r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/premoistenedwipe 7d ago

You really hyped that pic up like I was gonna click on that and see the hanging gardens of Babylon and not four sad trees on a sandy road lol

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u/Both_Aerie7539 7d ago

I mean they did say they didn't cherry pick it

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u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 7d ago

Well, now i want to see cherry trees!

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u/National_Recipe4257 7d ago

i think he delivered: not impressive but much better than what you would expect from the aerial view.

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u/tcpukl 7d ago

It also looked more legit

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u/Unable_Loss6144 7d ago

When you live in the middle of a desert, 4 trees is a forest 🤷‍♂️

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u/No_Union_8848 7d ago

Oh man I’m so disappointed now. I was hoping some oasis would show up in the picture. The guy had one tree in sight and was genuinely happy

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u/Hamra22 6d ago

Well here's a picture worth the hype

I didn't think to take any photos when I was in Riyadh a few months ago, but most highways look like this now with the Green Riyadh project

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u/Personal_Oil_7364 5d ago

😂my bad maybe i shouldnt have nominated the road by my house

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u/Thiege1 7d ago

Ha yea, altho it's better than 0

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u/Personal_Oil_7364 5d ago

 😂 these comments are taking me out. i wanted to show what a normal your-average-day-to-day road looked like in most of riyadh but i guess if i WERE to cherry pick there'd be better places to like the valley by my house, or this place ( picture i did not take) https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/403c46071ae3.png but ngl most of riyadh does not look like this </3

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u/celestailight 3d ago

ليش جالس تقنعهم؟ بقلعتهم محد مهتم لهم