People On This Group Are Sharing Examples Of ‘Urban Hell’ That Look Like A Dystopian Movie But Are Sadly Real (40 Pics)
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
If only nature could actually give back all the trash to us, maybe we will see the damage we are doing :(
Hong Kong Street Life
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.
New Delhi - During Lockdown vs. Now
For a few months earth took a breath, then humans came back with a vengeance :(
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.
It's Baffling How Fast It Changes
Solutions might include:
- Combat poverty by promoting economic development and job creation;
- Involve local community in local government;
- Reduce air pollution by upgrading energy use and alternative transport systems;
- Create private-public partnerships to provide services such as waste disposal and housing;
- Plant trees and incorporate the care of city green spaces as a key element in urban planning.
Ultimately, cities can bring us obstacles and opportunities as well as freedom and captivity, and it's up to us to get the most out of them.
People Offering Prayers At River Yamuna, India, Which Is Frothing From Industrial Waste
And none of these fools has the sense to even consider that bathing in industrial waste speeds up your reincarnation process.
Hotel In Łodz, Poland
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.
Poland is beautiful only with its nature and views. Polish cities are concrete, mediocrity, dirt and "the cheapest cost, as long as it was". What are you talking about ??? You want to show such infantile local patriotism? You're so funny. In Poland, only the old towns of the cities are nice.
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Omg, LOL! Loved that movie. Rik Mayall was one of the best comedians of his time, for sure. It was him wearing the kinky red rubber knickers that had me crying tears of laughter, though!💀😂
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I preferred it in the top photo with a balcony and plants on it.
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It is a fake - EC-II is the first of three combined heat and power plants built in Łódź after the war. The unit was designed to operate in the so-called collector system (8 boilers, 6 turbine sets). The construction process took place in the years 1955-1960. In 1960, as a result of merging the CHP plant with Łódź Power Plant, the Complex of CHP Plants in Łódź was established. In the following years the expansion continued (1 steam boiler, 1 turbine set and 2 water boilers fired with mazout). In 2006, as a result of restructuring and ownership transformations, the CHP plant became a plant owned by Dalkia Łódź S.A. Electric power was 87 MW and thermal power 578 MWt. The CHP plant supplies process steam and steam for heating purposes as well as hot water to the city areas including factories. In 2011, due to the decrease in heat demand from industrial factories, a decision was made to decommission the CHP plant by mid-2015.
I might be the only person on BP who finds these cooling towers mysterious, and beautiful in a way...
Surprise, I agree with you! :) There is something amazing about this tower, that serene vastness of it, more guarding than threatening...
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Current images show that it’s pretty much abandoned; overgrown & neglected, not even fully fenced off from public access. The pub on the corner though - complete knock-down/rebuild. Looks fantastic now, but still has the scary/gloomy background. Most recent Google maps - https://goo.gl/maps/e32TqSMSoBfpyAmVA
I love that people are totally missing the point with this. It's not whether the the heat/power plant is still active today, it's just UGLY. Besides which, at one point ECII WAS operational.
Im from Lodz, This is cooling steam tower. The other chimneys are inactive most of the decade. After all, there is no smoke from them in the photo and at all becouse the power plant is inactive
The green paint on it below...reminds me of a very creepy funeral home and the tower for crematorium....just saying...
Actually it's Łódź. All the letters are funny, cause Ł is pronounced like W, ó I pronounced like oo nad ź is soft, softer than j. Now you know.
Also...... Wouldn't it be amazing if they made some creative painting / street art ( sorry forgot the name of the can paint haha) on it???
Would be better with before and after dates. The after photo shows how hideous ill thought out building and city planning can ruin an idyllic setting.
The hotel owner makes the place attractive but the rest of the world says no.
Looks like the bottom photo is the one that’s PHOTOSHOPPED, not the other way around
Even the plants that were there on the balcony have disappeared as a sign of protest against this sight pollution (and, of course, air pollution). However, these probably are necessary evils.
There is Technical University of Lodz campus on the other side of this heating plant. I've been living there as a student for couple of years. The plant itself wasn't so bad. We had a dyeworks close to our dormitory windows which used to stink a lot. Stench was was, so intensive that eyes start to prickle. Yep, Lodz is so ugly.
Something about that green... its the same color as insulation panels in the US. Makes this look under construction to me. Also agree not a nuclear tower, just a cooling tower.
An Interesting Perspective I've Stumbled Upon In Macau A Year Ago
The difference between the have's and the have not's, in one photo.
Before And After A Desert Is Turned Into A Soulless Suburb Of A Desert. Jk, Its A Single Photo Of Arizona
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.)
Not A Very Romantic Scene
Blame your government’s. This is their fault . They buy rubbish from countries and do not dispose of it correctly.
Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Comparison Of 1964 - 2016.
Private Houses On The Roof Of An Eight-Story Mall In Zhūzhōu, China
Downtown Seattle, In The Heart Of The Retail District
I don't understand how the US can have money to make bombers but not to help citizens who need help.
Hyderabad, India
Ghost City In China, Made To Be A Replica Of Paris - Tianducheng
All Residents Of Whittier, Alaska Live Inside One Building
One More Lane Will Fix It
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!
Somewhere In Brazil In The 90's
@WilvanderHeidjen They absolutely are homeless. They are squatting in a utilities access cabinet.
Baghdad Between Then And Now!
Billionnaire Vijay Mallya's Mansion Atop A Skyscraper In Bangalore, India
Mirny In Siberia, Russia
