These 21 Dystopian Photos Prove “Urban Hell” Is A Real-Life Thing, And We Are All Living In It

r/UrbanHell on Reddit showcases the most unsightly places built or inhabited by humans. The photos shared capture the grim, bleak, or flawed side of cities, towns, and villages around the world. Here are 21 of the most engaging ones:

1. Here are two photos of New Delhi. The one on the left is during lockdown, and the one on the right is present day.

2. I am unsure where this was taken, but it sums up what everyday transportation looks like.

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3. And here’s another accurate perspective.

4. These LEGO-looking trees are actually fake ones that were designed to purposely line this median.

5. This setup of cable wires in Bangladesh.

6. This building that was next to a hotel someone was staying at.

Someone said: “I wonder how many aren’t installed properly and are dripping.”

—u/Calembur

7. Here’s the view of an NYC apartment that a broker was showing.

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8. And here’s another NYC view from someone’s apartment.

9. This residence lined with barbed wire in Johannesburg, South Africa.

“When I worked as a consultant, we had a group of guys sent out on a contract job for a big bank in South Africa. Usually, our guys would be placed in small apartments near the job for convenience’s sake, but not in Joburg. They were sent to an enormous five-bedroom house in a walled estate that had armed guards patrolling at all times and multiple perimeter fences around the whole thing. They were also given panic buttons and weren’t allowed to travel to work alone, and had to call a driver who would take them all together.”

—u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In

10. This billboard in the middle of a random town that desperately needs cleanup in California.

11. This depressing “dog park” someone saw, complete with fake grass.

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12. This cityskape in Mecca.

13. These before-and-after photos of Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

14. This urban view of Hong Kong.

15. This shopping cart on a pole.

16. This bridge in Bangladesh that has trash for water.

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17. And this waste in Ghana.

18. This development of cloned homes with no yard:

19. This snap of San Fransisco.

20. This view of Beirut Port.

21. And, lastly, just this:

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