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"These schemes, and the Saudi one is a classic example, map out a hi-tech utopian future but never engage with people as they really are. In my opinion, linear city schemes are best left as design exercises for third-year architectural students," Gold said.
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-a ... wtab-en-us
i would imagine this will always be a free society and the government would never use it as a method of control.