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2 unusual facts about Urban decay


Urban decay

Some areas are experiencing increased drug trafficking, whilst some northern suburbs of Paris and areas like Vaulx-en-Velin are undergoing refurbishment and re-development.

Britain experienced severe urban decay in the 1970s and 1980s exemplified by the number 1 single in 1981, 'Ghost Town' by The Specials.


Augsburg-Bärenkeller

This spacious arrangement was meant to attract a more affluent class of residents, which was achieved to some extent with a small population of doctors and entrepreneurs occupying the blocks, but rather this setup reflected the social decline of the neighborhood as a large transient population of late-coming settlers and itinerant workers contributed to a strong and continual fluctuation in the neighborhood's population.

Crime in Los Angeles

South Central had become a byword for urban decay, its bad reputation spread by movies such as Colors, South Central, Menace II Society, Poetic Justice, Tales from the Hood, Friday, and in particular, South Central native John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood.


see also

Ruins photography

While “ruins” may be broadly defined as the remnants, or residue of human achievement from the temples of ancient Sumeria to Machu Picchu, ruin photography refers specifically to the capture of urban decay and decline in the post-industrial zones of the world.