40 photos that look like a dystopian movie but are sadly real, people posted on Reddit Urban Hell Group. 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.
All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.
#1 A Boy Gathers Recyclable Items From A Semi-Dry Drain, At Taimoor Nagar In New Delhi
Image Source: ParaMike46
#2 Magnitogorsk, One Of The Worst Polluted Cities In Russia. Only 28% Of The Children Born In The Town Are Fully Healthy
Image Source: Travel_legend
#3 Inequality In Tembisa, South Africa
Image Source: PTRMT
#4 Ah Yes, Trees
Image Source: MAAAS399
#5 San Francisco, USA
Image Source: Sayl0
#6 Norilsk, Russia
Image Source: carlelov
#7 A Photo Of Central Park During The Great Depression (New York, 1933)
Image Source: Double_Usual3271
#8 Town Square In Bartoszyce (Poland) Before And After
Image Source: slopeclimber
#9 Residential Building In Hong Kong, Shot By Me On 35mm Film
Image Source: dredogue
#10 Burj Al Babas, Turkey (The Largest Ghost Town In The World)
Image Source: 8_Hoot
#11 Disgusting Canal Near My Home In Manila. I Wish People Just Would Bother To Care How Our Environment Is Dying Fast
Image Source: AgentFive005
#12 Ferentari, The Poorest Area Of Bucharest, Romania – Most Apartments Are Squatted And Have No Electricity, Hard To Believe This Is In The European Union
Image Source: biwook
#13 The Flag Of Urban Hell
Image Source: thefridgeinthegarage
#14 Las Vegas
Image Source: Zealousideal_Ad4636
#15 Macau
Image Source: FishMonkeyCow
#16 Huntington Beach, California, During The Oil Boom Of 1928
Image Source: RareGentleman
#17 Not Sure If This Fits The Sub, Gallons And Gallons Of Water Wasted Just To Keep Lush Green Golf Fields In The Middle Of The Desert
Image Source: runy05
#18 This Beautiful View From My NYC Apartment
Image Source: SlenderFinger
#19 16th Century Mill Surrounded By Brand New Concrete In Seaside Bulgaria
Image Source: proBICEPS
#20 Guangzhou Aerial
Image Source: tanmaypendse63
#21 “Lying Skyscraper” In Moscow. About 736m Long
Image Source: wicnfuai
#22 Intersection Of Two Avenues In Sao Paulo, Brazil
Image Source: RAEL_ATK
#23 “Vertical Slum” Luanda Angola
Image Source: reddit.com
#24 Margate, United Kingdom
Image Source: stereoworld
#25 Children Playing Basketball Near The John E. Amos Coal-Fired Power Plant In Poca, West Virginia
Image Source: ParaMike46
#26 Distance Between Two Apartments, Guangzhou
Image Source: tanmaypendse63
#27 Inequality In Mumbai, India
Image Source: tanmaypendse63
#28 A Graveyard In Hong Kong
Image Source: Porodicnostablo
#29 Bliska Wola Tower, Warsaw, Poland. Sunlight Rarely Reaches The Bottom Floors, And Some Apartments Are As Small As 18 M²
Image Source: gaymeteorologistlol
#30 Only Surviving Photo Of A Hoarder House Demolished Around 2007 In Nagoya, Japan
Image Source: biwook
#31 Preschool In Newark, NJ, 1994
Image Source: FromLuxorToEphesus
#32 Copy Paste
Image Source: Mrmime10
#33 Wuhan, China
Image Source: tittlemans-crest
#34 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Image Source: gustaver19
#35 My Dorm At The University Of South Carolina (1998), Since Demolished
Image Source: tuna-from-a-stranger
#36 Paris, France. A Studio In The Building Between The Boulevard And The Train Rails Highways Starts At 800€/Months. If You Qualify!
Image Source: NormPa
#37 Amazon’s New Fulfillment Center In Tijuana, Mexico
Image Source: Azrael612
#38 Beautiful Pittsburgh Architecture
Image Source: MidgetManglr
#39 A Famous Bank In Pau, France
Image Source: Adrien296
#40 Fencemageddon 2 – The Panelling! Pretty Standard View Of English / Irish Estates
Image Source: ParaMike46
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