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Saudi's The Line futuristic city project is now dead. (t.co)

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i-cant 50 billion already spent

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[–] musicpostingonly@hexbear.net 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Neom says that the attention has now moved to “the complex engineering and detailed design work associated with the first phase” of The Line.

You don't build a home before you design it. Tract home, palatial mansion, or hovel they all have a plan in place before it is built. This is squarely in wiping-your-ass-before-you-shit territory.

Fifty billion. Fucking dumbass.

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's the Winchester House in San Jose that was design-as-you-go and ended up such a clusterfuck that it's now a tourist attraction.

[–] musicpostingonly@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

That was the result of money and mentail illness. I'd argue Neom is money and man's hubris.