The “Urban Hell” Online Group Is Dedicated To The Most Depressing Photos Of City Life (30 New Pics)

Have you ever thought about the dark side of modern cities and towns? Although they have developed so much in the past few years, everything is not great in these urban dwellings. According to a subreddit “Urban Hell”, we are living in a dystopian world where one part of the population is thriving amazingly well, and the other part is suffering. From streets buried in loads of garbage to trees made of plastics, these Redditors have shared heart-wrenching pictures of the side effects of modern development unfolding right in front of our eyes.

If you want to witness the sad reality of the cities across the world, here are 30 images that portray “all the hideous places human beings built or inhabit” according to the subreddit “ Urban Hell “.

#1 A Boy Gathers Recyclable Items From A Semi-Dry Drain, At Taimoor Nagar In New Delhi

#2 Magnitogorsk, One Of The Worst Polluted Cities In Russia. Only 28% Of The Children Born In The Town Are Fully Healthy

#3 Inequality In Tembisa, South Africa

#4 Ah Yes, Trees

#5 Norilsk, Russia

#6 San Francisco, USA

#7 Residential Building In Hong Kong, Shot By Me On 35mm Film

#8 Town Square In Bartoszyce (Poland) Before And After

#9 Disgusting Canal Near My Home In Manila. I Wish People Just Would Bother To Care How Our Environment Is Dying Fast

#10 Ferentari, The Poorest Area Of Bucharest, Romania – Most Apartments Are Squatted And Have No Electricity, Hard To Believe This Is In The European Union

#11 The Flag Of Urban Hell

#12 Las Vegas

#13 Not Sure If This Fits The Sub, Gallons And Gallons Of Water Wasted Just To Keep Lush Green Golf Fields In The Middle Of The Desert

#14 16th Century Mill Surrounded By Brand New Concrete In Seaside Bulgaria

#15 Guangzhou Aerial

#16 “Lying Skyscraper” In Moscow. About 736m Long

#17 Children Playing Basketball Near The John E. Amos Coal-Fired Power Plant In Poca, West Virginia

#18 “Vertical Slum” Luanda Angola

#19 Distance Between Two Apartments, Guangzhou

#20 Intersection Of Two Avenues In Sao Paulo, Brazil

#21 Bliska Wola Tower, Warsaw, Poland. Sunlight Rarely Reaches The Bottom Floors, And Some Apartments Are As Small As 18 M²

#22 Inequality In Mumbai, India

#23 Preschool In Newark, NJ, 1994

#24 Only Surviving Photo Of A Hoarder House Demolished Around 2007 In Nagoya, Japan

#25 Copy Paste

#26 Wuhan, China

#27 Abidjan, Ivory Coast

#28 Paris, France. A Studio In The Building Between The Boulevard And The Train Rails Highways Starts At 800€/Months. If You Qualify!

#30 Fencemageddon 2 – The Panelling! Pretty Standard View Of English / Irish Estates

Saumya Ratan

Saumya is an explorer of all things beautiful, quirky, and heartwarming. With her knack for art, design, photography, fun trivia, and internet humor, she takes you on a journey through the lighter side of pop culture.