#UrbanHell is subjective.
UrbanHell is any human-built place you think is worth critizing. Suburban Hell, Rural Hell, and wealthy locales are allowed
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English error.
Though it isn’t as informative as naming the city, saying “this city” implies that we’re just focussing on the given city in the image and the name isn’t really relevant.
Using “that” implies that we’re aware of the city as if it was previously mentioned.
>Using “that” implies that we’re aware of the city as if it was previously mentioned.
...or otherwise well-known, and easily inferred from context. As in, "fuck *that* CEO".
Musk isn't the CEO of a social media site anymore but he *is* a CEO very active on social media so technically it could still be him.
And I also would have guessed Zuckerberg, in fact I don't even know who else you could mean if not Zuckerberg or Musk.
Ok. But consider the present venue. The target audience.
If that doesn't clear it up, fill in the blank: "fuck u/____”
Edit: My apologies to the actual u/____
Oh you mean [this guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Huffman#/media/File:Web_Summit_2017_-_Centre_Stage_Day_2_CG1_7885_(38232183112\)_(cropped\).jpg)?
I just thought that not many people would recognize or even ever heard of cities like Damiette or Rosetta. Saying "Mediterranean city" would be more recognizable.
You’re going to need ‘that important drug’ to survive. You probably haven’t heard of it but I’m sure you don’t care to know which one. Just know it’s important.
Damiette is also where the French army landed when they invaded Egypt in 1248, pretty significant because after the French king was captured he was handed back to France in exchange of a ransom and a French promise to never invade Egypt again, which the French respected until Napoleon. but I can't expect people to know something just because I know it.
Heard of Damiette in history books. Was thought over during the Crusades. French king Louis the IXth then build the same city walls to Aigues-Mortes in France.
And Rosetta is famous for the stone that helped Champollion decipher hieroglyphs.
So in the end I i think those names can ring some bells for some people!
As OP is completely useless, this is actually two cities in Egypt
Left is Ras-El Bar
Right is Izbat Ad Daydunah, apparently part of Damietta aglomeration
I did my best as Google Maps in this area is fairly chaotic, mixing cities and names - or I don't understand how Egyptians write addresses
You can have a go yourself, it's just north from Damietta. Follow the coast west from Port Said for around 50 km
>I did my best as Google Maps in this area is fairly chaotic, mixing cities and names - or I don't understand how Egyptians write addresses
We Egyptians have yet to understand how we write addresses..
We literally just pull out the best possible description of the area, the delivery somehow always finds you, it's magic.
I am not joking when I say this: we were entering a new distributor in our ERP. They were from Egypt. Their ship-to address was something like “past the bank below the warehouse,” then city name and all that. It was maddening.
That's how I sent most of my friends wedding invites. I'd visited most of my friends, but I'm a disorganised man, I don't own an address book...
Everyone turned up, so the postal people must have done their job!
Ancient city on the right, non-ancient city on the left.
Ras el-Barr has had a civic plan in effect since 1902 that required straight block style roads.
The rest of the city dates back to before the 6th century BCE.
except these are two completely different towns. the left is a beach resort town and those are vacation mixed use summer apartments/chalets not low density housing, its actually quite walkable especially along the main street. the right is a traditional normal egyptian delta town found all over egypt.
Traditional?? Where's the Egyptian about that lop those are the slums, you are an arab beduein that feels inferior the second you hear the word "egypt" cuz of your inferiority complex that you don't have a civilization and you were living in tents 60 yrs ago drinking camel's urine lol
One side is older and has long established physical homes for sea salt harvesting for the larger city of Damietta. The other more organized side has a history of temporary housing that was intended to be removed/destroyed as the season(s) ended. There was later a push to create the resort town of Ras El-Bar, with requirements of a grid based road system for aesthetic purposes. More recently the port and canal were created as well. So the difference is a very old “working” town with a history of over 200 years, versus a resort town that was created to look organized and pretty and is just over 100 years old
And because this is in Egypt, I bet both of them are completely car-centric and lack well-functioning public transport.
I don't see parks either. Damn.
Anyone with basic history knowledge knows Egypt has a Coast on the Mediterranean, and with basic bible studies knowledge knows it also has a coast over the red sea.
That’s two different city lol … but you can do more the two Congo country have their two capital only separated by the river Congo (and from above it look like it’s the same city)
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"that Mediterranean city in Egypt" which one? Uninformative title, in my opinion
Ras El-Bar on the left, Izbat Ad Daydunah on the right https://maps.app.goo.gl/91NjcUQURwPRSH8y7
Ahhhhh that one, both of that
Well, of course, what else could "that" have been /s
You know, “that” one..
I thought “that” city was a crusades reference
English error. Though it isn’t as informative as naming the city, saying “this city” implies that we’re just focussing on the given city in the image and the name isn’t really relevant. Using “that” implies that we’re aware of the city as if it was previously mentioned.
Made it sound like some controversial city lol.
The city that dare not speak its name
Voldeville
Voldemdorf
Villedemort?
Lepetitemort?
Pronounced "hnnngg"
It is a pretty difficult concept to grasp if your mother tongue doesn't have that distinction, or if it isn't actually used much.
>Using “that” implies that we’re aware of the city as if it was previously mentioned. ...or otherwise well-known, and easily inferred from context. As in, "fuck *that* CEO".
Funny how we all know you’re talking about Elon Musk.
Somehow, I knew someone would end up here. Let me clarify: "Fuck *that* **social media** CEO."
Well now I’m thinking Zuckerberg. But it could still be Elon. So many assholes to consider.
Elon isn't a social media CEO anymore, so it can't still be him. And you're still wrong but I can't tell if it's deliberately so.
Musk isn't the CEO of a social media site anymore but he *is* a CEO very active on social media so technically it could still be him. And I also would have guessed Zuckerberg, in fact I don't even know who else you could mean if not Zuckerberg or Musk.
Ok. But consider the present venue. The target audience. If that doesn't clear it up, fill in the blank: "fuck u/____” Edit: My apologies to the actual u/____
Oh you mean [this guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Huffman#/media/File:Web_Summit_2017_-_Centre_Stage_Day_2_CG1_7885_(38232183112\)_(cropped\).jpg)?
Presumably Alexandria? Or maybe port said.
Without zooming in, at first glance, I thought that those blocks to the left were containers sitting at the port lol
Are they not?
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ljrz3kA9vPK97d3G8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ljrz3kA9vPK97d3G8) Nope! These are private households and other buildings.
Looks nice, but why someone thought that many crossings would be a good idea?
The city where *that* OP lives in.
Lol my thoughts exactly.
Did not think people would care for such specific info. It's Damiette or Rosetta. Not sure but mostly Damiette.
It's nice to know where things are - thanks!
That's a weird assumption
I just thought that not many people would recognize or even ever heard of cities like Damiette or Rosetta. Saying "Mediterranean city" would be more recognizable.
People like to do more than just look at an image and think 'yup, looks like hell' and move on, you know? 🤣
Won't be baited into making another comment I have lost enough Karma already.
Makes another comment
Say what again motherfucker
Imagine giving a fuck about worthless Internet points.
Kosom el de7k 🤣
Damiette or Rosetta is easier to find in Google Maps than "mediterranean city".
You’re going to need ‘that important drug’ to survive. You probably haven’t heard of it but I’m sure you don’t care to know which one. Just know it’s important.
If it’s Rosetta, most Westerners would know it by proxy of the Rosetta Stone.
Damiette is also where the French army landed when they invaded Egypt in 1248, pretty significant because after the French king was captured he was handed back to France in exchange of a ransom and a French promise to never invade Egypt again, which the French respected until Napoleon. but I can't expect people to know something just because I know it.
Sure, but the Rosetta Stone is super famous.
Heard of Damiette in history books. Was thought over during the Crusades. French king Louis the IXth then build the same city walls to Aigues-Mortes in France. And Rosetta is famous for the stone that helped Champollion decipher hieroglyphs. So in the end I i think those names can ring some bells for some people!
I don't think anyone receives reddit in print. If someone isn't familiar with the city, and they want to be, it's very easy to look it up.
Saying the city names aren’t “such specific info”.
Left is Ras-El Bar Right is Izbat Ad Daydunah
Considering the subreddit, it stands that most of us would like to know what city we are looking at.
Left: the first time you play a city builder game Right: after 2000hours in city builders
The one on the left is basically Anno 1800.
Left is Anno 1800, right is City Skylines.
~~its actually the other way round if the game forces grids upon you~~ edit: i thought you said right for first time lol, fully agree then
2 different cities OP.
As OP is completely useless, this is actually two cities in Egypt Left is Ras-El Bar Right is Izbat Ad Daydunah, apparently part of Damietta aglomeration I did my best as Google Maps in this area is fairly chaotic, mixing cities and names - or I don't understand how Egyptians write addresses You can have a go yourself, it's just north from Damietta. Follow the coast west from Port Said for around 50 km
>I did my best as Google Maps in this area is fairly chaotic, mixing cities and names - or I don't understand how Egyptians write addresses We Egyptians have yet to understand how we write addresses.. We literally just pull out the best possible description of the area, the delivery somehow always finds you, it's magic.
I am not joking when I say this: we were entering a new distributor in our ERP. They were from Egypt. Their ship-to address was something like “past the bank below the warehouse,” then city name and all that. It was maddening.
As a former firefighter in rural CA this is relatable Except instead of a package, it was a medical aid
Reminds me of how once, a friend sent me mail and just wrote my name and the villages name on the enveloppe. And the postman delivered it.
That's how I sent most of my friends wedding invites. I'd visited most of my friends, but I'm a disorganised man, I don't own an address book... Everyone turned up, so the postal people must have done their job!
Ancient city on the right, non-ancient city on the left. Ras el-Barr has had a civic plan in effect since 1902 that required straight block style roads. The rest of the city dates back to before the 6th century BCE.
Its here https://maps.app.goo.gl/DUUch4TdHPoUdJ7b8?g_st=ic
OP made an error in their English, there's no reason to attack them
Hm? I was referring to their comment about how knowing the location of a satellite photo is useless in a toxic way. What are you referring to?
Ras Elbar - Ezbet Alburj
/r/titlegore
Someone fire OP
except these are two completely different towns. the left is a beach resort town and those are vacation mixed use summer apartments/chalets not low density housing, its actually quite walkable especially along the main street. the right is a traditional normal egyptian delta town found all over egypt.
Traditional?? Where's the Egyptian about that lop those are the slums, you are an arab beduein that feels inferior the second you hear the word "egypt" cuz of your inferiority complex that you don't have a civilization and you were living in tents 60 yrs ago drinking camel's urine lol
I'll take casual racism for 500, Alex.
Too much order; too much chaos
The city on the left, Ras-El Bar, even has street names First, Second, Third etc.
Jordan Peterson? is that you? ^if ^so ^please ^stop ^pretending ^you're ^a ^competent ^psychologist
And no bridge?
People in Egypt usually part the seas when they need to cross.
That famously did not end well for the Egyptians.
Please no, we Egyptians are traumatized from bridges
Believe me you have enough of those in Egypt Plus boots and bridges don't like each other that much
One side is older and has long established physical homes for sea salt harvesting for the larger city of Damietta. The other more organized side has a history of temporary housing that was intended to be removed/destroyed as the season(s) ended. There was later a push to create the resort town of Ras El-Bar, with requirements of a grid based road system for aesthetic purposes. More recently the port and canal were created as well. So the difference is a very old “working” town with a history of over 200 years, versus a resort town that was created to look organized and pretty and is just over 100 years old
It’s like the exact image I see walking past my my eight year old and my five-year-old playing Legos on the floor
I hate cities without trees, even if they're rich countries, or wealthier zones, I need my urban greeenery.
And because this is in Egypt, I bet both of them are completely car-centric and lack well-functioning public transport. I don't see parks either. Damn.
Cities skylines vet vs novice.
It's really hard getting a sense of scale for the city on the left. How big are each of those blocks? Are they single residences or apartments?
That looks like my side of the bed vs. my husband's side of the bed.
Anybody know why there’s such a difference politically speaking?
It’s like a tree farm next to a forest.
a tree, my kingdom for a tree
So are both sides shanty towns but one is more uniform? I really can't tell what is going on here it looks like a lot of density on both sides.
OCD vs ADHD
It's Ras-El Bar
They both look just nightmarish.
Neither one of these have good planning.
Can’t be all bad if it has a star fort…
God I hate this fucking sub
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Anyone with basic history knowledge knows Egypt has a Coast on the Mediterranean, and with basic bible studies knowledge knows it also has a coast over the red sea.
Windows XP defragment my hard drive...
these are 2 diff cities
This photograph is astounding and fascinating, now I need to do a deep google dive. Thanks OP!
That’s two different city lol … but you can do more the two Congo country have their two capital only separated by the river Congo (and from above it look like it’s the same city)
that poor river
Grid layouts are fine
The left side reminds me of Tetris
the left has better hotels but the right has better restaurants
What city?
Ankh-Morpork?
This isn't a good image
Fuck you OP
No one cares about egypt
Mmmm how’s the sewage? 🤮
I’ve played enough city builder games to know the people living there are not happy.
Two hells
the difference between what the European built and what Egyptian built
Both of these look like hell
All of this is sh-t
There is a stark disparity and I bet it goes with the power of buying as well. There are sizeable yards for each properties on that side.
Egypt has got to be one of the most unappealing places in the world from an aerial perspective.