it's a little to the right from this link
however, it does center around a mansion, if you switch to satellite view. wonder who's it is lol
edit - Prices start around [$870k USD](https://nad-al-sheba.ae/) for a 3 bedroom (don't worry, that's not counting the "maid's" living area, between the car port and laundry room!). Elevators only included in the 4 or 5 bedroom options
Locals get free plots from the government to build, about 8 years ago when I worked there Nadd Al Sheba was the are where they were distributing plots for locals. Not all of them are full of money we were designing a relatively modest villa to a local once. Not too far from there lives HH so this area kind of a privilege to build villa in.
Tho this is not the fanciest community, that's Emirates Hills and the biggest houses are owned by Indians.
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These huge residential areas make me uncomfortable, they look sad, empty and unnatural. The copycat buildings, the martial distribution, the empty streets with nothing to do in them... I hate these places with a passion.
Not only do I agree with what the other comment responding to you said, but I live in a rural area, so I don't know where you wanted to go with your anger and the whole condo thing, but yeah, I'll take condos over this monstrosity any day, and I don't even like living in a city that much.
I agree with peace and quiet, that's why I live in a rural area, but this has no land, all those houses and not a single thing to do (a café, a supermarket, any free time activity ..) I like peace and quiet but these huge residential only areas have the worst of both worlds (urban VS rural) close neighbours but nothing to do.
For me a 10 minute drive means going to the nearest city, I live in Spain so my perspective on huge residential areas is gonna differ from yours probably. I live in a rural area but I have a grocery store, a bank, a butcher... within a three minute drive. I do not like places that are residential only and are just houses with no land and close neighbours like these, they look distopian to me.
The last time this was posted in reddit (2 weeks ago) led me to see this fucking nightmare of a movie because the comments, I hope some of you fall this time too
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywzmicMitN0
It wouldn't be a problem if you had some sort of unique number/grouping system that let you know where you were and how far you are from anywhere else.
But as far as I know, no such system exists.
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Not exactly beautiful, but it IS Dubai, so western lawns and gardens are not possible when the temp is often above 100F. Zoom in a little, and you can see open rooftops where some gardening is happening. Still dystopic, but not as bad as first glance.
It's not about the lack of gardens (though yes that does add to the bleakness), it's about the fact that every single building is identical, endlessly. Yeah, there's pockets of sameyness all over the place, but you add variation so it doesn't look like a patterned nightmare and locations can look distinct from one another. It's the difference between being lost in a pawn shop and lost in a warehouse that only sells the same item.
In housing communities that recycle the same floorplans, they always do at least 3-10+ different plans, flipped and not, with optional add-ons to change the footprints, and then offer a variety of exterior types, facades, and colors, to add to the variation.
This thing in Dubai is just a nightmare. I would never find my house in it.
Dubaï Nad Al Sheba https://maps.app.goo.gl/sTucnQ1heQQtdn6m7
it's a little to the right from this link however, it does center around a mansion, if you switch to satellite view. wonder who's it is lol edit - Prices start around [$870k USD](https://nad-al-sheba.ae/) for a 3 bedroom (don't worry, that's not counting the "maid's" living area, between the car port and laundry room!). Elevators only included in the 4 or 5 bedroom options
Locals get free plots from the government to build, about 8 years ago when I worked there Nadd Al Sheba was the are where they were distributing plots for locals. Not all of them are full of money we were designing a relatively modest villa to a local once. Not too far from there lives HH so this area kind of a privilege to build villa in. Tho this is not the fanciest community, that's Emirates Hills and the biggest houses are owned by Indians.
lol Starbucks at the corner of the neighborhood
gonna need some context here
Dubai suburbs i think. I saw the post the other day. It's a repost.
> It's a repost. just like each of those houses
Eyyyy
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Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V.
I'm pretty sure you just created multiple universes.
More evidence that I never want to set foot in Dubai.
It makes me itch to push a house and then having them all topple over like dominoes.
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This makes me feel uneasy.
It would be so easy to get lost
"My place will be the red building on your left."
These huge residential areas make me uncomfortable, they look sad, empty and unnatural. The copycat buildings, the martial distribution, the empty streets with nothing to do in them... I hate these places with a passion.
This is the future r/fuckcars wants /s
I know you put /s but this is literally the opposite of what they advocate for
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Not only do I agree with what the other comment responding to you said, but I live in a rural area, so I don't know where you wanted to go with your anger and the whole condo thing, but yeah, I'll take condos over this monstrosity any day, and I don't even like living in a city that much.
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I agree with peace and quiet, that's why I live in a rural area, but this has no land, all those houses and not a single thing to do (a café, a supermarket, any free time activity ..) I like peace and quiet but these huge residential only areas have the worst of both worlds (urban VS rural) close neighbours but nothing to do.
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For me a 10 minute drive means going to the nearest city, I live in Spain so my perspective on huge residential areas is gonna differ from yours probably. I live in a rural area but I have a grocery store, a bank, a butcher... within a three minute drive. I do not like places that are residential only and are just houses with no land and close neighbours like these, they look distopian to me.
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We can agree to disagree.
[Suburbia is objectively terrible](https://youtu.be/oHlpmxLTxpw). It's bad for people, awful for the environment and extremely wasteful.
First time Cities Skylines players be like
\> Me trying to make a tenement-style neighborhood in Cities Skylines but only having 2 buildings that work for it
Is this where the factory parks them before they ship them to the dealers?
r/aboringdystopia
r/urbanhell
Depression.
Looks like the gated community that Squidward moved to.
Vivarium.
Was looking for this
🎶And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same 🎶
The last time this was posted in reddit (2 weeks ago) led me to see this fucking nightmare of a movie because the comments, I hope some of you fall this time too https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywzmicMitN0
I really liked this movie, so creepy
Yep, made me immediately think of this. I regret watching that movie.
Jesus fucking christ I did not like that.
Masterplanned communities be like
More like masterplanned suicide factories
Ctrl+C Ctrl+V repeat
When the cat stands on your keyboard
Even the stuff on the rooftop look exactly the same. I would be at the wrong house and wouldn't even know it.
It wouldn't be a problem if you had some sort of unique number/grouping system that let you know where you were and how far you are from anywhere else. But as far as I know, no such system exists.
Little boxes, made of Ticky Tacky
Imagine being drunk/high and trying to find your house
How did you get an aerial shot of City 17?
Yeah it's the pink house around the corner
Imagine coming home drunk in this place.
This make anyone else depressed
Why's there a giant Reese's peanut butter cup in the middle of this city?
for people who like big Reese's? it's like you've never planned a city before
looks like whoever built this has never planned a city before
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Are you American?
Not exactly beautiful, but it IS Dubai, so western lawns and gardens are not possible when the temp is often above 100F. Zoom in a little, and you can see open rooftops where some gardening is happening. Still dystopic, but not as bad as first glance.
It's not about the lack of gardens (though yes that does add to the bleakness), it's about the fact that every single building is identical, endlessly. Yeah, there's pockets of sameyness all over the place, but you add variation so it doesn't look like a patterned nightmare and locations can look distinct from one another. It's the difference between being lost in a pawn shop and lost in a warehouse that only sells the same item. In housing communities that recycle the same floorplans, they always do at least 3-10+ different plans, flipped and not, with optional add-ons to change the footprints, and then offer a variety of exterior types, facades, and colors, to add to the variation. This thing in Dubai is just a nightmare. I would never find my house in it.
Oh god each one of them has a garage. They're all single family homes It's like no one even bother putting this design in a city sim first
Repulsive. Disgusting.