Neom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City.

neom the line is a 170 km long City being built in the deserts of Saudi Arabia That was supposed to cost $200 billion to build it'll accommodate 9 million people in a massive structure that is0 M wide and 500 M tall it's conveniently located in an allegedly empty area of desert the line has been pitched as a smart City complete with extreme technology including all of the modern features that you would want like an artificial Moon robot dinosaurs flying cars human gene editing and glowi inthe dark sand amongst many other attractions according to a Wall Street Journal article about the project this corner of Saudi Arabia is so Barren that the only abundant resources that a group of Consultants could identify were sunlight and unlimited access to salt water now let's not be negative about this location is not the only consideration in a real estate project I'm reliably told location is only one of the three important factors there are at least two other important factors that need to be considered now I won't lie I'm a bit nervous about making this video and I hope that nothing I say is viewed as criticism I'm really just telling you the news about the scaling back of this obvious viously great project you might be aware that things didn't work out very well for the last guy who questioned the wisdom of building a 170 km long 200 M wide City in a previously overlooked prime location new project this futuristic city that he he is planning to invest half a trillion dollar in it what if it goes wrong it could bankrupt the country but no one's allowed to criticize it no one allowed to write an objective a piece in any newspaper I might have to lie low for a while after this video is released and obviously I won't be accepting any Embassy invitations no matter how many frero rochet I'm offered the ambassador's receptions are noted in society for their hosts Exquisite [Music] taste you're really spoiling now I know that I've mentioned this project in Prior videos and I hope that nothing from those videos will be misinterpreted as criticism and if the Saudi Arabian Sovereign wealth fund hadn't blown the money on soft bank they would have blown it on credit s or neom the 110 mile long City ...