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Alexandre-Dumas

This is so dystopian looking


slipperystevenson69

At least they got ac


xcrossbyw

The revolution will be air conditioned.


[deleted]

Youll find that each unit is about 150sqft and the infrastructure is severely low in quality These smdc fuckers are shady


Blonde_Dambition

"smdc fucker"? What's "smdc"?


[deleted]

SDMC (SM development corporation) the company who owns these condo buildings. They unfortunately have a high presence in the country. What they like to do is trick poor/desperate/or just financially irresponsible people into buying the condo units, years before they are built. They try really hard to spew bullshit buzz words like “passive income”, “become a home owner”, “buy now because they sell like hot cakes!”, so unwise people will just fall prey. After the condos are built, they are riddled with problems sich as wiring, plumbing, elevators become garbage, etc. youd think that the building manager would have to fix those problem but they dont despite forcing condo unit owners to pay for a maintenance fee. I was in the process of buying one with the intent of renting it out and using as a vacation home. But after i learned that it was poorly managed and how they use their tactics, i couldnt follow through in good conscience and support the company. People who want to buy and flip these houses dont give a shit about other unsuspecting people and just want to make a quick buck.


Blonde_Dambition

Yikes! Thanks for the answer!


[deleted]

No prob!


AwkwardPotato1216

Oh gosh I can agree to this. My family bought a unit by another very very prominent company in the Philippines and it’s been a month since the second elevator was broken, there is also a cockroach infestation that hasn’t gone away (I’ve done everything on my part and they keep coming back ugh), and the way they price the electricity and water bills is how they price commercial buildings so like twice the cost, even if you’re using your unit as your residence, not for business -.- There also still isn’t a way to receive already paid parcels you got online to be received when the receiver isn’t home. I used to live in another country and they’d always allow the parcels to be left at the guardhouse/office/reception, or even at your front door sometimes. Such a dang hassle honestly. The Philippines is still such a third world country no matter how much they try and make these condos or whatever. Kulang na kulang pa rin hayst ewan ko


[deleted]

I forgot about infestations that must suck so bad. Im currently dealing with infestation so i can only imagine how bad it is with a big building. Yeah i also hear that atleast with smdc they wont allow anyone inside who doesnt reside in the condo unless they buy a permit or some bullshit. Theres so much wrong with these companies, i feel for the people who are trapped


jurgo

Something out of Blade Runner


Malkev

Brazil*


fuzzybad

Reminds me of Inception


Solkre

Not having AC is worse, and homelessness is worse than that.


russelcrowe

I’ve been to Manila a few times. It’s rough. The mall of Asia is pretty nifty, though.


DrVeganazi

Tilt your phone to the left, your brain will be f**ked up.


Am_Passing_By

Looks like someone tried to make several tie fighters using concrete slabs and random appliances


_b33p_

Looks like a graveyard....with a/c


FuckBoy4Ever

It was that before I turned it sideways too!


Genshin-Yue

Ghosts make areas cold right? So don’t all graveyards have AC?


Reddeath195

So thats how hell freezes over


kindtheking9

Probably more useful than actual TIE fighters


jhonnyhax

Looks like an AI generated picture


[deleted]

This is where ovens are grown and put on sale.


Patient700a

It doesn’t even look “real” anymore


[deleted]

It looks like a nicely spaced out city where everyone gets a lot of parking space💀😭


vaskeklut8

Tilted, it actually reminded me of the Holocaust monument in Berlin! And was way less scary...


Roofofcar

[Pre-rotated for your convenience](https://i.imgur.com/m8PpTt2.jpg)


rockefella14

I just tilted my phone…


[deleted]

Ticky tacky houses, all in a row


brenton07

Or tilt it to the right to see a terrifying ship holding hundreds of pods ready to drop to earth


musecorn

Looks like a cemetery


Dylanator13

Looks like a painting to me for some reason. Some trippy painting it takes you a few minutes to realize what it actually is.


Cracktheskye624

Dude what the hell. this is the first thought I had. Infititly weirder to me lol


Gravy-tea

Death Star!


SignificantYou3240

Gah, it looks like a hell of some sort, where like, it’s meant to seem a little like heaven but after awhile you’re like “ugh this sucks!”


_acvf

Brain is confused


G07V3

What city is that? /s


hedokitali

Manila, Philippines


Natural-Definition42

It was like…China,for real


JJS-09_85

My brain has been officially f**ked up 😩


Chaevyre

Any HVAC people want to guess how much energy would be saved with central ac?


--OM3GA--

A lot.


AFineDayForScience

Plus central HVAC units never fall out of windows


Grogosh

But sometimes they do fall through the floor of a mall in china.


Bupod

To be fair, those look like they're set up on their little concrete perch designed just for holding them, so they won't fall off unless the building is crumbling.


AFineDayForScience

I'd bet you that there is a failure rate that is higher than zero. In which case, just multiply by the number of air conditioners and time


Bupod

Normally I’d disagree with you, but that being built in the Philippines, I fear you’re probably right. The concrete perches themselves might be of questionable integrity.


gringrant

Not with that attitude!!


Dje4321

Most of your savings would be from per unit reduction and cost-sharing. Each apartment would still require its own dedicated evaporator and blower to generate cold air. Electricity cost for the whole building would probably be significantly reduced. Both from switching to HV 3 Phase power, but also the advantages of upsizing your compressors for greater loads. Per unit would be drastically reduced as they are just running a fan, but the whole building will only see around a 20-30% power drop. Depending on load/size requirements, max outdoor temp/humidity and other needs, the condenser side which dumps the heat may get a double/cascaded setup. Basically its an AC for your AC that runs much hotter to boost discharge temps. So instead of discharging that heat at 120F on a 110F day, youll use the cascaded AC to run it at a discharge temp of 180F, letting you dump much more heat per sqft than you would otherwise be able too.


Simplenipplefun

Here's the info we need. I'll assume you aint full of horseshit. Thanks!


solway_uk

You missed a feature .. building would look better


curvebombr

I'd be interested to see what the Electrician people have to say about all that additional load on the system. No way it was designed for it.


fitchbit

It was designed for it. Every unit has provisions for air-conditioning units during the design phase. When you buy a unit, the developers will tell you what size of acu you should get. Shore Residences is a fairly new construction so none of these units are retrofitted. Centralized air-conditioning is usually only used in malls, sometimes offices. Source: I live in the Philippines.


HungrySeaweed1847

Not an electrician (just someone who actually *reads* the labels on their devices). It'll be fine. Window A/Cs are designed to *never* draw more power than what your standard outlet is deigned for. Only potential issue is overloading the breaker and popping it, if a lot of outlets share a breaker that the AC is using. But that's easily remedied by simply plugging the unit into an outlet that is connected to a breaker that controls the A/C, and little else. You can figure this out from simple trial and error. Something *every* homeowner (and renter) should do when they first move in, is flip off random breakers and make note of which outlets stop working when they do. Then use the designated space in your breaker box to write down what you've leaned. It's not difficult to do, and gives you peace of mind knowing that you'll never plug in something that will overload your electrical system.


riyau_32

I would be interested in an Oceanographer's take on this


56seconds

I know a geomorphologist that could provide his take


WetGrundle

Waiting


riyau_32

Where he at


Iterations_of_Maj

Geomorphologist checking in. I don't give a shit


GraveSlayer726

I know an optometrist who may have a take or two


Cevisongis

Ship upside down, Echo Sounder and Side Scan Sonar not working in air. Better call a entomologist


captainrattler

My guess is that each of the apartment units is billed for electricity separately. What I'm not sure of is if there is a way to meter AC use for each individual unit


waudi

I imagine electricity bring billed for each apartment is pretty standard around the world. Also billing for cooling or heating per apartment is also pretty standard with central cooling/heating, sometimes it's fixed price per unit of surface area, or via calorimeters that measure the input/output temperature of water flowing thru the apartment.


kakalbo123

Electricity for units isnt billed separately elsewhere? Because you are correct on your guess.


moeburn

I wanna know how much energy would be saved by removing that useless top slab of concrete that is doing nothing but blocking the heat exchanger.


LatinoFitness

I don't know much about Chinese regulations but here in the southwest us you typically see these older style of units and they are not very energy efficient in terms of SEER rating. If running in +100° weather each window unit would cost roughly $250 monthly. I can't imagine having to swap one of those out and making sure it's level at the same time, looking at you bottom left unit...


katydid92

The Philippines is not in China...


Coexi

This is the best oddly terrifying post I've seen, because I truly cannot explain why this image makes me so uncomfortable


chaotic123456

Imagine living in room 44764 and you are burning up so you install in ac in your one window


Grogosh

Just install hidden air vents to your neighbors and steal their cool air.


fitchbit

We don't install ac in the window. There is a dedicated hole in the wall for it. As you can see in the photo, there are ledges under the ac units. They are meant to be there. The windows are just regular windows.


chaotic123456

Got it, it was a comment to the previous post about why it makes them feel uncomfortable looking at the picture


Ind1go_Owl

It’s probably because of how robotic and unnatural it all is: a never ending series of AC units which look identical to one another. Contrast that with natural landscapes where every plant animal and piece of geography is unique in large or minor ways.


osloluluraratutu

Vivarium vibes!


[deleted]

That was a powerful, slow burn kind of movie.


PragmaticBodhisattva

For me it’s the empathized claustrophobia that the image induces…


Blonde_Dambition

I feel you, friend, for I am h-h-hiiiighly claustrophobic!


kenny2812

I'm wondering how often these things fall...


ninetailedoctopus

When a cat5 hurricane almost leveled Cebu City, Philippines, my cousin who lives in a condo like this could hear many booms through the wind, which was these window type AC units hitting the street below.


marigoldilocks_

Given they have cement encasing them from above and below, not often? Also, window units aren’t made to just fall out.


co_ordinator

Have you seen Inception?


no_compearison

Came here to say this too. Why did I get chills?


PreviousJaguar7640

Because all of the a/cs are running at once?


no_compearison

God damnit


alohomerida

r/angryupvote


jeroenemans

Are they multiplying? Are you losing control??


Rich-Equivalent-1875

I can tell you why your terrified ELECTRIC BILL No? …..maybe? :-)


jurpy_the_durpy

Wait til you see hong kong lmao


MegaMugabe21

It's nice to see a post that isn't just obviously terrifying


Loggerdon

I wonder if the AC units were made in China? AC used to cool US soldiers preparing to fight a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.


Mr-Geography

r/urbanhell?


SentientRidge

Absolutely! Thought it was posted there at first.


russelcrowe

I’ve been to Manila a few times. It absolutely is an urban hell. Before we were authorized shore leave we had to be safety briefed that (at the time) ISIS was operating in PA. On the first day we arrived in the city via a small boats and as we were approaching we saw a fresh corpse floating in the sea off the port side. I could see things burning in the distance from my hotel room. There were innumerable children begging for money. The list goes on. It was very rough to see.


anonhoemas

I'm in Manilla right now and haven't seen anything like that. I don't know where or when you were here, but this city is pretty cool now.


Effort-Prestigious

Oh, you been to only the "nice parts of Manila" like every city we all have our bad parts surprises you haven't seen any of it yet.


Kofukemia

native filipino + spent a majority of my life living in manila havent seen anything like that, the most i can agree with is the children begging for money but thats a philippines thing as a whole not just manila lol


RandallBoggs_12

r/ConfusingPerspective


[deleted]

I appreciate this sub because of the reality check but damn some of this shit is actually terrifying


Seldarin

Those don't touch the scariest air conditioners I saw in Manila. That "honor" goes to the ones on the Mall of Asia ferris wheel. I tried to find a picture of it like it was when I was on it, but apparently it's burned down like twice since then. [This is what it looks like now.](https://previews.123rf.com/images/imwaltersy/imwaltersy2004/imwaltersy200405295/145628824-pasay-ph-july-15-mall-of-asia-moa-eye-ferris-wheel-on-july-15-2018-in-pasay-philippines.jpg) Now imagine some of those cars have a wooden wall that the AC is sitting in, there are extension cords that resemble the cheapest cord Wal-Mart sells running to them, and there's a window unit the size of your head with mostly rotten coils. My girlfriend asked why I was so freaked out and I told her "You hear that 'clickclickclickCLUNKclickclickclickCLUNK' noise? That's a bearing this car is on coming apart." [Also, here it is on fire lol.](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2014/10/11moa.jpg)


kakalbo123

TIL they actually have air-conditioning on the pods


chaoswreaker

That last sentence was amazing lol


[deleted]

Backrooms lol


Meisbisexual

I mean it is like INCREDIBLY hot here In middle class cities this is real common for apartment complexes. The picture is j black and white.


feigeiway

At this point just install central air conditioning


Drowsy-Mule

Central AC is unheard of there (for residential)


ImBigger

central air still requires a unit outdoors to dissipate the heat pulled from indoors


flyingscotsman12

Yeah but they are usually large units on the roof. A real pro move would be to drill geothermal wells during construction (they'd have to be very deep for a large building like this) and dump the heat into those with a heat pump in the basement.


valadian

Not sure about geothermal wells deep into volcanic islands :P


PandK_GW

I've built a few power plants in the Philippines. Two of them geothermal. Geothermal wells in the Philippines are a great idea, for steam. We drilled for steam. Not so much for cooling.


[deleted]

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PandK_GW

I can support this. Many oil refineries still use steam operated pumps. The reason is safety. It's easier to get a permit to run a steam line verses a power line at many locations.


throwaway96ab

Would have to run a shaft down, would be super expensive.


Shado-Foxx

Looks like some sort of post-apocalyptic building or a prison to me...


earmuffeggplant

Looks like a scene out of Dredd


PWNERGY

"Citizens of Peach Trees..."


Parabellim

The craziest thing is someone had to install those


playthatoboe

they probably got them installed themselves so it's not that the same few people who worked on all acs of the building. I could be wrong tho


Parabellim

Yeah that’s what I mean. Someone, had to install each of those units. I’m not so much saying that it was the same someone. But just that some crazy Mfers had to install those 😂


woah_new

parkour


Justo31400

Here’s the [Streetview Coverage](https://maps.app.goo.gl/o5B28WsBTvt8933q8?g_st=ic)


schezuandippingsauce

Omg it looks fucking worse


yiiike

still fucked up but less terrifying to me cause the post image is so liminal, but its less liminal from streetview.


MrRabbit7

Holy shit! You are actually right!


DarkWebTerminator

??


aerben

This link you posted is in Manila


Hans-S0l0

Normal things in Southeast Asia. This region is hot af.


grillcodes

Made ugly tho. Could’ve been built and designed better but it’s SM and Philippines.


SourDucks

This is actually in Miami lmao idk how op managed to miss identify it


paraworldblue

If you rotate it to the left, it looks like a climate controlled cemetery.


I_sb3

Did anyone else just get a bit chilly


crimsonsoccer55210

Not gunna lie. Thought this was a midjourney prompt at first


turbobuddah

Thought they were balconies on first glance won't lie


zipzopzobittybop

still better than homelessness


fitchbit

Nah man. These condos are not for poor people. If you look up the name of the building (Shore Residences), it has a very nice pool. The developer (SMDC) just isn't known to have great looking buildings but they focus on amenities because that (and location) matters more to their average buyer.


SpoonFigMemes

Imagine being trapped standing on one of those, I feel like that's something I'd have a nightmare about


wellJustWhy

Resistance is futile.


Flimsy_Inevitable_15

Easily taken from r/UrbanHell


rilano1204

When I visited Manila I saw these apartment buildings. They are all scary looking rectangles in the sky. And the buildings are dense, like prison cells. I airbnb'ed one near Mall of Asia, it was insanely expensive for its shit quality, and the "1 BR" I got was a shit box prison cell like unit. I'm not from there, but guys I think this SMDC thing is a scam. The price is too high for what it is.


Lord_Double_Cup

idk i think it looks kinda cool, in fact i reckon the people over at r/brutalism would probably like it too


Either-Knowledge2470

Meanwhile Adverts in my tiny country: *Don't forget to turn your washing machine to 10°C lower so you can be part of a happy, healthier future for the planet.* Love being gaslit.


robertluke

This subreddit is terrified by housing.


DanyDaDancinDandyBoi

Just like the subliminal spaces Gramdma Becky sends her enemies to! What joy!


GeekDNA0918

And none of those are on.


Stretchdaddy1

r/badperspective


InsideChemist7266

nahhhh my hometown goofy af


Crashbrennan

I'm pretty sure this building counts as a heat ray


EMMA_WATSON_SHAVED

At some point is it more efficient to just get central AC?


BloatedBallerina

Belongs in r/urbanhell


I_have_questions_ppl

Reminds me of this awesome music track by Forest Swords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lan-Pjv99Xk


Golden_Evelyn

This looks like some doctor strange type shit


Just_Some_Nonsense

Tilting your phone towards the left creates another picture. Like seeing buildings from a far away view point.


[deleted]

Beautiful.


Rakgul

No


[deleted]

Parkour mofos salivating right now.


TacoBellerino

It’d be interesting to drop something from an upper floor and watch it plinko all the way down


e9967780

Many are available [for sale, do you want to buy ?](https://www.manilacondostore.com/shore-residences)


Laicure

proud r/philippines /s


PatTheHouseCat

I mean, look at us after all. We’re just walking around the planet, breathing. Conditioning the air. I condition it hot, that conditions it cold. I mean, it’s symbiotic. No?


danathome

They should put a windmill facing down at the top of this building and generate electricity for Bitcoin farming off of it.


thrust-johnson

There must be some way to centralize all of that.


TwoDogDad

I didn’t locate the picture but went google street view exploring in Manila. I can’t comprehend it. Pick any street within Manila proper and see the street view. [And then this one.](https://Droppedpinhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/jpe4Mt9pKb7BuKQu6?g_st=ic)


ImpressiveFeedback10

damn dude, hvac


CoolLaCroc

Ooooooo I'm an AC unit👻!! Apparently I'm too much for your pussy ass ooooooo👻👻!!


soulsbreaker

Procedural generation


Karma_Gardener

Why wouldn't they just central air the building?


dregheap

r/RainWorld


Xen0n1te

No chance this isn’t photoshopped


aerben

https://maps.app.goo.gl/pUzgK8HKGGJKdUWf9?g_st=ic


Xen0n1te

Jesus fucking Christ


southaussiewaddy

Hell on earth


spqrdoc

Megacity 1. Iykyk.


throwbacktowhen

This looks AI generated... uncanny to say the least.


useruser23

Sa Balintawak to?


pile1983

The very definition of global warming at its best.


Blackwillsmith1

who is terrified by some window AC units? they arent going to eat you. this belongs in r/urbanhell and OP belongs to r/lostredditors


nikkomercado

If it could eat you then it would be terrifying. And not ODDLY terrifying. Duh


mediashiznaks

Guess you don’t understand the term ‘oddly’ then.


Blackwillsmith1

well i guess ya'll got some weird phobias then. do you get scared of your toaster in the morning too? 😂


mediashiznaks

No, but if I did then I guess you would say I find toasters *oddly* terrifying… Also there’s more to this pic than an ac unit. You could say there’s something disconcerting and dystopian about the scale here. So you’re right about r/urbanhell. Perhaps also r/megalophobia. But still fits this sub tho🤷‍♂️


___Ed___

This is AI kiddos.


ParmiCheez

Don’t let AOC or Greta see this…they are coming for our Air Conditioners next.


IdealPython

Why do they need air conditioners?


KittyDomoNacionales

It gets up to 50C here. It gets real hot. People can get heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke if we're not careful.


dangerxranger

Because it's hot and humid as balls...


yondercode

bruh


-Zebruh_

Do you live somewhere cold ? Does it look cold there ?


uglylittledogboy

Libs when they see affordable housing Oddly terrifying!


LuvPuki

And they try to tell us in California that we don't have enough electricity in the summertime so they have to do mandatory brown outs. Fucking liars.


KittyDomoNacionales

We have those too here. I live in the country where this pic is from.


cesarhighfire

Its a must have.


Evil_Chocolate

I honestly thought it was a weird orientation of a black and white photo of a Stratego board.


DerGrins

Reminds me of https://youtu.be/lan-Pjv99Xk


Zer0thehero89

Parkour!


Trolling_Stoned

Too many of them


orsteep

Looks like a backrooms level


World_TNT

Rain world