That freaking palm-tree shaped island has got "delusion" and "bubble" written all over it.
>> That freaking palm-tree shaped island has got “delusion” and “bubble” written all over it.
ROFL. So true.
The US is full of successful huge earth moving projects. The city of Seattle was enlarged by flattening numerous hills and filling in the low spots. It was an enormous task. It wasn’t megalomania. Some aspects of Dubai are not either.
I remember when swamps could be turned into useful places. Waikiki for one. Creating articial waterfront land should be easy to do instead of impossible. People love waterfront and lakes. Now, many are allowed to be filled naturally by sediment and atrophy. Dredging? Considered worse than pedophilia.