The most depressing city on Earth

[Woobie]

A friend of mine sent me this:

The Depressing Industrial City of Norilsk | Amusing Planet

I'm kind of blown away. There are a lot of incredible facts pertaining to this city. And none of them are good.




So, if you're from Norilsk, and you're reading this, thanks for the nickel.

 

[churchmouse]

I got depressed just reading that.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I don’t know why I expected it to be Indianapolis

 

[Thor]

The success of communism! The joys of the proletariat in the USSR! The city that Stalin built...one of many joy filled workers paradises.

 

[churchmouse]

The success of communism! The joys of the proletariat in the USSR! The city that Stalin built...one of many joy filled workers paradises.

And spewing pollutants and heavy metals beyond any limits we set here.

 

[Woobie]

And spewing pollutants and heavy metals beyond any limits we set here.

Yeah, about 8 billion pounds a year. The article said the ground is now so polluted, it is economically feasible to mine it. So much sulfur dioxide in the ground, there is no vegetation for 20 miles.


But my truck is the thing warming the planet...

 

[red_zr24x4]

To quote the President, what a **** hole

 

[Leadeye]

Look up Chelyabinsk and Lake Karachay.

 

[dprimm]

And no guns!

 

[hoosierdoc]

of course it's Russia. I bet there are cities in China that gives it a run for the money

 

[spencer rifle]

Look up Ducktown, TN.

 

[Spear Dane]

The soil is so contaminated that it is now economically feasible to mine it.

 

[cayce]

Look at the lack of cars on the road. Socialism/Leftist at tis best.

 

[Woobie]

The soil is so contaminated that it is now economically feasible to mine it.

Of all the statements in that article, that one probably painted the picture best.


4% of the population is healthy. That's pretty incredible too. But I think we ought to be studiying those 4%. Why don't they have heart disease or cancer? Is it genetics? Lifestyle?

 

[churchmouse]

Of all the statements in that article, that one probably painted the picture best.


4% of the population is healthy. That's pretty incredible too. But I think we ought to be studiying those 4%. Why don't they have heart disease or cancer? Is it genetics? Lifestyle?

Good point

 

[Bigtanker]

I wonder the reasoning of the brightly colored roofs and houses?

 

[Woobie]

I wonder the reasoning of the brightly colored roofs and houses?

I wondered the same. I have two theories, and they're probably both ignorant.

1) Something has to look cheery in that bleak place.

2) some sort of traditional method of helping find ones way home in a snowstorm.

 

[Bigtanker]

I wondered the same. I have two theories, and they're probably both ignorant.

1) Something has to look cheery in that bleak place.

2) some sort of traditional method of helping find ones way home in a snowstorm.

Both of those crossed my mind.

 

[Woobie]

Both of those crosses my mind.

Oh, then maybe it wasn't ignorant after all.

 

[cosermann]

"The city was founded in 1935, as a slave labor camp ..."

"They live, work, spend and reproduce for the mining company. The town's isolation means they pour their wages into company-owned shops and facilities. The money goes back to the company, and eventually people pass away."

Sounds like, for all practical purposes, the residents are still ... essentially ... slaves.