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132 Scary Photos That Prove We're Living In An Urban Hell (New Pics)

132 Scary Photos That Prove We're Living In An Urban Hell (New Pics)

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Some modern cities really do look like dystopian sci-fi movie sets. The mix of windowless skyscrapers, endless parking lots, and constant traffic jams can sometimes feel so overwhelming it almost makes us want to escape to the woods for good.
It’s no surprise then that a lot of people online now refer to these places as “urban hell.” Thousands of users post photos to a popular subreddit that acts like a museum to showcase the depressing reality of modern city design.
At first glance, it’s easy to scroll through these images and just see them as ugly or poorly planned places. But look closer, because there is a much darker reality beneath the surface.

#61 Seoul, South Korea

Shanty urban housing with satellite dishes and skyscrapers in the distant background
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#62 Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Snow-covered urban hell with rocket monument in bleak city landscape
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#63 Stolipinovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Urban hell with rundown apartment buildings and people in bleak, empty courtyard
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#64 Somewhere In St. Petersburg, Russia

Tall brutalist urban apartment building illuminated at dusk in snowy cityscape
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#65 Superjednostka (Super Unit) In Katowice, Poland

Wide shot of large gray urban apartment building under overcast sky
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#66 Brooklyn, New York

Foggy urban hell subway trains and bridge in gloomy city
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#67 My City Of Albany, NY

Urban hell city aerial comparison of 1924 and today showing urban decay and infrastructure
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#68 Norilsk, Russia

Person walking in snowy alley between dilapidated apartments in urban hell area
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#69 Urban Decay In Baltimore

Deserted urban street with empty lots and construction barriers in urban hell scene
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#70 Williamsburg, NYC, Where Avg. Rent Is $5k

Urban hell street littered with trash and debris beside parked vehicles
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#71 A Cloudy Day In Darjeeling, India

Foggy urban street with tangled electric wires and cars parked alongside
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#72 The Longest Residential Building In Europe - Gdansk, Poland

Aerial view of sprawling urban hell with dense apartment blocks and green spaces
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#73 Blackpool, UK

Run-down urban street with boarded-up windows and a pedestrian walking past
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#74 Dzerzhinsk Дзержинск, Russia

Polluted industrial urban hell scene with smoking cooling towers and red brick building
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#75 Murmansk, Russia

Gray urban hell apartment blocks with traffic on gloomy day
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#76 Belgrade, Serbia

Small quirky urban hell corner building with unfinished brick walls and graffiti
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#77 Elections In Hungary

Urban street lined with numerous political campaign posters on poles and passing cars
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#78 Bradford, UK

Urban hell alley filled with trash and debris between houses and fences
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#79 Gritty Photos Capture The Urban Decay And The Street Life Of New York City In The 1970s

People walking through debris in a worn-down urban housing area
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#80 Aleppo, Syria

A cityscape covered densely with solar panels on rooftops under cloudy sky
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