{"id":527041,"date":"2025-03-20T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/?p=527041"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:13:09","slug":"cities-of-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/luxury-lifestyle\/cities-of-tomorrow","title":{"rendered":"From &#8216;The Line&#8217; To Mars Colonies, How The Richest Are Building Cities Of Tomorrow That Will Cost Trillions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Saudi Crown Prince\u2019s \u201cThe Line\u201d project is estimated to cost $1 trillion USD.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Marc Lore\u2019s sustainable city \u201cTelosa\u201d has a $400 billion USD price tag.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Elon Musk\u2019s Mars colonisation aims to make humanity a multi-planetary species.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>When you have more money than you know what to do with, what\u2019s the next step? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/cars\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luxury cars<\/a>? Private islands? Maybe even a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/tag\/superyachts\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">superyacht<\/a>? Sure, those are nice, but for the world\u2019s richest visionaries, the ultimate flex isn\u2019t a rare watch or a large property \u2014 it\u2019s an entire city. And not just any city, but futuristic, self-sustaining metropolises that are designed to redefine how we live, work, and in some cases, survive beyond Earth.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-255x255.jpg 255w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Line promises a 170-kilometre-long city with mirrored skyscrapers, no cars, and everything within a five-minute walk. Image: NEOM<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>These visionary projects aren\u2019t cheap and will require hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars to be executed. But that\u2019s exactly what makes them the epitome of wealth and power.\u00a0And when you\u2019re Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammed_bin_Salman\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mohammed bin Salman<\/a>, or among the world\u2019s richest people like Elon Musk, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/luxury-lifestyle\/bill-gates-breakthrough-hydrogen-superyacht\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill Gates<\/a>, or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_Lore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marc Lore<\/a>, financial problems hardly stand in your way. Instead, the main challenges become technical feasibility and timeline. <\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-58035239\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_677165997 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_677165997 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[300,250],[320,100],[320,180],[336,280],[640,360]],\"incontent-58035239\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_677165997.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-58035239\");});};adsQueue.push(load_677165997);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <p>These projects are ambitious and mind-bending plans meant to push the boundaries of architecture, sustainability, and even civilisation itself, but they are not that easy to accomplish.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mohammed-bin-salman-s-the-line\">Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s \u201cThe Line\u201d<\/h2><p>When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neom.com\/en-us\/regions\/theline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Line<\/a> in 2021, the world did a double take. It\u2019s a 170-kilometre-long city that stretches across northwest Saudi Arabia\u2019s Tabuk Province and has mirrored skyscrapers towering 500 meters into the sky with no cars, no emissions, and everything residents need within a five-minute walk. It sounds like something straight out of a cyberpunk novel. And yet, the project is very real\u2014at least in concept.<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-164034018\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_1860035930 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_1860035930 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-164034018\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_1860035930.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-164034018\");});};adsQueue.push(load_1860035930);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <p>The Line is being designed as part of Saudi Arabia\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neom.com\/en-us\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEOM<\/a> megaproject and is expected to house 9 million residents. It promises a revolution in urban living, with an underground infrastructure for utilities and high-speed transportation which ensures seamless travel and the entire city is meant to run on renewable energy while preserving 95% of its surrounding nature.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-2-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-2-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NEOM-Line-2-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Powered by renewable energy, this futuristic city will preserve 95% of the surrounding nature. Image: NEOM<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>AI will optimise everything from waste management to public services, making this one of the most technologically advanced cities ever attempted. The project is expected to create over 460,000 jobs and contribute significantly to Saudi Arabia\u2019s Vision 2030 plan, which aims to diversify the kingdom\u2019s economy beyond oil.\u00a0<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-1567952408\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_72890474 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_72890474 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-1567952408\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_72890474.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-1567952408\");});};adsQueue.push(load_72890474);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <p>However, with an estimated price tag of $1 trillion USD, even Saudi Arabia\u2019s deep pockets will be tested. While construction is underway, questions remain \u2014 can such an ambitious project truly be completed on time? And more importantly, will people actually want to live there?<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-marc-lore-s-telosa-project-nbsp\">Marc Lore\u2019s Telosa Project\u00a0<\/h2><p>Billionaire entrepreneur Marc Lore who is the former Walmart executive and founder of Jet.com, has his own utopian vision: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cityoftelosa.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telosa<\/a>. Unlike The Line\u2019s futuristic glass and steel aesthetic, Telosa is designed to be a model of sustainability, social equity, and self-sufficiency. Think organic skyscrapers, green spaces, and a citywide commitment to renewable energy.<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-968656565\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_1865771851 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_1865771851 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-968656565\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_1865771851.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-968656565\");});};adsQueue.push(load_1865771851);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527045\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-1.webp 790w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-1-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-1-255x143.webp 255w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-1-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (min-width: 769px) 800px, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Telosa focuses on organic skyscrapers, green spaces, and a commitment to renewable energy for a self-sufficient city. Image: Telosa<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The project is expected to cost at least $400 billion USD and will be spread across 150,000 acres (about the size of Chicago), where cars are autonomous, water is endlessly recycled, and urban congestion is a thing of the past. It is being designed by star architect Bjarke Ingels and is planned to house 30,000 residents by 2030, with a vision of growing to 5 million people by 2070. <\/p><p>Telosa will also include 36 mixed-use districts where residents can access necessities within a 15-minute walk. Possible locations for the project include deserts in Nevada, Utah, Arizona or areas in the Appalachian region\u2014though securing enough land won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-234927676\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_229933294 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_229933294 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-234927676\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_229933294.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-234927676\");});};adsQueue.push(load_229933294);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527046\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa.webp 790w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-255x143.webp 255w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Telosa-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (min-width: 769px) 800px, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Designed to house 5 million residents by 2070, Telosa\u2019s 150,000-acre blueprint emphasizes social equity and urban resilience. Image: Telosa<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Lore\u2019s vision is to tackle challenges related to rapid urbanisation, climate change, and inequality through this project. But as noble as that sounds, actually turning such an idea into reality will require more than just money \u2014 it\u2019ll need people who are willing to take a leap of faith into an experimental way of life.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-musk-s-mars-colonisation-and-city-building\">Musk\u2019s Mars Colonisation and City Building\u00a0<\/h2><p>While some billionaires are focused on making new cities on Earth, Elon Musk is thinking much, much bigger \u2014 like an entire civilisation on Mars. His company, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX<\/a>, has been working toward making humanity a multi-planetary species, and Musk has repeatedly said that colonising Mars is essential for our survival.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1-1400x788.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1-1400x788.webp 1400w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1-960x540.webp 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SpaceX aims to transport humans and cargo to Mars, with a self-sustaining city built using terraforming techniques. Image: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>His vision is simple in theory, but the reality is far from it. The plan is to launch thousands of Starships to transport humans and cargo to the Red Planet, and eventually establish a self-sustaining city that can support life with resources like water, oxygen, and food produced on Mars itself, which will likely involve large-scale terraforming techniques. No one really knows how much it would cost, but estimates run into hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars.<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-2047233134\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_1309106873 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_1309106873 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-2047233134\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_1309106873.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-2047233134\");});};adsQueue.push(load_1309106873);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <p>Musk has thrown out the idea of a first mission happening as early as the 2020s and believes this is important not just for exploration, but also as a backup plan for humanity in case of existential threats like climate change, asteroid impacts, or global conflicts.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1400x781.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-1400x781.webp 1400w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-960x536.webp 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-640x357.webp 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-768x429.webp 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spacex-480x268.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Musk\u2019s vision includes producing water, oxygen, and food on Mars to support human life on the Red Planet. Image: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The biggest challenge? Well, pretty much everything. How do you reliably produce water and oxygen on Mars? How do you grow enough food? The logistics are very complicated. And let\u2019s not even get started on the psychological toll of living on a barren, frozen planet 225 million kilometres away from home.<\/p><p>All of these projects sound very innovative (or, in Musk\u2019s case, out-of-this-world) but history has seen a lot of ambitious ideas that never made it past the blueprint stage. 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