Saudi Arabia is building a new city that will be 150 stories tall and serve as a semi- enclosed environment where people can live and work. While the promotional videos released Monday are likely an attempt to give the development a utopian feel that recalls so many intentional cities of the 20th century, the project comes across as extremely bleak.
According to the promotional videos, the city is going to be 547 yards tall (500 meters), 218 yards wide (200 meters), and 105 miles long (170 km) and will feature cutting-edge technology along with high- tech. Cars won't be necessary.
9 million people will live in this new city to provide a better quality of life. It is being advertised as an eco-friendly project, with water and power supplies, but the details have not been provided.
Humans have existed in polluted cities for too long. A revolution is happening in civilization. The narrator of the new video says to imagine a traditional city and consolidate it's footprint to protect and enhance nature.
There is a video that shows a new city with a lot of greenery. People who live there will be able to go from one place to another in 20 minutes.
The narrator says that residents have access to all their needs within 5 minutes.
A promotional video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday shows a young woman flying through the air in a city. It has a dark and spooky cover of "It's a Wonderful World."
You would be more likely to hear a trailer for a movie about a serial killer if they used a dark version of the song. It's as good as ours. It's definitely a choice.
This is not the first time that a large planned community has taken shape. Jeff Bezos showed off a plan for a space colony.
There are many examples of intentional communities being ruined by the egos of the people who built them. The developer of this city is the biggest ego on the planet.
According to the press release, NEOM is at the forefront of delivering new and imaginative solutions to address these issues.
The Saudi royal said that NEOM was leading a team of the best minds in architecture, engineering and construction.
The question is whether it will be possible. You always need more than just money to make a utopian experiment work, as we have learned from many utopian communities of the 19th and 20th century.
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