4.2 billion people live in cities worldwide. That’s more than half of the population. By 2050, it’s projected that more than two-thirds of us will reside in urban areas.

But denser doesn’t mean better. This environment can pose a lot of challenges, including noise and air pollution, lack of green spaces, and inadequate transport. And there’s a photography subreddit that documents them.

It’s called ‘Urban Hell‘ and the people running it say it’s dedicated to “all the hideous places human beings built or inhabit.”
They invite us to go there for aesthetic appreciation of the darker side of the cities, towns, and villages in our world, promising rural and suburban curses as well. So let’s do that and take a look at the pictures that have recently popped up within the subreddit.

For more, check out Bored Panda’s earlier articles on it here and here.

#1 Newly Built Housing. Samara, Russia

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#2 The Before And The After Of My Hometown, Hungary

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#3 Welcome To Texas

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#4 Dhaka, Bangladesh

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#5 (Oc) Hebron’s Multi-Story Borders: Ground-Level Palestinians Construct Fences Above Their Streets To Protect Themselves From Upper-Story Israeli Settlers Who Throw Trash, Furniture, And Rocks Down On Them

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#6 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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#7 Saint Petersburg, Russia

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#8 View From The Bathroom Window, Belgrade

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#9 Do Not Show Partiality To The Poor Or Favoritism To The Great, But Judge Your Neighbor Fairly

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#10 Lagos, Nigeria – The Overcrowding Is Terrible

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#11 A Lovely Day For A Picnic…

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#12 Why Does Delhi Looks So Dystopian

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#13 Christmas In Grimsby City Centre, UK

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#14 50 Lane Traffic Jam – China

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#15 Egypt, What Is Wrong With You?

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#16 A Spiral Parking Lot Somewhere In Chongqing, China

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#17 An Apartment In Istanbul Is Attached To Another Building

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#18 New Residential Block In Malaysia

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#19 White And Beige Nebraska *oc

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#20 It’s Hard To Capture In Two Photos, But Here Is A Brand New KFC Sat In The Middle Of Cleared Rainforest In Malaysia, Ready For A Development To Be Built Around It

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#21 Office Park In Austin, Texas. Car Culture Is Cancer

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#22 Jakarta’s Chinatown 1940s vs. Now

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#23 18000 People In A Single Building. (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

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#24 There’s Cities, There’s Metropolises, And Then There’s Tokyo

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#25 One Of The Worst Traffic And Pollution In The World. Tehran, Iran

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#26 A Homeless Man Sleeps Next To A 50 Gallon Drum Of Burning Scavenged Wood In Front Of The World Trade Center Under Construction, New York City, 1970

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#27 One Of My Most Hated Buildings Finally Got Destroyed And Replaced By Something Beautiful

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#28 Concrete Canyon In Manhattan

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#29 One More Lane Will Solve This. Cairo

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#30 Duisburg, Also Known As The Ugliest City In Germany

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#31 The Grand Castle Apartment Building In Grandville Michigan. Contains 520 Units, And A Design Based Off Of Neuschwanstein Castle. It Is The Second Largest Castle Structure In The World. More Details In Comments

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#32 No Need To Worry, Elite Architects Were At Work Here

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#33 Vorkuta, Russia. The Coldest City In Europe (Lowest Temperature Ever Recorded At -52 C)

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#34 Each Of Those Houses With A Garden Are £1+ Million. The Grass In All Gardens Is Astroturf

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#35 Advertisement On A Commercial Building, South Korea

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#36 1/10 Of Seattle’s Apartments Are Empty. There Is No Excuse For People Having To Live Like This

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#37 Abu Eir, Alexandria, Egypt

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#38 Horseshoe Interchange, Dallas, Texas

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#39 Western Sydney Sprawl

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#40 This Whole City Has Sidewalks That Just End Like This

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#41 Housing Solutions Built In The Late 70s, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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#42 Infinite Amount Of Concrete…

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#43 Marseille, France

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#44 Florence (Italy) vs. Interchange In Atlanta (USA) – Same Scale

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#45 “Ocean Access” + Suburbs In Florida

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#46 Dhaka, Bangladesh. Thanks To This Dreadful Transportation Situation, Most Of Dhaka’s Nearly 15 Million Inhabitants Are Unable To Commute From Outside The City, And Many Are Forced To Endure Slum Conditions Within City Limits Just To Be Able To Get To Work

Image credits: ParaMike46

#47 Austin, Texas Suburb

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#48 Depressingly Small Windows Of An Apartment Building In Daegu, South Korea

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#49 Nice Cage Bro

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#50 I Just Want To Get To The Other Side Of The Highway Man

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#51 Elevated Highway In Central Hong Kong

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#52 The Entrance To A Shopping Mall That Is Still Alive And Well, Despite The Visual Evidence To The Contrary

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#53 Welcome To Mobile, Alabama

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#54 All Workers Will Enjoy A 30 Minute Lunch (Manchester, UK)

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#55 Oakland, California

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#56 In The Middle Of A Dystopian Looking Suburb In Querétaro

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#57 Highways In Dubai

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#58 Downtown Denver 1970s

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#59 Abandoned Buildings In Norilsk In Siberia

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#60 Surreal Imagery In Chengde City, Hebei Province

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#61 By El Crater

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#62 La Grande Borne, Grigny. One Of The Poorest And Most Dangerous Places In The Whole Of Metropolitan France

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#63 If This Ain’t Urban Hell Then Tell Me What It Is. Photo Credits : @mazterz On Ig

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#64 Trying To Cross The Street? Bummer. The Street Is Only For Cars. Tehran

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#65 Hotel Cecil In Los Angeles, California

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#66 This Is The Most Apocalyptic Image Of Modern Cairo, Egypt, I Have Ever Seen Anyone Take

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#67 Three Circles Of Hell: Suburban Strip Mall Hell, Rusty Industrial Hell, Comcast Corporate Hell

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#68 Interchange In The Chinese City Of Chongqing

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#69 The So-Called Palm Islands, In Dubai, Uae, Are Made Out To Be A Luxurious Location, But There’s Been A Lot Of Talk About How They Are Hosting Foul Algal Growth At Levels Exceeding All Expectations

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#70 Local Shop In Ferguslie Park, Paisley, The Area Is Notorious For High Levels Of Crime And Poverty, Being Named As The Most Deprived Area In Scotland Twice

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#71 Residential District Outside Of Dubai

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#72 New Development (Up) vs. Old Communism Development (Down) – Romania

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#73 The Pruitt-Igoe Slums In St. Louis. There’s A Great Documentary About This Urban Hell Called The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

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#74 Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

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#75 Evergrande’s Handiwork

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#76 Blok P, Nuuk. Once Housed 1% Of Greenland’s Entire Population

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#77 This Parking Lot In The Middle Of An Avenue, With No Crosswalks Connecting To It. (Gardena (Los Angeles), California, USA) (Copied From My Post On R/Suburbanhell)

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#78 Saw On A Car Ad Today (Calgary Ab)

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#79 Amanauz Hotel, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia

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#80 Kolkata Street Scene, India

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#81 Cape Coral, Florida

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#82 Fake City Used By The Us Military To Train Troops

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#83 My Town Is Mostly Upper Class But This Is Our Subway. Absolutely Brutal

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#84 In Large Quantities Bicycle Parking Creates An Somewhat Hellish Environment, Tho Much Better Than Car Parking

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#85 Stairs To Nowhere

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