The Downsides of Modern Development

A photography subreddit of all the hideous places human beings built or inhabit. Come here for aesthetic appreciation of the darker side of the cities, towns, and villages in our shared world. We welcome any photos which show either ugliness, or a problem in urban development. Rural and suburban hell are also allowed.

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Most UrbanHell country is Russia according to the Top 50 post of this month

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/BumblebeeFantastic40

In the most affordable neighborhood in Chengdu ,under $100(OC)

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/No-Echidna7296

Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery against the smoking chimneys of a CHP plant, Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Region, Russia

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/OkRespect8490

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/JetsonLeau

Street scene in Taichung, Taiwan

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Yonda_00

Some believe that broad avenues are a form of hell, and now the ultimate hell has arrived,Tianfu Avenue from Chengdu

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/No-Echidna7296

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/The_MadStork

High density neighborhoods of Macau: charming or urbanhell?

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/NathanCS741

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Itchy-Engineering440

Aleppo a war torn city.

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Background_Ninja_119

Townhall of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Beautiful_Yellow_682

Srinagar city in Kashmir

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Iashpoint

The contrast between the planned city of Islamabad (Pakistan) and the informal settlement within it

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/ObscureMulberry

Trellick Tower, London

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/OkRespect8490

Regent International. A building housing more than 20k people in Hangzhou China

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Itchy-Engineering440

An abandoned high school in Dallas

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/AdSpecialist6598

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Rare_Situation_1927

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Accomplished-Try8747

That was my only view during COVID Lockdown

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/MGeorgeSable

Fos-sur-Mer, France, where cancer rate is double the average

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/MapBrave4342

An abandoned Sbarro just north of Times Square in NYC

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/AdSpecialist6598

Some art pieces in Pforzheim, Germany

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Beautiful_Yellow_682

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/StrangerStunning7439

Yangon, Myanmar.

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/NathanCS741

Istanbul, historical Ottoman house vandalised by concrete apartment

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/autismusingreddit

Hate this giant unfinished structure, it's been like this for years and really ruined the neighborhood - Tehran

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Plus_Flight_3821

Former school, now a dance club in Bogotá Colombia

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/SubmissiveDinosaur

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/West_Wind_8608

Moscow cyberpunk [OC]

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Mediocre_Ebb_1133

Gigny 2, France

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/MapBrave4342

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/Pomerbot

Chengdu's Concrete Community (West Village Courtyard).China

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/No-Echidna7296

on all metrics do you think this chinese city is urban hell or not ?

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/SoftwareZestyclose50

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/EthanBradberry098

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/YOLO-uolo

Sylhet+Dhaka, Bangladesh

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/Wonderful-Look-1240

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Response_Tea7560

East Los Angeles Interchange

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/Itchy-Engineering440

Abandoned power station, Western Australia

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/SameCellist3373

526 N Elgin Av Tulsa,OK 7:49pm

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/chefjeremy27

View from my home in Damascus, Syria

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/oy1d

A winter evening in the Northern Chertayevo district of Moscow, Russia

Posted 16th Apr 2026u/OkRespect8490

An abandoned Planet Hollywood in Niagara Falls, Canada

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/AdSpecialist6598

Damascus, Syria.

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/Background_Ninja_119

Mount Fuji, Japan 🗻

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/Kubocho

Central & Western district, Hong Kong

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/EthanusG

Multilevel interchange Moscow City, Moscow

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/EmergencyBox4977

Somewhere in Volgograd, Russia

Posted 16th Apr 2026u/OkRespect8490

Shanghai, China

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/JohnMillerPL

Thessaloniki GR

Posted 17th Apr 2026u/Admirable-Part-9577

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