🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia's 100-Mile Skyscraper Is Turning Into a Disaster 🚨
💡 Neom’s Futuristic Dream Faces Harsh Reality
Saudi Arabia's ambitious megacity, Neom, once hailed as a revolutionary urban paradise, is now drowning in financial and logistical chaos. The centerpiece of this vision, The Line—a pair of 1,600-ft skyscrapers stretching 106 miles—is facing massive budget overruns, raising serious doubts about its feasibility.
💸 A Dream Inflated Beyond Reality
🔹 Originally envisioned as a high-tech utopia, Neom’s costs have skyrocketed to an insane $8.8 TRILLION—💰 a figure 25x Saudi Arabia’s annual budget!
🔹 Audit reports reveal financial manipulation, with officials inflating projected revenues to cover up the surging costs.
🔹 Luxury hotel rates were artificially hiked, with a hiking lodge jumping from $489 to $1,866 per night and a glamping site from $216 to $794! 🏕️➡️💰
🏗️ Cracks in The Line’s Foundations
❌ Originally planned to stretch 100 miles, The Line’s initial phase has now been slashed to just 1.5 miles over the next decade!
❌ Even attempts to reduce tower heights from 1,600 ft to 1,000 ft were reportedly blocked by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
❌ Despite all setbacks, officials claim vertical construction may begin by the end of this year.
⚠️ A Project on Shaky Ground
😨 Leadership turmoil hit Neom as CEO Nadhmi al-Nasr resigned in November amid shocking allegations of worker deaths—with reports suggesting tens of thousands may have already perished.
⚡ With spiraling costs, logistical nightmares, and internal instability, Saudi Arabia's "city of the future" is teetering on the edge.
🔮 The big question remains: Is The Line a glimpse into the future, or just an expensive illusion? 🤔
🔗 What do you think? Is this the future or a fantasy? 💬👇
