4.2 billion people live in cities worldwide. That's more than half of the population. By 2050, it's projected that more than two-thirds of us will reside in urban areas.
But denser doesn't mean better. This environment can pose a lot of challenges, including noise and air pollution, lack of green spaces, and inadequate transport. And there's a photography subreddit that documents them.
It's called 'Urban Hell' and the people running it say it's dedicated to "all the hideous places human beings built or inhabit." They invite us to go there for aesthetic appreciation of the darker side of the cities, towns, and villages in our world, promising rural and suburban curses as well. So let's do that and take a look at the pictures that have recently popped up within the subreddit.
For more, check out Bored Panda's earlier articles on it here and here.
#1 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Image credits: biwook
#2 This Is The Most Apocalyptic Image Of Modern Cairo, Egypt, I Have Ever Seen Anyone Take
Image credits: bobmguthrie
#3 The Before And The After Of My Hometown, Hungary
Image credits: Cathfaern
#4 One Of My Most Hated Buildings Finally Got Destroyed And Replaced By Something Beautiful
Image credits: videki_man
#5 Welcome To Texas
Image credits: New023
#6 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Image credits: TheKonan
#7 There's Cities, There's Metropolises, And Then There's Tokyo
Image credits: madrid987
#8 50 Lane Traffic Jam - China
Image credits: MichaelT1991
#9 (Oc) Hebron’s Multi-Story Borders: Ground-Level Palestinians Construct Fences Above Their Streets To Protect Themselves From Upper-Story Israeli Settlers Who Throw Trash, Furniture, And Rocks Down On Them
Image credits: glamburg
#10 Concrete Canyon In Manhattan
Image credits: Sea_Marionberry2231
#11 18000 People In A Single Building. (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Image credits: ValdemarAtterdag83
#12 Lagos, Nigeria - The Overcrowding Is Terrible
Image credits: rickrucksack
#13 Egypt, What Is Wrong With You?
Image credits: vd772
#14 Newly Built Housing. Samara, Russia
Image credits: Eth_kay
#15 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Image credits: xtremeshaneshame
#16 New Residential Block In Malaysia
Image credits: userfromouterspace
#17 View From The Bathroom Window, Belgrade
Image credits: longwaytotokyo
#18 Why Does Delhi Looks So Dystopian
Image credits: im_dead_inside_69
#19 Infinite Amount Of Concrete…
Image credits: dslrhunter25
#20 "Ocean Access" + Suburbs In Florida
Image credits: The_Will_Here
#21 It's Hard To Capture In Two Photos, But Here Is A Brand New KFC Sat In The Middle Of Cleared Rainforest In Malaysia, Ready For A Development To Be Built Around It
Image credits: ROFLMFAO
#22 Trying To Cross The Street? Bummer. The Street Is Only For Cars. Tehran
Image credits: vd772
#23 A Lovely Day For A Picnic...
Image credits: Dr_Zol_Epstein_III
#24 Each Of Those Houses With A Garden Are £1+ Million. The Grass In All Gardens Is Astroturf
Image credits: solid_flake
#25 Vorkuta, Russia. The Coldest City In Europe (Lowest Temperature Ever Recorded At -52 C)
Image credits: informationtiger
#26 Jakarta's Chinatown 1940s vs. Now
#27 No Need To Worry, Elite Architects Were At Work Here
Image credits: TheInvisibleHand89
#28 Advertisement On A Commercial Building, South Korea
Image credits: Saltedline
#29 One Of The Worst Traffic And Pollution In The World. Tehran, Iran
Image credits: vd772
#30 I Just Want To Get To The Other Side Of The Highway Man
Image credits: hannannanas
#31 A Spiral Parking Lot Somewhere In Chongqing, China
Image credits: oddprophet63
#32 Duisburg, Also Known As The Ugliest City In Germany
Image credits: nickinthelab
#33 The Entrance To A Shopping Mall That Is Still Alive And Well, Despite The Visual Evidence To The Contrary
Image credits: Schlicktenstein
#34 One More Lane Will Solve This. Cairo
Image credits: vd772
#35 An Apartment In Istanbul Is Attached To Another Building
Image credits: -FaZe-
#36 Abu Eir, Alexandria, Egypt
Image credits: Woofers_MacBarkFloof
#37 White And Beige Nebraska *oc
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