When people started leaving rural areas for cities with hopes of finding a better life, they probably didn’t expect urbanization to get so out of hand. Now the concrete jungles where dreams were supposedly made of are seen drowning in pollution, trash, traffic, and dystopian dwellings. One could say that the promise of a better life has somehow turned into urban hell.
To show just how really bad things are getting, Bored Panda compiled a list of the worst consequences caused by developing cities shared on the Urban Hell subreddit. Scroll down to find them, and make sure to upvote the ones that made you sad to see the reality we live in.
While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out a conversation with urban planner Andy Boenau, who kindly agreed to tell us how we can reverse the damage to urban environments.
#1 Urban Art In Belgrade
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#2 The Annual Monsoon Ritual Of Mumbai’s Ocean Giving Back What Has Been Dumped In It
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#3 Mumbai, India
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#4 Beirut Port
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#5 A Boy Gathers Recyclable Items From A Semi-Dry Drain, At Taimoor Nagar In New Delhi
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#6 Electrical Wiring And Water Pipes In A Brazilian Favela
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#7 This Is The Most Apocalyptic Image Of Modern Cairo, Egypt, I Have Ever Seen Anyone Take
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#8 Hong Kong
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#9 Not A Very Romantic Scene
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#10 Ah Yes, Trees
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#11 Hong Kong’s Dismal Cage Homes House Thousands Of People
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#12 Uae Nad Al Sheba III Neighborhood
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#13 Chinese Ghost Town Of Mansions Reclaimed By Farmers
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#14 Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Comparison Of 1964 – 2016
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#15 Cairo, Egypt
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#16 New Delhi – During Lockdown vs. Now
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#17 San Francisco, USA
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#18 Contrary To Popular Belief, The Belgian Coast’s Real Estate Did Survive To The Two World Wars. Its Cultural Heritage Was Destroyed By Real Estate Developers’ Greed And Public Officials’ Lack Of Care
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#19 Literally, Just Thanksgiving Traffic In La
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#20 Hong Kong Street Life
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#21 People Offering Prayers At River Yamuna, India, Which Is Frothing From Industrial Waste
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#22 Residential Building In Hong Kong, Shot By Me On 35mm Film
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#23 People Living Next To A Helicoidal Street In Chongqing
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#24 Dhaka, Bangladesh
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#25 Magnitogorsk, One Of The Worst Polluted Cities In Russia. Only 28% Of The Children Born In The Town Are Fully Healthy
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#26 Private Houses On The Roof Of An Eight-Story Mall In Zhūzhōu, China
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#27 Naples, Italy
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#28 Johannesburg, South Africa
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#29 Inequality In Tembisa, South Africa
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#30 “Lying Skyscraper” In Moscow. About 736m Long
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