Dystopian city The Line.

originally posted by: Itisnowagain
Like Snowpiercer?

Like all the ATS sky screaming.

a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

a good day on ATS so far. some really interesting threads.

fascinating idea but somehow i don't think it will ever become reality. it wouldn't be mine. i'd rather stay in good, old, real and beautiful bavaria.

Its pretty much like every dude's fantasy... pondering what they'd do if they had billions. Create a civilization where they are revered as a god and all the women are beautiful and dumb. Of course. Any male who pretends like they've never fantasized of this are just the post-modern eunuch type who have zero testosterone, lactate despite their physiological state, no father figures in their childhood. Have no idea how to check their car's oil. But are great with interior decorating.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

Will they eat bugs and have nothing while living there?

All the food will be prepared by Guy Fieri personally.

That will be law

originally posted by: TheAlleghenyGentleman
All the food will be prepared by Guy Fieri personally.

That will be law

That truly is dystopian, I would rather eat insects.

a reply to: kwakakev

Yeah man !

A farm ! Good call.

Built by a similar mindset to the Snowpiercer™.

a reply to: vNex92

You have to remember that I'm schizoaffective.

I don't live in "conventional reality".

My living situation is in a lower income housing apartment, no vehicle, my range is a consistant and repetitive six mile radius and I've dealt with "energy field" deterrants and social conditioning prompts to report to certain locations for certain reasons for well over a decade when I first located here. I am now conditioned to my role in the dominant social order, and I rarely stray from my given perimeters without proper justfication.

I'm in the middle of a beautiful National Park and I'm "not allowed" to even hike trails or go camping.

How's THAT for dystopian?

Walls without walls.

a reply to: GENERAL EYES

I want to hear more about the energy field deterrents……..

There is a specific area, it’s right before you get into town. I swear there is an “energy field” or something there.
I feel sick and dizzy every single time I pass it. I had wondered if it was cell towers, or 5g or something.

It is in an interesting spot too, right before you go into town where two villages meet.

a reply to: JAGStorm

When I feel the barriers (which isn't very frequently anymore) the best way to describe them is an uncomfortable bodily sensation of uneasiness and as if gravity has increased, making it more laborious to walk. There are also mental effects of discomfort and attendant voices telling me to "go home, you're not invited to this function".

I can only assume there is some sort of local social gathering taking place of certain parties and it's invite only.

We have a large magical community here that is very hush hush, so I don't know if these energy fields are the product of some sort of "woo" or if they are somehow technologically generated.

I'm kind of bummed because I dig on various magical practices and would absolutely LOVE to meet these people, but like I said I'm a little rough around the edges, poor and don't have any important local social contacts so I understand the reason for my exclusion in such circles.

There are some actual verifiable technological deterrants in certain areas at night, high pitched frequencies at an audible (but not excessive) hearing range to deter homeless people from sleeping on the premises.

A few months after we moved to our current residency I was hit with a very powerful directed energy weapon in the head, I have no explanation of where it come from or how they were able to target me so precisely. It hurt like absolutle hell and I was laid out on the living room floor attempting to dissociate from the pain.

There was also an old neighbor on the opposite side of the bedroom wall using electronic harrassment (more tranditional old school variety which I recognized immediately) which was several months of a loud, deep resonating pulse that would go on for hours during the night.

We made the manager at the time aware of this intrusion, mentioning that it "might be an off balance fan" and he was cold and callous and told us that it was "our problem" and to deal with it.

It eventually stopped, the neighbors relocated and we have wonderful new owners and property managers who are kind and Christian. The overall quality of the community has improved tenfold and I'm happy we were able to stick it out through the worst of it.

My overall point being is that this is a very interesting community I find myself living in, and after enduring years of tests, trials, deterrants and "getting to know the local dynamics" they have finally decided I am no threat and pretty much leave me alone.

No more dealing with harassment and gangstalking, no more scowls and suspicions, a lot more casual conversations and random waves and smiles and the general Southern Hospitality I was raised with in my youth.

I know this sounds crazy considering all I have been through, but part of me is glad to living in a town with these sorts of phenomena because it shows they can keep out certain unsavory types with their collective warfare techniques.

Maybe it's schizophrenia, maybe it's real and Stockholm Syndrome, but I think I was able to bear through the worst of it given my military upbringing and attendant "interests" I've had since I was a child, therefore I was able to endure and not give in to paranoia or violent behavior.

It might also be relevant to mention I have certain "duties" and expectations within the community that is sometimes triggered by physical sensations that I have been conditioned to respond to in a certain way, or the occassional voice to report somewhere to perform a service, mostly of which are charitable acts of helping homeless individuals get something to eat or guiding someone to a resource center.

It's not because they are cruel (even though their methods can be intense) it's that they are CONTROLLED and have certain expectations of certain members of their community.

I've heard stories from the more underprivilaged in the area, and there are common themeatics.

I think my saving grace is that I was born into a higher social caste than the one I currently occupy so I knew how to deal with what was going on in a civil and polite manner consistant with my Christian upbringing and managed to distinguish myself from the stereotype of the "dangerous unhinged paranoid schizophrenic" stereotype.

It should also be noted we have a very large cell phone tower installed a block away and I can see it from my bedroom window.

I've never experienced the directed energy attack from it, but I frequently suspect it might have a field of influence that keeps causing my migraines and is covertly used to generate and project a wide field effect for the area as a control mechanism.

When I get to my assigned post (the local bookstore three miles away) the headaches generally subside and the energy is much more calming and peaceful, but when I first started reporting there, they had frequencies and deterrants and tried to run me out of there too, so I beared through it and wrote a detailed essay outline on the techniques they were employing, the uses of such as a social control, and the ethical ramifications of them.

I've wanted to write an autobiography of these experiences but everytime I try, I blank or get paranoid that it would do more harm than good.

The odd thing is that I feel completely comfortable sharing these experiences here on ATS.

Thanks for listening.

I think it is more productive to discuss how to destroy the city. It is just a skyscraper laid out horizontally. This ruins all previous analyses on blast-induced collapse of a building. The computations for bombing a dam are also useless here, because we cannot count in the water pressure. In the first case, gravity helps a lot for the building to collapse (the weight of the debris plays a major role). In the second case, water pressure is the key player. But destroying The Line requires a different approach.

The most detailed analysis for this case would be the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing. As far as the wahabites state, the city would stretch along 170 Kms, hence although the Federal Building attack is still valid, it would imply a high number of bast-inducing explosions.

I think 3 tactical thermonuclear blasts could do the job. The idea is forcing the collapse of the ground level by taking advantage of the power of horizontal (P2P) wave fronts. The use of nuclear stuff is just to render intact structures radioactive so they cannot be re-used after the event.

a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

They should do this in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and all the other blue cities so the rest of us can live normal lives again.

originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

The linear metropolis’s layout will offer all of the residents’ daily needs within a five-minute walk,

Except to a pub.

Also, it's curious to consider that they'd pick the absolutely most inefficient shape to build anything. totally stoopid idea if you ask me.

In the desert...

Big dummies.

a reply to: LSU2018

Not to mention keeping them contained so they'll stop moving to our rural communities and destroying them!

a reply to: kwakakev

Their only renewable source of power according to the promo vids are water and wind turbines.
Imagine the rolling blackouts.

This would be another dead project in a few years if it isn't already.
It may gotten started on building from what i head seen and heard from those who live near there.


Since the line walled city is going through the mountains? how are they going to cut the sections of the mountains??



This project already doesn't have the support of the local Saudi Arabian tribes that are being forced to be displaced over the project.
Not a good image already for their project.

It will never be built. Pipe dream. Not to say walked prisons won’t be built for our incarceration one day.

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

They should do this in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and all the other blue cities so the rest of us can live normal lives again.

Here is another link from the promotion website that is actually more detailed. Scroll to the bottom at it shows what Manhattan would look like if it was the line.

The answer is a wall. But it has a computer gen pic anyhow

More detailed line website

Don't get on the train. Nothing will survive the trip.

Without other vehicles, the train will have lots of stops to make. People don't like walking a long way when they are actually trying to get somewhere.

The information states the train line is 170 km long and takes 20 minutes to travel that distance. Let's assume it stops every 5 km for passengers to get on and off. You will have exactly 6 seconds to get on or off before the train moves again. It will then travel at over 600 kph for 30 seconds to the next stop. This schedule must be maintained to travel the distance in 20 minutes. We can't have the train going from end to end without letting anyone on or off can we. That will be very inefficient.

The acceleration and deceleration alone will turn anyone on the train to nothing but a goo resembling ketchup.

The stops and stopped time are what make any high speed rail fail in any environment with lots of short trips and stops. Long trips are fine. But in this monster of a city there are no long trips.

I wonder how they plan on achieving their promise of Zero Gravity technology to reduce the carbon footprint.

Logan's Run. We would all live in something like that. For the well being of the community as a whole, you would have to go to "heaven" for your 30th birthday. They went to somewhere else and Logan found out that was a lie. Had a robot to kill the escapees who thought to keep living after turning 30.

originally posted by: TheAlleghenyGentleman

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

They should do this in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and all the other blue cities so the rest of us can live normal lives again.

Here is another link from the promotion website that is actually more detailed. Scroll to the bottom at it shows what Manhattan would look like if it was the line.

The answer is a wall. But it has a computer gen pic anyhow

More detailed line website