"Cities of the future," built from scratch

[Cryptomultiplier]

If villages can exist far from civilization and turn into communities later on, why should it be impossible to build cities from scratch?
Future cities are already emerging, I don't have to state examples because many of these cities are in countries we all know.  The technological resources will have to be in abundance because so many variables ought to be tested.
Wars and most natural disasters and diseases have rendered most persons homeless, thereby turning them into refugees. If these future cities are with the aim, to improve life and living conditions of humanity, also to help incorporate a trading system that supports both a decentralized and still upholds the tenets of centralized commerce, I consent.

[Ultegra134]

I know it's been a while, but I found something really interesting today. Saudi Arabia has actually started building their futuristic eco-friendly city, "The Line". Am I the only one who thinks that it's too exaggerated and a waste of money? While I'm supportive of eco-friendly cities, this looks like way too much. Drone photos have captured huge excavation and construction sites. Shouldn't a part of this city be built first for testing purposes? What if it doesn't work out? Then we'll have 170 kilometres of wasted structures and land.

https://www.dezeen.com/2022/10/19/line-megacity-under-construction-saudi-arabia-drone/

[Lucius]

If someone starts such a megaproject at a time when everyone is looking to save money, then it is obvious that they have so much money that they can set the whole desert on fire with it if they want to. What you see as "waste of money" is certainly not for them, and their current ruler, like many before him, is obsessed with leaving something spectacular behind.

It just strikes me that they are building the city of the future, and at the same time, they are behaving like barbarians from the Middle Ages because they are condemning to death the members of the local tribe who protested the project. A lot of money combined with very strange laws and the lack of respect for human rights put that country at the very bottom of those I would ever visit.

[Ultegra134]

If someone starts such a megaproject at a time when everyone is looking to save money, then it is obvious that they have so much money that they can set the whole desert on fire with it if they want to. What you see as "waste of money" is certainly not for them, and their current ruler, like many before him, is obsessed with leaving something spectacular behind.

It just strikes me that they are building the city of the future, and at the same time, they are behaving like barbarians from the Middle Ages because they are condemning to death the members of the local tribe who protested the project. A lot of money combined with very strange laws and the lack of respect for human rights put that country at the very bottom of those I would ever visit.

On top of that, how is such a city deemed eco-friendly? They are literally building a huge tall wall, stretching over 170 kilometres in the desert. I fully understand their desire to build something "magnificent" and technologically advanced, but why build such an eyesore? Most importantly, it will take ages to get from one side to the other, unless you use a ridiculously expensive means of transport, such as a train. What's ecological about that?

Couldn't they, at the very least, settle for a different shape? This thing will be visible from hundreds of kilometres away.

[Lucius]

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They say that the city will be powered by 100% renewable energy, from one end to the other it will be possible to get there in just 20 minutes by superfast train. Given that money is not a problem for those who build the project, neither will it be for those who will live there - after all, it is a project of the rich, in which rich people will live.

As for the shape, it is still something that is probably the best according to the opinion of those who are experts in such things, and what would be a better solution in your opinion? I don't see any alternative except the classic construction of today's cities, or directly to the height, which is completely impossible for such a long building.

[Smack That Ace]

On top of that, how is such a city deemed eco-friendly?

I also wonder if this project is built and put into operation, what will make it a model of nature conservation as the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has stated.

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman boasted that the city, planned for nine million people, "will challenge the traditional flat, horizontal cities and create a model for nature preservation and enhanced human liveability".

They are literally building a huge tall wall, stretching over 170 kilometres in the desert. I fully understand their desire to build something "magnificent" and technologically advanced, but why build such an eyesore? Most importantly, it will take ages to get from one side to the other, unless you use a ridiculously expensive means of transport, such as a train. What's ecological about that?

Couldn't they, at the very least, settle for a different shape? This thing will be visible from hundreds of kilometres away.

Once money is no longer an issue for them, people often develop thoughts that are said to be crazy, overly paranoid. Like the kings of the past, they were so greedy for power that they wanted to find the elixir of immortality like Qin Shi Huang, trying to prolong their life to protect their property.
A 170km long mirror wall, I'm really overwhelmed with their playability and I wouldn't believe it was real without seeing these pictures. This will be our current technology challenge project.


https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/08/sustainability-liveability-the-line-saudi-170km-city-naive/