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“A smart city on steroids” — what will it be like to live in Saudi Arabia’s $500bn digital oasis, Neom? (JMD quoted on Verdict)

“A smart city on steroids” — what will it be like to live in Saudi Arabia’s $500bn digital oasis, Neom? (JMD quoted on Verdict)

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“A smart city on steroids” — what will it be like to live in Saudi Arabia’s $500bn digital oasis, Neom? (JMD quoted on Verdict)
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“A smart city on steroids” — what

will it be like to

live in Saudi

Arabia’s $500bn

digital oasis,

Neom?

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Scarlett Evans

Scarlett is a freelance writer and journalist

Neom, a fairy-tale city in the sand “that heralds the

future of civilization”, for now exists only in the

mind of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed

bin Salman.

The city – dubbed Davos in the …

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