před 3 lety +3

      BEST COMMENT EVER!

    • @kennantjessavi7648
      @kennantjessavi7648 Před 3 lety +3

      Now I really want to build one

    • @sorenkiermoreno9127
      @sorenkiermoreno9127 Před 3 lety +11

      ah yes, that tine when you build a city with only one road.

    • @OptimisticNihilist15
      @OptimisticNihilist15 Před 3 lety +47

      It reminds me of One Road City where a youtuber RT game built a huge city with only 1 long winding road. The best part was that there was absolutely no traffic problems but pretty much everything else was horrible. Emergency services would have to travel 100km just to turn around and return to the opposite side of the say hospital or fire station to deal and then repeat the same thing just to turn again
      It was absolutely hilarious but to imagine such a situation IRL would be an absolute mess

  • @missjhey
    @missjhey Před rokem

    Can’t wait to visit!!!!

  • @getevennow
    @getevennow Před rokem

    Great initiative. Al hamdullah

  • @ayazamikanz5299
    @ayazamikanz5299 Před 3 lety +680

    "So where does your friend live?"
    "Like straight that way but on the other side of the country."

  • @aynojs
    @aynojs Před 3 lety +1968

    My Cities Skyline city has finally become a reality.

  • @booo29
    @booo29 Před rokem +1

    I am soo proud to be part of this project 😊

  • @vats1967
    @vats1967 Před rokem

    Wow! what a vision. truly something to look forward too.

  • @mudkip90000
    @mudkip90000 Před 3 lety +694

    I can't help but think that a circle would be more efficient

    • @stephencurran1164
      @stephencurran1164 Před 3 lety +36

      It is

    • @trafficface
      @trafficface Před 3 lety +155

      Harder to draw to be fair

    • @happysmash27
      @happysmash27 Před 3 lety +27

      Wouldn't it be easier to extend a line though?

    • @mudkip90000
      @mudkip90000 Před 3 lety +81

      @@happysmash27 TBH, having multiple lines radiating from a central point in a linear fashion would be the most efficient

    • @Ranger_Cod
      @Ranger_Cod Před 3 lety +55

      @@mudkip90000 or do both and make it a spiderweb

  • @bencns
    @bencns Před 3 lety +3442

    This feels like the plot to a crappy futuristic dystopian tv show: A city supposed to be a Utopia, the line, eventually falls into disparity with the Rich live lavishly near the coast in beautiful high rises and homes while the inland part of the line falls into disrepair and the lower you are in social class the farther in land you live.

    • @postumus.
      @postumus. Před 3 lety +255

      The division will be below the line between the exploited working class, then inhabitants- the rich and middle classes and at the top the very rich and tourists. Absolutely terrifying!

    • @fawazaljohani8447
      @fawazaljohani8447 Před 3 lety +57

      Hmm I think the mountains will have better views though

    • @mrpanda6556
      @mrpanda6556 Před 3 lety +99

      The mountains will separate the City into two pieces

    • @mrpanda6556
      @mrpanda6556 Před 3 lety +93

      Have you been overdosing on snowpiercer

    • @fawazaljohani8447
      @fawazaljohani8447 Před 3 lety +44

      @@mrpanda6556 the city is already composed of city modules, its not like you will live in coast and work in the mountains, i mean I assume you can but I think you can't not if you understand, the whole idea is to make daily routines take a 5 minute walk, and 20 minutes to travel from end to end

  • @mikehenson819
    @mikehenson819 Před rokem

    Interesting concept.

  • @MyPhone-du8lr
    @MyPhone-du8lr Před rokem

    Thank you Salmon

  • @krystianpajdak
    @krystianpajdak Před 3 lety +653

    the prince really just playing on sandbox mode building whatever he wants

    • @intellectracoon
      @intellectracoon Před 3 lety +7

      black sus.. get the chainsaw.

    • @Brmeel
      @Brmeel Před 3 lety +16

      Well, they need to diverse their income before the world runs out of oil and gas, tourism is going to help the economy

    • @santoryu2753
      @santoryu2753 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Brmeel Saudis barely had tough time economically in history as far as I know. So I believe they will be able to come with something before importance of oil goes away.

    • @shiny_teddiursa
      @shiny_teddiursa Před 3 lety +3

      & when the oil runs out they bouta be playing in hardcode mode

    • @krystianpajdak
      @krystianpajdak Před 3 lety +1

      @Praveen Sampath 😂

  • @tvojslauf
    @tvojslauf Před 3 lety +750

    “Mom can I go outside to play?”
    “Yes honey. Just stay on our street”

    • @sumreensultana1860
      @sumreensultana1860 Před 3 lety +5

      Kid :- okay I ma go to thr other edge

    • @vincentvaleur3573
      @vincentvaleur3573 Před 3 lety +2

      There are no streets, did you watch the video?

    • @tvojslauf
      @tvojslauf Před 3 lety +2

      @@vincentvaleur3573 first off it was a joke. Secondly are you serious? A city with no streets? How the hell would that work? Did you watch the video?

    • @tombkings6279
      @tombkings6279 Před 3 lety

      @@sumreensultana1860 the V O I D

    • @blestwynnz6634
      @blestwynnz6634 Před 3 lety +4

      @@vincentvaleur3573 did *YOU* watch the video? There are streets. For pedestrians.

  • @paigeburgess1
    @paigeburgess1 Před rokem

    well done!

  • @landenthe70s
    @landenthe70s Před rokem

    Looks awesome

  • @koffiegast
    @koffiegast Před 3 lety +4164

    It sounds really cool. But, why not a circle instead of a line? If something breaks in the line, it will hamper the whole throughput. E.g., a malfunctioning metro will block up the path. A circle would still allow you go either way, and you can also easily expand from inwards to outwards. I am curious to see how such bottlenecks would be addressed; I like futuristic cities.

    • @josephp.1919
      @josephp.1919 Před 3 lety +415

      It won’t be addressed. The fact of the matter is that humans always think we are smarter than we really are. Look at Chernobyl or Fukushima. Nuclear disasters because of unknown unknowns. This city will be the same. Organic cities barely function, why would a planned city be any better? It will be worse. Such a stupid idea. Rich people and their money. Never investing in the real future of a nation.

    • @putinsgaytwin4272
      @putinsgaytwin4272 Před 3 lety +83

      I think they want anyone driving from Egyp to think that SA is rly cool and rich by having the city go alongside the road for as along as possible. A circle would be harder to see whereas you literally see all of the city on a line. I’m assuming they also want to hide any poverty that might be seen on a normal road where you can look into the desert.

    • @DanishDmc
      @DanishDmc Před 3 lety +206

      I think they want something similar to hyperloop for transportation and it works at maximum efficiency on a linear path.

    • @joekrater3364
      @joekrater3364 Před 3 lety +11

      @@josephp.1919 what would be the real future of the nation then?

    • @Simon_PieMan
      @Simon_PieMan Před 3 lety +51

      Even a triangle around the gulf shore would seem more sensible.

  • @wizzzer1337
    @wizzzer1337 Před 3 lety +493

    "where is the next convenient store?"
    "across the street"
    me looking over the horizon.... : "ok"

    • @OneRichMofo
      @OneRichMofo Před 3 lety +54

      Just down the road* is needed for the joke to work but yeah

    • @AndrewBoniface09
      @AndrewBoniface09 Před 3 lety +9

      I dont want to be that guy but across the street means he just needs to, you know, *cross* the street... i don't know which horizon are you talking about.

    • @AndrewBoniface09
      @AndrewBoniface09 Před 3 lety

      @@ikesworld4153 not sure if you watched the video though, the joke could have worked.

  • @maryp8756
    @maryp8756 Před rokem

    Looks so cool but how do you deliver things from one side to the other and bottom layer to home 👀

  • @mysticfox1663
    @mysticfox1663 Před rokem

    Japan has a lot of these 2 level areas but it still gets super crowded both on the surface and the underground. Maybe a 3rd level would make a difference but it seems to expensive for the individuals living there.

  • @Asian_Ron
    @Asian_Ron Před 3 lety +775

    Saudi Arabia took a city skylines challenge and put it into real life

    • @caio5987
      @caio5987 Před 3 lety +35

      They’ve been watching too much biffa
      Do you reckon they’re going use mods?

    • @soysauce4223
      @soysauce4223 Před 3 lety +7

      This city and country will be an archaeological site in a few decades when their oil reserves depletes. If they can't improve their literacy rate, their country will be obsolete.

    • @Nawa11YT
      @Nawa11YT Před 3 lety +12

      @@caio5987 Yep. Next up is building Impossibly complex roundabouts at every corner of existence XD

    • @KA-vs7nl
      @KA-vs7nl Před 3 lety +7

      How many journalists will be murdered in this city?

    • @Nawa11YT
      @Nawa11YT Před 3 lety +6

      @@KA-vs7nl non, Because we don’t murder Journalists.

  • @williamlebowski5034
    @williamlebowski5034 Před 3 lety +371

    I could see this turning into something like "The Platform" where luxury at one end and slums at the other, only getting what goods are left over.

    • @staticomics
      @staticomics Před 3 lety +9

      I WAS THINKING THIS TOO OMG

    • @apextroll
      @apextroll Před 3 lety +17

      When you live at the end of the line.

    • @mrmaniac3
      @mrmaniac3 Před 3 lety +2

      Which end is which? Just based on traditions of city construction I would guess the east end, away from the coast.

    • @ViolentMLG
      @ViolentMLG Před 3 lety +12

      I wouldn't see that happening with this project in particular, but I could see that happening if the idea was replicated.

    • @jaguillermol
      @jaguillermol Před 3 lety +4

      Well he said they will bild palaces at one end

  • @jonathansantos2271
    @jonathansantos2271 Před rokem

    impressive plans...I hope they have a peaceful experience as people futures are a concern.

  • @krystalgomez2300
    @krystalgomez2300 Před rokem

    Wow now I am so fukin interested in city plans and architecture

  • @tnnrhpwd
    @tnnrhpwd Před 2 lety +3627

    I like the project, but it seems like they chose a line simply for publicity. A line seems incredibly inconvenient for anyone who isn't a millionaire. One logistical failure could entirely immobilize the whole city.

    • @fawazaljohani8447
      @fawazaljohani8447 Před 2 lety +89

      Cities are all about mobility, the easiest shape a city can take to srve the purpose of mobility is a straight line, more convenient and cheaper to build, that doesn't mean everything in the city is in a linear shape, each city module will have its own design and architecture.

    • @cjeam9199
      @cjeam9199 Před 2 lety +496

      @@fawazaljohani8447 no it isn’t. The optimum shape a city could take for a human is a circle, that way you optimise for the shortest distance between any two parts of it, so you will be able to walk or cycle there. The optimum shape a city could take for a transit system is a doughnut, because that way you optimise for the quickest journey time between any two points on a fixed route. A line is….a weird way to do it.

    • @langohr9613ify
      @langohr9613ify Před 2 lety +51

      @@cjeam9199 The line makes sence for hyperloop or other forms of high speed public trafic. So you can have one expencive vertical high speed axis and then walk the way to your appartment.

    • @stonewithagun6045
      @stonewithagun6045 Před 2 lety +170

      @@langohr9613ify but this is only because you created this Problem and now need to go against your own created Problem with hyperloops

    • @joshualyndona.1297
      @joshualyndona.1297 Před 2 lety +7

      You are not allowed or either cant live there if you cant pay for it anyways. Why bother

  • @vojdanuzunov5158
    @vojdanuzunov5158 Před 3 lety +526

    I like his Steve Jobs attitude when announcing the future of the country like it is an IPhone.

    • @seifeldin.
      @seifeldin. Před 3 lety +17

      Yes mee too, it's easier to get his ideas across this way

    • @tomluke5848
      @tomluke5848 Před 3 lety +29

      He needed the turtle neck to really get me on board.

    • @verycoolguy5947
      @verycoolguy5947 Před 3 lety +11

      The iLine

    • @Gr33kChief
      @Gr33kChief Před 3 lety +2

      I like how he treats women

    • @verycoolguy5947
      @verycoolguy5947 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Gr33kChief Oh yea? Tell me about it

  • @bernicesmith153
    @bernicesmith153 Před rokem +1

    This reminds me of the scene in star wars when luke is flying down the side of the death star and hits the lucky shot to the reactor

  • @kathleenjensen4638
    @kathleenjensen4638 Před rokem

    Excellent 👍🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @translator859
    @translator859 Před 3 lety +607

    Delivery in 2 days
    "I can already see the Amazon delivery Van"

    • @delysid111
      @delysid111 Před 3 lety +2

      Did Jeff Bezoz pay you ?

    • @cuteerebos2155
      @cuteerebos2155 Před 3 lety +4

      Pretty sure the curvature of the earth only let's you see ~40km.

    • @DarkNexarius
      @DarkNexarius Před 3 lety +13

      @@cuteerebos2155 No the van is on the other side of the road. It can only turn around at the end.

    • @AziWins
      @AziWins Před 3 lety +5

      No cars in the line tho

    • @TheGuyfromValhalla
      @TheGuyfromValhalla Před 3 lety +1

      @@DarkNexarius oh shit lmfao

  • @blueeye6545
    @blueeye6545 Před 3 lety +351

    *Prince rushes into the planning room* GUYS GUYS I GOT AN EVEN BETTER IDEA.
    “What is it?”
    The intersection 😱

    • @KingBobXVI
      @KingBobXVI Před 3 lety +7

      This was basically Walt Disney's plan for Epcot, but it was a circle and much less dumb.

    • @releventhurt
      @releventhurt Před 3 lety +1

      Shit 2 freaking trains and ya done

    • @squidward_chad
      @squidward_chad Před 3 lety

      If you are suadi its game over for u

    • @SimoneVPoise
      @SimoneVPoise Před 3 lety

      @@KingBobXVI roundabout?

  • @fumomofumosarum5893
    @fumomofumosarum5893 Před rokem

    this will be a very fun to explore ghost town!

  • @nicosledakis7452
    @nicosledakis7452 Před 24 dny

    Really good you brought up Jamal Khashoggi

  • @docacuwatson
    @docacuwatson Před 3 lety +576

    This gives "downtown" a whole new meaning

  • @Innocentah
    @Innocentah Před 3 lety +562

    My finger hurts from liking the comments. They are straight to the point

  • @5373NSMAG
    @5373NSMAG Před rokem

    Cant wait for it to be on one of those abandoned city vlogs 😎👍🏽

  • @jomartcanlas6917
    @jomartcanlas6917 Před rokem

    How do they expand the line, you add next to it module of line or add next line at the end

  • @dlakodlak
    @dlakodlak Před 3 lety +375

    "I live on the other side of the town" will have an entirely new meaning.

    • @boomerangfish3558
      @boomerangfish3558 Před 3 lety +32

      if it's north to south it's just a street away, if it's west to east it's half a country

    • @sau1748
      @sau1748 Před 3 lety +8

      Which is why the public transport system can take you from one end to the other in 20 minutes.

    • @kingk2405
      @kingk2405 Před 3 lety

      Not really as it should take 20mn to go from one side to the other side .

    • @iamsheel
      @iamsheel Před 3 lety

      @@sau1748 20 minutes is too much in my standards

    • @sau1748
      @sau1748 Před 3 lety +1

      @@iamsheel Which is why the city was specifically designed so that everything you need is within a 5 minute walk, whether it's work, market, etc. You won't need to go from one side of the city to the other every day, and plus, that 20 minutes only applies if you're living at the very far end, if you live in the middle, that's a 10 minute journey till the very end.

  • @ynntari2775
    @ynntari2775 Před 3 lety +1516

    all cities so far: 2D
    futurists: we need 3D cities!
    the saudi: 1D, take it or leave it

    • @mcan5987
      @mcan5987 Před 3 lety +5

      Lol

    • @lacdirk
      @lacdirk Před 3 lety +3

      @F 1 An underground is hardly new.

    • @vorisodan4627
      @vorisodan4627 Před 3 lety +16

      @@lacdirk Yeah not buying it, this shit is new, there's no city in the world that has a double-layered underground city across 170 km. Even cyberpunk doesn't have that feature.

    • @druid139
      @druid139 Před 3 lety +3

      Wont the desert just blow over and cover it? Dumb idea

    • @zerkalt190
      @zerkalt190 Před 3 lety +2

      @@vorisodan4627 maybe they meant underground as in parking lots, basements etc. Not the entire city

  • @edsongarcia2293
    @edsongarcia2293 Před rokem

    Boa noite
    amigo muito bom o seus projetos

  • @TheRedfull
    @TheRedfull Před 11 měsíci

    I Hope this project success… Many cities in the world are projected and they “workout” I.e Paris, Barcelona, Brasilia… it’s XXI century and we have enough technology to build new cities

  • @JinoJiwan_Jari_Pensil
    @JinoJiwan_Jari_Pensil Před 3 lety +279

    Can't wait for Mission Impossible 14, where Tom Cruise sprints across The Line

    • @A0A4ful
      @A0A4ful Před 3 lety +14

      The MI14 story will be a linear one. No plot twists.

    • @AlmostLakai94
      @AlmostLakai94 Před 3 lety +12

      @@A0A4ful Mission Impossible 14: Mission Possible

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Před 3 lety +2

      No body double! Tommy himself running for 2 hours nonstop!

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 Před 3 lety

      @@A0A4ful That, in itself, is a plot twist.

    • @pragmaticpuppy2715
      @pragmaticpuppy2715 Před 3 lety +1

      Now, this is a good fast and furious set. Drag race in The Line.

  • @aaronscarpa7469
    @aaronscarpa7469 Před 3 lety +591

    “This is a development that can be seen across the Arabian peninsula.”
    *Yemen has entered the chat*

    • @d7eemo270
      @d7eemo270 Před 3 lety +10

      Lmfao

    • @dogameda
      @dogameda Před 3 lety +6

      @@kakyoindonut3213 Well Syria and Palestine aren't in the peninsula tho

    • @nathan-iz2bq
      @nathan-iz2bq Před 3 lety +7

      @@Ryan_kev03 the barbarian peninsula is my favourite peninsula

    • @hbllt1314
      @hbllt1314 Před 3 lety +1

      We got bombed in dharan

    • @hbllt1314
      @hbllt1314 Před 3 lety +2

      @Halo 2 Anniversary r u in dh camp too?

  • @anmolbatra6093
    @anmolbatra6093 Před rokem

    Wondering if it should one single long line or two lines in parallel. In case of war, earthquake or any other unimaginable problem, the city will still remain connected.

  • @AI.Overlord.X
    @AI.Overlord.X Před 26 dny +3

    It's been cut down to 1.5 miles. And I'm sure it will be cut again 😅

  • @adrianvintila5077
    @adrianvintila5077 Před 3 lety +853

    Man.. i would love to meet the guys who came up with this idea. Their sales team must be amazing. No person in their right mind would think this is a good idea but somehow they sold it.

    • @mkgzt
      @mkgzt Před 3 lety +143

      It's easy to sell anything to the rich and dumb

    • @xXTopGXx
      @xXTopGXx Před 3 lety +156

      ive been to Saudi.. they have more money than brains.. and everyone is in there position of power because of who their daddy is..

    • @justanothersomeone1
      @justanothersomeone1 Před 3 lety +86

      The Saudi royalty are literally burning their countries' money, this line Idea is really stupid.

    • @xXTopGXx
      @xXTopGXx Před 3 lety +17

      @@justanothersomeone1 i agree with you but I also think theyre washing money

    • @sicko_the_ew
      @sicko_the_ew Před 3 lety +6

      Why? I must not be in my right mind, but what better idea do you have?
      (Or do you just think the cities we have are fine? If so, it would be interesting to know to what extent, or in what forms, if you find any of the ways we currently live to be necessary evils or acceptable solutions).
      If you keep other buildings at enough distance, in a place like this everyone could for instance have a golf course nearby. (Nice cheap golf courses, even. Tarred "greens", and lots of bunkers. Make the game less boringly easy. :-) )

  • @misusatriyo
    @misusatriyo Před 3 lety +379

    You'll hear a lot of "make a u-turn" from your gps.

    • @RealSupaHotFireVEVO
      @RealSupaHotFireVEVO Před 3 lety +21

      No cars in The Line.

    • @toucan221
      @toucan221 Před 3 lety +8

      take the next u-turn 50 kilometres away

    • @xmarine73
      @xmarine73 Před 3 lety +2

      You have reached your destination, it is 30 miles ahead on your right

    • @cocojumboist520
      @cocojumboist520 Před 3 lety

      No cars so jaywalking is allowed I guess 🤣

  • @0987654321mnbvcxzmor
    @0987654321mnbvcxzmor Před rokem

    Interesting,I think it will work

  • @qwp1026
    @qwp1026 Před rokem

    8:30 Does that mean it will be a rough estimate of 24 km in the mountainous region that is fully under the rocks?

  • @kaitospin3944
    @kaitospin3944 Před 3 lety +594

    Welcome to the city where no one ever gets lost. No directions needed just tell them when to stop.

  • @al-thaidi
    @al-thaidi Před 3 lety +338

    “Snowpiercer: Desert Edition”

  • @mr.morningstar9252
    @mr.morningstar9252 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Imagine somehow heavy rainfall takes place in the linear city and it just gets filled with water and becomes the largest aquarium.

    • @icke11234
      @icke11234 Před 9 měsíci

      What a pleasant thought.

  • @neck-o
    @neck-o Před rokem

    To be honest, this looks like a really good idea for a game where you traverse a ruined line city

  • @reiiz9942
    @reiiz9942 Před 3 lety +978

    "mom, im going to a friend house"
    "okay, where is it?"
    "its only 50km down the road"
    "alright be back before dinner"

  • @hilmizakaria7129
    @hilmizakaria7129 Před 3 lety +163

    I was hoping that the video is only 5 seconds saying "Because they can"

  • @edsongarcia2293
    @edsongarcia2293 Před rokem

    Vai ser uma exploração está cidade vai dar muitos visitantes

  • @insanityisgolden2
    @insanityisgolden2 Před rokem

    Pretty sure this is how I would design a dystopian hellscape for a bladerunner style scifi film, but aight.

  • @booksteer7057
    @booksteer7057 Před 3 lety +1651

    The city will be like the Snowpiercer. The wealthiest will occupy the spaces closest to the ocean, while the neighborhoods get poorer as you move inland.

    • @_Rafiki.
      @_Rafiki. Před 3 lety +83

      That's until a tailie revolution

    • @pieflies
      @pieflies Před 3 lety +244

      That’s how most coastal cities work

    • @justanotherrandomguywithab583
      @justanotherrandomguywithab583 Před 3 lety +70

      Saudi Arabia's poverty is only 12%
      🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦

    • @laurentpenot2656
      @laurentpenot2656 Před 3 lety +3

      If any neighbourhoods remain... new world, new city, new people...

    • @exxelsetijadi5348
      @exxelsetijadi5348 Před 3 lety +8

      that actually sounds pretty plausible imo since there's literally something like that here

  • @ShnoogleMan
    @ShnoogleMan Před 3 lety +619

    Saudis: We want our city to be pedestrian-friendly.
    Saudis: lol let’s build a 170km line

    • @talalalqahtani6756
      @talalalqahtani6756 Před 3 lety +37

      For daily needs it gonna be 5 minutes away from you max, to get from one end of the city to the other will take you 20 minutes max, because of the high speed underground trains

    • @AricGardnerMontreal
      @AricGardnerMontreal Před 3 lety +28

      @@talalalqahtani6756 yeah but why a line, why not a spiral, or a circle or anything, its not like a metro is a new idea.

    • @den-iq1cv
      @den-iq1cv Před 3 lety +6

      @@AricGardnerMontreal I guess they wanted to remove intersection

    • @SWEmanque
      @SWEmanque Před 3 lety +38

      @@AricGardnerMontreal By keeping it straight they can drastically increase the speed. Imagine having 3 parallel lines, one stopping on every station, one on every 4th, and one on every 10th, or something like that. If I want to get to a station far away I'll just take the train that stops at every station and jump off on the next station where the line that stops on every 10th station is and take that to where I'm close to my destination and then jumps back onto the one where they stop on every station. That way I can do inter-city travel at mag train speeds. Everything I'll need in my everyday life I could find within my area and can walk to. I'll only really need to take the train if I'm going to the hospital or something like that.

    • @kp5602
      @kp5602 Před 3 lety +24

      @@AricGardnerMontreal
      If they made a spiral youd say "why a spiral"
      If they made a normal looking city youd say "looks boring‚ wheres the innovation?"
      There are architects who design this stuff.
      I dont think theyre talking out of their ass

  • @brooklyn.v931
    @brooklyn.v931 Před rokem

    this has elements of that movie snow piecer

  • @Odyss2023
    @Odyss2023 Před rokem +1

    Why not a dome city?
    A 'castle' should be much better than a 'line'.
    Imagine a 500m high glass wall circular castle about 5km in diameter.
    A 1000m tower building in the center and parks, pools, and stadiums in the middle.
    I think this type of vertical multi-layered city is much more interesting.

  • @alyssapark6127
    @alyssapark6127 Před 3 lety +344

    Imagine missing your stop like “aw now I gotta drive ten miles to make a u turn”

    • @azzamalhanif9197
      @azzamalhanif9197 Před 3 lety +35

      There aint no car 🤦‍♂️

    • @deserteffect1001
      @deserteffect1001 Před 3 lety +8

      Only that those 10 miles, you'll reach them in 5 minutes at most in this new futuristic city

    • @JohnFoley1701
      @JohnFoley1701 Před 3 lety +27

      More like you fall asleep on the train and end up 150 miles from your destination.

    • @AlexandrusMegus
      @AlexandrusMegus Před 3 lety +3

      @@JohnFoley1701 Worst case scenario, you just lost 20 mins.

    • @thebeyonder8814
      @thebeyonder8814 Před 3 lety

      @@azzamalhanif9197 wdym🤔

  • @jamesbedford7327
    @jamesbedford7327 Před 3 lety +2077

    "How to burn $1 Trillion with these quick and easy steps"

    • @JohnDoeX1966
      @JohnDoeX1966 Před 3 lety +13

      😂😂 💯

    • @maryamalgaw2407
      @maryamalgaw2407 Před 3 lety +74

      Yup and earn maybe 3x more than that in a year

    • @matteorovetto1568
      @matteorovetto1568 Před 3 lety +84

      @@maryamalgaw2407 uhm, no

    • @maryamalgaw2407
      @maryamalgaw2407 Před 3 lety +39

      @@matteorovetto1568 BABAHAHAAHA Okay look back at this video and look at ur comment (: in ten years from now I would say and am From The uae and I believe in Saudis because they have worked with a lot of people in uae and other country just for this project ❤️🇸🇦🇦🇪

    • @roadrunner6224
      @roadrunner6224 Před 3 lety +147

      @@maryamalgaw2407 the entire middle east runs on oil/gas money. The second it runs out, noone is going to visit some skyscrapers in the desert anymore.
      All the major nations are wealthy, because of some sustainable not easily transfarable capability, the middle east has nothing of the likes.
      And tourism isn´t sustainable ask Greece or Spain.

  • @mirzamunirbaig196
    @mirzamunirbaig196 Před rokem

    Its amazing and entirely unusual project in the whole world. Good Luck Saudi Arabia, Good Luck HRH MBS

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe1369 Před rokem

    Along the coast they can gather a lot of humidity out of the air. the city can probably gather a lot of water fairly cheaply. It is also probably an effort to transfer population away from Iran, which is becoming a serious threat. A linear core near water that can grow "ribs" off the spine to go to various activities is not a bad plan, they just have to remeber that "bunches of Grapes" and a "Stem" tends to create bottlenecks. There is a lot of public transit and it will still bottleneck if they do not plan it well. I expect they will have to create an older industrial farming sector too, hence the water being needed nearby, they will probably do some nuclear powered desalination as they build up native cometency.

  • @TeraQuad
    @TeraQuad Před 3 lety +200

    Saudi Arabia: "We have drawn a LINE in the sand."

  • @alexsiemers7898
    @alexsiemers7898 Před 3 lety +379

    We weren’t supposed to take RTGame this seriously!

    • @GLBHemstreet
      @GLBHemstreet Před 3 lety +14

      Country Roads/take me home/to the place/I belong/West Virginia/Mountain mama/Take me home/Country Roads

    • @tenebrisdominus1404
      @tenebrisdominus1404 Před 3 lety +3

      Lmaooooo

    • @aceb2660
      @aceb2660 Před 3 lety +7

      The Crown Prince must've been watching RTGame for a long time lol

    • @regierw2308
      @regierw2308 Před 3 lety +2

      When are the asteroids coming?

    • @edgepixel8467
      @edgepixel8467 Před 3 lety

      RT?

  • @blackman811
    @blackman811 Před rokem

    Cool concept. It is encouraging to see such creative proposals to help all. Good luck with it! 💕💕

  • @Clauds_5
    @Clauds_5 Před rokem

    الى الامام ياوطني والله يحقق احلامنا واشوف بلدي في اعالي البلاد المتطورة 🤍🤍🤍🇸🇦