Neom's planners are reportedly worried people won't want to live at the bottom of a 1,640-foot horizontal skyscraper

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/neom-s-planners-are-reportedly-worried-people-won-t-want-to-live-at-the-bottom-of-a-1-640-foot-horizontal-skyscraper/ar-BB1m9k9A

Neom planners are worried about The Line as costs skyrocket, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Planners are reportedly concerned the horizontal skyscraper's design might not appeal to some people.
The first 1.5 miles of the megaproject could cost more than $100 billion.
The cost of Saudi Arabia's Neom project seems to be spiraling — and that's not the only issue concerning planners.

According to The Wall Street Journal, they're concerned that The Line's vertical city concept will not appeal to some potential residents, given the levels of natural light likely to reach the lower levels of the parallel structures.

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Even architects working on The Line have questioned the feasibility of the project.

Last year, British architect Peter Cook, who is involved in the project, called the city an "amazing absurdity," adding that the proposed height was "a bit stupid and unreasonable" in comments reported by the Architects Journal.

[hatrack]

1. Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.

Good luck with that whole web-bulb temperature thing!!

[HAB911]

2. Prince Bonesaw doesn't make mistakes

[doc03]

3. Donald you could make this a part of that wall Mexico will pay for.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. That's a lot of barrels of oil yet to be sold. I see many dollars being

spent to help Trump get elected so he can kill electric cars in the U.S.

[brooklynite]

5. Someone lives at the bottom of every super-tall apartment tower in Manhattan...

The bigger point is that the project is being scaled back from 100 km to 2.....

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. but there isnt a wall surrounding the building. These buildings will be surrounded by a wall

with sunlight trickling down from the very top but not from the sides. That's my interpretation of the design.

[brooklynite]

6. I was at the Saudi Embassy this past weekend. This is only one of a range of sciifi-ish projects they're planning.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. They've already killed a villager who objected to being evicted to make way for it, according to the UN

Perhaps you could bring this up if you meet them again:

Neom: Saudi forces 'told to kill' to clear land for eco-city

Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told the BBC.

Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project.

One of them was subsequently shot and killed for protesting against eviction.
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A statement issued by Saudi state security at the time alleged al-Huwaiti had opened fire on security forces and they had been forced to retaliate. Human rights organisations and the UN have said he was killed simply for resisting eviction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68945445

[GaYellowDawg]

8. Fantastic.

Saudi Arabia should absolutely piss all their money away trying to build this boondoggle. Then they'll have less money to spread their odious influence around the world.

[harumph]

10. Most of these "projects" are just giveaways to favored developers, etc.

I suspect nobody pushing this really gives a fuck what the ultimate success is - just the $$$ they can make building it.

[Renew Deal]

11. Is this thing earthquake safe?

What if the ground shifts?