50 Pictures Of ‘Urban Hell’ That Don’t Look Real But Sadly Are (New Pics)

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

I think that the town is close to the hole.

17points

The Chronic Insomniac 9 months ago

The town was built to house the miners that worked there.

5points

Pyla 9 months ago

Diamonds are mined in old volcano cones, so it’s built around it.

2points

Tom Nagel 9 months ago

The town came to the hole though.

0points

Foxglove🇮🇪 9 months ago

The town grew around the hole after they discovered kimberlite

0points

JayhawkJoey 9 months ago

Terrifying and tragic. Buy lab-grown.

14points

Say No to Downvoting 9 months ago

I realise the elevated camera angle makes the hole look a lot less guarded than it probably is but I think, if I lived there, I’d be constantly saying “Oh my god - where are the children? Has anyone seen the kids in the last 5 minutes? Did they go near the hole??!”

9points

Upstaged75 9 months ago (edited)

I doubt there are many kids living there - that's housing for the miners and the company's headquarters.

1point

Sean Sean 9 months ago

This is exactly the kind of place I think you'd find a Cthulhu cult.

3points

CD King 9 months ago

There is a horror movie script here….

2points

Tim Shedlock 9 months ago

Made in Abyss

2points

Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

A piece of shiny stone created this

1point

Brittania Kelli 9 months ago

No. Greed over the man made value over a shiny stone with a link to engagement rings created as a marketing story by a jewellery company made this. The actual stone just existed.

10points

bacon 8 months ago

weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

0points

Viktor Stepanov 9 months ago

Nice place to play Sparta

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

watch where you walk

0points

#2

Chinese Apartment Buildings

Worker in front of densely packed high-rise buildings and greenery, illustrating urban hell scenes.

Final score:

73points

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Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

Bad Day = Elevator is out of order...

49points

Black Cat 9 months ago

Really bad day = earthquake...

13points

Glen Ellyn Premium 9 months ago

Really bad day = a fire.

3points

MEB 9 months ago

Or Leg Day?

1point

Margaret H 8 months ago

Worse Day = Elevator is out of order and you're 80.

0points

WindySwede 9 months ago

or, the housing market is crashing-day?

0points

Maisey Myles 9 months ago

Or some brat kid hits every button

0points

Crikey! (ho/hum) 9 months ago

Looks as though that fellow is digging without a shovel.

3points

cugel. 9 months ago

The ubiquitous dystopian grey, probably wouldn't appear so bad if brightly coloured.

2points

G 9 months ago

This gives me anxiety

1point

Just Another Karen Premium 9 months ago

at first i thought it was windows red zone

1point

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Imagine being crammed into one of those blocks. It must be truly dystopian.

1point

Verena 9 months ago

Not necessarily. I grew up in a highrise in West Germany, like many kids. Flat was pretty big, enough windows, view was great. Lots of green surrounding it. Shops close by, no car needed to get there. Living in a single family home amongst hundreds of identical houses, with no green yard, all surfaces sealed for "easy maintenace" causing heat and flooding problems, and needing a 15 minute drive to escape the neighbourhood sounds horrid to me.

11points

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

That would make me jump out of one of those thousands of windows.

0points

Liz Butt 8 months ago

I saw a youtube the other day with a guy who was one of two people who were in a multi story building. He was visiting. Had everything to himself. Gym, pool. Everything you would find in a modern hotel. So many Chinese high rise buildings with no one in them. Why????

0points

Franc 8 months ago

So many places, yet, here is no location, to look it up online. Photoshop or AI, for sure!

0points

Susan Raskin 8 months ago

Bad day = FIRE

0points

#3

Hong Kong

Dense urban landscape with towering buildings and a narrow alley filled with parked cars, depicting urban hell.

Final score:

68points

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Toothless Feline 9 months ago

Spouse has traveled to Hong Kong several times for work. She described it as "the helliest of urban hellscapes". There's nice stuff there, but the vertical urban sprawl is so depressing.

33points

Bugoy-420 9 months ago

I used to seriously worry about an aircon falling on my head while walking there...

2points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

I always liked Hong Kong. It is very dense, but that's one of the cool things about it.

2points

Noureddine Mallah 7 months ago

Yeah but these hellscapes are housing millions of people. It's better than homelessness.

0points

keyboardtek 9 months ago

One can understand the massive apartment complexes to provide a place for high density living. But at least pressure wash the mold off them one in a while! Otherwise they look like slums.

0points

halazia 9 months ago

I kinda like this photo. But then again I'm a sucker for brutalism as well

9points

Kit Black 9 months ago

Do you live it? Many of these apartments are broken up into 8x3 Wire cubes... brutalism is supposed to be an art style, not a life.

5points

Lowrider 56 9 months ago

Depressing

7points

Black Cat 9 months ago

I guess you get used to anything and if you grew up here you wouldn't know any different, but heck, no greenery at all!

6points

Romy Rösli 9 months ago

Overpopulation doesn’t leave space for greenery and even less for wildlife.

1point

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Poor things. I can't imagine anyone in these flats having any quality of life.

5points

Saint_Zipcodus 9 months ago

There's something about this kind of half-planned, half-organically grown infrastructure that's fascinating to me. Don't know if I wanted to live there, but the weird part of my imagination appreciates it.

4points

Mingey 9 months ago

Yes, hear what you're saying...

0points

martymcmatrix 9 months ago

Hell, no!!! 🙅🏽 Especially when you get home and you need to poop very urgently, but the elevator is broken again, so you have to run up the stairs to your apartment on the 314th floor (and you fart on every second step)...🤭🏃🏽💨

2points

Sarah 9 months ago

Buy those incontinence pads if you need peace of mind..

1point

LA Murphy 9 months ago

Instant claustrophobia. Awful.

1point

LauraDragonWench 9 months ago

I am far from being claustrophobic, but this image is initiating a panic attack of epic proportions.

1point

Another Panda 9 months ago

This doesn’t really give the true perspective of the sheer mass and volume of stacked tiny apartments. You can see daylight in this one.

1point

#4

The State Of Syria Due To The War

Ravaged urban landscape with collapsed buildings and debris, depicting urban hell in a cityscape setting.

Final score:

64points

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Pyla 9 months ago

H3llish

24points

Sapna Sarfare 9 months ago

Hope things get better for them. I remember watching a travel show in which they showed Syria.. I always felt i want to visit it once.. this is what they have made of the country.. Sad

10points

El Dee 9 months ago

14 years of civil war with both sides committing atrocities and it's STILL not as bad as Gaza in only 18 months..

6points

Romy Rösli 9 months ago

That’s what happens when terrorists k**l hundreds of women and children and then go hiding themselves and their weapons amidst their own kids.

2points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago (edited)

I used to volunteer for a charity here for Syrian refugees. Met quite a few. Their stories would horrify you. The things they went through just to try and get to some semblance of safety. So many didn't make it. The refugee camps were... I saw one firsthand, I went with the trucks to deliver clothes, medicine, food etc. Talk about "hell on earth" to put it bluntly. I have very good reasons to term those camps that way.

3points

Sarah 9 months ago

Any word on the two skanks? Are they in Russia? Hiding out like cowards.

1point

Liz Butt 8 months ago

OMG!!!!!

0points

Franc 8 months ago

State the root cause, man. Due to the USA's military industrial complex and the CIA.

0points

Oops 8 months ago

Mankind destroys everything, much bader than rats.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

hate produces hate

0points

Marilyn Holt 9 months ago

we never learn do we

0points

#5

A Man Takes Bath As The Water Leaks From A Pipeline On A Smoggy Morning In New Delhi, India

Urban hell scene with a person showering beneath a large pipeline amidst trash and decay.

Final score:

63points

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catt 9 months ago

Heartbreaking

42points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago (edited)

I agree. But major kudos for the community's initiative of investing in sourcing and positioning the nifty shower platform! 😃

11points

JayhawkJoey 9 months ago

Still the caste system - present-day active prejudice.

13points

Sean Sean 9 months ago

Which had already wormed it's way into the USA, at least in my experience living in the Seattle area its already here.

8points

Sapna Sarfare 9 months ago

Each govt talks about cleaning the Yamuna. Hope the present one does clean it

1point

Nea 9 months ago

If present one cared, they would have cleaned Ganga first.

2points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

the litter ?????

0points

Franc 8 months ago

This is terrible...

0points

Susan Raskin 8 months ago

so terribly sad

0points

bacon 8 months ago

is that p*o water?

0points

bacon 8 months ago

they seriously have to * out p0o

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

you can be poor you do not need to be filthy or litter all around you.

0points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Forget the pipe... The river.. dang

0points

CD King 9 months ago

So gross..

0points

#6

Destroyed Apartment Blocks Of Bakhmut After Its Capture By Russian Forces

Aerial view of urban hellscape with damaged buildings and smoke rising.

Final score:

62points

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AuntT 9 months ago

Sad, just sad

52points

Apachebathmat 9 months ago

In this day and age, why are we still doing this to each other?

11points

Tamra 9 months ago

As long as there are humans, there will be greed and ambition. In the end, wars boil down to the greed and ambition of a handful of men.

10points

Savannah Newman 9 months ago

F**k war! Nobody wants it anymore. War only benefits those who profit off it!

8points

XenoMurph 9 months ago

What is it good for?

6points

Chris the Bobcat 9 months ago

Fvck putin and fvck the traitor trump for siding with him.

7points

Cole Earnhart 9 months ago

F Krasnov (aka Trump)

0points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

And remember the Holodomor, a man-made famine in 1932–1933, which killed 3.3–5 million people in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, included in a total of 5.5–8.7 million killed by the broader Soviet famine of 1930–1933. At least 3.3 million ethnic Ukrainians died as a result of the famine in the USSR. https://www.google.com/search?q=holodomor+genocide+question

6points

PunchinelloTX Premium 9 months ago

This is a nightmare, not Urban Hell. It’s not the fault of the city.

3points

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

This, despite being lower down scale of this list, is the one that should not be happening. This is a result of war. Not poverty, not immigration, not finance. This is the result of one person wanting to destroy an entire nation and their identity. There are two people in this world who, right now, want to continue this.

2points

Slapdash1 9 months ago

Dear 'muricans, sya hello to your new bestest friends

1point

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

D**n Putin! And Trump!

0points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

For what?? Utter misery.

0points

#7

Bishkek, The Capital Of Kyrgyzstan, Is The City With The Worst Air Quality In The World

A cityscape shrouded in heavy smog, creating an urban hell-like environment.

Final score:

61points

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reuben kift 9 months ago (edited)

For a second, I couldn't even see the city. I was like: "What cit-ohh."

29points

El Dee 9 months ago

This reminds me of my childhood. The use of coal and the pollution from local businesses made my home town look like this..

9points

Remi (He/Him) 9 months ago

Hope your lungs survived

1point

axnyslie 9 months ago

It varies depending on the year. New Delhi, Lahore, and Hanoi also rank worst AQ in the world

4points

LA Murphy 9 months ago

I would walk for months if I had to until I made it to fresh air.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

and we get blamed here in the US for climate change! LOL

-2points

M O'Connell 9 months ago

Their air pollution is bad, but not extremely bad. What puts them at the top of the chart is the air pollution combined with summer dust storms and winter temperature inversions.

0points

#8

A Shocking Amount Of Filth Behind An Apartment Block In Marseille, France ( Parc Kalliste)

Urban hell scene with trash scattered outside a deteriorating apartment building.

Final score:

61points

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Black Cat 9 months ago

Imagine the rats!!

48points

Crikey! (ho/hum) 9 months ago

Typical cat. Always thinking with your stomach.

34points

TheReader19 9 months ago

I live in Birmingham UK, we have an ongoing bin strike at the moment. So yes, I can imagine the rats as my cat kindly displayed one on the living room floor for me.

4points

patricia patricia 9 months ago

And the smell, the cockroaches, the bacteria...

4points

Manuel Delgado 9 months ago

You don't have to.

1point

Margaret H 8 months ago

Imagine the cockroaches.

0points

Kayci Styles 9 months ago

No please.

0points

May 9 months ago

Used to be a 'modern' building for local middle class families in the 70s. Was progressively occupied by immigrant families from Africa in the 2000s. The block now mostly occupied by squatters who throw trash (and excrement) outside and lit fires inside the building. It's also a d**g trafficking area. A 160 millions euros public renovation projet was being examined not so long ago dunno if it was validated. A 4 year old kid died recently in a fire.

16points

Sapna Sarfare 9 months ago

Indian here.. Thought this was Mumbai. So we are not so different from the French..

7points

Lina 9 months ago (edited)

Lol. That's rather a matter of importing Indian-like cultures of waste management, to be politically correct. You wouldn't find a single French in these areas.

9points

May 9 months ago

Was not really occupied by French people

2points

Bi.Felicia Premium 9 months ago

I honestly thought this was in India as well. I'm a little surprised that this is in Marseille, France.

2points

Ivona 9 months ago (edited)

This must be a poor area. The apartment windows and balconies look dirty and unkempt.

2points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

good grief ...why ????.. are people that lazy and ignorant ???

0points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Looks like any random Latinamerican city

0points

keyboardtek 9 months ago

Is this due to the city not providing trash pick up or are the residents just that bad?

0points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago (edited)

There were bin strikes here in my city in 2022. I came face to face with a seagull perched on top of the already full big huge bins. Fended off a rat with my crutches... Literally. So... I can smell this picture. I was totally fully on the binmens side... Here's an idea! Pay them a better wage. They have a hard job in all sorts of weather and having to be careful due to the various types of things that people dump in bins. Hazardous materials from used needles to broken glass. But to live like that constantly? 😔

0points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

Tourist countries always show their shiny sides.

0points

Chistopher whyte 7 months ago (edited)

Ah, the cultural enrichment we all asked for😐👍

-1point

#9

Homelessness Problem In The Big Canadian Cities

Urban landscape filled with clutter and debris, showcasing an intense scene of urban hell.

Final score:

60points

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Sean Sean 9 months ago

This is happening all over the USA. Also, roughly 53% of homeless people in the USA have jobs, they just can't afford housing anymore and there isn't enough low-income housing for everyone that needs it. This is what lack of regulations in the rental housing market gets you.

50points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

It's also too much regulation in building. Nobody is allowed to build low income or high density housing, because of nimbyism. Because we created regulations in the 70s that allows anybody to sue to block these projects.

8points

michael Chock 9 months ago

It has nothing to do with regulations. This is because exploitation culture is our way of life.

1point

JayhawkJoey 9 months ago

And the GOP.

0points

MeMosabe 9 months ago

No. Over-regulation of real estate.

-2points

Carl Roberts 9 months ago

Large sections of Vancouver look like this

13points

StrangeOne 9 months ago (edited)

In the past decade homelessness has exploded. During the pandemic it got so bad. I'm guessing it's due to people losing their jobs, unable to find another in time to pay rent and they just got evicted. But there's still a high, disproportionate Indigenous demographic making up the homeless population. At least in Manitoba. The tents get dismantled by the city. Talk about kicking the needy when they're down. The issue is more complicated, though, than just joblessness and mental health here.

11points

Neopet22 8 months ago (edited)

I live in Winnipeg which is one of the coldest cities in Canada during winters. Our temperature can drop to -40 and we have so many homeless encampments. Many die during the cold months as well,it is very sad and disheartening to see.

2points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

I'm not in Canada.. but I'm a mere step to having to live like that.. days.. maybe a week if I'm lucky enough.. and no, I couldn't find any job.

2points

ManuelQue 9 months ago

Does your country have any social programs that might help you? Either with finding work or some financial support?

0points

Colleen Glim 9 months ago (edited)

Yep. Can agree. I’m very glad I bought my house when I did. If we’d waited another year, we’d have been priced out of the market. Housing costs are insane!

2points

Greengrass 9 months ago

Sad to see people living in awful high rise blocks but this is worse.

1point

LA Murphy 9 months ago

Vancouver?

1point

Colleen Glim 9 months ago

I believe this picture is just outside of toronto

2points

Anna Purnell Premium 8 months ago

This is happening in Paris too. We can, we MUST, do better.

0points

Henri G. 9 months ago

This is Montreal,

0points

#10

Another Newly Built Chinese Village

Dense housing in an urban area, showcasing repetitive rows of identical houses under clear skies.

Final score:

56points

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Joanne Earle 9 months ago

And I thought Daly City was bad.

21points

Carl Roberts 9 months ago

Ha! I used to live in Daly City, near Hickey Blvd

3points

Nils Skirnir 9 months ago

Sort of like Levittowns on the East Coast. But, hey they’re building houses for people to live in. And there’s an excess of housing.

1point

Jnausicaa Premium 8 months ago

At least the little houses made of ticky tacky are in different colours.

0points

Marsha Hultberg 8 months ago

LOL! Said the girl from The Bay. 😉

0points

Verena 9 months ago (edited)

This can be found in many countries. US or Australian suburbias are the same. 2.5 billion people living on Earth in the 1050s (edit: 1950s), now 8+ billion. All these people need a space to live. Musk dreams of 10 billion, go for the 2 billion in the US and house them there. After the National Parks are stripped for logging and drilling, enough space to build houses. Hopefully he will find ways to feed them.

12points

Romy Rösli 9 months ago

Musk‘s dream is going to become true. Around 2050 we will be 10 billion. What a nightmare.

4points

Toothless Feline 9 months ago

Exactly as cookie-cutter as many US housing developments and suburbs. No room for individuality of any kind.

5points

Meyrin 9 months ago

Ok ok I'll say it - imagine being drink and trying to get home. But yes - soulless

4points

Kipper 9 months ago

Better than a tent.

3points

DeoManus Argentem 9 months ago

Hah! In high school my buddy and I were at a friend's house in an upscale country club community in Boca Raton, FL (US) and went out on a walk to blaze a j0int (girl who lived there and presumably knew the neighborhood didn't indulge, so stayed home). And everything looked the same so we couldn't find our way back (the j0int maybe didn't help) so we decided to use the fobs for our cars to set off our alarms to guide us... It was about 2am though, so didn't impress her parents or neighbors... thankfully no cops were called!

2points

Pyla 9 months ago

Another “don’t walk home drunk” location

2points

Miles Gibson 8 months ago

ctrl+c ctrl+v

1point

Pelham Gore 3 months ago

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0points

Pelham Gore 3 months ago

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0points

#11

A Shanty Town In Paris

Urban hell scene with makeshift huts, graffiti-covered walls, and people amidst scattered belongings in a bleak environment.

Final score:

56points

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Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

How do we let people live like this?

47points

Toothless Feline 9 months ago

Those who care enough to do something and those with the means to make a significant difference are non-intersecting sets. (That is, the people who care don't have the money to help much, and the people with the money don't care to bother.)

29points

Strahd Ivarius 9 months ago

by thinking that "trickle down economy" is better than taxing the richs like it should be done.

6points

DarcyRose 9 months ago

Not being sarcastic, but what is your solution?

6points

keyboardtek 9 months ago

Billionaires all around the globe have the same selfish mentality.

3points

meeeeeeeeeeee 9 months ago

because the billionaires need more diamond encrusted cutlery

2points

JkNuss 9 months ago

Too many of us are anti immigration or pull yourself up by boot straps it’s your own fault humans they view poor folks as being less than human

2points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Because they don't have any other choice.. and even though they still have a roof over their heads...

1point

Steinunn Friðriksdóttir 9 months ago

Because the reality is that people don´t matter, only money

1point

Rosecrucian Roeth 9 months ago

Those who can change it don't care!

1point

Another Panda 9 months ago

Because we aren’t willing to help them not live like. It would require sacrifice on our part.

1point

Shortstuff 9 months ago

Most are Africans and illegal immigrants. Brussels is the same.

0points

Fack Suckerberg 9 months ago (edited)

in Central Europe, WTF?

0points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

Even worse, when we don't, and demolition teams are sent in.

0points

Meyrin 9 months ago

Sarcastic answer - easy, don't do anything (what is actually done). More serious one it's because people in need come to places where there is supposed to be wealth and opportunity to only discover that it will not be just given to them and they don't have the means (or will) to go away, and would be exploited which would cause them to be stuck. Also there are now too many as new once come in and/or are born into the situation. I would expect an increase of this in the next 30years and then a total collapse of a kind in the 50-75years.

-2points

Black Cat 9 months ago

I didn't even know Paris had shanty towns.

15points

Harry Gondalf 8 months ago

not only shanty towns, but entire neighborhoods that are no-go for police. And not only Paris but also Stockholm.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

California street look alike.

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

struth...parree ??? the seine city ???, looks like bombay

0points

Vermonta 9 months ago

at least they have shelter and privacy

0points

Wang Zhuang 9 months ago

I would have never imagined this was scene in Paris

0points

LA Murphy 9 months ago

Paris always seemed highly overrated to me.

0points

Roshan Kassan 9 months ago

Looks like parts of my country

0points

Adam 9 months ago

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Certainly not Dan 9 months ago

Are you aware of Paris before Haussmann? Or Victorian Spitalfields in London? I suppose then you’d have blamed Irish immigrants, or blamed the poor for being poor.

15points

#12

Block 17 Norilsk, Russia

Urban hell: bleak scene of Soviet-style apartment blocks shrouded in fog, capturing an eerie and desolate atmosphere.

Final score:

53points

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Landon Allen 9 months ago

That looks like a fallout game for some reason...

39points

Fred L. 9 months ago

Well, it is in Siberia and the outside a tad cold and hostile.

7points

Strahd Ivarius 9 months ago

Norilsk: Canadians say it is cold

2points

Colleen Glim 9 months ago

This brings a whole new meaning to bleak

1point

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Michigan in Winter

0points

#13

Pyongyang, North Korea Before Dawn

Urban hellscape with dim lighting highlighting a building's wall, shrouded in darkness.

Final score:

49points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Isn't that typical. The pictures of Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum are the only things lit up.

43points

Peter Bear 9 months ago

Pay attention; at the rate we're going, this is the US in less than five years. You've been warned.

10points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

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ManuelQue 9 months ago

They're not the same thing. Social Democracy has improved many lives where that government exists.

4points

Romy Rösli 9 months ago

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Johannes Wagner 9 months ago

At the moment there are less than 10 old (white) men which are responsible for roughly 90% of the worlds problems! And none of them is a socialist!

11points

#14

Nairobi, Kenya

Train navigating through crowded slum area, depicting urban hell reality.

Final score:

47points

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Jeff Hunt 9 months ago

Thomas wasn’t sure where he was, but he knew that m**h is a helluva d**g.

68points

Passerby 9 months ago

I agree. Math is such a drag, isn't it?

4points

Karen Mercury 9 months ago

I've been on that train! It's like that for miles and miles

8points

Billo66 Premium 9 months ago (edited)

The trains expression is "I wish I had worn boots." Edit: took out lol because this s**t is not funny. Elon was gonna fix all this stuff but bought twitter instead.

3points

Billo66 Premium 9 months ago

I know logistically you can't fix everything but a little help is better than none.

6points

Sarah 9 months ago

That’s people’s homes in the left.. you can see a mother and child in pink jumper. God love them

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

no corruption here...move along

0points

Mark Hastings 8 months ago

I visited Nairobi last year. It was a culture shock I wasn't prepared for. The only thing I found worse was the tribal camp we visited on the Kecheche Mara. People living in camps with all their animals. Animal feces everywhere. It was about the same as it was 200 years ago. I have never felt so out of place in my life.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

They were better off in the grass huts in the Country!

0points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Looks exactly like Bolivia

0points

keyboardtek 9 months ago

And the people living in these miserable places still continue to have kids!

0points

megabeth 9 months ago

How crazy right?! That people would have no access to birth control..and STILL have children.. The idea that people in poverty would fall in love and be hopeful for their future... I just want you to think about your comment a lill deeper. Not attacking. Just offering a different perspective. Based on your comment... Eugenics is ok too.

4points

Roshan Kassan 9 months ago

Wonder if anyone stumbled in front of a train accidentally

0points

#15

Abandon Apartment Buildings In Tehran Iran

Dense high-rise buildings in a barren, mountainous urban hell landscape.

Final score:

45points

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Bi.Felicia Premium 9 months ago

The image shows the Mehr Housing Project in Pardis, Iran, an initiative to provide affordable housing. Key facts: Launched in 2007 to construct 2 million housing units for low-income families. Offered free government land to developers and 99-year mortgages to homeowners. According to the 2016 census, there are over 70,000 residents living in the buildings.

43points

Floeckchen 9 months ago

It somehow looks like Unity made asset flip game of someone who doesn't know how to design a city.

7points

Earthquake903 Premium 9 months ago

Go ahead. Abandon them. Do as you're told. Abandon apartment buildings in Tehran Iran.

6points

Bored Retsuko 9 months ago

People didn't get that you were making fun of the grammar mistake in the title. Here's an upvote.

5points

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

Why were they abandoned?

5points

lwashington326 9 months ago

gonna need to see a banana for scale.

1point

AnnaB Premium 9 months ago

Talk about a liminal space.

1point

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

If you want souless. Here it is.

1point

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

Looks like a horrible place (country) to live!

0points

Lotekguy Premium 9 months ago

Looks like their Lego sets don't come in very many colors.

0points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago

Where are the nearest shops for food? Are they inside the buildings? Honest question

0points

#16

1970s Houston Downtown With Mostly Parking Spaces

Aerial view of dense urban cityscape with tall buildings and packed streets, depicting urban hell environment.

Final score:

44points

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Broccoli 9 months ago

I thought that was a motherboard or something like that

39points

Barbara Burns 9 months ago

Don't worry, they paved the riverbeds after that to handle the runoff. It all works out.

5points

StrangeOne 9 months ago

Sorta similar to Winnipeg but on steroids.

2points

Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

Wasn't that by law?

2points

Vadertime 9 months ago

And they wonder why the flooding is so bad. Nowhere for the rainwater to go.

1point

BigCityLady 9 months ago

It’s compounded by the fact that they haven’t maintained or updated the sewer systems, along with the fact that it’s an entirely concrete city. Though I left in 2021 but I do miss the vast cultures along with the food.

1point

David 9 months ago

its bc they have laws that require buildings to keep a min amount of parking spots per office or apartment. There are better ways to do things, but we are stuck in bad old regulations

1point

Hill Branda 9 months ago

Now it's packed full of buildings and the parking is underground.

1point

Snazzy Smurf 9 months ago

It definitely doesn't look like this now.

1point

Franc 8 months ago

Lack of nice, clean, affordable, and modern public transportation. Plus, the "American dream of everyone owning a car", but not for long...

0points

Spacey Stacey 8 months ago

And then fortunes were made in building parking garages

0points

#17

Kampala, Uganda

Urban hell scene with heavy traffic and crowded streets under a clear sky.

Final score:

44points

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Crikey! (ho/hum) 9 months ago

Looks as though they only have the one vehicle dealership over there.

18points

Foxglove🇮🇪 9 months ago

They are taxi buses, the main form of transport. Most people don't have their own personal vehicles.

2points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

Lol. Those are minibuses, like taxis. Kampala is an amazing city. I loved it there. But yeah, I'd avoid driving myself

1point

Maisey Myles 9 months ago

And zero traffic signals

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

How you gonna keep em down on the farms now that they've seen Paris, or a look alike

1point

Auntriarch 9 months ago

Compared to some of the other photos this looks quite enticing

1point

Count Stefan Amaranth 9 months ago

Top Gear Africa special

1point

DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago

Was about to say the same, absolute hellish traffic.

0points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

just one flat tyre , and..................

0points

bacon 8 months ago

?

0points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Again, it looks like Bolivia

0points

#18

A Building In Singapore

Yellow urban building with numerous air conditioning units, depicting urban hell architecture.

Final score:

43points

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Pang Kok 9 months ago

That is not as bad as it looks, the apartments are actually quite big in size

27points

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

Perspective is everything and Singapore is one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest, countries in world.

5points

Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

Why be nasty where someone calls home

15points

Saint_Zipcodus 9 months ago

This!

5points

Nils Skirnir 9 months ago

These are actually quite nice on the inside and well maintained.

8points

Lame Llama 9 months ago

Can't blame ignorants who have never been to Singapore to label this as "out of hand".

6points

Bi.Felicia Premium 9 months ago

Even if they have never been to Singapore, all they had to do was spend a little bit of time researching buildings online. Are they ignorant or lazy or both?

2points

Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

This actually doesn't look all that bad to me.

3points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago

A personal problem I have with buildings like these? Is fire. What if there's a fire? But that's just due to my childhood and experiencing a wildfire where they were going to evacuate the entire reservation. Hey? If you don't know any other thing than what you've grown up with? Are okay, happy? Who are we to judge?

2points

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

Singapore has in built fire/smoke alarms and fire suppressants/sprinklers in every building on the island.

3points

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

Just k**l me now!

0points

BeefCowJr 8 months ago

Actually, I like the colors a lot.

0points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

At least it will be clean and well looked after. Singapore is spotless

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

rabbit hutches or chicken hatching farms

0points

#19

Smog In Gurugram, India

Tall urban buildings emerging from thick fog under a pink sky, creating a surreal urban hellscape.

Final score:

43points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Imagine choosing an apartment based on how far it is above the smog level.

5points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago

They may not have a choice 😕

1point

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago (edited)

During the Pandemic and Lockdowns? The air here in my city cleared, it was so weird... Hardly any cars, buses etc so hardly any pollution. The air smelt weird to us! But we do get fog like this, it rolls in from the seafront and is called a Haar. It's eerily cool to watch it roll up the long road! Not so cool to have to try and wash the outside of the windows when you're 5 floors up and trying not to wash everyone walking on the pavement below too! Sorry, rambling but yups we get smog fog like this too.

2points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

and to think...some of us thought dystopian writing is fiction!

2points

Meyrin 9 months ago

The Jetsons vibe

2points

Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

Who would think call centers could be so bad? (yes it is sarcasm)

1point

Sapna Sarfare 9 months ago

not the one scamming indians.. illegal ones

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

So where are the green planet people now?

0points

leadguit1 9 months ago

but tax american taxpayers for climate change, got it!

0points

LA Murphy 9 months ago

One of the worst places on the planet.

0points

Crikey! (ho/hum) 9 months ago

I'll bet there's one or two replicants hiding under that.

0points

Rajesh Shah 9 months ago

For all dimwits commenting here on smog(which is rampant in Delhi) this pic is photoshopped. With progress first thing which gets eliminated is it seems to be LOGIC.

-1point

#20

Sphinx Looking At Egypt Ubranhell, This Is What He Sees All Day. Giza, Egypt

Aerial view of an urban landscape blending into an ancient site, showcasing an urban hell contrast.

Final score:

43points

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Joanne Earle 9 months ago

That's wretched. And all the pics make the sphinx and pyramids look like they are out there in the desert, and Cairo is literally right there.

48points

Ace Premium 9 months ago

Well yes, it's a city, and that's where the artefacts are. Do you suggest they move all the buildings away to make space round the tourist attractions?

4points

st4x2gt974 9 months ago

Something like 18 million people live in Giza/Cairo. It truly is astounding to witness. There is complete lawlessness on the roads. Garbage piled as far as the eye can see. Moreover there’s a loophole is their building codes that states that if a building is not yet complete they don’t have to pay taxes. Most buildings therefore lack roofs, walls, electricity and/or plumbing. It’s horrifying to see.

3points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

Yeah, but I still love Cairo. Great people, amazing food, and the chaos is somehow captivating. The rest of Egypt is gorgeous, and much more scenic

0points

LauraDragonWench 9 months ago

Pretty soon the entire Sphinx complex will be right in the middle of that urban sprawl.

1point

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

He probably averts his eyes.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

The big cat warns them!

0points

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

This perspective is awful. Take a proper look at arial pictures and videos from all perspectives surrounding the Sphinx.

0points

Foxglove🇮🇪 9 months ago (edited)

When I was there last there was still a half-decent gap between the city and the plateau. Sad to see it like this. At least the chairs for guests to watch the night-time son et lumiere performances are in the same place!

0points

Lee Gilliland Premium 9 months ago

Hey, where's the Burger King? It was right opposite!

0points

Devin Schmitt 9 months ago

We were there 10 days ago. 95% of Egyptians live within a few miles of the Nile river. Why are the cities crowded? That's where the water is.

0points

roddy 9 months ago

We spent our first night in Egypt in Giza in a small hotel with a view of the Sphinx. It made me wonder if the trip was a good idea. Fortunately, nowhere else was as depressing as here.

0points

#21

Greymouth, UK

Urban hell: rundown concrete buildings with weathered façades and overcast skies.

Final score:

42points

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Pyla 9 months ago

Brutalism or “ah, the things we can do with cement!”

50points

Jacky Edgell 9 months ago

This is actually Plymouth.

8points

Jude Bennett 9 months ago

Town name sounds like a nasty dental disease

7points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

One look at Brutalist architecture, and you can see why Ian Fleming used Erno Goldfinger as the basis for Auric Goldfinger in James Bond. Though, apparently they were friends.

6points

Paul Harris 9 months ago

My old home town Plymouth

5points

Jacky Edgell 9 months ago

I'm glad someone else recognised it! I suppose Greymouth just sounds better.

1point

Rick Murray 9 months ago

Doesn't look that unlike Basingstoke. Or Bracknell. Or any other English town that got amenities and a multi level carpark quickly constructed out of concrete sections. Just hope it isn't the aerated kind.

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

very well named

0points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

Aptly named.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Nothing like moss to dress things up

0points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Looks like any random city in Brazil

0points

Vadertime 9 months ago

Concrete.

0points

#22

The View From My Friend's House In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Industrial smokestacks in an urban area emitting pollution, exemplifying urban hell scenery.

Final score:

42points

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Wharfrat 9 months ago

After the earlier pic of the same place, the sky looks nice and clear at least.

17points

Pyla 9 months ago

Lots of coal burning.

2points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

ah 50 parts per million just like I like it.

0points

Linda Lee 9 months ago

Looks like the Pink Floyd album cover of Animals.

0points

#23

Quebec City Destroyed Centenary Victorian Houses To Build This Monstrosity

Brutalist urban architecture in winter, showcasing stark concrete design and leafless trees under a cloudy sky.

Final score:

41points

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Black Cat 9 months ago

The planning dept should be arrested.

47points

Robert Millar 9 months ago

They are. Arrested development.

3points

StrangeOne 9 months ago

Sadly, it's not the only brutalism style city hall in Canada. Not even the ugliest.

7points

LauraDragonWench 9 months ago

Progress! /s (obviously - I loathe Brutalism)

4points

Glen Ellyn Premium 9 months ago

Strange question, but, does anyone think this could be improved if they painted all that concrete?? How about a deep shade of green? Or terracotta?

2points

Romy Rösli 9 months ago

This is a crime.

2points

Sindhuja 9 months ago

Corrugated cardboard nonsense.

1point

SCP 4666 9 months ago

Looks just as desolate as Lumen Industries

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

soviet archetechs ???

0points

Susan Raskin 8 months ago

looks like a prison

0points

Dolly Abson 8 months ago

This is criminal

0points

#24

Hong Kong

Dense urban skyline at night with glowing buildings and winding roads, portraying an urban hell scene.

Final score:

41points

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halazia 9 months ago

This is kinda beautiful tho

32points

AnnaB Premium 9 months ago

In a dystopian kind of way.

9points

Rosecrucian Roeth 9 months ago

In a rather dystopian way..................

2points

Jan Moore 8 months ago

It's not in the daylight.

0points

Meyrin 9 months ago

Omfg no - the amount of people

4points

Glen Ellyn Premium 9 months ago

Immediate anxiety when looking at this. 😬

1point

LA Murphy 9 months ago

Hideous.

1point

Laughing Orc 9 months ago

Akira vibes .

1point

Cole Earnhart 9 months ago

Glad I wasn't the only one!

1point

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

That is insane!

0points

Franc 8 months ago

I've seen this, when flying above, and it is really cool.

0points

Dana Moser 9 months ago

Looks like an X-wing would suddenly appear in the canyons...

0points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

Hope they never have an earthquake.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

no green spaces there!

0points

#25

Dubai

Aerial view of extraordinary urban development resembling a palm and world map in the sea.

Final score:

40points

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KDS 9 months ago (edited)

I thought that was bacteria in a petri dish.

84points

Pyla 9 months ago

It kind of is, metaphorically speaking

38points

Sian E 9 months ago

Extremely wealthy bacteria.

9points

MonsterMum 9 months ago

Me too, in a way it is as I'm sure there are some very nasty things in there (slavery is common).

5points

Onan Hag All 9 months ago

it is.

4points

Colleen Glim 9 months ago

Dubai is soulless by definition. It’s an entire city devoted to greed and consumption

6points

Ram Lastname 8 months ago

“By definition” is right. An ad on a Dubai radio station *literally* went “Al Ghurair Center, the Spirit of Dubai!” [It’s a mega-mall.]

0points

Franc 8 months ago

A friend lived there. Description: no color green, really.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

hatching terrorists?

-1point

#26

Soviet Scientific Institutions

Futuristic urban architecture with complex metal structures and grids.

Final score:

40points

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Floeckchen 9 months ago (edited)

Taken straight from the "cube" movies

19points

Kit Black 9 months ago

You've got it backwards - the building was completed in 1991, the first Cube movie was in 1997

3points

LauraDragonWench 9 months ago

Kinda looks like a clockwork city, or one of those moving cities from the novel "Mortal Engines."

3points

Fred L. 9 months ago

Is that just "fancy" design or was there any function in the upper rooftop structure?

1point

M O'Connell 9 months ago

The whole thing looks like its intended to be illuminated at night, and probably looks much better that way.

0points

Kit Black 9 months ago

So this is where the Cube movies got their ideas... Sorry, fans, this place was built six years before your first movie came out, and if you think this place didn't feature in Andrzej Sekuła's nightmares, think again 😅

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

steam punk paradise

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

junk yard art

0points

Magenta Blu 9 months ago

Horrible

0points

Paulina 9 months ago

What am I even looking at?

0points

Savannah Newman 9 months ago

Is it just me or does that look like a super weapon? It's a super weapon, isn't it. Welp, s**t. "Science"

0points

#27

Beach Day In Mumbai ☀️⛱️

Urban hellscape showing a polluted shoreline with litter, an old building, and a distant city skyline.

Final score:

40points

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336 9 months ago

that flag being flown looks suspiciously like a Pakistan flag 🇵🇰

18points

Fack Suckerberg 9 months ago (edited)

The building in the background is the The Haji Ali Dargah, a sacred Islamic monument in Mumbai. The islamic flag used here looks nearly the same as the flag of Pakistan.

11points

Sapna Sarfare 9 months ago

its a muslim area from mumbai i think.. they fly green flags..

8points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

The Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai. Oh somebody beat me to it. I was just there a couple weeks ago.

1point

Chistopher whyte 7 months ago

Same s**t😅

-1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

hmmm..........not real keen on dropping rubbish in a bin ??

1point

Franc 8 months ago

I am NOT visiting there. After seeing so much of this online, plus the cows and their dung heaps everywhere. My parents visited 30 years ago... no progress made, in that instance. Sad.

1point

Barbara Burns 9 months ago

We're doomed.

1point

Shortstuff 9 months ago

...and in New Zealand, if we leave a metal top on a glass bottle, the rubbish collection won't take it!

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

cleanliness is not their motto

0points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

No thanks.

0points

#28

Tokyo. Endless City

Overcast aerial view of an expansive urban landscape showcasing dense city infrastructure.

Final score:

40points

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QijianSanek 9 months ago

yes, but much less monotonous than others on this list

35points

Meyrin 9 months ago (edited)

Very similar to Mexico city when you fly over it. Too much city in any case, although I'd assume Tokyo is a bit more quite/cleaner then CDMX. (And before anyone asks yes I've been to both)

4points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

Mexico City is way more sprawled than Tokyo though. Both cities are wonderful. I lived in Mexico City for years, but only got to spend a few short months in Japan, including Tokyo.

1point

Lee Gilliland Premium 9 months ago

So's the Boston-to-Washington corridor.

2points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

STOP breeding!

1point

Fred L. 9 months ago

Might continue to get more crowded till Lord Akira comes.

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

no no no no,bloody no, outback for me

0points

Jnausicaa Premium 8 months ago

Give me Kagoshima any day. Or Hakodate.

0points

Anna Purnell Premium 8 months ago

During a visit, I took the train from Chiba prefecture through Tokyo and was absolutely overwhelmed by the hugeness of the city. I feel as if it is a place one could never fully know because it's simply too large.

0points

bacon 8 months ago

izzat the ocean?!

0points

StrangeOne 9 months ago

Do they still have no street names?

0points

WindySwede 9 months ago

https://youtu.be/GzZWSrr5wFI?t=185 🙃 (I didn't know this fact though!)

1point

#29

A Photo Of Hashima Island, Japan

Abandoned urban structure on an island, reflecting 'urban hell' with its eerie, dilapidated buildings against a blue sky.

Final score:

39points

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Pyla 9 months ago

Korean Movie Battleship Island is set there. Japan used Koreans as labor. The Japanese are still whitewashing their history.

18points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago (edited)

Definitely. They still haven't properly apologised to the Korean comfort women for industrialised r*pe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women

11points

Jnausicaa Premium 8 months ago

Yah. They still consider themselves as victims of WWII

1point

Peter Bear 9 months ago

Everyone is. You think the US is any better? We're the only nation to ever use atomic weapons. On civilians. Twice.

1point

Barbara Burns 9 months ago

Look up unit 731 you want to talk about atrocities.

1point

Franc 8 months ago

We (the USA), help them do this, because we are experts at it.

0points

Nils Skirnir 9 months ago

No more than the Brits, Americans, Indians, Russians, etc,etc

-1point

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

It is amazing how Mitsubishi managed to fit more than 5,000 people on there. Not all of them willingly, either.

5points

Sarah Bailey 9 months ago

Abandoned?

2points

Nancy S 9 months ago

It was a coal mining town. The change from coal to oil for power and heating resulted in decreasing need for coal as well as many of the accessible coal seams running out, the mines shut down and the island finally fully abandoned about 1974.

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

james bond filmed here ???

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Alcatraz

0points

#30

Kowloon Walled City

Dilapidated urban housing complex at night, illustrating urban hell conditions with lit windows and crowded structures.

Final score:

39points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Gone now. Demolished 1993 - 1994.

9points

Nancy S 9 months ago

It’s now a beautiful park.

3points

April Pickett 9 months ago

This looks like it's from one of those sci-fi cities in the future.

2points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

alien space ship

0points

Manuel Delgado 9 months ago

Look for the cross section drawing from a Brazilian -I think- artist.

0points

#31

Business District In Egypt's New Administrative Capitol From Plane View

Aerial view of urban hellscape with dense skyscrapers casting long shadows over a barren landscape.

Final score:

38points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Well. That's enticing. Isn't it?

14points

Floeckchen 9 months ago

Still a long way to go (and a lot of money to waste)

3points

David 9 months ago

its still under construction and will be for 7-10 more years. Nothing has been moved there yet, this is where the new admin center will be when finished

2points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

did they forget how to build pyramids ??

0points

Franc 8 months ago

Now, add the color GREEN. Do like the Chinese: terraform by fighting the deserts.

0points

michael Chock 9 months ago (edited)

I love their giant air purifier.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Does that tall building represent a finger?

0points

David L 9 months ago

More chinese colonialism in Africa.

0points

Lee Gilliland Premium 9 months ago

They're having to use more if the riverbank for food now Lake NASCAR's getting wilted up...like we warned them it would...

0points

Sarah 9 months ago

I always get more scared of what is potentially built underground and not visible

0points

#32

Playground In Łódź, Poland

Urban hell: Desolate playground with yellow tiles, surrounded by old brick and concrete walls, featuring a lone bench.

Final score:

36points

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Edda Kamphues 9 months ago

Sorry, but that looks like a guillotine to me.

47points

P1 No-Name 9 months ago

That was my first thought!

4points

Robert Trebor 9 months ago

Stole my line

2points

Margaret H 8 months ago

Yeah. With seating for the witnesses.

0points

Ram Lastname 8 months ago

You nailed it!!

0points

Flavia Slag 8 months ago

Me too.

0points

SONO ARIMA 8 months ago

play acting King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette is a popular, I guess.

0points

Tom Nagel 9 months ago

Only thing I could see!

0points

megabeth 9 months ago

Cane here to say same!

0points

Lexi 9 months ago

That is what I thought too

0points

The Queen Of France 9 months ago

Whee.

7points

John Dilligaf 9 months ago

looks like a prison exercise yard

4points

CorgiGirl 8 months ago

I was about to say that.

0points

Black Cat 9 months ago

You're supposed to sit there and watch your kids do what exactly?

3points

DarcyRose 9 months ago

Play. Obviously /s

2points

MrLiesegang 9 months ago

What is that? A kind of guillotine for children to play with?

2points

Fack Suckerberg 9 months ago

This looks wrong on many levels.

1point

bernie bulk 8 months ago

kids can play the french revolution

0points

JHD 9 months ago

2 children at a time please.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

I heard Polish are cheap but this is ridiculous.

0points

Kieley White 9 months ago

That’s depressing

0points

#33

Some Views I Took Of Cairo Driving Around

Urban Hell: Deteriorating high-rise buildings under cloudy skies, with a parked car and graffiti-decorated wall in foreground.

Final score:

36points

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Meyrin 9 months ago

You DROVE in Cairo? You're brave soul!

31points

Spacey Stacey 8 months ago

More like a thrill seeker.

0points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

this thread has made me so so so glad im an aussie

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

what no bullet holes?

0points

Robert Trebor 9 months ago

Why is Cairo driving around?

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

My favorite were the buildings that look like they're held up by bamboo rods. I freaking love Cairo. I wouldn't drive there though

0points

Chistopher whyte 7 months ago

Garbage people and garbage cuture 🤮

-2points

#34

L.A

Aerial view of urban landscape showcasing dense cityscape and industrial areas, illustrating urban hell concept.

Final score:

36points

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Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

All I can say is "WOW"!

15points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago (edited)

Fair enough, but a bit more of an "Oww" from me!

4points

Curt Harvey 9 months ago

No job pays enough for me to move my family to that violent insane asylum.

5points

Nils Skirnir 9 months ago

The sprawl is something, but no one wants to build up.

3points

dollh h 9 months ago

With good reason.

3points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

yuk

1point

Connie Martin 9 months ago

Cheeses

1point

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

All I can say is UGGGHHHHHLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

0points

Lisa Galway 8 months ago

:O

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

where you can find a thug on every street corner

0points

#35

Hong Kong

Urban hell scene with towering overpass and narrow winding street.

Final score:

36points

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Black Cat 9 months ago

There's something very claustrophobic about Hong Kong.

36points

patricia patricia 9 months ago

I lived there. It's extremely claustrophobic. I would not return even at gunpoint.

6points

Upstaged75 9 months ago

It's very peopley. Too many of them. :)

3points

John Dilligaf 9 months ago

understandable. There's a lot of people squeezed into a pretty small area

0points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago

Apparently - "Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) drew significant visual inspiration from the cityscape of 1970s and 80s Hong Kong, particularly its verticality, neon lights, and densely packed streets, which helped shape the film's dystopian, cyberpunk aesthetic."... I can definitely see why from this singular photo

4points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

As soon as we walked around the corner from our hotel we were lost. Crush of people everywhere.

1point

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

keep building so that dang sun won't get in here!

1point

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

My Dad spent 3 years in Hong Kong whilst serving in the Royal Navy and he loved his time there. I'm the only person he shared his slides of Hong Kong with and the difference is shocking. He always wanted to go back before the Crown lease ended but he never made it. I will forever cherish the slides and the story of his life there. One day, I will share them with my kids and grandkids and hope they cherish them too.

1point

Robert Trebor 9 months ago

I was there in 1973 and it was a lot more nicer.

1point

LA Murphy 9 months ago

One of the fugliest cities ever.

1point

Jane Hower 8 months ago

English words on road?? seems odd to me

0points

StrangeOne 9 months ago

This reminds me of the Metro run in SSX 3 but snowless.

0points

#36

Detroit

Aerial view of dense urban landscape showcasing 'urban hell' with endless rows of houses.

Final score:

34points

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Rick Murray 9 months ago

That's one hell of a hill those homes are built on. Riding a bike there wouldn't be fun, either way. 😉

25points

SONO ARIMA 8 months ago

BAHAHA!!

0points

Otto Katz 9 months ago

I don't see what is wrong here. It's a large neighborhood of houses, we can't see the condition they are in, Detroit is having a renaissance.

2points

Curt Harvey 9 months ago

You may wanna look at Detroits violent crime stats. Just sayin.

2points

Sue Mullen Andersen Premium 9 months ago

I grew up in Detroit. Lots of Sears "kit homes" from the 1940's and 1950's. Some areas are gone and some are still nice. The downtown and midtown areas are beautiful.

1point

Verena 9 months ago

I grew up in a highrise in West Germany, like many kids. Flat was pretty big, enough windows, view was great. Lots and lots of green surrounding it. Shops close by, no car needed to get there. Living in a single family home amongst hundreds of identical houses, with no green yard, all surfaces sealed for "easy maintenace" causing heat and flooding problems, and needing a 15 minute drive to escape the neighbourhood sounds horrid to me.

1point

Rick Murray 9 months ago

? Those monopoly houses don't all have flooding problems just like all tower blocks aren't potential Grenfells. I grew up in a rural-ish part of England and now live in a very rural part of France. Sure, it's a billion miles to a shop and a car is a necessity, but on the other hand there's peace and tranquility. The idea of living stuffed in with loads of other people sounds horrid to me.

3points

Doug Stratford 9 months ago

Grid layout seemed like a good idea at the time.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

hid all the total ghettos and crime well! Good job

0points

Wang Zhuang 9 months ago

This photo failed to capture the downtown area, which is quite nice

0points

Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

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Remi (He/Him) 9 months ago

horrid and soulless, sorry but there's gotta be a better way

1point

#37

Georgia's Soviet Heritage

A dog stands on stone steps leading to a monumental structure, illustrating urban hell.

Final score:

34points

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Orange Frosting 9 months ago

Poor dog.

32points

Paulina 9 months ago (edited)

Why? Old monuments don't do anything to them 🤷‍♀️

3points

Meyrin 9 months ago

I like that actually. Nothing that ugly

12points

Nea 9 months ago (edited)

Its crazy to see this here. Two weeks ago, I was in Georgia and this is ‘Chronicles of Georgia’ a gorgeous structure located in wide open area with views of greens and huge water body. Edit: poor choice of photo.

7points

Carl Roberts 9 months ago

"Heritage" is a strange word to describe 70 years of Soviet oppression.

3points

Rick Murray 9 months ago

I worked with a Georgian bloke. He actually wants Putin to come back and fix everything. 🤷🏻‍♀️

1point

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

caption "What the heck is this mess?"

0points

#38

Pyongyang, Capital Of North Korea

Colorful high-rise buildings in a densely packed urban area depicting urban hell.

Final score:

34points

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Joanne Earle 9 months ago

It's that colorful?

30points

AnnaB Premium 9 months ago (edited)

Yes, it actually is. https://suzannelovellinc.com/blog/north-koreas-pastel-colored-buildings/#:~:text=The%20capital%20of%20North%20Korea,blue%2C%20teal%2C%20and%20pink.

7points

Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

supreme leader "Pant them different colors so you can see how many empty building we have"

9points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago (edited)

Surely it can't be. No visible pictures of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

6points

Lexi 9 months ago

There is that grey three hands monstrosity in the midst of all the colour. A symbol of their brutal control of everything & everybody's life/end.

4points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

That's actually quite nice. A couple of magnitudes better than grey.

5points

Patrick van den Houten 9 months ago

Kiev/Ukraine has something similar: https://www.google.com/imgres?q=colored%20houses%20kiev&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.matadornetwork.com%2Fblogs%2F1%2F2019%2F09%2FComfort-Town-in-Kiev-Ukraine-1200x782.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmatadornetwork.com%2Fread%2Fcolorful-places-kiev%2F&docid=K3h0PY8wOLDpxM&tbnid=g06hXe8pWaCVmM&vet=12ahUKEwj1itDIlp2MAxU9FBAIHV2vCn8QM3oECHIQAA..i&w=1200&h=782&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwj1itDIlp2MAxU9FBAIHV2vCn8QM3oECHIQAA

3points

Jeff Hunt 9 months ago

Amazing dynamic. Whole country seems brainwashed.

2points

Sarah 9 months ago

I don’t think they are… they are starving. They pretend they are brainwashed to avoid entire families being executed

4points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

spittin image of loefoten

0points

SONO ARIMA 8 months ago

Lego city?

0points

Doug Stratford 9 months ago

good way to differentiate buildings, instead of using big numbers on the side, like in south korea.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

So that is where Legos were invented.

0points

#39

Life In Burundi,the Poorest Country In The World

Urban hell scene with a group of people near flooded streets, surrounded by makeshift homes under a colorful umbrella.

Final score:

33points

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Bi.Felicia Premium 9 months ago

From Google: Burundi's poverty is a result of a complex mix of factors, including decades of political instability and conflict, a rapidly growing population, a landlocked geography with limited resources, and reliance on a fragile agricultural sector. Burundi has experienced near-constant violence since gaining independence from Belgium in 1962, with cycles of civil war and ethnic tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi groups. This has led to widespread displacement, economic disruption, and a breakdown of institutions. Burundi has one of the highest birth rates in the world, with a rapidly growing population straining the country's resources and infrastructure. Burundi is a small, landlocked country with a hilly landscape, making it difficult to produce enough food for its population. The country also lacks significant natural resources or minerals. The majority of Burundians rely on subsistence farming, making them vulnerable to climate change, droughts, and other economic shocks.

36points

megabeth 9 months ago

Thank you! I was about to google. Prefer a well worded Panda . Also, it's crazy how much colonialism is still affecting so many... Generations...

3points

Valter 8 months ago

And why the Belgium invaded them?

0points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

...and corruption.

0points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

Thank you colonialism. Proselytizing isn't the answer.

3points

Billo66 Premium 9 months ago

If I were rich I would retire there and make their life as amazing as I could.

3points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

at least it looks clean, best wishes

1point

CD King 9 months ago

Look cleaner than India

1point

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

It's the water level that's getting to me. How often do those houses get flooded?

1point

patricia patricia 9 months ago

I grew up in Argentina, where there are huge shanty towns similar to this, which get flooded every time it rains for more than ten minutes (i. e. several times a year, like every month or so).

3points

Chistopher whyte 7 months ago

🤣🤣🤣

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

looks like Popeye's Sweet Haven

0points

Vadertime 9 months ago

Where is it?

0points

Chris Landrum 9 months ago

isn't it Burundi where the king has a huge car collection?

0points

#40

San Diego River Homeless Encampment

Aerial view of urban hell with tents and debris under a highway overpass, illustrating harsh city living conditions.

Final score:

33points

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Joanne Earle 9 months ago

Lots of encampments along the Mississippi in St. Louis too. Some quite elaborate with all the driftwood that's been gathered and built into huts.

19points

Nils Skirnir 9 months ago

US has always had a large transient/homeless population. Used to be able to live in open spaces, etc, but those have closed off.

4points

tee-lena 9 months ago

As rude as it is, miracle max is partially right. San Diego is a Republican Party town. I live here, I know. The state is democratic but the city is not. Also, there is no housing for low income families and disabled. I've been trying to find a place for over two years. I'm on SSI and food stamps. I cannot afford anywhere else to live. We aren't allowed more than 2grand in savings. Which is fine, there's not enough money to save.

3points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

yeah...ive got waterfront views

0points

Sarah 9 months ago

I hope they look after each other

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

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The Darkest Timeline 9 months ago

San Diego is a very Republican city

3points

Miracle Max 9 months ago

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#41

This Building In Milan

Unusual architecture of an urban building on stilts, conveying an urban hell aesthetic.

Final score:

33points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago (edited)

Torre Velasca, Milan. Apparently it was designed to echo the Lombardi tradition of building fortress towers with narrower lower stories.

16points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

It looks like a dystopian parasitic building has latched itself onto a host to feed on.

8points

Harry Gondalf 8 months ago

Like a Florentine piazza, the upper story considerably overhangs the lower. (My ex mother-in-law had the same shape.)

1point

Apatheist Account2 9 months ago

I hate Milan. Been there a couple of times for work, hated it both times. Unbelievably humid.

1point

Remi (He/Him) 9 months ago

The worst part about Milan is you can't get out! We drove around in circles for hours because the signs pointing to the freeway were placed wrong or missing before gps

0points

bernie bulk 8 months ago

i thought italians had style ??

0points

bacon 8 months ago

no space down below

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

added support just like a good bra.

0points

Marilyn Holt 9 months ago

yikes! no thank you

0points

Manuel Delgado 9 months ago

I hope the structure wasn't designed by the guy of the bridge in Genova.

0points

halazia 9 months ago

I love this type of architecture tho

0points

#42

Playground In Russia

Rusty yellow rocket playground equipment, exemplifying urban hell amid overgrown vegetation and decaying structures.

Final score:

31points

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Greyskull 9 months ago

I'd trust this more than Boeing.

1point

Curt Harvey 9 months ago

Memories of my childhood in Canada in the 60s early 70s. Absolutely every single piece of playground equipment was made of cold ( or blistering hot ) hard steel.

1point

Daniele Ribolla 8 months ago

they are training their kids to live in a war environment...

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

if it no k**l you. it makea you strong like bull!

0points

Kieley White 9 months ago

Creepyy

0points

Connie Martin 9 months ago

Wheee

0points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

MrTribble used to deal with playgrounds. His take for the even when new version - sloping platform (sliding off risk), size of gap underneath (foot trap hazard), rail strength (looks doubtful), and of course the lovely pointy metal edge in the design.

0points

#43

New York, Bronx In The 1970's

Urban hell scene with a solitary brownstone amid barren lots and surrounding high-rises.

Final score:

29points

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Crikey! (ho/hum) 9 months ago

Beautiful period property, detached, with extensive grounds.

8points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

Sold! Where do I sign? 😃

3points

For The Horde 9 months ago

Batteries not included!

7points

Multa Nocte Premium 9 months ago

That's exactly what I was thinking!

5points

Learner Panda 9 months ago

Batteries not included? IYKYK

2points

Otto Katz 9 months ago

Fort Apache, The Bronx

1point

H Wiley 9 months ago

Baltimore looks like this now.

1point

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

This looks like photoshop, but I know it isn't. Amazing that one house survived intact.

1point

Margaret Miller 8 months ago

Ot looks like the house in the movie Batteries Not Included

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

where is the rest of the building?

0points

#44

Los Angeles Is A Wasted Opportunity

Aerial view of an urban hell with sprawling highways and dense buildings under a cloudy sky.

Final score:

29points

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J3447 9 months ago

A wasted opportunity?

16points

Toothless Feline 9 months ago

A wasted opportunity to make a city for people instead of for cars. You can’t walk anywhere in L.A.

27points

Billo66 Premium 9 months ago

Without it, Tool wouldn't have written Aenema so... It served it's purpose

7points

Savannah Newman 9 months ago

Thank the universe for Tool!

3points

Earthquake903 Premium 9 months ago

For what? A cess pool in the desert? Looks like they nailed it to me.

3points

Shortstuff 9 months ago

At our hotel, we asked reception where the nearest mall was that we could walk to. She couldn't stop laughing.

1point

Brent Hollett 8 months ago

LA's problem is that they can't build up because it's too expensive, and there are so many people that they can't allow space.

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Lost Angeles is what I would be

0points

James016 9 months ago

Everyone’s first go at Sim City

0points

Curt Harvey 9 months ago

And ever couple of those blocks has it's own gang.

-2points

#45

When Big Brother Is Watching

Urban hell: a massive tower framed by two buildings, creating a dystopian cityscape impression.

Final score:

29points

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🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

To be fair, we have the BT Tower in London.

14points

alaina66 9 months ago

What/Where is this?

3points

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

Also to be fair, the perspective on this is way off. Click on the bottom left where it says "coldsequence" and look at the actual picture.

2points

Nancy S 9 months ago

Ostankino Television Tower, Moscow. Top 10 tallest structures in the world. It has a restaurant, viewing platform, etc.

1point

Bored Retsuko 9 months ago

Another BP fail. Click on the link beneath the pic to see the point of this one.

1point

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

resistance is futile!

0points

liam newton-harding 9 months ago

Ahh, Avery your eyes, for the longest time it was a State Secret…with a rotating restaurant at the top.

0points

UKGrandad 9 months ago

Wrong tower.

1point

#46

Islamabad, Pakistan

Urban hell scene with densely packed houses, dirt paths, and people on motorcycles, surrounded by makeshift barriers.

Final score:

29points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

What's going on with the furry handrails?

23points

Beth H Premium 9 months ago

Looks like hay

4points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

So that is where the scarecrow in the wizard of Oz went!

0points

#47

Equality In Face, But In Reality: Poverty Kills Dignity In Hong Kong

Two individuals in cramped urban living spaces, one lying above and the other sitting below with a light. Urban hell depiction.

Final score:

29points

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Tropical Tarot 9 months ago

I'm not quite sure what the picture is but I have seen a documentary about Hong Kong. And this married couple and their one child lived in a subdivided apartment and their part was about 2 meter squared or a king size bed.

10points

BeefCowJr 8 months ago

Know the name of it?

0points

Julia Ford 9 months ago

What am I looking at?

3points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

living in a train booth

1point

Charlotte Andrus 8 months ago

horrible

0points

Randy Sanders 9 months ago

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0points

#48

Gary, Indiana

Abandoned urban hellscape featuring a decaying Gothic structure with graffiti and overgrown vegetation.

Final score:

28points

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Toothless Feline 9 months ago

Gary is not the city Robert Preston sang about anymore.

21points

Upstaged75 9 months ago

"That's the town that knew me then"

1point

Floeckchen 9 months ago

Not really an urban hell. Would better fit into lost places

7points

Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw. 9 months ago

I drive through Gary on the interstate maybe once every other year. I cannot remember a time when I have not seen a car or dumpster on fire. It's a joke not joke. Last time we were almost past the city and said, hey! No fires this year! The last exit had a car on the side of the road.... on fire.

3points

SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago

Kinda eerily beautiful

2points

Pyla 9 months ago

There’s a guy on YouTube that goes to these derelict cities. He went into this or a similar church. The result of stripping manufacturing out of the US, under both Left and Right ideologies

2points

M O'Connell 9 months ago

It doesn't matter which side holds the political power. Capitalists will always put the money first.

0points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

Humanity sure has done a number on this world...how long did the dinosaurs thrive?

1point

LNB87 9 months ago

Scary Gary!

0points

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Hotel California moved?

0points

Connie Martin 9 months ago

V sad

0points

#49

I Live In Brazil And People Here Often Say That Brazil "Is Just Like The Us, But It's Poor And Tropical". I Don't Think They're Completely Wrong

Aerial view of dense urban housing, showcasing uniform streets and identical homes, a depiction of urban hell.

Final score:

27points

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JoNo 9 months ago

I always read Us as "us" and the sentence doesn't make sense. It should be US, Bored Panda.

24points

Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

You beat me to the punch.

2points

Bart 9 months ago

This looks fine. Especially compared to the other pics.

2points

Billo66 Premium 9 months ago

I liked "us" until our leaders became cartoons. Now "we" are a joke. I'm just tryin to live here man I don't know whats goin on with those guys either lol.

2points

Billo66 Premium 9 months ago

Went from Walter the puppet to Rocky and Bullwinkle.

1point

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

Isn't that where most of the N**i's live? Or was that Argentina?

0points

Natalie H 9 months ago

I couldn’t stand to have neighbors this close

0points

MrLiesegang 9 months ago

Wait wait wait, isn’t that the corner where „dawn of the dead“ begins?

0points

BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago

I am from Rio de Janeiro, and the city doesn't look like this. I never go to the suburbs though, unless you count Niterói. My grandparents lived in Piratininga, which was a fishing village when they were still alive. I haven't been there since 2004 though, when my grandfather passed. Maybe it's changed a lot. I like Rio, but I'm a city boy at heart

0points

Curt Harvey 9 months ago

Yup. Just like the US...extremely violent and controlled by gangs...many of them wearing suits.

0points

#50

Bucharest In 1994, After The 45 Years Long Golden Age Of Central Planning

Urban hell scene with decaying high-rise buildings and a desolate street at sunset.

Final score:

18points

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ƒιѕн 9 months ago

Then and now DSC08737-1...5c4cdf.jpg

16points

Bart 9 months ago

Thank you

5points

Spencers slave no more 9 months ago

Thank you, 31 years makes a huge difference.

1point

Foxglove🇮🇪 9 months ago

Is that Piata Universitate?

1point

MomaBear 9 months ago

Oh wow! What a transformation

1point

Gingersnap In Iowa 9 months ago

The now picture looks great.

1point

Judi Sherosky 9 months ago

That was planned???

0points

keyboardtek 9 months ago

These pics make me feel grateful to live in my small rural town near the mountains of North Carolina.

0points

#51

The Unfinished Oceanwide Plaza Development In Downtown Los Angeles

Urban buildings covered in colorful graffiti, showcasing an intense urban landscape.

Final score:

10points

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Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

Looks better then ruins, no?

4points

EWD 9 months ago

No

1point

Steve Moore 9 months ago

Why not finish it and home the homeless?

1point

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

The graffiti looks quite nice as it hasn't been unintelligibly overlaid.

1point

CozyBear 9 months ago

Hmmmm…the graffiti really stands out between the grays and blues!

0points

Nancy S 9 months ago

It was done by a professional graffiti artist called SEK. He said it was ugly so he was determined to add some color. The project was abandoned by a Chinese business.

0points

#52

The (Lack Of) Urban Planning

Aerial view of dense urban hell with crowded buildings forming a chaotic pattern.

Final score:

10points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Ho Chi Minh City.

10points

Pamina 9 months ago

Saigon, Vietnam

3points

Joanne Earle 9 months ago

Where is this??

1point

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

Not nicer than when there is long-term planning.

0points

#53

Belgrade, Serbia

Aerial view of dense urban hell with identical high-rise buildings in a snowy landscape.

Final score:

10points

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Meyrin 9 months ago

It's functional, it was never built to be beautiful also surprisingly there is space between the buildings planned which doesn't feel suffocating as in Hong Kong for example. Definitely don't like it but it's very common site left from the communist times and it's not the worst.

7points

#54

Look What They Did To My Boy

Urban hellscape: two views of high-rise buildings with trees and scaffolding, illustrating urban density and decay.

Final score:

9points

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Miracle Max 9 months ago

Totally Fake!

6points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

I though this type 'remodelling' was well and truly in the past. Like 1970s.

1point

YakFactory 9 months ago

Vandalism. How we lose the character and individuality of our cities.

0points

#55

The New Presidential Palace In Egypt's Administrative Capital [ 10 Times The Size Of The White House ]

Vast urban landscape featuring symmetrical concrete and green patterns, resembling an unreal cityscape in an urban hell theme.

Final score:

9points

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Multa Nocte Premium 9 months ago

Don't tell Trump, whatever you do, or he'll have to tear down the US White House and have it remade even bigger than this one. He'll have to fire another 10,000 federal workers to pay for it.

12points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

That's an interesting concept. You're right, he's fully capable of doing that.

3points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

maybe we could convince him to move there? Pay a bunch of maga to stand there with his face on their t-shirts?

2points

Dawn Marie Premium 9 months ago

You are so right!!! All he cares about is himself and how he can improve his status and his pocket book.

2points

Barbara Burns 9 months ago

Oh please.

-3points

Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

See the aerial photo

1point

Lexi 9 months ago

The main part of it looks like a full head mask for the baddie in a sci-fi

0points

#56

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Aerial view of an expansive urban cityscape with high-rise buildings under a hazy sky, depicting urban hell.

Final score:

9points

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#57

Looks Lovely, Makes For A Wonderful View. Absolute Urban Hell

Aerial view of urban landscape with unique palm-shaped islands and a central highway extending toward the horizon.

Final score:

9points

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Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

Where?

1point

Bored Retsuko 9 months ago

Dubai?

1point

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Look great from the sky, but probably just normal big houses on small sections, once you get down there.

1point

velocirrober 9 months ago

I've seen it in person... Some sand banks are eroding. They require regular maintenance... and the water is not bad, but it won't get any better, unless they start moving it around.

0points

Nancy S 9 months ago

By preventing natural tidal movement, the seawater within the Palm Jebel Ali can become stagnant .

0points

#58

Church Of St. Mary's Assumption In Ahaus, Germany

Urban hell: Aerial view of a stark modern building juxtaposed with historic brick rooftops and a church tower.

Final score:

9points

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April Pickett 9 months ago

I'm glad they saved the clock tower, but who designed that white monstrosity? They should be shot.

7points

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

The box the church came in; just haven't unpacked it yet.

8points

Savannah Newman 9 months ago

That white box is supposed to be a church? Not exactly inspiring the quest for the spiritual. I wonder if the people around it were upset at the final design as it is such an eyesore compared to the historic buildings that surround it.

1point

Meyrin 9 months ago

Ffs who thought this is a good idea? Also who after and approved this

1point

Fack Suckerberg 9 months ago

Our sins of the early 70ties I guess.

0points

Fred L. 9 months ago

Apparently already the fourth church building in that spot (burned, burned, demolished).

0points

#59

Moscow, Russia

Urban hell scene with heavy traffic on city street at night, skyscrapers illuminating the background.

Final score:

9points

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Toothless Feline 9 months ago (edited)

Beautiful old architecture with an eighteen-lane-wide parking lot smack dab in the middle.

9points

336 9 months ago

Moscowu, Japan 😍 😍 😍 /s

1point

#60

Kyoto, Japan

Aerial view of dense urban landscape with unique architecture creating surreal 'urban hell' appearance.

Final score:

9points

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Bravia Kimyi 9 months ago

It’s not so bad if you’re actually in the city (I’ve been here, beautiful area. Osaka is also really cool)

1point

Boo 9 months ago

Sorry for down vote....fat fingers. Fixed it tho.

0points

336 9 months ago

Kyotograd, Japan Oblast, Russia: 🤢 🤢 🤮 /s

1point

336 9 months ago

For those who don't get the joke, these posts are taken from r/UrbanHell, which is incredibly biased and racist. They posted pictures of a Russian village WITH 50 PEOPLE as "urban hell" when it wasn't even urban, and the only things there were a couple of cottages, some snow and a walrus(or seal, not sure). Similarly for India, they have often posted pictures of war torn cities in Syria as Indian cities. But if someone dares to post something Japanese there, boom, get down voted to oblivion, even if its the most dystopian thing in the world.

7points

Jnausicaa Premium 8 months ago

This is why I prefer rural Japan. The cities are nice, but give me the countryside or at least smaller cities.

0points

Miracle Max 9 months ago

Nothing hellish about that face!

0points

Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

We need a lot more of this!

0points

#61

Urban Shadow

Dog on a rooftop at night under a cloudy moonlit sky, representing urban hell.

Final score:

8points

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Lexi 9 months ago

He his the guardian of the city by night and the bestest good boy by day

1point

Savannah Newman 9 months ago

I have noticed many places where the buildings look like this there are patio spaces being used on the roof. He just lives there, and he looks pretty healthy.

1point

#62

Dubai Frame

Golden architectural frame in an urban setting under a clear blue sky.

Final score:

8points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago (edited)

I don't see this as being particularly hellish. Probably unnecessary, but not hellish.

13points

Saint_Zipcodus 9 months ago

A perfect analogy to Dubai. Very glitzy on the outside, nothing remarkably on the inside.

8points

🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 9 months ago

Fantastic! 😄

2points

Miracle Max 9 months ago

And the St. Louis Arch? How is that any different?

3points

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

It's an arch; this is a rectangle

3points

nottheactualphoto 9 months ago

Just trying to see the big picture here.

2points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

I love this! Weird as h*** but cool!

0points

Fred L. 9 months ago

Must be nice to have infinite money to spend while the population is safe and happy and the future looks peachy for everybody ...

0points

Jerry Jacques 9 months ago

Nice we are coming to aid them.

0points

PFD 9 months ago

?

0points

#63

The Dark Side Of Edinburgh

Urban landscape with deteriorating buildings and bare trees under a cloudy sky, illustrating urban hell.

Final score:

8points

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Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

I was there trainspotting

8points

Maples Dad 9 months ago

I can see that tower from some of my windows. The smaller buildings have been redeveloped.

4points

#64

Kirovsk, Russia 2025

Snowboarder in pink suit in front of snow-covered urban buildings, illustrating an urban hellscape.

Final score:

8points

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Nils Skirnir 9 months ago

Not bad. Just cold

3points

#65

Welch, Wva

Urban decay scene with c*****d pavement, rundown buildings, and overgrown plants against a hilly backdrop.

Final score:

8points

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Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

You mean WV? That's the abbreviation for West Virginia.

3points

Joanne Earle 9 months ago

Reminds me of Belle Vernon PA.

1point

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

And Globe AZ

0points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

looks like an alley in just about every town in the U.S....maybe not the Hamptons

0points

#66

Aboriginal Rez/Hoods In Canada

Group of people in a rural area with unpaved road, highlighting an urban hell scene with isolated houses and cloudy sky.

Final score:

7points

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Black Cat 9 months ago

Are first nations peoples made to live on reservations, or do they live on these willingly so they can live together in their own ethnic communities?

8points

StrangeOne 9 months ago

Some choose to because they fair better living closer with natural resources and it's easier for close-knit families to pass down cultural traditions and wisdom. It really depends on the individual. Some go back and forth between the rez and cities. Some feel stuck living on the rez because that's where their family is and that's the way of life they know. Others fair better in the city for the access to more opportunities.

9points

Verena 9 months ago

In first instance, they were forced - check on the history of Europeans invading North America (and other areas of the world). no it is difficult to leave, because the immigrants declared themselves to natives, and discriminate the original natives.

1point

Empty Harris 9 months ago

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#67

Chkalovsk, Tajikistan

Dilapidated urban building with damaged balconies and overgrown trees under a clear blue sky, showcasing urban hell.

Final score:

7points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago (edited)

Obviously that year's poppy harvest was particularly bountiful.

9points

Pyla 9 months ago

Why did this get downvoted? It’s not unfunny.

2points

Petra Peitsch 9 months ago

Somehow, I like this.

1point

#68

Urban Hell? Or Cool Brutalist Architecture?

Urban hell scene with concrete buildings under a cloudy sky, evoking a dystopian atmosphere.

Final score:

7points

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Chewie Baron Premium 9 months ago

I know where this is, in London. This is a picture to make it look bad, as it’s actually a decent place.

13points

Glix Drap 9 months ago

Specifically Alexandra Road Estate in Camden. 1 bed, 1 bathroom for £345K.

3points

James016 9 months ago

A jet wash will make it look better. I have been round here many times.

4points

Toothless Feline 9 months ago

I find nothing "cool" about brutalist architecture. The only good thing I can say about brutalism is that it's not deconstructionism.

2points

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

Shows up in a lot of British police procedurals.

2points

Fred L. 9 months ago

And lots of different films, too.

1point

Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

London. And these cost a lot

1point

SlightlyTarnished 9 months ago

These aren't bad

0points

#69

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Urban hellscape with snow-covered high-rise buildings and packed parking lot, showcasing bleak city architecture.

Final score:

6points

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#70

The State Of Neglected Properties In The Canadian Prairie Cities "Ghettos" Is Alarming

Dilapidated urban house with boarded windows, overgrown greenery, and a dirt road reflecting urban hell conditions.

Final score:

6points

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Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

For some reason, this type of thing in Canada always surprises me.

8points

StrangeOne 9 months ago

That's actually not that bad looking of an abandoned house here. The boards looks new.

1point

#71

Hong Kong

Massive urban buildings surrounded by greenery on a hillside, showcasing an urban hell contrast.

Final score:

6points

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Kenneth Barns 9 months ago

Probably better than covering the same landscape in horizon-to-horizon small blocks with single-family dwellings.

8points

Toothless Feline 9 months ago

Most of the city is a landscape covered horizon to horizon with buildings just like this one. Without the central courtyard.

1point

Meyrin 9 months ago (edited)

I kind of like that. It's open and yes one is surrounded by people but it's not hellish. Eye sore - maybe

1point

Nancy S 9 months ago

The units are high-end residences.

0points

Nancy S 9 months ago

https://www.hongkongparkview.com/sustainability

0points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Ah. The fresh unspoilt outdoors, where you can really commune with nature.

0points

#72

Bakhmut

Foggy urban landscape with decrepit buildings, resembling scenes of urban hell.

Final score:

6points

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halazia 9 months ago

I love this photo so much

4points

Nancy S 9 months ago

Why? A city destroyed by war?

1point

b9nh7pd77s 9 months ago

Is this before or after the Russians funked things up?

2points

Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

Ukraine. Had to look it up.

1point

#73

Residential Complex In Krasnodar, Russia

Geometric facade of an urban building creating an optical illusion, surrounded by cityscape.

Final score:

5points

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Carl Roberts 9 months ago

Well...if you ever wanted to live in a giant QR code

13points

Toothless Feline 9 months ago

It's an interesting design. I wouldn't call it attractive, but it's definitely not boring.

5points

Meyrin 9 months ago

That hurts to look at

3points

AnnaB Premium 9 months ago

I kind of like it.

3points

nottheactualphoto 9 months ago

A maze ing.

2points

April Pickett 9 months ago

Interesting.

2points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

I think it's missing some arms.

1point

#74

Bouddhanath, Nepal. Then vs. Now

Aerial view of urban landscape with historic stupa, surrounded by fields and buildings against a mountainous backdrop.

Final score:

4points

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Pamina 9 months ago

Why don't you show us the two different pictures, "then vs now"?

16points

Marie Adamson 9 months ago

Click on the link directly under the picture to see the before and after.

5points

Travelling Stranger 9 months ago

they forgot to copy the second picture from reddit post (click the small pale grey text under this photo to go to original post on reddit)

3points

336 9 months ago

They take it all from r/UrbanHell, and this was the title of the post with Bouddhnath, so they just copied the title in here

2points

Otto Katz 9 months ago

The 'now' Screenshot...0f-png.jpg

7points

Just Another Karen Premium 9 months ago

the "now" is so sad

6points

Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

You should show both pictures, otherwise it doesn't make sense. Click on name at lower left of pic to see both.

1point

Earthquake903 Premium 9 months ago

Hasn't changed much apparently

0points

Joanne Earle 9 months ago

So.....is this then? Is there a now?

0points

halazia 9 months ago

Click on the source to the left under the pic and you'll see it

2points

#75

Montreal's Eyesore Graffities

Urban hell scene with construction cones, graffiti, and a red brick building featuring spiral stairs and cluttered balconies.

Final score:

4points

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Barbara Burns 9 months ago

That's the best example of 'eyesore graffitties' you could find? Really?

4points

Ann Kapoxeet 9 months ago

Canada has different standards, I guess.

2points

CozyBear 9 months ago

Ever been to San Francisco?

1point

Apatheist Account2 9 months ago

"Graffiti" is a plural noun (like men, women, media etc). There's debate over the singular, but "a graffito" is commonly used.

1point

#76

Seattle-Tacoma Airport Parking

Aerial view of sprawling urban infrastructure with intertwining roads and parking structures, evoking an 'urban hell' feel.

Final score:

4points

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Lorenzo 9 months ago

Looks highly functional.

6points

Barbara Burns 9 months ago (edited)

It is, but it's quite a monstrosity really. Way too effing big and dimly lit. Walking around in there, especially at night, is disorienting and uncomfortable.

0points

Dawn Marie Premium 9 months ago

I love the optical illusion where it looks like the roof is sliding down a hill and so are the cars!!

1point

Earthquake903 Premium 9 months ago

I mean...it's kind of a big airport....

1point

Beth H Premium 9 months ago

I’d say it’s on the smaller size for an international airport.

0points

Kristine Phillips 9 months ago

weird

0points

Skara Brae 9 months ago

A long time ago as a kid I lived to the east of this airport (down and to the right about a half-mile/1km), before the parking garage was built. You could see giant neon signs on top of the terminal building, advertising the names of the airlines (United, PanAm, etc.) and planes taking off spewing long trails of black smoke. Another memory I have is of subdued young guys in uniform waiting at the gates to be flown to Vietnam. The airport has never been pretty, but I prefer it this way.

0points

#77

Shopping Malls In Finland

A small, rundown urban supermarket with overcast skies, symbolizing urban hell.

Final score:

3points

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Black Cat 9 months ago

This just looks like neighborhood shops anywhere. We've got these in every suburb in New Zealand, there will be a pharmacy, hair dressers, bakery, dairy etc

15points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

Exactly. It's perfectly normal in NZ, and probably many other countries.

4points

SlightlyTarnished 9 months ago

Could be anywhere.....

1point

Lady Eowyn 9 months ago

Looks like a shopping center or strip mall in a lot of countries. Although this one does seem rather run down.

1point

Auntriarch 9 months ago

It just looks a bit scruffy because of the leaves

0points

b9nh7pd77s 9 months ago

Not...

1point

Nancy S 9 months ago

This is like most towns in the world.

0points

Patrick van den Houten 9 months ago

nothing wrong with it?

0points

Lee451 Henderson 9 months ago

Is this supposed to be impressive?

0points

G A 9 months ago

The exact opposite

0points

#78

Saudi Arabia Begins Construction On ‘The Line’ Skyscraper City In The Desert

Futuristic urban landscape with a massive structure enclosing a green space, illustrating a surreal urban hell concept.

Final score:

2points

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Floeckchen 9 months ago

This is concept art. They aren't much further than shoving some sand from a to b

11points

Miracle Max 9 months ago

Artist's conception. They will never complete all 110 miles, as foreign investors are pulling out. The first 1.5 miles might be finished by 2030.

3points

Meyrin 9 months ago

Still concept also fairly certain it won't happen it not to the scale it was presented. But would be a cool theme for a novel

2points

Fred L. 9 months ago

Downscaled and postponed so many times already.

0points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

If this is genuine, I'm very impressed. I was expecting another flash in the pan.

0points

liam newton-harding 9 months ago

It has already failed, as has every part of the NEOM concept. Turns out Saudi is NOT actually rich enough to see this through…nor are there enough billionaires to populate it.

1point

#79

Naberezhnye Chelny,russia

Urban landscape with dense high-rise buildings and greenery under a cloudy sky.

Final score:

1point

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April Pickett 9 months ago

Lots of green.

20points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

This doesn't look too bad.

8points

336 9 months ago

r/UrbanHell when Place, Russia: 🤢 🤮 🤢 r/UrbanHell when absolutely soulless place in Japan: OMG, such beautiful and efficient architecture 😍 😍 😍

4points

Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago

People who work need somewhere to live

3points

Lexi 9 months ago

There is a lot of healthy greenery and the buildings, though boring, aren't so high or compact to block out the sky

0points

#80

Wrocław, Poland

Colorful urban landscape with historic architecture and bustling square, showcasing a vibrant city scene.

Final score:

-5points

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Daniel Gómez 9 months ago

No trees but otherwise nice.

23points

Petra Peitsch 9 months ago

Indeed some dozens of trees, and would be really gorgeous. Sure is not urban hell.

0points

Hippopotamuses 9 months ago

This is a very strange example of an urban hell.

8points

Hiram's Friend 9 months ago

Clean and well cared for.

7points

Otto Katz 9 months ago

HOw is that 'urban hell'?? It's a city square, probably has shops and restaurants, coffee, wine, lunch with friends, this does not belong here! It's lovely! https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blues+%26+Jazz+%26+Art/@51.1094708,17.030085,3a,75y,228.02h,97.31t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1seKJVKrjiRQMecLr0mv8How!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-7.310005709486518%26panoid%3DeKJVKrjiRQMecLr0mv8How%26yaw%3D228.01922447931383!7i13312!8i6656!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x470fe9c2d4b58abf:0xb70956aec205e0f5!2sWroc%C5%82aw,+Poland!3b1!8m2!3d51.1092948!4d17.0386019!16zL20vMDg0NWI!3m5!1s0x470fc2751068e1e3:0x9b9565db83e70562!8m2!3d51.110654!4d17.0306062!16s%2Fg%2F11f5h23ywk?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxOS4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNjM5SAFQAw%3D%3D

3points