There is something really sinister about seeing this hole so close to a town.

Bad Day = Elevator is out of order...

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.

H3llish

Heartbreaking

Sad, just sad

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

Imagine the rats!!

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.

And I thought Daly City was bad.

How do we let people live like this?

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

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

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

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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.

I thought that was a motherboard or something like that

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

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

This smog is caused by crop burning, industrial emissions, and traffic, if you guys are wondering. Crop burning makes the air quality a lot worse, especially in winter.

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.

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

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

The planning dept should be arrested.

This is kinda beautiful tho

I thought that was bacteria in a petri dish.

Taken straight from the "cube" movies

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

yes, but much less monotonous than others on this list

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

Isn't there anymore, as it was demolished in 1994. Brittain was going to leave Hong Kong. It was formerly a military base, and therefore laws weren't enforced by Hong Kong, which is why it stops so suddenly.

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

Sorry, but that looks like a guillotine to me.

You DROVE in Cairo? You're brave soul!

All I can say is "WOW"!

There's something very claustrophobic about Hong Kong.

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

Poor dog.

It's that colorful?

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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.

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.

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

There are definitely some ghosts haunting that playground.

This isn't the Bronx. The photo is from 1959 showing E. 68th St between 2nd and 3rd Ave. This is an apartment building now, the homes were knocked down to build it. The Bronx did take quite a beating in the 70's, due to economic decline and urban decay, but this is a fake post. Look at the reddit thread if you want more info.

A wasted opportunity?

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

What's going on with the furry handrails?

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.

Gary is not the city Robert Preston sang about anymore.

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