End of ‘The Line’: A timeline of Saudi Arabia’s failed rendering city (opens in new tab)

Saudi Arabia has halted construction on The Line, the over-hyped megacity that was supposed to slice through the sand like a mirrored sword, until 2030—LOL!—after multiple delays and downsizings. Anyone with two functioning eyes and three ounces of brain tissue could have predicted this spectacular crash. The concept blatantly defied basic physics and economics. It was a sci-fi fever dream doomed the second it left the rendering farm. Rendering ca. 2024. [Image: Neom] The Line began as a supe...