this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2025
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For photos of beautiful, still-inhabited locales! It can be a quick snapshot of your local town, a breathtaking pro photo of a city, or a pic of some fascinating piece of modern life.

The only real rule is that it must be an actively inhabited/used location (ie not ruins or natural locales). Otherwise, go wild. Anything that you find beautiful or interesting!

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[–] Zatore@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I saw the video Indigo Traveler made a while back where he went here. Its an amazing place, almost like something you would see in a video game or movie. I hope conditions improve there because it looks like a rough place to live.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like an absolute nightmare from here.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yea that doesn't look like a beauty. Poor infrastructure and extremely inefficient housing/transportation. This happens when population increases without proper infrastructure planning like high rises in areas with high amenities. They'd be much better off building high rises, creating jobs doing so, and banning this type of construction in the water.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks more like inhabited horror to me. Very interesting, though.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's a fucking nightmare to live in, but visually I feel like it has a very captivating charm.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I know of some cities built on swampland, but never seen it done quite so literally.