At this point, I just assume it’s built by literal slave labor.
I give it less than 50 years before global warming turns it into just another desiccated ruin, half buried by the sands.
50?
Honestly I don't even expect them to finish it.
If they are still building Sagrada Familia, then a line megacity will take more than 200 years.
This will be an environmental disaster.
It already is.
I haven't heard about this one so had to look up
The Line is ridiculously gigantic: 500 metres high, 200 metres wide, and 170 kilometres long, mirrored facades and, potentially, roof-top wind turbines, east–west orientated at the head of the Red Sea
When they said megacity, this is definitely not what I imagined
Source of renders: an article about how this might become a problem for migratory birds
When you have so much money that you need to build a whole city to fit all your cars and private jets.
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