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Nothing beats Riyadh in growth over 10 years. The entire city changed.

• hk__2 3y ago
  Riyadh and Dubai are bad examples as they are in the middle of a desert.
  • jacooper 3y ago
    What? Why? Riyadh changed like crazy in just 10 years.
    • hk__2 3y ago
      Yes, because as a populated city it’s very young: it virtually didn’t exist in the 19th century while London was the most populated city of the whole world at the time. Even in the 1930s London had 300x the population of Riyadh. You have to wait until the 1980s to see Riyadh have more than 1M inhabitants.
      • jacooper 3y ago
        This doesn't make it any less impressive to see a whole city changing in 10 years. Even Dubai which is probably younger didn't have the same level of change in the last 5 years.
        • hk__2 3y ago
          Sure, but that makes it less relevant as an example in a comment on a story about London.