While sitting at Pearson International waiting to board my flight to Dallas, I came across this story out of Saudi Arabia.“The Saudi Royal family has unveiled plans to start construction of the world’s tallest skyscraper. The Kingdom Tower will measure 1.6km high, making it twice the height of the current world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The mixed-use development will consist of hotels, offices, luxury apartments and a shopping centre. It will take 12 minutes to reach the top in a high-speed elevator."
And we wonder why there are riots in the streets of just about every Middle East country these days?
Just imagine what good in the world the Saudi royal clan could do with the $20 billion U.S. they plan to spend on this needless structure – maybe build a home for every person in Japan who lost theirs in the recent earthquake/tsunami disaster or build schools, hospitals and factories for the people in their own region that so desperately need jobs and education.
Instead, the oil-rich kingdom would rather get into a bragging war with Dubai.
I don’t think I’ll plan a trip to Saudi Arabia just to see another high rise!
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