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Not every building is as beautiful as the Palace of Versailles. Or blends into its surroundings as well as the Macallan Distillery. On the contrary, there are many structures across the world looking like outcasts that will fall apart during the next storm. In some places, they aren't isolated examples, either — even an entire neighborhood can be an abomination. And you can find them on r/UrbanHell.

It's a photography subreddit of "all the hideous places human beings built or inhabit." The online community invites everyone who wants to explore the darker side of the cities, towns, and villages in our shared world and welcomes any photos which show either ugliness, or a problem in urban development. Rural and suburban nightmares are also allowed.

Below you will find a collection of pics that perfectly describe what this subreddit is all about.

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The Annual Monsoon Ritual Of Mumbai's Ocean Giving Back What Has Been Dumped In It

The Annual Monsoon Ritual Of Mumbai's Ocean Giving Back What Has Been Dumped In It

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SlartyBlartFast
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If only nature could actually give back all the trash to us, maybe we will see the damage we are doing :(

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About half of the global population already lives in cities, and by 2050, two-thirds of the world's people are expected to live in urban areas. But as you can see from some of the photos in r/UrbanHell, in cities, two of the most pressing problems facing the world today also come together: poverty and environmental degradation.

Bad urban development isn't just ugly aesthetics. It's also poor air and water quality, insufficient water availability, waste-disposal problems, and high energy consumption, all of which are exacerbated by the increasing population density and demands of urban environments. Strong city planning is essential in managing these and other difficulties as the world's urban areas grow.

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New Delhi - During Lockdown vs. Now

New Delhi - During Lockdown vs. Now

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a few months earth took a breath, then humans came back with a vengeance :(

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Some of the biggest problems caused by urbanization are:

  • Intensive urban growth can lead to greater poverty, with local governments unable to provide services for all people;
  • Concentrated energy use. It leads to greater air pollution with a significant impact on human health;
  • Automobile exhaust produces elevated lead levels in urban air;
  • Large volumes of uncollected waste create multiple health hazards;
  • Urban development can magnify the risk of environmental hazards such as flash flooding;
  • Pollution and physical barriers to root growth promote loss of urban tree cover;
  • Animal populations are inhibited by toxic substances, vehicles, and the loss of habitat and food sources.
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Uae Nad Al Sheba III Neighborhood

Uae Nad Al Sheba III Neighborhood

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Darko Pešić
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yea, just kind of sad. Imagine getting drunk and cant figure out what street is yours

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Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the other hand, it looks very clean and well built and very organized. Not very imaginative, but I can think of a lot worse.

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M O'Connell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least in SimCity the building type would vary a little bit (unless we're talking the original SimCity, where each building with the same property value has the same icon, but that could never happen in such a big zone).

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JennyLaRue
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's developments like these that would really benefit from Urban Planners to create nice neighbourhoods that work with their surroundings, rather than these that are just racked and stacked to cram as many in and to hell with how it feels to actually live there

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An Co
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Real problem is stupidity of 'planning dept.' If you replace every fourth row with one containing appropriate family friendly stuff (grocery story, cheap restaurant, park/bicycle path, bowling alley, pool, drug store), you turn a automobile focused hell hole into a neighborhood.

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elfin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who pays for it? I doubt that the inhabitants have a lot of money to spare.

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Patricia Tornborg
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t know where this is, but the name sounds like it may be in a desert, so trees are NOT a “given” for every neighborhood.

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Elsie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Search Nad Al Sheba Villas on google maps these are good living homes. The pictures inside are so amazing

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Valerie Page
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just did that. If these are the same houses I take your point. Dubious though

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Lance d'Boyle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG! This is my neighborhood. My house is the one with the potted plant out front. It's a mild earth toned colored house. You can't miss it.

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Michigan Guy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

maybe it's just me....but that's just about exactly...the kind of soul less, inhumane...faux life...that'd get the right kind of person to decide shooting up is infinitely preferable...

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Michigan Guy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or: not very good city planning, no matter how grid like and clean it seems...

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Fatér Dezső
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't understand y'all. under one post b*tching about homelessness, at the other about the literal cages/prisons where people live. This one seems to be a solution for affordable housing.

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NinjaWolfy94
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what I'm thinking! It looks horrible and depressing honestly, but at least they have a home! I'd rather live here out of the weather than sleep on a bench.

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Martha Meyer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like one of those American suburbs, just with a different housing type.

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NinjaWolfy94
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems like a depressing and terrible place to live, but I'm sorry, all I can think is- at least the people living there have a roof over their head and a place to call home. I know I personally would rather live there, out of the weather, than sleep on a bench.

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Laura Watts
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's pretty sometimes neighbourhoods need to be built and comparing it to the Hong Kong one it's 100%better which one would you rather live in ?

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Farid Red
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, my house is the orange one. Beside an orange house, opposite of orange house that has an orange house next to it.

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Patricia Tornborg
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see much sadness in the group over this. I don’t see that....yes, it’s ugly to look at from the air, but residents don’t see this. Besides, if you were to just stack these houses up, you would have an apartment building that might have a few architectural distinctions at ground level, but the rest of it would be duplex apartments, except WITHOUT THE GARAGES! Yes, folks, they would have to park their cars in a big pit in the ground...much less pleasant than having your own garage!

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Hannah Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is horribly sterile looking and overcrowded, but better than the Hong Kong high rise. It looks like everyone at least has a little private outdoor space on their rooftops

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Ritchat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where are the parks? The playgrounds? The stores? And biggest question of all: Where is my house? Can't find it among all those clones. :D

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Richard Miller
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pizza delivery guy: “You said it was the red house with a porch!”

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Colleen Bateman Cure
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The houses all have the same white stuff on their roofs? Must be air conditioners. That would be horrible, no trees, plants or parks. I notice theres not a lot of cars on the road! Doesnt anyone go to work or school?

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Tomaž Sajovic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/villa-for-sale-dubai-nadd-al-sheba-nad-al-sheba-3-7646529.html

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Dennis Mahoney
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's what LA needs...10 years ago. Anything to solve its housing shortage problems.

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Maria Teixeira
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reclamam da superpopulação, mas não promovem o controle de natalidade nem aprovam o aborto. Ficam nesse moralismo hipócrita. O que adianta nascer tantas crianças que ficarão largadas nas ruas e entidades de cuidados infantis ou terão famílias "vivendo" em condições subhumanas ?

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Race Blakhart
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like Vivarium. I wonder how many innocent couples are trapped there, raising humanoid, alien babies.

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J C
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m the third on the left. No your other left. It’s orange can’t miss it

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Delphene Marie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They do this on purpose to give an appearance of overpopulation , when I fact this planet is nowhere near over populated... They shove everyone closer together because they are easier to control this way

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Athena Murray
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought those were Legos! It's an eye opener to see how they build a s**t ton of houses crammed together..and it all looks the same.. even though it isn't the case, this view looks like you can open your neighbors windows..

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MAKtheknife
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what happens when we overbreed. Gotta put us somewhere.

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toni locy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can hardly imagine the traffic when everyone goes to work and comes home. Although there's only 2 or 3 on the road in this picture.

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essaid
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

looks like those grey factory movies full of depression

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David Henry
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like a slightly more realistic Sim City. Except even the original Sim City had a little variety in building types.

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TonyTee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey look! All the houses blend in with each other! 😜

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Seanny Novak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of that simpsons scene "Now remember...we're parked in the 'Itchy Lot'" itchyandsc...b8-png.jpg itchyandscratchyland2-6255e85ebe4b8-png.jpg

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Lise Bouchard
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd walk into the wrong house sober nevermind drunk..and I would probably do that more than once in the same time frame 😅

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j miller
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess they are not allowed to paint a different color?

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Carrie Rodich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, it looks really cool from above. I wouldn't live there, though.

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Maitheunicorn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, so someone clearly let his/heers OCD run free and wild while making plans.... But tbh, it truly gives me the heebie-jeebies.... Super creepy, just like a scary movie set where the main character will try to get out of the "perfect" life of the inhabitants but they won't let him/her 😱😱😱 Every SimCity enthusiast knows that you need living space for ur ppl. Where are the parks and grass and......idk...life?

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Jb Dean
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only thing missing is Nazis goose stepping down the streets. 😬

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Gitte Skov
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My neighbours house is pink, I want that tooo! 🤦‍♀️

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elfin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One definition of quality is fitness for use. Judging by how many inhabitants there are, many people find these fit for their use. The rooftops could be interesting and private.

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Reinan Castro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Literally cement jungle!! This is extreme hatred of anything green!!

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Ms. Ladybug
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vivarium creepy weird!...& No area to play back yard grass, personal space just ppl cars & buildings at every turn.. just wow!

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Ms. Ladybug
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this Looks like “Vivarium” movie nightmare in real life! W/Same everything, lonely looking roads & streets... Creep, scary, weird! ..I’m sure ppl get lost and have lived their long!.. do they all think alike too! Just weird!

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Kate Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like you could get lost so easily. Like 'turn left at the orange building.' There's a movie called Vivarium where a couple goes to look at a home for sale in a neighborhood like this and then can't escape. They're trapped there for years. It's so creepy.

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Ana
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks exactly like in the movie "Vivarium"...every house looks the same. Once you get in, you can't find the way out. Scary ! :O

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Jane Sellman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am quite sure I would forget where I lived and how and have to walk up-and-down the street since I found my place

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Michael Hill
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like Henry Ford's any colour you want providing that is black.

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ravengirl3006
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

House hunting just got simplier! Just have to decide; a red or orange house?

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PalmKitty
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They look like their an army of robot tank things coming for your kneecaps

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Omima Miki
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could you imagine being drunk, trying to get home and just giving up...

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BRIAM SEKI
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're going to get to a point where we will be packed like cattle and here's the proof, it's sad that this our future and present

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Karen Filice
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They look like they were all mass produced on a 3-D printer. Makes me think about that song “ little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky- tacky” from the show called “Weeds” years ago. How could you ever find your way home there?? How depressing this looks….

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Marshall Watkins
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Talk about a Stepford Neighborhood!! I'd have to GPS my way home everyday!

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Shane J
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one that sees an insane amount of people guarding an insanely large reeces peanutbutter cup?

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Jessica H.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today I will now have the Weeds theme song on repeat in my head.

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Vincent Empain
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This just looks like a Simcity screenshot (a bad player's one, that is...)

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Chris Shaw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not a tree, a flower, or a blade of grass in sight, how very depressing!

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Rumple Schleppskin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once again..., I'm on the 3rd street after the roundabout, 16th house on the right. It's the orange one.., with a cream colored door, not a white one like my neighbor's.,

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Lorie Shewbridge
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The coloring is kind of cool, although the area is quite depressing. 🥺

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Jan Steuck
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I trird Little houses On the hillside Little houses made out of ticky tacky..

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Jan Steuck
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little houses on the hillside Little houses made out of ticky tacky Little houses on the hillside And they all look just the same...... Credit..my childhood

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Kylie Cantwell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brings to mind the song "little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky..."

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GC Rovario-Cole
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have to use a gps every time I was coming home, no matter how long I lived there.

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Olympia Epirus
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well it is hell hot outside Nobody gonna admire your house nor stay outside

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Madeline Sellers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how many people get lost going home at night. "Little boxes ... "

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Eva B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You will really feel at home at your neighbour's house 😊 House swap might not work well here 🦧

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Margo Evans
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cut and paste, over and over. Check out the exact same stuff on roofs.

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Mare Freed
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It bothers me that there don't seem to be any shops, stores, restaurants, etc. Those are what make a community.

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Aaleyah _ aesthetic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live right next to this place... its also surrounded by desert with polluted and dusty air, and it gets up to 50 degrees celsius I the summer... living the life in Dubai am I right??

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Donna Leske
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"The image shows one round-about, as well as row-upon-row of villas. While many on social network Reddit have claimed that the image has indeed been edited to make it look bigger than it actually is, satellite images of the area prove that it really is there." "...more than 1,572 Mediterranean and Moroccan style four and five bedroom villas" "The community features a five kilometer cycling and jogging track, as well as a community clubhouse, restaurant, pool, gym and sports center." I'm not seeing mention of schools, parks, or even a single tree.

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Donna Leske
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.esquireme.com/brief/news/50084-the-internet-is-convinced-this-picture-of-dubai-is-fake

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Daniele Ribolla
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's not so bad... houses are so good, with pools and great rooms fool of light. look at a living room here "tinyurl.com/yfa43n7c" (without fences 😁) and the other images!

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SJYNYC
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky...

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Anita Bouchet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strange.... Every row of houses has exactly the same things on their roof?

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jokerfest
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i find that gloriously orderly and delightful - to look at from above, and i wouldn't want to live there

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AchillesHeel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/e/ed/Squidville_070.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190615041850

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Mishte Tine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Photoshopped. Repeated copies of things on the roof. They aren’t all the same, but there are multiples in different rows. I’m sure the real thing would have sufficed.

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Ryan Kargel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dense urban housing is more ecologically sustainable than sprawl.

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Schuyler Kent
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like a motherboard for some large electronic device. Soulless.

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Roy Wolfs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine if you were drunk and wanted to find your own house...

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Linda Farrell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Check the rooftops, duplicate everything in many, Photoshop per.

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Linda Farrell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Carefully look at the rooftops. This is Photoshop per as there are many duplicates.

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Rebecca Gibson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like from the giver. This idea of sameness and regularity nd as production of neighborhoods also crops up in the 1950's right after ww2.

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Sarah Beth
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not many cars here! For so many people. At least not many that are parked "permanently".

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Phil Raulends
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"where do you live?" "I live in the orange house. Easy to find"

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Paul Beebe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

MAn, if you come home drunk, you'd NEVER find your house...

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This is Cutie Ringo Joy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why all the same color , I live in singapore and there are flats that look similar to mine but the painting is different

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Eira
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Listen. If we split them into four quadrants and colour them two colours but in diagonal quadrants, no one will notice how bad this looks."

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Carole Gleed
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s like the song( ,little boxes little boxes made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same)

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Kata Stropha
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when you go to home tired and you forgot where u live - lost forever

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Lauren Moore
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes, on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes on a hillside and they all look just the same.

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Caroline Cordery
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How come a bunch of the roof contents look like copies of each other?

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Karen Loftus
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, nothing like the endless rows of cookie-cutter tract houses all around the USA, right? So judgmental.

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Katherine Bordier
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow I would so get lost. I find where I am going based on things I recognize and this all looks exactly the same.

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Callie Dryer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, this looks like one of the nightmares I’ve created in Cities XL

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Ruth Nelson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

reminds me of a favorite folk song "little boxes made of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same".

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StnFlwr
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is in the UAE near Dubai. Looks even worse on google maps. Do people actually live there (I wonder)?

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Bart S
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only reason for this is that project developers and politicians earn good money from this. Hence the many ghost towns.

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Jackie Porter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes on a hill side and they're all made out of ticky tacky. Little boxes on a hill side and they all look just the same.

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Margaret Weaver
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh come on... that cannot be real, this is a videogame. It has to be! Please?

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Dorothy Cloud
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't see one green plant. And do they ever go to the wrong home?

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James F. Wilson Jr.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If humanity survives the next 40 years, you are looking at 90% of the world's population's future. Can you see your house from here?.

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Alex Hamilton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes on the hillside. no. 237?? 2nd left at the crossroads.

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Cecilia Mork-Guyon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can see the ability for life. It's the getting lost that would concern me.

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Teresa Avizienis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This photo reminds me of a song I heard years ago. It was written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962 and recorded the following year by Pete Seeger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-sQSp5jbSQ Pete Seeger - Little Boxes

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Warren Brown
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So tell me, is there a law that says you can’t paint your own home a different colour ?????

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Marglo948
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did anyone else think of the song Little Houses made of ticky tacky?

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Elizabeth Gardner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

bloody frightening. When there in the UAE you only see the beautiful shops and towers and the expensive areas. This is where the workers live you do not get to to see this though.

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Celtic Pirate Queen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky, little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same". Song by Malvina Reynolds

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Diana Hockley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, words fail me. It looks like someone has made it out of lego.

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Wendy Frances
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The OCD part of me appreciates the uniformity in this nightmare neighbourhood

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Jane Dorothy Warner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trees? Where are the trees? I would die if I had to live in a place wihtout trees :(

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Peter Kovak
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once I lived in a neighborhood pretty much alike. if you came back after a party, a little bit drunk, was quite messy to find your house.

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Khadija Hammond
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusting and a nightmare. I’d rather die than live in a place like that.

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Tes Glyssane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks a bit photoshopped or an artist conception, all the rooftops are in each row are the same.

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Fieke Engelen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes, on the hill side little boxes made of ticky tacky little boxes all the same

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clive apps
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Almost looks like a microscopic view of a computer processor.

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Ginny Swart
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Council housing? at least they are solid houses, waterproof ( if it ever rains there) and far better than a squatter camp or a tent.

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A T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an illusion image like this

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Marnie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of Camazotz from A Wrinkle in Time (where everyone was identical).

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Mjw Gjgema
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is this Lego box situated? It takes all the fun out of one's life, but maybe are the people happy that they have finally a place to live in.

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Sherry Harvey
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The house version of office cubicles. Taking away individuality and forcing conformity of the masses.

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shado
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... and not a tree or green belt anywhere - quick, crank out some fresh babies, still room to house even more population in the boulevards! *shaking my head*

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Edwin Lesperance
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, there's two different colors, and in each row the buildings are reversed. How much more variety do you need?

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the kind of thing that kills communities first of all it’s car oriented secondly it has no cultural soul to it. Every development that gets done like this and gets approved like this really is a testament to the developer and your government thinking of you as cattle

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Jen Cook
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you're the kind of person who can't find your car in a parking lot this would be a nightmare.

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Alexei Arntzen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The uniformity of the buildings is probably better for the environment, though, compared to a menagerie of unique homes. The cookie-cutter construction is likely more efficient, and the grid layout probably makes water/energy/waste pipelines more efficient as well. And if any repairs are needed, it would be cheaper and easier to produce new parts, because everything is the same.

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AspieGirl88
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me think of the film “Vivarium” from Shudder TV movies! So eerie! 😨

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Isa Trip
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8368406/ reminds me of this movie

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For an up close and intense idea of what this experience might be like, watch VIVARIUM of Amazon.

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To get to my house: "Drive North for 134 houses then turn East and continue for 273 houses. At that point, you should step out of your vehicle and yell my name as loud as you possibly can, in hopes that I will hear it and be able to find you. Because realistically, nobody will really know where you are."

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Michael Gaskell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yea it's just this street on the left with the orange house at the end...

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Mangoes'nRum
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of many many such newly built housing complexes. Looks worse than it is from the air.

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Lululoohoo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks crazy but google the actual property. It's gorgeous lol

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mca
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are nice really big villas in the Emirates.

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VersaceDreams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always wanted to shoot some type of creepy show or movie in a place like this

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BlahBlahBlackSheepah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It freaks me out when neighborhood s are cookie cutter. I know some like it but Barcelonas layout makes me claustr6

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Randy van Veen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I looked this neighbourhood up on Google maps, and they actually have photos of the inside of one of these villas, and it looks really nice! https://goo.gl/maps/NjmQfDtn91b6ajJj7

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Grumble O'Pug
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least it's a dry country so coming home drunk is not a problem.

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Sandra Bartsch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nighttime trouble: "Did I enter the correct street?" Am I at the beginning or the end of the street?" Happened to me in England at a very similar looking place

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Ricky Moore
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How many people walk into the wrong houses thinking it is theirs! Lol We done a few of these type of developments years ago, we have better planning rules now, but do cringe when I drive round the old ones and get lost due to no distinguishing characteristics.

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Debi Rus
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd never find my way home. Reminds me of parts of Camden NJ

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jamie1707
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all of Dubi is pretty/up scale/wealthy. As a matter of fact, there is much more of this than the other.

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Nunya Bus
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me of a scene in the book "Wrinkle of Time" when they land on Camazotz.

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Rick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same...

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Zaza
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same, There's a red one and a red one, and a red one and a red one. All made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same

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Linda HS
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine coming home drunk one night, trying to find your house!🤦

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Peter Kelly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't imagine there's much call for estate agency photography...

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Elsie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could see how easily it would be to go to the wrong home. At the entrance you'd have to have a very specific symbol

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Mark Howell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As the song says '... little boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look the same.' ;o)

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Grant Barke
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like they want to do to us what they already do to chickens.

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And none of these fools has the sense to even consider that bathing in industrial waste speeds up your reincarnation process.

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Hotel In Łodz, Poland

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Samantha Lomb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its not a nuclear cooling tower. It is for a heating, electric and hotwater generating plant ( TETS in Russian) most are coal or gas powered and that is for releasing steam.

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Raven Sheridan
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The difference between the have's and the have not's, in one photo.

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Petare, Venezuela

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The water waste hurts. Why do you want lawns in a desert? If you want green lawns, move to England (no offense, England. You have the rainfall, is all.)

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Samantha PandaNotBored
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blame your government’s. This is their fault . They buy rubbish from countries and do not dispose of it correctly.

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Naples, Italy

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Beuska
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just imagine, a few decades or hundred years ago somebody built a nice villa, and now with the urbanisation the whole thing is under a highway..

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Electrical Wiring And Water Pipes In A Brazilian Favela

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Sonja
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yeah, I saw this one already somewhere here on BP. Would like to see the guy who would try to find which wire or pipe is the one with problem

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Johannesburg, South Africa

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Jonathan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a South African, I know this is not true... we also have electric fences along with what is shown.

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Cairo, Egypt

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Lekha
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not a single tree in sight (Ok, realised that's very normal there. My bad)

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Downtown Seattle, In The Heart Of The Retail District

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Yugan Talovich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand how the US can have money to make bombers but not to help citizens who need help.

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Ghost City In China, Made To Be A Replica Of Paris - Tianducheng

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All Residents Of Whittier, Alaska Live Inside One Building

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James016
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a whole BP post about this. A rail company owns most of the land so no-one can do anything.

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SlartyBlartFast
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my country the biggest highway is 3 lanes. No city has more than 3 lanes. And we consider it an achievement. I am amazed at this picture honestly!

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M O'Connell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@WilvanderHeidjen They absolutely are homeless. They are squatting in a utilities access cabinet.

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Billionnaire Vijay Mallya's Mansion Atop A Skyscraper In Bangalore, India

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Sue Grigg
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will never understand the lure of Dubai, it's a giant soulless shopping mall for rich people. They can have it, it's tacky and ugly.

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Samantha PandaNotBored
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All of those houses and infrastructure was built die to that mine . It’s still a working mine right now . Giving ppl jobs homes lives

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Red rockin lobster
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not an urban nightmare (whichever you're reffering to). Also, it's like comparing a clouds and grapes

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Block 23, New Belgrade, Serbia

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Samantha PandaNotBored
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least they have friendly neighbours. My neighbor wouldn’t take my washing in . 😆

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16-Lane Highway Built Through The Downtown Where A Market Square Used To Be In Moscow, Russia

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Samantha Lomb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again context is great. This was done to facilitate troop movements quickly in and out of the capital which proved vital in WWII as the soldiers from Siberia crossed Red Square in the May Day parades and went straight to the front lines to repel the Nazis. The French similarly built huge boulevards in Paris to facilitate troop movements and to keep people from being able to build barricades, which is a French national tradition.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Out of curiosity, for what it is, why is it not more square, why all the bends?

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