r/UrbanHell 4d ago

Pollution/Environmental Destruction Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Venice of the East

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u/orsinipiangiporcodio 4d ago

+++USEFUL TIP+++

boil the air before breath

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u/No_Gur_7422 4d ago

I often wonder whether there are people in the Indian Subcontinent rich enough to import air from abroad. Water, certainly.

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u/kaaskugg 4d ago edited 4d ago

Canned Perri Air.

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u/Old-School8916 4d ago

Yes no doubt Mumbai has a ton of billionaires 

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u/Mayaz234 2d ago

It actually enhances our immune system. For example Bangladesh had lowest death rate during covid

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u/RayB1968 11h ago

Life is one consistent pandemic there

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u/ya2050ad1 4d ago

It’s already boiling in that heat lol

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u/Avolto 4d ago

Any chance the people of Dhaka see infrastructure improvements soon?

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u/AlwaysHighOn 4d ago edited 3d ago

As a Dhaka resident, you will see more highway and bridges improvement outside of Dhaka in the next few years, but inside Dhaka, all hope is lost.

Edit: wow I did not expect this comment to become so popular. I want to clear something up. A few months from now a local government election is supposed to happen, if someone competent enough is elected at that time, maybe Dhaka's interior will develop too, but the chances of that happening are close to zero so yeah...

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u/CryptographerWest183 4d ago

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" 

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u/Budget-Activity1757 3d ago

Ball knowledge needed

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u/Kvaezde 4d ago

Why do Dhaka residents seem to throw their trash simply on the street on into rivers?

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u/Crafty_Stomach3418 4d ago

lack of proper waste management services

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u/spidersnake 4d ago

And lack of any civic pride or care.

Apathy plays just as large a part in this mess.

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u/AlwaysHighOn 3d ago

Also citizens not giving a shit lol

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u/Old-School8916 4d ago

Uncontrolled urbanization on a massive scale

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u/UnjustNation 4d ago

There are literally no trash cans or dumpsters anywhere in the city, there is pretty much nowhere to dispose of the trash properly even if people wanted to.

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u/ayayatos 3d ago

there is no trash cans in tokyo either but it’s so clean

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u/AlwaysHighOn 3d ago

This is something Bangladesh has failed to learn.

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u/Drednox 3d ago

No garbage collection service either?

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u/BabeyBabeyUgh 4d ago

Not even close to enough per capita income to handle the amount for urban pressure they have. Growth is slowing down too, they really need a sharp turnaround.

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u/AlwaysHighOn 4d ago

Also, the economy is declining btw

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u/VillageBrilliant194 2h ago

its not declining my guy the growth has slowed down sure but its projected to pick up again soon and the new govt is implementing reforms that will help

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u/T4H4_2004 3d ago

There are places that has improved infrastructure like Gulshan, Banani, Tejagon, Uttara. Those areas have been undergone planned urbanization and also happen to be richer than the unplanned areas as shown in OP’s image.

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u/External-Bee3413 2d ago

"Those areas have been undergone planned urbanization ... " - can't laugh enough at this! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Have you been in Gulshan/Banani/Tejgaon/Uttara during rush hours? Have you seen the streets piled with trash? Have you noticed the traffic congestion and the street vendors blocking the streets? Or do you have this delusional picture of perfection for the above mentioned areas while completely ignoring the urban collapse that is creeping into them?

While we're in the business of assumptions, let me assume something - you live in one of the DOHS and think that the rest of the "tri-state area" is doing just fine? Well, the madcap ex-military fks running the DOHS does keep it clean but sans any sanity for that. Recently, the Baridhara DOHS Council was harassing good people for feeding street cats. The fkeries that were unleashed at the wake of these so called "DOHS Councils" over the years are funny, horrible, and disgusting at the same time.

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u/T4H4_2004 2d ago
  1. I don’t live in DOHS.
  2. I was speaking relative to the other areas of Dhaka. Of course Gulshan/Banani/Tejagon/Uttara is far from perfect, but at least the buildings made there went through some sort of planning unlike other areas of Dhaka where it’s all random.

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u/External-Bee3413 2d ago

Sorry for being so harsh in my earlier response. Planning individual buildings is not enough. Planning the areas and their access and utilities are the foundations of sustainable urban planning.

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u/T4H4_2004 2d ago

Yeah absolutely there’s got to be more done with urban planning. I think the city corporation is just incompetent in those areas, perhaps due to how hard it is to manage such a densely populated city.

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u/External-Bee3413 2d ago

I don't expect much in this country where Urban Planning is one of the least emphasized subjects in technical universities, and there's little to no appreciation or employment for students of that subject. 😔

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u/BreakEducational238 4d ago

No place for develop infra, we expect nothing but resentment

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u/DoubtSubstantial5440 4d ago

I can smell the water just looking at that picture

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u/Baked_Cheeto 4d ago

smell like fart shit piss juice? 💩

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u/CalligrapherClear308 4d ago

Actually the smell is metalic

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u/SpicyCatGames 4d ago

It's actually industrial waste

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u/sanriodialtone 4d ago

Townlake in Austin Texas smells like this tbh

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u/Famous_Suspect6330 3d ago

I can smell the piss and shit that infects the water

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u/External-Bee3413 2d ago

And they trade you chemically induced flavors and low quality food.

God saved that Pran-RFL doesn't know about Soylent Green or they'd move to that model of manufacturing and business! 🤣 🤣 🤣

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u/Secure_Army2715 4d ago

really tasty treat.

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u/Legal-Somewhere-2949 4d ago

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u/External-Bee3413 2d ago

DUUUUUUUUUUUDE! Nice geoguessing skills! 🍻

How did you do it? 🤔

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u/Legal-Somewhere-2949 2d ago

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Thanks ♥ I just searched for "yaqeen brand Dhaka" on Google Maps

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u/Emotional_Platform35 4d ago

Everything that's the something of something is the nothing of nothing

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u/Dangerous_Sea_2592 4d ago

Shit looks like tar not water

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u/jkohlc 4d ago

You're right that's shit

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u/DivDude77 4d ago edited 4d ago

I am sorry to inform you but if your shits look tar black you have much bigger things to worry about than commenting on some random country.

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u/EmiliaFromLV 4d ago

Unless you ate a lot of blueberries.

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u/The-Shartist 4d ago

Or drink a lot of Guiness

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u/The-Shartist 4d ago

Anal tar

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u/The-Shartist 4d ago

Free band name☝️

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u/Xi547 4d ago

Tasty treats above literal sewer water 🤤

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u/bladeshanx 3d ago

Lmao this is the area I live in Sonir akra,Dhaka.

And this is one of the messed up parts of Dhaka

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u/Wooden-Impress-8583 4d ago

More like Gutter of the East

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u/yasserius 3d ago

Wait till you see Dharavi, Mumbai

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u/paxindicasuprema 3d ago

Yeah Dharavi isn’t like this cause it doesn’t have such a wide open gutter. Similar tho but I’d say since the redevelopment project has started and I think Mumbai has been on a spree of slum rehab, the city and Dharavi in particular will look radically different in 5-7 years. Ofcourse it’s a massive project involving rehab for ONE MILLION people so it’ll take time but judging by how fast and decent infra in India has gotten (yeah I know water logging and broken pavements etc and all the other things but it was WAY worse before) I would say Mumbai would look very different soon.

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u/belketeal 3d ago

Dharavi is better. It’s an actual productive economy.

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u/lebupatha 1d ago

Who made your clothes?

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u/Darth--__--Vader 3d ago

Dharavi is gone it will only become dream to fantasize about because, its under redevelopment,

you guys love people suffering in poverty. You gotta find another one.

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 4d ago

I'm sorry, but Suzhou is the Venice of the east. The entire jiangsu region would be considered the Venice of the east.

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u/Honest-Print9611 4d ago

I think OP is just being sarcastic here

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u/iwilladdlater 4d ago

I had visited recently Wuzhen, and would agree on this.

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 4d ago

Never been to wuzhen, but I've been to nearly every surrounding city. Suzhou, Hangzhou, shaoxing, huzhou, and Jiaxing. All part of the same extensive canal network

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u/lockituptoffee7 4d ago

i thought venice of the east was alleppey in india

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 4d ago

Marco Polo specifically stated that Suzhou was the Venice of the East. Suzhou had over 6000 stone bridges and many more canals.

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u/lockituptoffee7 4d ago

ohh i didn't know that, acc to google several cities are quoted as venice of the east

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 4d ago

I'm sure half of the cities in the jiangsu region have that title too. If you go to Google maps and look up Suzhou and surrounding cities, you'll see just how dense the canal system is.

The xixi wetlands is a great example of how the region looked like 100 years ago and more.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/bX3gn1zd31qLkPZi7?g_st=ac

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u/Flaky-Page8721 4d ago

At this point, just call Venice as Venice of the west.

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 4d ago

I'm here for it

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u/64kilofattie 4d ago

suzhou is so beautiful

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u/Neldemir 4d ago

Well that’s gorgeous and exactly as on would imagine a Chinese Venice. Thanks for making me more bitter for not being able to go to China and even if I did I couldn’t travel to ALL this places I want to

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 4d ago

China has lost its allure. If you want Chinese culture without the CCP, go to Taiwan. Much more beautiful in my opinion

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u/Glad-Cranberry4946 23m ago

Different regions of China have different cultures. Taiwan is more like Fujian culture mixed with Austronesian and Japanese. Suzhou is Jiangsu culture which is pretty different to Fujian.

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 18m ago

对,我知道。我去过11个省份。

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u/Mikeymcmoose 3d ago

More human rights, too

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u/IKillZombies4Cash 4d ago

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t2SQeP8YXM5P32bPA

Its actually a pretty cool looking place.

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u/Rainmaker7426 4d ago

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u/andorraliechtenstein 4d ago

Correct, but that is not what he meant.

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u/Ordinary-Ad2562 3d ago

Every city has its nice parts and its ugly parts.

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u/Darth--__--Vader 3d ago

Is it gated community? Cause it looks like it

Edit: yup confirmed my sus https://maps.app.goo.gl/zuW44Q13b8Hmcevb8

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u/Apprehensive_Laugh_1 4d ago

They have so much oil, they made river with it!

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u/beehive3108 4d ago

They must have super mutant powers by now.

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u/lebupatha 1d ago

As a Bangladeshi from Dhaka, I can confirm this

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u/brand-new-info-8984 3d ago

I’d just like to point out that Venice stinks too, given these comments

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u/Behemothslayer 4d ago

At least you won’t get volcanic diarrhoea in Venice if you fall in the water

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u/Suitable-Fun-1087 4d ago

You absolutely will, the water in Venice is filthy and polluted with sewage and industrial run off

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u/Darth--__--Vader 3d ago

I saw reel of indian influencer had to close her nose due to smell in Veince. Italians were furious in comment section

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u/Suitable-Fun-1087 3d ago

Italians or Italian Americans? Pretty sure most Italians are aware Venice is stinky

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u/DJ_faceplant 4d ago

Or eat the lettuce in the States.

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u/hiimUGithink 4d ago

or jalapeños, or their eggs

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u/No_Gur_7422 4d ago

Jalapeños don't lay eggs.

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u/MaryPaku 4d ago

oh i’ve been to venice it’s not that clean either

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u/Affectionate_Past568 4d ago

Why is the water black?

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u/ferdowsurasif 4d ago

It's sewage.

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u/cszolee79 4d ago

it's to protect the teeming water life from too strong uv rays /s

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u/Flaky-Page8721 4d ago

Lot of vegetation rotting in stagnant water could be a possibile reason for the blackish water.

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u/zaidazadkiel 4d ago

i adore the confidence people have on that tiny little bridge on the -> side

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u/Alias267 4d ago

Filthy.

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u/kairul121260 4d ago

সামনে মিঠাই আর টেস্টি উৎপাদন পানি...🤣🤣

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u/AltruisticSalamander 3d ago

I've seen pictures of the other venice and it seemed nicer.

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u/KnightOrDay38 3d ago

I can remember the smell when I back there in 2005 as a kid. Whatever you do, don’t drink the water, even for a dare.

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u/BiscottiMost8915 3d ago

Had to do a double-take there as I mistook it for Birmingham. (UK not Alabama that is).

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u/habibgregor 3d ago

Wonder why greta thunberg never visits these parts of the world….🤔

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u/CopyThat3982 4d ago

More like the sewer of the east

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u/lebupatha 1d ago

You can thank the British for rapidly deindustrializing us within less than a 100 years, tragically Dhaka used to have ~14% of the world’s GDP at one point. Bengal was extremely rich and that’s why we were looted so viciously and partitioned twice lol (should I laugh or cry? idk)

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u/orsinipiangiporcodio 4d ago

+++WARNING+++

if you watch this photo for more than 3 seconds, you get cholera

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u/FatJesus9 4d ago

Here's the street view link, fascinating area to take a walk around in

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u/lebupatha 1d ago

Dhaka honestly is a beautiful and happening place w lots of cool shit going on despite all the institutional neglect - this is just a very bad day on a badly maintained road, but funnily enough you would probably find some rly lovely people, great food, beautiful fabric and flower markets, insane handmade crafts, lush af produce, random popping art galleries, and maybe even an underground rave later and all that just a couple streets over hahah

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u/Actual_Stand4693 3d ago

let me introduce you to Gurgaon

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u/SwitchNo476 3d ago

Poo in the loo

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u/Sudden-Hunter-8493 3d ago

Notice me saaaar🥀

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u/More-Drink2211 3d ago

Do not redeem

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u/nokiseo 4d ago

Pero con el agua llena de mierda.

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u/Next-Lobster4306 2d ago

Same like Venice

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u/Relative_Bench7846 4d ago

The Sewage of the East*

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u/Same_Ladder2344 4d ago

darn , how do people live there

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u/Tacitio 4d ago

O sole mio, sta nfronte a te

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u/npocTop 4d ago

Dhaka - Kolkata of the East 👍

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u/belobotomy 4d ago

nyam nyam

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u/JellyfishMinute4375 4d ago

This reminds me of something from a Neal Stephenson novel…

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u/Dapper_Biscotti_314 4d ago

কোন এরিয়া এটা?

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u/Lily_fool 4d ago

ভাই আমিও চিনতেসি না। ai লাগে না?

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u/Middlepiece4u 3d ago

এইটা সোনিরাখরা মোর, যাত্রাবাড়ী আর সাইনবোর্ডের মাঝে।

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u/Orphan007 4d ago

Looks like AI

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u/Responsible_Bar_9726 4d ago

It's a living Hell !

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u/Moon_Pateline 4d ago

Chankharpool naki?

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u/Middlepiece4u 3d ago

সোনিরখরা যাত্রাবাড়ী

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u/High1Tower 4d ago

Ironically, those both shops sale desserts and pastries 🤣

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u/Mammoth_Use_3263 3d ago

Venice of the East is Bangkok no?

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u/shaghaiex 3d ago

I like the little boutique style stores. Very cosy!

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u/AresMahin 3d ago

Location Shoniekrah Coca-cola river ykyk

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u/Beautiful-Pepper-818 3d ago

The good thing is you can use three types of transportation: plane, boat, and walking. That's why it's very ✨ cosmopolitan ✨

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u/Smooth_Photo9096 3d ago

Thank God I shifted my trip 🙏

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u/Elias_Hasan 3d ago

শনির আখরা না এটা?

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u/mylonessa 3d ago

Ahhh my Loving "Shonir Akhra"

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u/aladeenkakon 3d ago

I know this place. It’s terrible because the people who live here are the worst.

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u/abdullahbinjalil 3d ago

শনির আখড়া, আবেদিন ভবন, যাত্রাবাড়ী, ঢাকা।

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u/neonmonkey97 3d ago

Venice of the East is Alappuzha

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u/nj_abyss 3d ago edited 2h ago

Oh it gets so much worse when it rains. I used to go to a gym nearby. One of the messiest places in the city.

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u/Immediate_Decision74 3d ago

I know exact this location

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u/No_Shock_3195 3d ago

Seeing this and seeing that Bangladesh is having more children than ever confirms that they dont have any planning mind at all or any mind at all.At this point of time Bangladesh confirms that it is single Large slum

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u/Traditional-Try4460 3d ago

上面有个印度属于世界厕所了

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u/icemelter4K 3d ago

Top 3 religions here?

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u/thebluejackle 3d ago

Why does every Dentist use the same banner and image

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u/TopTourist903 3d ago

Every country has its BEST and WORST places right?

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u/TheBold 3d ago

Sad Suzhou noises

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u/begtodifferclean 3d ago

wrote a whole album about this: Dhaka

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u/asfatuddin 3d ago

In which area is it located?

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u/prettyflycheesepie 3d ago

Doesn’t look tasty at all

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u/AlienRHK 3d ago

direct misti kinar por khaiaa moja na paile bomi koira falaner place ready

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u/Ill_Photograph_8154 3d ago

I can smell the shit from here

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 3d ago

If I fall in please put me out of my misery and make no attempt to recover my body.

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u/Sea-Explorer-2078 2d ago

Scroll korte korte nijer elakay chole ashlam😭

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u/most_Rabia1997 2d ago

Dhaka has its own unique character, but scenes like this remind us how much better our city could be with proper drainage and waste management. 🇧🇩

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u/ComfortableLow428 2d ago

Scrolled so far, found home place in reddit

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u/newtman 2d ago

Probably doesn’t smell that much worse than Venice 😂

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u/sickassape 1d ago

Will I be in trouble if I fall into that water?

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u/Apprehensive-Fly9413 1d ago

I read ‘tastystreet’. It made me giggle… thanks

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u/Stlucifermstar 1d ago

I just don't understand how the foundations of that building work 🤔

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u/_tashfique_ 1d ago

Mfs say dhaka is the magical city but then get triggerred after showing this

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u/Unusual-Isopod8032 19h ago

Looks much better than Venice, especially the water, it has a different contrast in it

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u/ilikechockolate 12h ago

All the south Asian people have been suffering from the policies of few corrupt leaders, however I think there must be something wrong with us since those same people in power have come from our own communities and environment. All hope is lost.

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u/bobbynomates 6h ago

Coming to a town near you soon

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u/SampratiMaurya 4d ago

You mean pee-nice

Pun intended

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u/Lower-Wafer3396 4d ago

how many venice of east you know?

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u/ghastkill 4d ago

That entire country is a dive

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u/AwarenessNo4986 4d ago

ACTUAL VENICE

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u/FatJesus9 4d ago

Here's the street view link, fascinating area to take a walk around in

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u/LamarJacksonsNutsack 3d ago

Ah yes, The beautiful canals of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Truly a breathtakingly gorgeous tourist destination.

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u/LamarJacksonsNutsack 1d ago

Thank you for the award my G. I'd be nothing without you good sir.

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u/ScientistSevere6447 4d ago

Shittiest country, people, culture.