Saudi Arabia building the world's tallest skyscraper

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  1. Chinatown

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    Aren't they also building that silly mile long city? Called Nemo or something like the Disney homo little fish movie or something?
     
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    So how many MILES deep do you have to go - in sand - to build worlds tallest bldg??
    Built in sand; Sand, ffs.
    Ballpark guesstimate 2/3 the height, maybe 7/8th the height?
    Good luck with that.
     
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    Bedrock in that area is 118 ft.
     
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    Bedrock???
    It's not all sand right down to the middle of the Erf?
     
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