25 Examples of Urban Hell That People Actually Have to Live In (26 Photos)
Around 4.4 billion people—roughly 56% of the world's population—live in cities. The Reddit community 'Urban Hell' spotlights the bleakest corners of the concrete jungle. While much of it paints a grim picture, a few shots offer a touch of dark humor. 
1. A landlord covered construction scaffolding in massive ads, blocking residents' light and air. They have no idea where to file a complaint. Somewhere in Germany. 
2. "Mom, I'm seeing them everywhere..." Near Cairo, Egypt. 
3. Mumbai, India 
4. Mumbai again. This shot starkly captures the divide between the wealthy and the impoverished. 
5. A literal concrete jungle. A high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong. 
6. This isn't Tetris. It's Las Vegas with the neon turned off. 
7. View from a hotel room in Tangshan, China. Courtesy of the local coal industry. 
8. Train tracks in Los Angeles don't look much cleaner than those in India. 
9. A puzzle in São Paulo, Brazil. Completely unsolvable—might as well restart the level. 
10. Los Angeles: grid planning at its finest. 
11. A train rolls past Bandra station in Mumbai, India. 
12. The longest traffic jam ever recorded. China National Highway 110 was backed up for 60 miles (100 km) for 10 full days. 
13. Urban hell in the making. 
14. Kolkata 
15. Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand 
16. Three distinct socio-economic classes in the Philippines captured in a single photo. 
17. The slums of Manila 
18. Standard American suburbia: car-centric, bland, dystopian, soulless, and devoid of culture or joy. 
19. "Progress" isn't always a good thing. 
20. Dhaka, Bangladesh 
21. An alleyway somewhere in India. 
22. Gurugram, India. Hazardous smog caused by crop stubble burning. 
23. Beach life in Karachi, Pakistan. 
24. A homeless encampment on Venice Beach, California. 
25. A playground in Tokyo.
