If you had a choice and money was no constraint, would you choose to live in a city, a small town, or the countryside? All have pros and cons, but in the last century, cities have been growing at an unprecedented pace. The UN projects that 68% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050, and that presents some challenges in city planning.
Lately, though, some urban spaces are becoming so unwelcoming and dystopian-looking that it's surprising that anyone would want to live in them. Bored Panda has collected the most poignant examples of urban hell from two different online communities that share these types of urban hellscapes, and we present them for your displeasure below.
Some cities are trying to implement the 15-minute city planning. These include Paris, Melbourne, Portland, Bogota, and Barcelona. Paris, for example, is centering their changes around schools. They're turning schoolyards into parks so they can serve as spaces for students to spend time after school and on the weekends. They're also turning their 140,000 parking spaces into green areas, bike parking, playgrounds, and neighborhood hangout areas to become less car-dependent.
