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This Just in: Horizontal Skyscraper City Coming Soon to the Desert
Every post-apocalyptic movie ever made will soon culminate in the Saudi Arabian horizontal skyscraper city.
Have you seen the movie Snowpiercer? What about the TV show by the same name? The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where climate change has caused the world to freeze. The only remnants of humanity live on a high-speed train that continuously circles the globe to prevent it from freezing.
The back of the train is reserved for the lowest-class citizens who shovel coal and work to keep the train running. They live off of rations and believe everyone else on the train is in the same situation. They, of course, are wrong as every car is a little better than the previous leading up to the lavish luxury in the front of the train.
This story has played out time and time again in entertainment. Pierce Brown’s fantastic Red Rising series plays on the same theme, as does the Hunger Games, and, well, you get the point. It’s a great theme where the underdog, the oppressed, rise, discover their horrific living conditions at the hands of the wealthy, and do everything possible to burn it all down. Get ready because this theme will likely play out in the Saudi Arabian desert.
