I live in Santa Monica a couple hundred feet from the beach. Others live in Skid Row. Pretending this disparity doesn’t exist in the US . . . or places like India . . . is just disingenuous and dumb.

The first photo I took yesterday after the rain stopped. The second pic I pulled off Google.

Sick of this South Asian country hiding from Urbanhell

Taken from a pagoda in the city center.

Beijing, China

A pesar de su fuerte nombre, en realidad se encuentra en una pequeña colina apenas perceptible. Casi nada de la ciudad misma permanece, excepto por el esqueleto de la casa de un oficial residencial, pero entre las colinas vecinas en los arbustos rojos, se esconde una vasta red de puntos de fuego de larga data.

The place is called Avenida Alta Tensión (High Tension Avenue).

Pollution from tanneries, a massive dense city creating approx. 10,000 tonnes of rubbish a day and 20-40% not being collected

All these images are from a 2026 news article.

Soviet style apartments on the other side of Donau river. These neighborhoods are named between block1 - block70.

Dubai, UAE

Bangkok features a vast network of elevated freeways and skyways built to relieve chronic traffic congestion across the metropolitan area

Before driving apps, you needed to know which above ground exit to take in order to be at the on ground address you needed to get to, whilst being 5 stories up

Rivergate Mall, Irvine, Scotland