Plans for £1,200,000,000,000 city stretching 105 miles just got a heck of a lot less ambitious

Saudi Arabia’s ambitious £1.2 trillion project, The Line, aims to create a mirror-clad megacity stretching 105 miles to house nine million people, but is currently under evaluation for feasibility due to financial strains. Critics raise concerns about its environmental impact and displacement of local tribes, while construction has already begun with significant groundwork laid in the desert.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: Saudi Arabia is planning to build a huge futuristic city called The Line, which will have tall skyscrapers and is meant to be a special place for nine million people, but now the country is checking if it can actually be built because it costs a lot of money.

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