Neom is a planned community being built in Saudi Arabia. Construction crews — more than 100,000 men — have already begun work, backed by Saudi funding reportedly exceeding $500 billion (some estimates exceed a trillion dollars). According to its vision statement, Neom will be “the land of the future, where the greatest minds and best talents are empowered to embody pioneering ideas and exceed boundaries in a world inspired by imagination.”
The Neom website offers a futuristic vision — like how people in the 1950s imagined how today might look. Their plan blends ultra-modern architecture with innovations in energy, technology, infrastructure, transportation, and water management. Some of the innovations include using data as currency, agriculture with genetically modified crops, “smart schools,” and renewable energy such as green hydrogen and solar. Robots will be laborers and caregivers. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman even envisions flying cars and an “upside-down” skyscraper carved into a mountain. The Saudis promise to “re-green” the desert and establish a “new model for urban living.”
What The Line is supposed to look like.
Perhaps the best known element of Neom is The Line — a vertical city stretching over 100 miles from the Red Sea to the mountains. Two mirrored buildings will frame an outdoor corridor, with each structure 660 feet wide and 1,600 feet tall. The Line will run on renewable energy and be split into three levels: living spaces, infrastructure, and underground transportation. The city will have no cars or streets; instead, high-speed rail will whisk residents across the entire megastructure in just 20 minutes. Once completed, The Line could house nine million residents, with 300,000 by 2030.
Other parts of Neom would include Trojena, a mountainous area with freezing winters; Magna, a luxury coastal zone for sailing and tourism; and Oxagon, the industrial hub, where manufacturing, robotics, AI, and automation will drive the economy.
A rendering of The Vault in Trojena.
Land of the future or fantasy?
Neom has many critics. They have condemned the Saudi government for forcibly relocating the Howeitat tribe and exploiting laborers — mostly Asians. Skeptics accuse Neom of overpromising while failing to meet deadlines or stay on budget. In March, the Wall Street Journal reported massive cost overruns. Some observers believe Neom may eventually scale back. Others call it an outright boondoggle.
Still, Saudi officials have already opened an airport, built a hospital, and opened Sindalah — a luxury island-destination to attract tourists. The kingdom also introduced a “privileged Iqama,” a special residency permit to attract high-skilled expatriates and investors. Neom even fields a professional soccer club in Saudi Arabia’s top division and will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games.
Planned communities have a bad reputation. Rapper Akon’s attempt to build a real-life Wakanda in Senegal collapsed. But Gulf Arabs are not Africans. They have already built advanced, futuristic cities in Riyadh, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. Oil wealth pays for mega-projects. And unlike Western democracies, Gulf nations face few bureaucratic hurdles. They operate without unions, DEI mandates, affirmative action, or meddlesome HR departments; this makes ambitious projects like Neom far more feasible.
Whites wanted?
Neom is an important part of Saudi Vision 2030, the kingdom’s strategy to diversify its economy beyond oil. This ambitious plan would transform Saudi Arabia into a global hub for technology, luxury tourism, and innovation. The leadership behind Neom includes both Saudis and Westerners. And according to online rumors, whites may play a role not just in Neom’s development — but as its primary residents.
The Arab states are looking to absorb tens of millions of wealthy high IQ whites from South Africa and the UK
They’re going to offer them low taxes, no propaganda in school, and then just leave them alone
The West is haemorrhaging talent
From @fentanylblwdart pic.twitter.com/4pPtWB1Fbi
— Uberboyo (@uberboyo) September 20, 2024
This post sparked much debate about whether Neom may attract whites fleeing their declining homelands. Though no one has confirmed these claims — nor have the posters responded to requests for sources — one wonders: Would intelligent, wealthy, capable whites flee to Neom if their home countries continue to degenerate?
In Britain, this question already has an answer. Over 10,000 millionaires left the UK last year as the economy and daily life continue to unravel. Many see the “Yookay” as a dystopian society where prosperous and talented natives escape as non-white refugees and immigrants push their way in.
A growing YouTube community now documents this “white flight.” Young, well-spoken British expats warn their countrymen to get out while they can. Some relocate to Australia or other European nations, though those places face the same threats: mass immigration, racial replacement, hostile governments, anti-white crime, and economic decline.
Some whites now feel more like strangers in their own countries than they do abroad. That explains why so many have moved to Dubai and other Gulf states. Dubai alone houses over half a million Westerners — roughly five percent of its population — with Brits half that number. You’ll also find sizable Western expat communities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman.
Britain is feeling the consequences. Engineers, in particular, are leaving for better lives in the Gulf. The Daily Express ran this headline: “UK infrastructure facing crisis as engineers flock to Saudi Arabia.” Other high-skilled sectors may follow.
What if Saudi Arabia began openly courting disillusioned Westerners with promises of high salaries, zero taxes, no crime, and no anti-white or pro-LGBT foolishness? Many might go.
Skeptics may ask: why would a white person move to a Muslim theocracy in the sweltering desert? Wouldn’t they have to convert to Islam? Isn’t alcohol banned? What about women and non-marital relationships?
Whites living in the Gulf answered these questions in X posts. Many pointed out that in expat communities, they enjoy alcohol and Western mores — minus the degeneracy of modern Western cities. This post by Spanish influencer Ada Lluch got 83,000 likes for highlighting these realities.
In Dubai, I can walk to the supermarket at 1:30am by myself and feel completely safe.
In my own hometown in Spain, I can’t leave the house after dark because the streets are filled with unscrupulous migrants who rape women & steal from people.
How is it that the East has now… pic.twitter.com/mPfPLfF59e
— Ada Lluch (@ada_lluch) February 16, 2025
Meanwhile, the UK government quietly offered asylum to 24,000 Afghan soldiers and their families — potentially 200,000 people — in a deal that cost taxpayers £7 billion. This comes just after officials finally acknowledged that Pakistani grooming gangs have been raping white girls all across Britain. It’s no surprise that capable people are leaving.
I love this country. I’ll never leave it. But I can’t blame the people who do.
Today, I got a phone call that knocked me for six. One of my oldest pals, like a brother to me. someone I’ve known since we were two years old… he’s shutting down his bricklaying firm. A proper…
— Thomas Skinner
(@iamtomskinner) July 14, 2025
Americans should take note. President Trump has cracked down on illegal immigration, DEI, violent crime, and leftist hegemony, but all of these gains could be reversed in a single election. Demographic trends continue to shift in Democrats’ favor. The rise of politicians such as Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh suggests that anti-white identity politics could unite a reinvigorated and vindictive Left.
Jean Raspail warned about this more than 50 years ago in The Camp of the Saints. In his novel, Europe faces an invasion from the Third World. Though it has the power to resist, it lacks the will. Liberalism, not force, dooms the continent. Raspail’s vision was fiction in 1973. Today, it reads like prophecy.
Perhaps Neom will fail to meet expectations. Maybe it’s all just marketing. But many whites have already moved to the Middle East. If the West doesn’t reverse its current decline, more will follow. This raises the possibility of a reverse Camp of the Saints — a migration of intelligent and capable whites toward the Gulf and other emerging regions, leaving their increasingly non-white homelands behind to decay.
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