Saudi Arabia’s viral The Line “future city” already loses lustre [Video]

• Saudi Arabia has drastically pulled back on its plans to build a 170 km long city across the desert.
• Instead of housing 1.5 million people, current plans will only see about 300 000 residents and for the structure to be 2.4 km long.
• The changes come as the realities of Saudi Arabia’s wide range of massive investments come crashing down on its heads of state.

Standing taller than the Empire State Building, as wide as three skyscrapers put together and spanning 170 km across the scorching Saudi Arabian desert as a nearly invisible future metropolis, The Line – an real upcoming mega structure sent netizens into a craze when it was revealed last year.

Not only did it look like something out of a sci-fi film, but it would be real and would be funded by an endless supply of Saudi money, and you could even live there come 2030. …