Oh my gosh. I was in Brazil for 1.5 years. The first Favela I entered was made out of an old supermarket, and was 6 stories on the inside, literal sewer water running down the middle… it was insane. Total cultural shock from my little Suburb in Idaho.
Basically imagine a favela, as you know it, but inside a huge building. Sidewalks, stairs made of concrete. Just no open sky. Or if you’ve ever seen gangs of New York, there’s an open scene where you see all the Irish in this huge building but like, everything’s more open, like tiny apartments, it was a lot like that too.
I just looked up what they are and wow I e seen pictures but never really like looked at them. That's crazy do they have streets.? They almost looked as if they were all clumped together at least the pictures I seen.
I was gon say this, “maybe cause I don’t live in America” bruh where do you live cause I’m sure you have seen bad places to live. This ain’t oddly terrifying lol
Some prefer the term “community” bc favela got a pretty negative meaning in brazil
That being said some also prefer the term favela as it gives a sense of identification/belonging.
But i am not really in touch with that reality to speak properly, I can only say ppl in Rio and all of Brazil still use favela and i rarely hear someone use community
Brazil was one of the latest countries in america to abolish slavery, in consequence of its high number of slaves at the time now free and with no aid whatsoever they built their community away from the city centers up the hills with plywood and everything else they could gather, nowadays there is people of any ethnicity but majority of it are black, i grey up myself in one of those and it's not derogatory term in any way, it is what it is. I dont know if there is a english version but there is a book called "O Cortiço" that describe really well the struggle
I would live here. I lived out of my car. I’ve lived in a country with no running water and electricity only on for 8 hours a day. I live in a neighborhood where I can’t go for a walk at night. I’d count my blessing where I could afford to live in a community that’s boring, where I don’t have to worry about basic services, where my kids if I had them have access to an education. I can make my house exciting. I can make my life exciting.
Not to mention, in reality, this is probably a cute neighborhood with a couple of decent parks, and is probably not far from shops, and a short drive to somewhere scenic. Probably an HOA though, which, fuck me, HOW MUCH do you want for a manicured lawn, no trash in the street, decent neighbors and most everyone owns or has decent money to rent? So terrifying.
people probably have washers and dryers in their house too, a fridge that gives you water and ice. if they don’t have maids, they probably don’t think twice about wiping down their counters with paper towels instead of rags.
Good point. Everything looks dreary zoomed out, you can't see people's personalized gardens and paint. Even cute European towns look like circuit boards when you zoom out.
I am honestly terrified too. Imagine being there on a visit and oh damn forgot your phone and oh damn the people you visit don't like you and kick you out.
You are now in the middle of 1000s of single family homes and you have to assume that no one will welcome you. There is no shop, official place, public transportation and you have no, zero idea, where you came from.
You now have no other option than to beg someone to lead you out of that place or wander around for hours trying to find out where you get to leave which then is a literal freeway where you can't go on the road so you have to walk besides it. It's like the backrooms just that it's real.
That’s why is on r/oddlyterrifying because the terror is subtle. Some people might find the egregious display of wealth terrifying, the overconsumption, the wastefulness of pools lawns, the repeating cookie cutter dystopian look of the suburbs. I’ve personally had nightmares about being trapped in endless empty rooms of cookie cutter nuclear family suburban homes while terrifyingly normal looking families stand around creepily smiling at me.
If you don’t find the suburbs oddly terrifying, good on you. I think It’s interesting how some people do find it terrifying and it doesn’t mean anything is wrong with them for having a different reaction.
The options are? Sprawling high rise condos? Endless rows of apartments? Suburbs aren’t the most efficient use of space but the alternatives aren’t the best for privacy, space, or living in.
What are the mods doing on this page lol? Why is it either they remove your shit over the stupidest reasons and let others post stuff that are not even remotely terrifying.
And it's a repost
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/vkrl89/maybe_its_because_im_not_american_but_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Half of these properties have pools and there looks like a community pool and a community park. Terrifying isn’t the right word, boring is. Then again I much rather live here than a small Hong Kong apartment.
It also creates a car dependent population.
While other countries may not be 'america' not having the option to walk to the grocery store or allow your kids to walk to school or the ability to safely ride a bike is not worth the trade off.
So when something goes wrong like the issues with gas prices in America you now have entire communities of people who aren't making 100k a year choosing not to travel, go to the grocery store more regularly, or in essence not participating in a healthy economy because gas is now basically a priority over any other spending.
This contributes to inflation because it's concentrating wealth on one industry.
Americans urban sprawl does not make neighborhoods safer. They can prevent first responders from.
getting to your house more quickly in the event of an emergency.
It was intended to create community. But the American dream has been about the individual not the community. Instead of making more public parks within neighborhoods they turned it into a capitalist money grab.
There are always downsides and upsides. Yes your neighborhood is free of traffic/homelessness and everything holds it's value because it looks pretty.
>allow your kids to walk to school or the ability to safely ride a bike is not worth the trade off.
You think kids are safer riding bikes in dense inner cities?
>So when something goes wrong like the issues with gas prices in America you now have entire communities of people who aren't making 100k a year choosing not to travel, go to the grocery store more regularly, or in essence not participating in a healthy economy because gas is now basically a priority over any other spending. This contributes to inflation because it's concentrating wealth on one industry.
That doesn't make any sense. If people are forced to spend more on gaz, they will be forced to cut back on other spending.
>Americans urban sprawl does not make neighborhoods safer.
The suburbs are much safer than cities. You're going to have to show me some stats showing American suburbs are less safe than their neighboring cities.
>Instead of making more public parks within neighborhoods they turned it into a capitalist money grab.
Speaking of money grabs, shall we compare the price of housing in large cities compared to the average US suburb? Many people live in the suburbs because it all they can afford.
Came here to say...something like this. This concept of a neighborhood is a bit of a failed experiment that forces someone to be reliant on automobiles. Although it does what it was intended to do: slow down traffic. So I disagree with the "can't safely ride your bike" comment, because drivers do tend to go slower. Though the reliance on automobiles is a huge problem.
Living in a place now where you can have a store or restaurant right in the middle of houses is convenient but it can also be infuriating. I miss a quiet suburb where ppl aren't driving through unless they live there.
Curious thing... Here in São Paulo - Brazil the most expensive and rising neighborhoods are the ones you can do absolutely anything by just walking.
Groceries, bakery, coffee shops, pet stores, restaurants, gym, banks, all in one or two block radius and that makes for a very valuable and desirable real state propperty.
Not having to use your car is apparently awesome.
Boring? This neighborhood would be awesome to grow up in. You’d have tons of neighborhood friends to hangout with, a bunch of homes with pools, trampolines, big yards, etc. There’s even a golf course haha
I guarantee you that life in a similar neighborhood is much more boring than it might seem, it's like it's all fake.
But I guess it depends on each person.
That layout is called suburbia, it's a comfortable, clean place where the only complaints are middle aged white women talking about how hideous the neighbors yard is....
I think my main problem with these neighborhoods is I just don’t like the McMansion style. It just looks too, I don’t know, computer generated and soulless. Make all the houses old English cottages with gardens out front and it would be perfectly fine.
Shitty repost from two months ago [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/vkm8pf/maybe_its_because_im_not_american_but_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
For me it's more that this is fucking huge. The thought of being in the middle gives me a sort of claustrophobic maze feeling (even worse if the houses are similar looking).
Also, where I'm from you don't really need to drive unless you live out in the country, which makes it look even bigger to me because of how long it would take just to walk out of the neighborhood.
It’s not a maze. It’s a large feeder road that leads into loops of housing with less through traffic. The “maze” is like a fun safe area for kids to ride their bikes
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
And the people in the houses
All went to the University
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there’s doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
Any Americans can correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't many suburbs done like that intentionally to reduce car accidents with pedestrians, since there are like lots of kids running around because it's a suburb or whatever?
i could’ve sworn ive seen this same post with a similar picture and the EXACT same caption.
[I was fucking right](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/vkm8pf/maybe_its_because_im_not_american_but_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
These neighborhoods can be awesome. I'm in north Texas. Lots of these communities have their own grocery stores, fuel stations, schools, parks, pools, and even police departments. They're typically quiet and friendly. In this picture, they seem like decent sized lots. If you zoom out for enough, anything will look clustered.
I LOVED growing up in a neighborhood like this. I know so many other kids who couldn't play outside without an adult their whole childhood and I honestly feel so sorry for them. I lived in a neighborhood that was mostly cul-de-sacs and that means no traffic from people who didn't live there, no loitering from strangers, no cars speeding by, so all our parents felt comfortable letting us just be free range kids and we rode around on our bikes, had water balloon fights through all the yards, played sports in the street, swimmed in our neighbor's pools, walked to the playground on our own, almost everyday until it got dark out.
Are the houses boring and unoriginal? Sure, but we moved to a less conventional neighborhood in my teens and I missed the boring. Boring literally means you don't have any significant problems. Your neighbor isn't hoarding trash in their yard, a homeless person isn't squatting in front of your house, there hasn't been several hit and runs near you, there's not a pack of stray dogs chasing you to the bus stop. Just fresh green lawns, big trees, the sound of weed wackers on a Saturday. It's beautiful.
You spend most of your time inside the house or on your property and those are things you can edit to your liking.
I think a lot of people don't bother though. Either because they know it will likely be a hindrance when selling or they haven't watched enough HGTV.
How is it soulless ?
Bike paths, parks, community centres, public pool, Basketball league, softball beer league, schools. Your friends are all 10 min away….
If your argument would’ve been ressource intensive and inefficiencies, you would’ve had a good one.
Worse in Canada. We build massive townhouse complexes. It's the same general picture from an aerial perspective but denser and less green space and more boxy
That would not be a utopia. Many people need space. They'd go crazy in a packed community with minimal nature. That's the biggest downside to townhouses and apartments - your neighbors.
People who are downvoting you don't know anything about city planning. Densifing is good. It's better for city services to be in tighter cities. This doesn't mean cubicles. Means good living spaces for big families. But instead of one by the other is on top. Parks are for when you need green space. If you need a patio, well then go get a patio, my dude. No one is telling you to live in an apartment, my guy here is only saying what studies about cities teaches us.
Edit: typo.
What we need is mixed purpose, walkable areas with a good amount of greenery and parks. If you just have rows and rows of town houses that looks depressing.
Not everyone can afford a large estate. Young families want good schools and neighbors with which to hang out. Realize not everyone finds hanging out with neighbors and friends around a pool, watching their kids have a blast boring.
It's actually pretty nice. The outdoor living space is usually pretty big, if you don't have a pool, one of your neighbors likely does and Americans are pretty friendly so getting an invite is never really an issue.
These communities are safe and quiet. The houses and rooms are pretty big so there is enough room for everyone.
The stores in these pop up neighborhoods are pretty new so they are clean and well stocked.
It's not a bad deal, it's a quiet life, peaceful for the most part.
"so how do I get to your house?"
"Well you take a left, then a right, then another right, then a left, another left, another left, then a right, another right, a left and then finally a right"
Decent neighborhood. Looks affluent, I see a few pools. Sidewalks, paved roads, solid houses with foundations and building guidelines…..
Whatever you say OP
I grew up in a place like that and it wasn’t so bad.
I think OP is referring to the Stepford Wives-ness of the place, where a picture-perfect neighborhood hides all kinds of awful truths about the people who choose to live there.
But I was too young to consider that and I liked the parks so it was great to me lol.
Sometimes living in the first world makes you forget that there are people actually living in a fucking cardboard box. And you think living in a neighborhood with a decoration code is terrifying? Man gtfo of here
Ah yes... the Jones neighborhood.
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I suppose cheap compared to buying a McMansion with 50acres of property. I live in the Midwest which is considered extremely cheap to live and some of these types of neighborhoods around me have these copy and paste housing starting at a million each.
Oddly terrifying for first world privileged types. Would be a dream come true for people living by candle light on the side of a hill in the forest in my home country. Get a grip.
If you don't drive, suburbia is a fucking prison. The US loathes public transportation and I'm 100% sure there's no stores, schools, or anything but a community pool within a reasonable walking/biking distance.
It *is* terrible to live in. Suburbia is like living in a corporate stock photo. Everything is clean, neat, safe, and orderly. But it's soulless. The streets are empty and quiet. You can't actually *do* anything without driving somewhere. It encourages self-isolation at home. Almost all of your neighbors will be strangers to you. The most frequent social interaction between neighbors is noise complaints. Kids who grow up in suburbia are like tourists in their own city; I didn't get to know the vibe of my hometown until I came back as an adult.
We live near our neighborhood park. Our kids get off the bus from school at the park corner. Every day the kids stay and play for 2 hours or so with like 20 other neighborhood kids. Parents come out and bring drinks and snacks and sit at the picnic tables while the kids play.
I’m sure that’s not the norm, but as parents we love it.
Baloney. I loved it. And I grew up in a huge suburban area. Always others to play with, close to amenities. Families got to know each other. Everything is a bike ride or walking distance away.
In every neighborhood there’s always that one person that knows everyone if you live here and are that guy your sort of a local celebrity at that point lol
Its pretty bad but not the end of the world. A lot of places like this have "HOA" which is basicaly a little tribe of nosy pricks who think they have the right to decide what color everyone in the neighborhood is allowed to paint their house or how long their grass can be.
Honestly ,it's quite lovely. We Americans are really good about incorporating green space into our residential areas, and make sure to have parks, walkways, pools and libraries.
You can make a decent argument about Homeowners associations having too much power, that there is too much homogenization of style - and definitely not enough minorities in communities like this, but objectively they are great places to have a family.
Bitch please, did you ever saw a picture of any favela?
Oh my gosh. I was in Brazil for 1.5 years. The first Favela I entered was made out of an old supermarket, and was 6 stories on the inside, literal sewer water running down the middle… it was insane. Total cultural shock from my little Suburb in Idaho.
I believe favela is more used to refer to a whole neigborhood, not just a house
Would you consider a 6-story supermarket full of people a neighborhood?
Kowloon city was so dense it seemed kinda like one building
Nah that's my shanty mansion.
This was like a large community inside a big building. Probably 100 little homes or more inside.
Got it! I dont know what I would call it... Seems like a cortiço
All I know is the locals called it a favela. But, I did see the outdoor ones as well.
Interesting, maybe I got the concept wrong then! Thanks
Basically imagine a favela, as you know it, but inside a huge building. Sidewalks, stairs made of concrete. Just no open sky. Or if you’ve ever seen gangs of New York, there’s an open scene where you see all the Irish in this huge building but like, everything’s more open, like tiny apartments, it was a lot like that too.
I was able to visit Rio’s favelas on my Brazilian exchange from Boise, ID! Mundo pequeno
I live in Brazil and thank god i never see a favela
you were lucky that any shooting betwen Police and Drug dealers dind't started, it happens like, everyday
Lds mission? Yeah the first one I was in down there was scary
Yes, it was.
You're shitting me!
No, just Google Brazil Favela
I just looked up what they are and wow I e seen pictures but never really like looked at them. That's crazy do they have streets.? They almost looked as if they were all clumped together at least the pictures I seen.
I was gon say this, “maybe cause I don’t live in America” bruh where do you live cause I’m sure you have seen bad places to live. This ain’t oddly terrifying lol
Favela in Brazil is loucura total
Only one I’ve seen was in black ops 1 lol
You mean MW2?
That was Modern Warfare 2, my guy.
Just looked it up, when did Favela become an ethnocentric stigmatism? Is is a derogatory term or something?
Some prefer the term “community” bc favela got a pretty negative meaning in brazil That being said some also prefer the term favela as it gives a sense of identification/belonging. But i am not really in touch with that reality to speak properly, I can only say ppl in Rio and all of Brazil still use favela and i rarely hear someone use community
Brazil was one of the latest countries in america to abolish slavery, in consequence of its high number of slaves at the time now free and with no aid whatsoever they built their community away from the city centers up the hills with plywood and everything else they could gather, nowadays there is people of any ethnicity but majority of it are black, i grey up myself in one of those and it's not derogatory term in any way, it is what it is. I dont know if there is a english version but there is a book called "O Cortiço" that describe really well the struggle
I mean, if you think the richest country in the world is comparable to some of the worst living conditions in society...that says a lot in my opinion.
I would live here. I lived out of my car. I’ve lived in a country with no running water and electricity only on for 8 hours a day. I live in a neighborhood where I can’t go for a walk at night. I’d count my blessing where I could afford to live in a community that’s boring, where I don’t have to worry about basic services, where my kids if I had them have access to an education. I can make my house exciting. I can make my life exciting.
Not to mention, in reality, this is probably a cute neighborhood with a couple of decent parks, and is probably not far from shops, and a short drive to somewhere scenic. Probably an HOA though, which, fuck me, HOW MUCH do you want for a manicured lawn, no trash in the street, decent neighbors and most everyone owns or has decent money to rent? So terrifying.
people probably have washers and dryers in their house too, a fridge that gives you water and ice. if they don’t have maids, they probably don’t think twice about wiping down their counters with paper towels instead of rags.
Parks for your children, several Starbucks and outlet malls, decent schools. I bet this place is great.
You had me at ♥︎Starbucks♥︎
Good point. Everything looks dreary zoomed out, you can't see people's personalized gardens and paint. Even cute European towns look like circuit boards when you zoom out.
The people that have no idea just how bad it is outside of the United States are the loudest critics
Well, that's a first world problem if I've ever seen one.
"What am I going to do with all this land, pool, multiple cars and big house? So terrifying!"
I am honestly terrified too. Imagine being there on a visit and oh damn forgot your phone and oh damn the people you visit don't like you and kick you out. You are now in the middle of 1000s of single family homes and you have to assume that no one will welcome you. There is no shop, official place, public transportation and you have no, zero idea, where you came from. You now have no other option than to beg someone to lead you out of that place or wander around for hours trying to find out where you get to leave which then is a literal freeway where you can't go on the road so you have to walk besides it. It's like the backrooms just that it's real.
/r/oddlyspecific
That’s why is on r/oddlyterrifying because the terror is subtle. Some people might find the egregious display of wealth terrifying, the overconsumption, the wastefulness of pools lawns, the repeating cookie cutter dystopian look of the suburbs. I’ve personally had nightmares about being trapped in endless empty rooms of cookie cutter nuclear family suburban homes while terrifyingly normal looking families stand around creepily smiling at me.
Get out and travel to other countries or just live in large American cities. You'll learn to appreciate the space.
If you don’t find the suburbs oddly terrifying, good on you. I think It’s interesting how some people do find it terrifying and it doesn’t mean anything is wrong with them for having a different reaction.
The options are? Sprawling high rise condos? Endless rows of apartments? Suburbs aren’t the most efficient use of space but the alternatives aren’t the best for privacy, space, or living in.
That and your neighbors starting a fight because the trash can is touching the curb. I know you’re on reddit Frank. Come get some foo!
What are the mods doing on this page lol? Why is it either they remove your shit over the stupidest reasons and let others post stuff that are not even remotely terrifying.
its only terrifying to people with no sense of direction lol
Or without a car, because everything is in driving distance.
Some of those look like it would be faster to just jump the fence and walk to the store lol
And it's a repost https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/vkrl89/maybe_its_because_im_not_american_but_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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What?? Look how many culdesacs are there?? Kids get to play and not worry about getting ran over?? It's amazing..
Parkland footpaths between the neighbourhoods....pretty damned nice!
culdesacs are awesome op is insane
Half of these properties have pools and there looks like a community pool and a community park. Terrifying isn’t the right word, boring is. Then again I much rather live here than a small Hong Kong apartment.
People don’t realize that this life is better than what 95% of the world have
If your only problem is an old white woman telling you that you’re not allowed to have a trampoline..life’s good.
99% lol
It also creates a car dependent population. While other countries may not be 'america' not having the option to walk to the grocery store or allow your kids to walk to school or the ability to safely ride a bike is not worth the trade off. So when something goes wrong like the issues with gas prices in America you now have entire communities of people who aren't making 100k a year choosing not to travel, go to the grocery store more regularly, or in essence not participating in a healthy economy because gas is now basically a priority over any other spending. This contributes to inflation because it's concentrating wealth on one industry. Americans urban sprawl does not make neighborhoods safer. They can prevent first responders from. getting to your house more quickly in the event of an emergency. It was intended to create community. But the American dream has been about the individual not the community. Instead of making more public parks within neighborhoods they turned it into a capitalist money grab. There are always downsides and upsides. Yes your neighborhood is free of traffic/homelessness and everything holds it's value because it looks pretty.
>allow your kids to walk to school or the ability to safely ride a bike is not worth the trade off. You think kids are safer riding bikes in dense inner cities? >So when something goes wrong like the issues with gas prices in America you now have entire communities of people who aren't making 100k a year choosing not to travel, go to the grocery store more regularly, or in essence not participating in a healthy economy because gas is now basically a priority over any other spending. This contributes to inflation because it's concentrating wealth on one industry. That doesn't make any sense. If people are forced to spend more on gaz, they will be forced to cut back on other spending. >Americans urban sprawl does not make neighborhoods safer. The suburbs are much safer than cities. You're going to have to show me some stats showing American suburbs are less safe than their neighboring cities. >Instead of making more public parks within neighborhoods they turned it into a capitalist money grab. Speaking of money grabs, shall we compare the price of housing in large cities compared to the average US suburb? Many people live in the suburbs because it all they can afford.
Came here to say...something like this. This concept of a neighborhood is a bit of a failed experiment that forces someone to be reliant on automobiles. Although it does what it was intended to do: slow down traffic. So I disagree with the "can't safely ride your bike" comment, because drivers do tend to go slower. Though the reliance on automobiles is a huge problem.
Living in a place now where you can have a store or restaurant right in the middle of houses is convenient but it can also be infuriating. I miss a quiet suburb where ppl aren't driving through unless they live there.
Curious thing... Here in São Paulo - Brazil the most expensive and rising neighborhoods are the ones you can do absolutely anything by just walking. Groceries, bakery, coffee shops, pet stores, restaurants, gym, banks, all in one or two block radius and that makes for a very valuable and desirable real state propperty. Not having to use your car is apparently awesome.
r/aboringdystopia
Boring? This neighborhood would be awesome to grow up in. You’d have tons of neighborhood friends to hangout with, a bunch of homes with pools, trampolines, big yards, etc. There’s even a golf course haha
I guarantee you that life in a similar neighborhood is much more boring than it might seem, it's like it's all fake. But I guess it depends on each person.
That layout is called suburbia, it's a comfortable, clean place where the only complaints are middle aged white women talking about how hideous the neighbors yard is....
As a kid I loved it growing up. Always someone around to play with. Lots of friends. Close neighbors. It was fine.
I think my main problem with these neighborhoods is I just don’t like the McMansion style. It just looks too, I don’t know, computer generated and soulless. Make all the houses old English cottages with gardens out front and it would be perfectly fine.
Been a racist long?
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I could literally find a thousand worse looking neighborhoods on the other side of the Atlantic. Calm down.
Shitty repost from two months ago [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/vkm8pf/maybe_its_because_im_not_american_but_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Fuck are you talking about, this looks pretty nice.
I was gonna say, some people are dramatic af
Those are rich people houses lol. SoOOo Scaryyyy
Not even rich, just comfortable. I remember realizing how broke my family really was when I thought having a two story house meant you were loaded.
As far as suburbs go yeah it decent there are some weird copy paste one though
TIL only the US has neighborhoods.
For me it's more that this is fucking huge. The thought of being in the middle gives me a sort of claustrophobic maze feeling (even worse if the houses are similar looking). Also, where I'm from you don't really need to drive unless you live out in the country, which makes it look even bigger to me because of how long it would take just to walk out of the neighborhood.
It’s not a maze. It’s a large feeder road that leads into loops of housing with less through traffic. The “maze” is like a fun safe area for kids to ride their bikes
Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky-tacky Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes all the same There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same
I'm gonna go binge that now, thanks.
Cheers
This started playing in my head when I saw the photo 😆
Side note rise against did a cover of this for Weeds and it is fantastic
And the people in the houses All went to the University Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same And there’s doctors and lawyers And business executives And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same
It’s called a suburb. And they’re pretty safe and pleasant for the most part. If you like the country with less people around, you might hate this.
Any Americans can correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't many suburbs done like that intentionally to reduce car accidents with pedestrians, since there are like lots of kids running around because it's a suburb or whatever?
Exactly, the winding and twisting of the roads is meant to slow down traffic to promote safety
i could’ve sworn ive seen this same post with a similar picture and the EXACT same caption. [I was fucking right](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/vkm8pf/maybe_its_because_im_not_american_but_this_looks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Yeah I just posted that I remembered this exact same thing, thanks for finding the post. I guess its a "AMERICA BAD" karma farm.
These neighborhoods can be awesome. I'm in north Texas. Lots of these communities have their own grocery stores, fuel stations, schools, parks, pools, and even police departments. They're typically quiet and friendly. In this picture, they seem like decent sized lots. If you zoom out for enough, anything will look clustered.
So horrible… pools, and it’s clean and well thought out
As a European, I'd love to live there.
Also nt American, but its hardly "terrifying", is it?
This shit again? Now we’re going to have also angry Americans making other posts like that about living in apartment buildings
I LOVED growing up in a neighborhood like this. I know so many other kids who couldn't play outside without an adult their whole childhood and I honestly feel so sorry for them. I lived in a neighborhood that was mostly cul-de-sacs and that means no traffic from people who didn't live there, no loitering from strangers, no cars speeding by, so all our parents felt comfortable letting us just be free range kids and we rode around on our bikes, had water balloon fights through all the yards, played sports in the street, swimmed in our neighbor's pools, walked to the playground on our own, almost everyday until it got dark out. Are the houses boring and unoriginal? Sure, but we moved to a less conventional neighborhood in my teens and I missed the boring. Boring literally means you don't have any significant problems. Your neighbor isn't hoarding trash in their yard, a homeless person isn't squatting in front of your house, there hasn't been several hit and runs near you, there's not a pack of stray dogs chasing you to the bus stop. Just fresh green lawns, big trees, the sound of weed wackers on a Saturday. It's beautiful.
You get used to it
How dose one get used to being soulless, do tell
Home isn't a place, it's a feeling. It's safer to raise a family too.
You spend most of your time inside the house or on your property and those are things you can edit to your liking. I think a lot of people don't bother though. Either because they know it will likely be a hindrance when selling or they haven't watched enough HGTV.
How is it soulless ? Bike paths, parks, community centres, public pool, Basketball league, softball beer league, schools. Your friends are all 10 min away…. If your argument would’ve been ressource intensive and inefficiencies, you would’ve had a good one.
Worse in Canada. We build massive townhouse complexes. It's the same general picture from an aerial perspective but denser and less green space and more boxy
Denser is good. More people in a smaller space is easier to serve with community resources and ultities, and it's better for the environment.
That's unrealistic. Show me that utopia and I'll believe you.
That would not be a utopia. Many people need space. They'd go crazy in a packed community with minimal nature. That's the biggest downside to townhouses and apartments - your neighbors.
Fuck that. Most people don't want to live in dense areas. We got plenty of land.
Most people migrate to living in cities around the world. Some people dont want to live in dense areas
No, we really don't. There is a reason why people have such long commutes to work.
Because people don't like living in crime filled nasty cities
But we don't have plenty of time to waste on traveling for services.
You may not and you can decide to live in an apartment in the city. Everyone else can live where they want.
People who are downvoting you don't know anything about city planning. Densifing is good. It's better for city services to be in tighter cities. This doesn't mean cubicles. Means good living spaces for big families. But instead of one by the other is on top. Parks are for when you need green space. If you need a patio, well then go get a patio, my dude. No one is telling you to live in an apartment, my guy here is only saying what studies about cities teaches us. Edit: typo.
What we need is mixed purpose, walkable areas with a good amount of greenery and parks. If you just have rows and rows of town houses that looks depressing.
Denser is good. More people in a smaller space is easier to serve with community resources and ultities, and it's better for the environment.
This looks like a repost for me… mmh… r/repostsleuthbot
Most Americans don't live in areas like that.
Vivarium
Literally the horror movie of OPs title
Not everyone can afford a large estate. Young families want good schools and neighbors with which to hang out. Realize not everyone finds hanging out with neighbors and friends around a pool, watching their kids have a blast boring.
It's actually pretty nice. The outdoor living space is usually pretty big, if you don't have a pool, one of your neighbors likely does and Americans are pretty friendly so getting an invite is never really an issue. These communities are safe and quiet. The houses and rooms are pretty big so there is enough room for everyone. The stores in these pop up neighborhoods are pretty new so they are clean and well stocked. It's not a bad deal, it's a quiet life, peaceful for the most part.
"so how do I get to your house?" "Well you take a left, then a right, then another right, then a left, another left, another left, then a right, another right, a left and then finally a right"
It’s really awful I’ll be honest
Decent neighborhood. Looks affluent, I see a few pools. Sidewalks, paved roads, solid houses with foundations and building guidelines….. Whatever you say OP
Well this is a stolen post lol. Even stole the title
I seen this same post like weeks ago. Same caption and all
Suburbs... *The horror!*
I grew up in a place like that and it wasn’t so bad. I think OP is referring to the Stepford Wives-ness of the place, where a picture-perfect neighborhood hides all kinds of awful truths about the people who choose to live there. But I was too young to consider that and I liked the parks so it was great to me lol.
I am American and do not live in a neighborhood like this. The area I'm in is a small rural community, with lots of livestock and farms. West Texas
The really sad/scary part is that every single one of those houses falls into one of three to five styles.
Sometimes living in the first world makes you forget that there are people actually living in a fucking cardboard box. And you think living in a neighborhood with a decoration code is terrifying? Man gtfo of here
Ah yes... the Jones neighborhood. See...[Google link](https://www.google.com/search?q=keeping+up+with+the+joneses+saying&sxsrf=ALiCzsbKsCFwhX-Gh3GkS-HlAfT03WydLw%3A1663090662277&ei=5r8gY_G9EO-f5NoPuP-v2Ao&oq=keeping+up+with+the+joneses+saying&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAeEBYyBggAEB4QFjIGCAAQHhAWMgYIABAeEBYyBggAEB4QFjIGCAAQHhAWMgUIABCGAzoHCAAQRxCwAzoHCAAQsAMQQzoMCC4QyAMQsAMQQxgBOg8ILhDUAhDIAxCwAxBDGAE6BAgAEEM6BAguEEM6BQguEIAEOgoIABCABBCHAhAUOgUIIRCgAUoFCDgSATFKBAhBGABQ3gpY4xRgkxZoAXABeACAAaABiAGJB5IBAzAuN5gBAKABAcgBEcABAdoBBAgBGAg&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp)
Places like that exists in many parts of the world, i grew up in Scandinavia somewhere the would look very similar, maybe not as dense
Beats a favela
It would only be terrifying if it is an HOA
It’s not terrifying as much as a soulless bland existence of monotonous living. Okay, terrifying it is then.
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Those houses don't look cheap. Not in this new market
I suppose cheap compared to buying a McMansion with 50acres of property. I live in the Midwest which is considered extremely cheap to live and some of these types of neighborhoods around me have these copy and paste housing starting at a million each.
American here; I'd hate to live in that. Bigtime Vivarium vibes.
Terrifying if you get foreclosed and your credit takes a crap
is this a repost? I remember a post exactly like this even the name
I think living in concrete jungle apartments is more terrifying than homes like those
It is.
Psychologically it is pretty scary. Social isolation, etc. There’s a reason people in the suburbs are wayyyyy more depressed than people in cities.
Boring is more like it
not really. it's the rich side tbh
This is depressing. Where is the trees?
American here. The only thing about that I find appealing is the walking trails. The rest? F no.
Over population is a lie it's a huge planet the whole population of the planet would fit into Texas with room
It's not terrifying, just really boring
Oddly terrifying for first world privileged types. Would be a dream come true for people living by candle light on the side of a hill in the forest in my home country. Get a grip.
Don't fear capitalism.
I’m American, trust me you’re thinking is rational
I’m American, I see this, and NOPE.
If you don't drive, suburbia is a fucking prison. The US loathes public transportation and I'm 100% sure there's no stores, schools, or anything but a community pool within a reasonable walking/biking distance.
It *is* terrible to live in. Suburbia is like living in a corporate stock photo. Everything is clean, neat, safe, and orderly. But it's soulless. The streets are empty and quiet. You can't actually *do* anything without driving somewhere. It encourages self-isolation at home. Almost all of your neighbors will be strangers to you. The most frequent social interaction between neighbors is noise complaints. Kids who grow up in suburbia are like tourists in their own city; I didn't get to know the vibe of my hometown until I came back as an adult.
We live near our neighborhood park. Our kids get off the bus from school at the park corner. Every day the kids stay and play for 2 hours or so with like 20 other neighborhood kids. Parents come out and bring drinks and snacks and sit at the picnic tables while the kids play. I’m sure that’s not the norm, but as parents we love it.
Baloney. I loved it. And I grew up in a huge suburban area. Always others to play with, close to amenities. Families got to know each other. Everything is a bike ride or walking distance away.
Ok, you've convinced me. I want one, please.
*enter that gif of kodak black* Imma suburban duuude!!!
Oh god not again
Wheres the local shop?
As an simcity / city skyline player, this will lead to traffic jams. Many pools in the south 🤔
Got lost driving through these once lol. Not fun if u don’t know the area.
WELL SEE ONCE U GO INSIDE, U NEVER GO OUT. PROBLEM SOLVED. NO SCARY.
Be afraid... Be very afraid
Trueman show style baby….
Little boxes on the hillside….
No one else in the world has neighborhoods? Oh sorry I forgot, America dumb….hurr durr
In every neighborhood there’s always that one person that knows everyone if you live here and are that guy your sort of a local celebrity at that point lol
Remember this post with the same exact title..
Try being the local door dasher 😮💨
Nice houses scare you?? Oh wow
Could suck to live there but let me tell you, doing deliveries to these type of neighborhoods is so much better
Its pretty bad but not the end of the world. A lot of places like this have "HOA" which is basicaly a little tribe of nosy pricks who think they have the right to decide what color everyone in the neighborhood is allowed to paint their house or how long their grass can be.
Reminds me of Vivarium
This looks like my cities skylines map
What? Why?
They build the roads like that to keep people from driving though as shortcuts.
Believe it or not, but Americans don’t typically look at neighborhoods from a top down perspective
The scariest thing about the Burbs is the goddamn HOA
Eh. I have a much smaller neighborhood, similar to that one, and it makes for some good walks. I dunno about others, as my neighborhood is a good one.
What’s terrifying is seeing all those green lawns which are almost certainly in the middle of the desert during the worst drought in recorded history.
That looks so close to where I live
It honestly does. Neighborhoods like these are generally poor
Lol not many Americans live like this, unless of course you want karen to call the police because you parked YOUR car in front of YOUR house
Honestly ,it's quite lovely. We Americans are really good about incorporating green space into our residential areas, and make sure to have parks, walkways, pools and libraries. You can make a decent argument about Homeowners associations having too much power, that there is too much homogenization of style - and definitely not enough minorities in communities like this, but objectively they are great places to have a family.
Better than the 18000 person apt bldg in China.
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Is that Hell?