NEOM and The Line are going to be hilarious

1. 2024-04-21 at 11:23 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   
   
   I kinda want to move here, cos it's going to be crazy.
   
   And yes, they're 100% real and under construction right now.
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2. 2024-04-21 at 11:25 AM UTC

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   infinityshock Black Hole
   Dubai islands...
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3. 2024-04-21 at 11:40 AM UTC

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   Iron Ree African Astronaut [my flyspeck near-blind refund]
   I walk the line I walk the line do do do do
   
   
4. 2024-04-21 at 11:41 AM UTC

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   ner vegas African Astronaut
   their plan to solve their fresh water problem was to send a bunch of ships to harpoon an iceberg and drag it back to port to melt at their leisure
5. 2024-04-21 at 11:53 AM UTC

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   Iron Ree African Astronaut [my flyspeck near-blind refund]
   Idk i'm not a transport expert but as soon as you start having to add turns to an LRT they become less economical. Go to any city with a robust public transport network and see how different it is when you hit the straightaways in the downtown area usually they stop asking for tickets because it's quick stops BOOM BOOM BOOM you move with traffic the throughput is higher and you have to transfer to trains going out of that straight line of quick stops. If you built an entire city to be moved that like I could see it maybe working
   
   
6. 2024-06-16 at 2:21 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   
   
   It's a shame it'll be such a disaster, The Line looks really cool.
7. 2024-06-16 at 2:43 PM UTC

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   Narc Naturally Camouflaged [connect my yokel-like scolytidae]

   Originally posted by ner vegas their plan to solve their fresh water problem was to send a bunch of ships to harpoon an iceberg and drag it back to port to melt at their leisure

   
   Is that why they're so salty then?
   
   
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8. 2024-06-16 at 3:25 PM UTC

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   Enigma African Astronaut [memorize my carmelite sway]
   WHy did it have to be a line? Was there any benefit to making it a line instead of like a triangle or a circle?
9. 2024-06-16 at 4:52 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   So the "first phase" is supposed to cost USD $320 billion and will house 300,000 people.
   
   If you have a calculator that can deal with enough zeros, you will find out that is a cool $1,066,666.66 per resident.
   
   So basically a million dollars per resident. A family of 4 would be $4 million.
   
   That's pricy for a place to live, even by modern real estate standards. If you wanted to charge a family of 4 rent at 7% of construction cost, that'd be $280,000 per year, or around $23,000 per month.
10. 2024-06-16 at 4:53 PM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by Enigma WHy did it have to be a line? Was there any benefit to making it a line instead of like a triangle or a circle?

    
    Good question.
    
    Maybe the building is so big it may as well be a line, the width is just massive.
11. 2024-06-19 at 9:06 AM UTC

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    Narc Naturally Camouflaged [connect my yokel-like scolytidae]

    Originally posted by Enigma WHy did it have to be a line? Was there any benefit to making it a line instead of like a triangle or a circle?

    
    Flies fly in triangles so it helps to keep them out
    
    That's why you should always avoid people who promote triangles, they usually smell of shit too
    
    
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