Why is Saudi building 1 Trillion dollar city in the desert?
Ever wondered what a trillion dollars looks like as a city?
Well, Saudi Arabia is building exactly that - in the middle of the desert.
And it's either humanity's next giant leap or the world's most expensive mirage.
Let me show you NEOM - a sci-fi metropolis that Saudi Arabia swears will redefine how humans live.
About NEOM
Picture this: a 170-kilometer long city with no cars, no streets, and powered entirely by renewable energy.
A place where flying taxis zip between buildings, and robots outnumber humans.
It sounds impossible, right? But here's the thing - they're actually building it
."The Line, Oxagon, Trojena..."
These aren't names from a sci-fi novel - they're actual parts of this mega-project.
The Line is literally a city in a straight line, designed to house 9 million people.
Oxagon is meant to be the world's largest floating industrial complex.
And Trojena? That's a mountain resort... in the desert. Yes, you heard that right.
But here's where it gets really interesting.
This isn't just about building a cool city.
This is about something much bigger - it's about survival.
Why SA is building this?
See, Saudi Arabia has a problem. A really big problem.
Right now, about 80% of their entire economy depends on oil.
But in a world racing towards electric cars and solar panels, that's like betting your future on typewriters during the rise of computers.
This is where NEOM comes in.
It's Saudi Arabia's $500 billion bet - though some say it'll cost twice that - to transform itself from an oil kingdom into a tech powerhouse.
Think Silicon Valley meets Dubai, but turned up to eleven.
But here's where things get complicated.
Problems with the project?
Because building the city of tomorrow isn't just about money and technology.
It's about people. And this is where NEOM's shiny facade starts to crack.
The Howeitat tribe has lived in this region for generations. Now, they're being forced to move. Some who resisted have reportedly been imprisoned.
And then there's the environmental question - can you really build a "green" city by pouring millions of tons of concrete in the desert?
This brings us to the big question
Is it then need of the future?
Is NEOM the future we need, or just an expensive distraction? Is it possible to build a truly sustainable city from scratch, or are we just creating a high-tech mirage in the desert?
The truth is, we're watching something unprecedented unfold.
Either this is the moment Saudi Arabia transforms itself and shows the world a new way of urban living, or it becomes the world's most expensive cautionary tale.
What do you think?
Is NEOM the future of cities, or just a desert dream? Let me know in the comments below.
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