When we look at towering skyscrapers, we usually enjoy how majestic they make the skyline look. But every structure casts a shadow.

The subreddit ‘Urban Hell‘ is a place where modern concrete jungles are called out for all the chaos and disarray that they entail.

Created back in 2013, this online community now has 1.2 million members, who are regularly sharing pictures of buildings and cities that suggest we’re already living in a dystopia.

Whether it’s the dirty slums against the shiny downtown in the background, abandoned stadiums, or packed streets under neon lights, is this really the best we humans can do?

#1 Light Pollution From Train Line Over Old Houses In China

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#2 Gurugram, India

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#3 Hong Kong, Enough Said

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#4 The Other-Side Of Rio De Janeiro

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#5 Merry Christmas Sign On A Blast Furnace At Brazil

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#6 Caribbean Coast Estate, Hong Kong

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#7 Istanbul Traffic

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#8 Kindergarten In One Of The Settlements Near Vorkuta

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#9 Tokyo From Skytree (450)

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#10 Egyptian Times Square, Cairo, Egypt

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#11 Balcony Facade Of A Famous Hotel In Thailand

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#12 Detroit, Michigan

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#13 Once Upon A Time, These Houses Have A Sea View, Now They Have This View

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#14 Naples, Italy

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#15 Satellite View Of New Delhi (A City Of Some 20 Million People)

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#16 A Normal Day In Kowloon 20 Years Ago

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#17 Contrasts

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#18 Tokyo, Japan

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#19 Gary, Indiana

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#20 Neon District In The Lahore Walled City

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#21 Brazil

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#22 Phnom Penh New Gated Community

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#23 Imagine Using This Picture To Advertise Your City

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#24 View From My Hotel In Downtown Naples, Italy

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#25 Mansion Under Bay Bridge In San Fransisco, Ca

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#26 La, Office Tower

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#27 Real Estate Boom In Newtown, India

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#28 Sigh… Parking Lots

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#29 Metro Manila, Philippines

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#30 Burlington Beach, Ontario

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#31 Can Anyone Confirm If This Is As Bad As It Seems?

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#32 State University Of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

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#33 Mumbai Water Pipes With Garbage And Slums, Those Pipes Supply Water To Localities With Apartment Rates Exceeding A Million Dollar For 3bhk In Bandra, Santacruz

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#34 Small City In China

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#35 Slums In Jakarta, Indonesia

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#36 Hong Kong Apartments

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#37 Early Powerline Setups – When Thousands Of Cables Filled The Sky

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#38 Man On Pedestrian Bridge Overlooking Traffic In Lagos, Nigeria. (Photo: Akintunde Akinleye)

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#39 Tacoma, Washington. Beautifully Ugly?

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#40 The Ship-Breakers, Chittagong, Bangladesh

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#41 Mina The City Of Tents, Near The City Of Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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#42 Buenos Aires, Argentina

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#43 Houses Combined With The Wall Next To A Freeway. So Depressing

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#44 An Old Church Was Demolished To Make Way For A Real Estate Development Of Apartment Buildings In Shanxi, China

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#45 Cape Coral, Fl

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#46 Mumbai, India In All It’s Glory

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#47 The End Of Post War Dreams. Newcastle, UK

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#48 Tarlabaşı, One Of The Poorest Neighborhoods In Istanbul

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#49 Marseille Banlieue – The Outskirts Of French Cities Are Known For Colossal Housing Structures

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#50 Dystopian Thessaloniki

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#51 Miari Texas, One Of Few Remaining Red Light Districts Of Seoul, South Korea

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#52 Government Housing. São Paulo ??

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#53 Dubai

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#54 Chişinau

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#55 Residential Area Near Cheonggyecheon Before Its Redevelopment In 2005, Seoul, South Korea

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#56 November

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#57 Looks Very Welcoming, Who Wouldn’t Want To Shop Here

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#58 A Depressing Bus Stop At Jakarta

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#59 Lagos, Nigeria

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#60 Oslo’s (Norway) Fanciest Business Looks Like An Industrial Plant In The Middle Of The City

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#61 Tel Aviv City Centre (Allenby Street). Each Apartment In This Building Cost Around 1.5m$ Btw (Really)

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#62 Bike Lane In Street Of Sao Paulo

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#63 An Apartment In Hangzhou, China

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#64 Armando De Salles Oliveira Stadium, São Paulo

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#65 Mumbai Roads Are The Perfect Poster Child For Urban Hell. The Existing Small Stretch Of Metro Is The Only Way To Reach Your Destination On Time. The Suburban Trains Are Already Super Crowded And The Passengers Are Forced To Travel In Sub Human Conditions

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#66 The View From Your 1 Bed/1bath, 800sq Foot, $850k Condo In Oakland, California

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#67 What Happens When We Build For Cars Instead Of People

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#68 Part Of Downtown Edmonton

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#69 Mumbai , India Population 21million

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#70 Mumbai’s Water Filtration Plant Not Cleaned Or Upgraded For Last 42 Years. Finally It Got Cleaned Yesterday

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#71 When You Want To Look Whimsical, But Hate The Homeless

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#72 Shantytowns Of Seoul, South Korea In 1960s

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#73 Baltimore

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#74 Partially Collapsed Building, Still Occupied (Cairo Area, Egypt)

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#75 Bat Yam, Israel

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#76 Lagos, Nigeria

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#77 Building In Fort Worth, Texas

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#78 People Live In The Tiny Gap Between Commercial Buildings And The Official Residence Of Thailand’s Prime Minister

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#79 At&t Long Lines NYC Building (Windowless) I Dig It Most People Despise It

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#80 This Old Prison Can Be Yours. Jail On Sale

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#81 Sao Paolo

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#82 Photos I Took In NYC Yesterday

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#83 Strange And Ugly House In Slayton, Minnesota

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#84 Sao Paulo Suburbs In 1985

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#85 Concrete Mess In New England

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#86 Brownsville, Pennsylvania 2023. Vibes Of Deindustrialization

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#87 Deindustrialized Post Soviet Town

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#88 Seoul Birds

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#89 In Cairo City Planners Passed The Level Of Adding More Lanes, Now They Add More Bridges. To The Resident’s Surprise, Building Height Limit Codes Don’t Apply To Bridges

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