When people started leaving rural areas for cities with hopes of finding a better life, they probably didn’t expect urbanization to get so out of hand. Now the concrete jungles where dreams were supposedly made of are seen drowning in pollution, trash, traffic, and dystopian dwellings. One could say that the promise of a better life has somehow turned into urban hell. 

To show just how really bad things are getting, Bored Panda compiled a list of the worst consequences caused by developing cities shared on the Urban Hell subreddit. Scroll down to find them, and make sure to upvote the ones that made you sad to see the reality we live in.

#1 The Annual Monsoon Ritual Of Mumbai’s Ocean Giving Back What Has Been Dumped In It

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#2 Hong Kong Street Life

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#3 New Delhi – During Lockdown vs. Now

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#4 Hong Kong

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#5 Beirut Port

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#6 Uae Nad Al Sheba III Neighborhood

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#7 Mumbai, India

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#8 Naples, Italy

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#9 People Living Next To A Helicoidal Street In Chongqing

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

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#11 Ah Yes, Trees

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#12 Jalousie Neighborhood In Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

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#13 People Offering Prayers At River Yamuna, India, Which Is Frothing From Industrial Waste

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#14 Hotel In Łodz, Poland

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#15 An Interesting Perspective I’ve Stumbled Upon In Macau A Year Ago

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#16 Before And After A Desert Is Turned Into A Soulless Suburb Of A Desert. Jk, Its A Single Photo Of Arizona

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#17 Not A Very Romantic Scene

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#18 Electrical Wiring And Water Pipes In A Brazilian Favela

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#19 Johannesburg, South Africa

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#20 Literally, Just Thanksgiving Traffic In La

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#21 Private Houses On The Roof Of An Eight-Story Mall In Zhūzhōu, China

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#22 Cairo, Egypt

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

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#24 Inequality In Tembisa, South Africa

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#25 San Francisco, USA

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#26 Norilsk, Russia

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#27 A Photo Of Central Park During The Great Depression (New York, 1933)

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

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

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#30 Burj Al Babas, Turkey (The Largest Ghost Town In The World)

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

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

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#33 The Flag Of Urban Hell

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#34 16th Century Mill Surrounded By Brand New Concrete In Seaside Bulgaria

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#35 Guangzhou Aerial

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

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#37 Intersection Of Two Avenues In Sao Paulo, Brazil

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#38 Infinite Amount Of Concrete…

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#39 Urban Art In Belgrade

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#40 Las Vegas’s Underground Homeless

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#41 The Border Between The Brazilian City Of “Manaus” And The Amazon Rainforest

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#42 Mirny, Yakutia, Russia

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#43 Temirtau, Kazakhstan

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#44 Night In Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

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#45 It’s Baffling How Fast It Changes

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#46 Petare, Venezuela

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#47 Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Comparison Of 1964 – 2016

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#48 Las Vegas

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#49 Macau

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#50 Huntington Beach, California, During The Oil Boom Of 1928

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#51 This Beautiful View From My NYC Apartment

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#52 Dhaka, Bangladesh

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

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

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

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#56 Welcome To Texas

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

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#58 Concrete Canyon In Manhattan

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#59 18000 People In A Single Building. (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

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#60 Lagos, Nigeria – The Overcrowding Is Terrible

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#61 Egypt, What Is Wrong With You?

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#62 Newly Built Housing. Samara, Russia

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#63 Saint Petersburg, Russia

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

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#65 View From The Bathroom Window, Belgrade

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#66 Why Does Delhi Looks So Dystopian

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#67 Christmas In Grimsby City Centre, UK

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#68 “Ocean Access” + Suburbs In Florida

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#69 Hong Kong’s Dismal Cage Homes House Thousands Of People

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#70 Light Pollution By A Single Building In Mumbai (It Was 1 Am When This Pic Was Taken)

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#71 Mansion On Top Of Building In Bangalore. Dear God

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#72 The Neue Elbbrücke Bridge In Hamburg. The Original Design Was Completed In 1887 And Featured Two Wonderful Gothic Gateways, Torn Down In 1959 To Add An Additional Lane

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#73 Chinese Ghost Town Of Mansions Reclaimed By Farmers

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#74 Skopje, North Macedonia. Consistently One Of The Most Polluted (Air Quality) Cities In Europe

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#75 Liebian Building – A 121-Meter Skyscraper With A Waterfall In The City Of Guiyang, China’s Guizhou Province

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#76 The “Other Side” Of The Pyramids Of Giza

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#77 Bolton, England

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#78 Los Angeles Is Also A Concrete Jungle

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#79 Agbobloshie (Ghana) This Suburb Of Accra Is Western Europe’s Preferred Dumping Ground For Electronic Waste. Population Affected: +40,000

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#80 Trash Next To La Saline Market, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

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#81 The Michigan Theater In Detroit. Closed In 1976 And Gutted To Put A 3 Story Parking Garage Inside. Many Remnants Of It Remain

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#82 Polluted Haze Above Dubai

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#83 Let Me Introduce You To My Hometown Of Duisburg In Germany

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#84 Near The Flea Market, Marseilles, France

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#85 Island Heat Effect ✨

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#86 Mesa, Arizona, USA

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#87 Anti-Homeless Spikes In Guangzhou, China

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#88 Los Angeles, From Above

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#89 I’m In Chongqing At The Moment…

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#90 The City Of Belem Is Tearing Down A Forest Park To Build A Highway For The United Nations Climate Change Conference

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#91 Mumbai, India

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#92 Spaghetti Junction In Kl, Malaysia

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#93 A Street In Mansoura, Egypt, With All The Signs For Doctors’ Offices

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#94 Main And Delaware Street, Kansas City

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#95 Postman On His Kowloon Route, 1989

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#96 South Bronx, New York City (1980s). Genuine Smiles Despite All That’s Around Them

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#97 Norilsk, Russia

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#98 Hyesan. North Korea

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#99 Guangzhou

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#100 A Tree Fighting For Its Life In Hong Kong

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#101 50 Lane Traffic Jam – China

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#102 (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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#103 New Residential Block In Malaysia

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#104 Delhi, India

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#105 Homeless In Phoenix, Arizona – The Hottest City In The USA

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#106 Contrary To Popular Belief, The Belgian Coast’s Real Estate Did Survive To The Two World Wars. Its Cultural Heritage Was Destroyed By Real Estate Developers’ Greed And Public Officials’ Lack Of Care

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#107 Dadaab In Kenya. World’s Largest Refugee Camp. Stretches Over 20 Miles

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#108 The Problem There Are Still People Living In Such Buildings!

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#109 Covering The Slums With Green Walls

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#110 Come Enjoy The Lovely Beach In Alexandria, Egypt!

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#111 This Elementary School In Ohio Can Only Be Reached By Car – It Might Be Normal For Us For Is An Abomination By European / Asian Standards

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#112 Residential Space In Noida, India

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#113 Garbage In A Canal, Basrah, Iraq

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#114 Residential Units In Hong Kong

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#115 Smog At The River In New Delhi – No, That Is Not Ice On The Water

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#116 Income Inequality In Mumbai, India

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#117 Milano, Italy

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#118 Somewhere Along The Karachi Circular Railway, Pakistan

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#119 A Concrete Jungle Somewhere In China

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#120 An Empty 20 Lane Highway In Naypyidav, Myanmar

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#121 Built Up Tunnel In Napoli

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#122 One Of My Favorite Pictures Of Macau. Hotel Grand Lisboa In The Background

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#123 The Ponds, A Suburb In Sydney. Packed In Like Sardines

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#124 Chongqing, China

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#125 Hong Kong’s Incredibly Dense And Soulless Buildings

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#126 Cairo, Egypt

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#127 China

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#128 Cape Town, South Africa. One Of The Richest Cities On The Continent

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#129 Mumbai, India

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#130 60% Of The Things Posted Here Are Far From Being Ugly Or Urban Hell. It Seems That The Notion Of Urban Hell Varies Greatly Between People. This Is Urban Hell

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#131 Outskirts Of Mexico City

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#132 Monster Building, Hong Kong

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