From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/15/2025 8:40 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   > On 11/15/2025 12:04 PM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >> Seems that "The Line", the futuristic arcology-style city of 9 Million   
   >> people of size 170 km * 200 m, is not going to be built after all.   
   >>   
   >> Its description read like something out of science fiction novel,   
   >> and that in the realm of science fiction it will remain.   
   >   
   > ????   
   >   
   > Lynn   
      
   A series of insanely ambitious projects that Mohammed bin   
   Salman, the prime minister of Saudi Arabia, proclaimed   
   would be built in the NW of the country, near the top of   
   the Red Sea. The biggest was the Line, a 500 meter high,   
   200 meter high, 170 km long city-in-building, but it   
   included many other projects.   
      
   There's an interesting YT video about the cancellation,   
   with a claim that it was MbS never actually wanted to   
   finish it - the full cost was about 8 trillion dollars.   
   It goes into the finances and problems in some detail.   
   Overall, 100 billion has been spent, with relatively   
   little to show for it.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOG4qCx0peA   
      
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