Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:46:56 UTC No. 16374730

I think it'd be cool, but aside from the real estate cost there's also the lateral forces from wind and the blocking sunlight. See NYC's response to the Equitable Building.

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:50:05 UTC No. 16374738

>>16374710
'The Line', part of the Neom project, is meant to be a 170 km long.

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:51:46 UTC No. 16374742

>>16374710
>Why don't humans build wide skyscrapers?
Cost of property per square foot, anon. You buy a small lot and put a tall building on it.

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:52:47 UTC No. 16374745

>>16374738
I'll believe it when I see them finish it.

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:52:51 UTC No. 16374746

Why go up or to the side when you could go down?

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:54:19 UTC No. 16374747

>>16374710
zoning laws and air rights

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:56:33 UTC No. 16374750

>>16374745
It's quite ambitious and some of the other mega-projects in the Middle East have turned out poorly, but at the very least they are making real, physical progress.

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:56:55 UTC No. 16374751

>>16374745
It's already down to 1 km long.

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:57:14 UTC No. 16374754

>>16374746
>DF fart tornado
Bro imagine everyone eat beans all day and you have to live on the -300m floor

Anonymous at Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:58:47 UTC No. 16374757

>>16374754
There are people on this very board that would pay for braps from fat bottomed Mexican women.

Anonymous at Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:20:50 UTC No. 16375680

>>16374710
It wouldn't scrape the sky if it was just long, so it would be more like a horizonscraper or something.

Anonymous at Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:28:12 UTC No. 16375691

>>16374710
At a sufficient base width it becomes an arcology rather than a skyscraper.