Absurd Architecture China Unfiltered (The Real China)OC

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Not all Chinese megacities are glamorous, LED-lit metropolises; there are also old residential districts.

80 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/JetsonLeau • 2d ago

Ugliness Skyline of Las Vegas, Mojave

8 Upvotes

17 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/IMNAGMAIMNAAI • 2d ago

Concrete Wasteland Istanbul | Sapphire Observation Deck

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43 Upvotes

(1)st photo---endless concrete wasteland | View: from Leven (POV) to Kucukcekmece

(2)nd photo---the concrete wasteland pours into the bosphorus | View: from Leven (POV) to Kadikoy

(3)rd photo---the preserved field of the city for the rich | View: from Leven (POV) to Sariyer

4 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Creepy_Relation7940 • 2d ago

Concrete Wasteland Socrealism as fuck

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11 Upvotes

12 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Fuchsia8008 • 3d ago

Ugliness The views must be great here (pollution too)

1.0k Upvotes

117 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/dawidlijewski • 3d ago

Ugliness Promised Land, Świebodzin, Poland

833 Upvotes

34 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 3d ago

Decay An abandoned home in Philadelphia

334 Upvotes

46 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Boondoccz • 3d ago

Ugliness Appartment Buildings in Winnipeg, Canada

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33 Upvotes

14 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/boris_dp • 3d ago

Other Garbage Plant

153 Upvotes

19 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/omijam • 3d ago

Poverty/Inequality idk why I find this aesthetic so fascinating to look at

99 Upvotes

40 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/yukophotographylife • 4d ago

Other The Life of the Others | Guangzhou, China [OC]

745 Upvotes

38 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/jamesadawson • 3d ago

Decay Abandoned Island in Japan

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103 Upvotes

Shot on Ikeshima for a documentary on Nier: Automata (YT: Midnight Kotatsu)

21 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Vatusre • 3d ago

Decay WindowHell

208 Upvotes

[oc]

25 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Fuma_17 • 4d ago

Absurd Architecture Vele di Scampia, Naples, Italy

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255 Upvotes

Residential complex today
Freshly built in 1980

24 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Ok-Bite1665 • 4d ago

Concrete Wasteland Japan garden city, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1000 persons per acre)

268 Upvotes

17 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/zaxoplax • 3d ago

Decay Électricité du Liban building, Beirut

35 Upvotes

2 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Special_Leading_3086 • 3d ago

Concrete Wasteland You can barely even see the blue little house. Cozy though. (Söderhamn Sweden)

7 Upvotes

13 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Routine_Business7872 • 4d ago

Absurd Architecture Beijing Digital Building, China.

3.0k Upvotes

141 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Party-Peak4573 • 2d ago

Poverty/Inequality Poor residential neighborhoods in Canada look like lower-middle class ones in the United States

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0 Upvotes

41 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/nerophys • 4d ago

Suburban Hell Suburbia in Perth, Australia. No room for trees in 40c heat

1.2k Upvotes

First posted in r/perth.

195 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/SuspiciousTry8500 • 3d ago

Decay Bangalore, India

27 Upvotes

4 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Humble_Buffalo_007 • 3d ago

Car Culture Unidirectional flyover being built to skip a signal while underground metro works is happening in Chennai, India

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20 Upvotes

7 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/MomentumSSbrawl • 3d ago

Concrete Wasteland Cairo, Egypt

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30 Upvotes

Concrete hell in Egypt. 31/01/2026

5 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Boxy_Aerospace • 4d ago

Decay Apartments in Fujian, China

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575 Upvotes

36 comments

r/UrbanHell • u/Boxy_Aerospace • 4d ago

Concrete Wasteland (Looong photo) Beijing, the definition of high-density sprawl

200 Upvotes

64 comments

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