Aerial slums of Manila, the most populous city in the world

[pigshitpoet]

Originally posted by b_picture at Аэрофото трущоб Манилы - самого перенаселенного города в миреManila, the capital of the Philippines, is one of the most densely populated cities on the planet. One square mile (2.59 square kilometres) with around 200 thousand people

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[mexpatriot]

I'm sure it's more squalid there, but it doesn't look that different from where I live. My father spends a lot of time there, Filipinas. I'm like, "Why? Those are amongst the ugliest Asian people?" I guess he sees it otherwise.

We plan to go to India and Nepal next year. We'll see, I guess! The Third World tends to look rather similar no matter its location.

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[pigshitpoet]

i am envious..

not that i like to travel that much but i like seeing other places.. not sure how that would work, maybe in my imagination or in books, like paul theroux

wow! did not know this...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2387714/dramatic-aerial-images-reveal-the-extreme-wealth-inequality-between-neighbourhoods-that-lie-just-yards-apart-across-mexico-city/

Re: ; '

[mexpatriot]

My favorite ever class at Harvard was Travel Writing! I fucking loved that! I would not have known about Paul Theroux before that. The absolute best was Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands and V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness.

Re: ; '

[pigshitpoet]

i also like hemingway's literary exploits...

[davesmusictank]

I have been to the Philippines and have seen such squalidness.This was back in the early 90's though where i met L.but i did not stay in the city , but a few hundred ,miles north in the Zambales region. a village called Cabangan.

wow!

[pigshitpoet]

did you actually walk down these crowded streets?

RE: wow!

[davesmusictank]

Close by infact ,in one of those colourful taxis they have over there,and then we travelled to the commercial and clean rich area of the city - Makati. The stench was unbelievable though. At least Cabangan was more like paradise.

Quezon City was also another fascinating area of contrasts.

Re: wow!

[pigshitpoet]

ugh

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[pigshitpoet]

blessed be we..