Think the USA has Huge skyscrapers?.. what about one 75 miles long ?

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Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a $1 trillion, 75 mile long skyscraper made of mirrored glass that will stretch across its desert and stand taller than the Empire State Building.

The Mirror Line will be a part of the desert city called the Neom - that will be around the size of Massachusetts - which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced in January 2021.

He did so after saying he wanted his country to house a construction project as iconic and timeless as the Pyramids of Egypt.

'The Line is a project that is a civilizational revolution that puts humans first,' he said at the time.

The Mirror Line will consist of two 1,600 feet tall buildings that run parallel to each other across 75 miles of desert, coastal, and mountain landscapes and house up to a Million people .

Prince MBS has claimed he wants the Mirror Line to be ready by 2030, although engineers have said it could take 50 years to construct.

The building is so long that it will sit on struts to take the curvature of the Earth into account, and will also have a high speed train line running underneath its length.

If fully completed, the skyscraper will run from the Gulf of Aqaba, through a mountain range, and then extend along the coast into a desert 'aerotropolis,' the Wall Street Journal reported.

Salman also said that the project aimed to allow a million residents to meet within a five-minute walk and to travel end-to-end within a 20-minute stretch. It will also reportedly be powered by renewable energy.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ong-desert-skyscraper-called-Mirror-Line.html
 

Wow, and double wow!

On a side note: Seeing these pictures, it brought a movie to mind that I vaguely remember Everyone lived in an enclosed city and were told if they left they would die. But a couple teenagers managed to leave the city and found a whole new world. If I remember correctly, they had to make their way through some pretty barren territory before getting to a more hospitable environment. Kind of like that glass city in the Saudi desert. Another example of life imitating art! Like Alligatorob said, I wish I could live long enough to see it!
 

caroln said:
Wow, and double wow!

On a side note: Seeing these pictures, it brought a movie to mind that I vaguely remember Everyone lived in an enclosed city and were told if they left they would die. But a couple teenagers managed to leave the city and found a whole new world. If I remember correctly, they had to make their way through some pretty barren territory before getting to a more hospitable environment. Kind of like that glass city in the Saudi desert. Another example of life imitating art! Like Alligatorob said, I wish I could live long enough to see it!
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"Logan's Run", probably.
 
Pepper said:
Sick of those murderous effin Saudis and their conspicuous consumption. Nothing they do is impressive.
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No? I thought what they did to Jamal Khashoggi was quite impressive. In a very negative way.

Having spent some time working in Saudi I developed a real distain their "government" and it's policies. I suspect one day the population will rebel, and make the Iranian revolution or Libyan "Spring" look tame.

I don't understand how we can maintain such good relations with a place I believe to be more oppressively of its people than say Cuba or Iran. I believe the day will come when we regret it.

It's not just about oil, we could get plenty of that from Iran if we just cozied up to them...
 
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