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2022-07-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Saudi Arabia plans a massive desert SIDESCRAPER: MBS unveils 75 mile-long, $1 trillion skyscraper called the Mirror Line that will be taller than the Empire State Building and house up to five million people
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] It’ll be a technological feat, no doubt, but I’ll bet money the locals refuse to move in.
  • Saudi Arabia plans on building a 75-mile skyscraper called the Mirror Line by 2030
    ...that target already slipping...
  • Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced in January 2021 and said he wanted to be greater than the Egyptian Pyramids

  • The Mirror Line will consist of two 1,600 feet tall, carbon neutral buildings with vertical farming that run parallel to each other and go across desert, mountains, and coastal areas

  • When completed, the $1 trillion megabuilding will hold up to 5million people and people will be able to commute end-to-end in 20 minutes

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia 

#1 It’ll be a technological feat, no doubt, but I’ll bet money the locals refuse to move in.

...It's what they did the last time.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-07-25 01:10||   2022-07-25 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 I didn't realize that there was a pressing need for apartment housing in the middle of a howling wasteland.
Posted by ed in texas 2022-07-25 11:34||   2022-07-25 11:34|| Front Page Top

#3 List of tallest buildings in Saudi Arabia
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-25 11:51||   2022-07-25 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 If it is a prison then I am all for it.
Posted by Airandee  2022-07-25 11:57||   2022-07-25 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Boy the sanitation system is going to be interesting...
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-07-25 12:09||   2022-07-25 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Gravity is your friend. The pumps to get water up there? Hooboy.
Posted by Frank G 2022-07-25 12:21||   2022-07-25 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 ^^^--- kind of hard on the rubes on the lower floors. I'm thinking of the age-old collage dorm-toilet-flushing trick.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-07-25 12:46||   2022-07-25 12:46|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm familiar witht this poject, and I believe the House of Saud is going to be shopping for new, more useful locals. The old ones most likely need not apply.
Posted by Secret Master  2022-07-25 14:33||   2022-07-25 14:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Looks more like they're overcompensating for having small dicks. By all means - go ahead and waste that money!
Posted by Raj 2022-07-25 16:44||   2022-07-25 16:44|| Front Page Top

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