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The Line (stylized as THE LINE, Arabic ذا لاين or Dha Layin) is a linear smart city under construction in the middle of the desert in Neom, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia.
It is being designed to have no cars, no streets, and no carbon emissions [2, 3, 4, 5].
The 110 mile long (170km) city is part of Saudi Vision 2030 project, which Saudi Arabia claims will create about 460,000 jobs and add an estimated $48 billion to the country's GDP [2].
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The smart city's plans anticipate a population of 9 million, or 25% of Saudi Arabia's current population (35.5 million) [7].
Excavation work has started along the entire length of the project, the inception of which was planned for October 2022.
The project has faced criticism over its impact on the fragile desert environment and the current population of the area, as well as doubts about its technological and economic viability.
Proposal
The Line is planned to be 110 miles long (and only 660 feet wide for its entire length, give or take another 6 feet), preserving 95% of the nature within Neom [3, 4, 8].
(By the way, we just added that extra six feet by measuring six feet under, where most of the inhabitants are going to be as time goes one).
It will stretch approximately from the Red Sea to the city of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. It is intended to house 9,000,000 (nine million) residents, resulting in an average population density of 260,000 people per square km (26K/km2) [7].
By comparison, the capital of the Philippines, Manila, the world's most densely populated city in 2020, had a density of 44,000/km2 [9].
The Line's plan consists of two mirrored buildings with an outdoor space in between, having a total width of 660 feet (200 meters) and a total height of 1,600 feet (500 meters) [7]. More
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