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The Line in Saudi Arabia is actually selling apartments now - $1M+ to live in a 170km long mirror building. Would you buy?

So I just went down a rabbit hole researching The Line (that crazy NEOM project in Saudi) and found out theyre actually selling units now. We're talking $1-5 million for apartments in what will basically be a 500m tall, 170km long building in the desert.

Some wild facts:

  • 140,000 workers currently building it
  • Using 20% of the worlds available steel supply
  • First section opens 2030 (only 2.4km instead of promised 170km)
  • Foreigners can buy but need residency permits
  • No cars, everything within 5 min walk
  • Mirrored exterior walls (RIP birds)

The whole thing sounds like something from a sci-fi movie but they're actually building it. Construction videos show massive excavation happening right now.

What gets me is the density - theyre planning for 260,000 people per square km. That's 6x denser than Manila. In a single building. In the desert.

Anyone here actually considering buying? Or know someone who has? I'm genuinely curious if people are dropping millions on apartments in a city that exist yet. The renders look incredible but living in a 200m wide building with no option to leave except by high speed rail seems... intense.

What do you think - revolutionary urban planning or dystopian nightmare?

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