The Human LIVING Condition [Images of where humans live].

[Ewan]

Dichotomies of life in this first set, mostly slums juxtapositioned against wealthier areas.
What percentage of the world's population live in poverty, rhetorical.

Feel free to post all forms of homes, from the inspiring to the appalling, the bizarre to the mundane, the igloo to the grass hut.

https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/49e6878/2147483647/crop/4050x2699%2B0%2B0/resize/1280x853/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcom-usnews-beam-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8c%2F54%2F7213acd943e891c7e2a39fee9e46%2F190830ccslums-editorial.slums.jpgCAPE TOWN


https://innovation.thomsonreuters.com/content/dam/openweb/images/reuters/16-9/RTR9GKV-Juda-Ngwenya-Johannesburg-inequality.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/originalJo'burg


https://www.jotdown.es/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/image05.jpgDharavi, Mumbai


http://businessforecastblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/phillippines-1038x576.jpgFilipines


https://i.imgur.com/qZVwmeM.jpgKowloon, HK


https://i2.wp.com/nairametrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/GoogleLagos-Slum.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1Lagos
Aerial photos of this region show the slum is built on low lying waters.


https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/kaikaihanno/imgs/0/3/035c48dd.jpgOsaka


https://img5.goodfon.com/wallpaper/nbig/5/84/trushcheby-iran-derevnia-vecher-doma-sar-aqa-seyyed.jpgIran
This is not a slum but a village, other images of Sar-aqa-Seyyed show it is surrounded by nature.


https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-pdb/1911901/b33cead0-9c0a-4935-bbbf-b78e00ad9212/s1200Favela, Rio

[rgray222]

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/79/5e/3a/795e3a003065d3eabe7351173fc41d6c.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/55/c9/ea/55c9ea3c4ac70edbc3199ea1e29d4ef4.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d6/dd/04/d6dd042b76c80e2fac6cceba591ee0dd.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2c/bc/e7/2cbce7a7d063a86a1ef99e26ad6be073.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/bc/f2/4f/bcf24fa831c16c100b108518a215b00e.jpg

[Gracy]

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/79/5e/3a/795e3a003065d3eabe7351173fc41d6c.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/55/c9/ea/55c9ea3c4ac70edbc3199ea1e29d4ef4.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d6/dd/04/d6dd042b76c80e2fac6cceba591ee0dd.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2c/bc/e7/2cbce7a7d063a86a1ef99e26ad6be073.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/bc/f2/4f/bcf24fa831c16c100b108518a215b00e.jpg

Those who live in glass houses comes to mind. :)

And thanks Ewan, those are stark images of the vast inequalities in most societies.

[Satori]

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/79/5e/3a/795e3a003065d3eabe7351173fc41d6c.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/55/c9/ea/55c9ea3c4ac70edbc3199ea1e29d4ef4.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d6/dd/04/d6dd042b76c80e2fac6cceba591ee0dd.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2c/bc/e7/2cbce7a7d063a86a1ef99e26ad6be073.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/bc/f2/4f/bcf24fa831c16c100b108518a215b00e.jpg

Those who live in glass houses comes to mind. :)

And thanks Ewan, those are stark images of the vast inequalities in most societies.

To quote the late George Harrison of the Beatles: “All it takes is loot.”

Which begs many questions about all the factors and forces that come into play to enable one, if one is thusly inclined or destined, to get loot.

But is acquiring loot what it is really all about? I think not.

[rgray222]

To quote the late George Harrison of the Beatles: “All it takes is loot.”

Which begs many questions about all the factors and forces that come into play to enable one, if one is thusly inclined or destined, to get loot.

But is acquiring loot what it is really all about? I think not.

Some people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the question of life. They seek position, marriage, reputation, outward success or money and remain unhappy or neurotic even when they have attained what they have been seeking. Such people are confined usually within too narrow a spiritual horizon. Their life has not sufficient content, sufficient meaning. If they enable their soul to develop into a more spacious personality their frustration, and neurosis generally will vanish. That is why personal development not confined to any narrow pathway brings fulfillment.

Loot can be wonderful and should be seen as something to be used to further expand your horizons especially if you broaden your views to be inclusive. The wealthy are too easy a target when society seeks fairness. Society must be careful because they may get what they desire. Life is not meant to be fair it is meant to be understood and acted upon.

In an effort not to derail this interesting thread I won't respond to the issue of money again on this post.

[Bluegreen]

http://erroluys.com/assets/images/rmigrant-963x635-32.jpg

http://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1313167.1408049117!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/hobo-jungle.jpg

http://cdn.cms.prod.nypr.digital/images/flashbackhuts.2e16d0ba.fill-661x496.jpg

http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/standard.net/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/24/42465a2c-5a7f-547e-bd98-6dd3314385fe/5b51fab9d1fc9.image.jpg http://kathleensullivanushistory2final.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/5/6/16565610/1355145.jpg?330

http://thegreatdepressionccab.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/8/0/27809607/6309207_orig.jpg

http://linoit.com/entry/image/9539213

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bJ1eyYfC3I0/WojL-cuPaRI/AAAAAAAAEog/m0Yu32Ypdq843vv82BpupIaUHPxa4vNFgCLcBGAs/s1600/Hobo%2B%2528II%2529%2B%2526%2BPlaymobils.jpg

[Ewan]

https://img4.goodfon.ru/original/1024x768/f/aa/derevnia-dogonov-mali-dom-krysha-gorizont.jpgDogon

https://pix1.agoda.net/hotelimages/172/1723268/1723268_17010511380050136527.jpgThai

https://www.pinwin.ru/imgs/users/rabots/2149/biggest/file1446883376.jpgUnknown

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9d/6e/66/9d6e660d67f7a880d91421e24ba0f65d--the-tree-treehouses.jpgKorowai tribe, West Papau

https://grandgames.net/puzzle/source_p/ohotnichij_domik.jpgUnknown

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/39/2d/36/392d365be7a4bb0bd9ecd90a92871c04.jpgLake Nokoue, Benin

https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/manitou-cliff-dwellings-christine-till.jpg
Ancestral Puebloan, Colorado
NB: This is a reconstruction built 1905 a few hundred miles away from the original location.

Edit: Spelling

[Ewan]

Inspired by Bluegreen's post above.

https://nakazora.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/homeless-home_tokyo.jpg?w=956&h=538Tokyo

https://photos.wi.gcs.trstatic.net/e9hyHkaRFZdDV_jLZuTS6mk48onCuaaVtRXg14aXyfhECSWIVeV3o1CMtAPdpL6kjlujiW7_Nno8MVBk9C7zUQNr Siberia

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/homeless-man-sits-in-his-makeshift-shelter-on-skid-row-in-downtown-picture-id539897756Unknown

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h4FE4rNUr0Q/VvH-r53s_RI/AAAAAAAAhi0/ZrJ8D0Nit98KDDirAIOu7oQUyt562aM3A/s1600/at%2Bmanila%2B220316-1024.jpgManila

http://darkroom-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/03/10-Baltimore-Ben-Marcin.jpgBaltimore, US

[Agape]

In salt homes


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkN0olZ51OM

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

and on floating islands

Floating islands of lake Titicaca (https://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/10/floating-islands-of-lake-titicaca.html?m=1)

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Images of the Future, Cities in the Sky

or

How the technocracy would have us live

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20160806/b083fe955a74190f5e4605.jpg

https://journals.openedition.org/rga/docannexe/image/3740/img-38.jpg

https://processindustryforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Dubai-city-Tower.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c0/38/95/c03895f4c7089c9d07fe6726e1ce152b.jpg

https://assets.theedgemarkets.com/Genting_20200302084459_theedgemarkets.jpg

[rgray222]

https://assets.atlasobscura.com/media/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzIzMzMwNDAxNjlfMDI4MjBmODcxZS5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIjEyMDB4 PiJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA4MSAtYXV0by1vcmllbnQiXV0/2333040169_02820f871e.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a9/d0/6f/a9d06f809c4fb216ccf070a5a29f6b62.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/23/da/06/23da06bc05772ad117cd4b7177a10ec1.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/0e/47/c4/0e47c4bb12896adb102c93237bbe9554.jpg

[Ewan]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ty_Hyll%2C_The_Ugly_House.jpg/1200px-Ty_Hyll%2C_The_Ugly_House.jpgNth Wales

I visited this place a few years ago, I don't think it is ugly at all. Interesting to note that the downpipes from gutters are just chains hanging over a barrel. Works very effectively, I later used a plastic chain from my greenhouse roof in similar fashion.

https://offgridquest.com/images/offgrid/Places/homes/cabin_porn_rustic/tumblr_mzgdtt4eoE1qzwmsso1_1280.jpgUnknown

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/63/40/f663406facfa46d74daf0b33ca00bc5e.jpgScotland

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/04/24/12/38/bosnia-1349381_1280.jpgBosnia

https://i.imgur.com/Ev6U0rF.jpgNorway

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

My favourite novel is The Lord of the Rings, and has been since I was 12. Read it maybe a dozen times. If I was to choose one book to be stranded on a deserted with or an alien planet, it would be this one.

I know it's fantasy, but if I could choose a new world to live in and a new life, I'd be very happy with a hobbit-hole.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/49/25/c84925ceaba25ce0f31b372eb10bc6e9.jpg

https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/500/647/4k/gregor-strnad-portfolio-gregor-strnad-006.jpg?1462460244

https://www.heletranz.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Hobbiton-Movie-Set-e1551922921846.jpg

https://i1.wp.com/www.sta-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/round_arches.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

A tiny house (see this great thread! Tiny Houses (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?36575-Tiny-Houses)) that's my own closest neighbor here in Ecuador. A very friendly woman is often there with her four small dogs, but I don't actually think she lives there 24/7.

http://projectavalon.net/tiny_house.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/tiny_house_2.jpg

Another neighbor lives in a tiny house I should take a photo of and post as well. It looks like a mudwall barn, and has no windows. The woman there is a single mother with 6 (six!) children, who are also always friendly and cheerful. A Spanish-speaking friend of mine visited there once, and reported that inside it was immaculate.

Moral of the story (maybe): wealth and opulence doesn't always equate to happiness, or the other way round.

:sun:

[Bill Ryan]

Another neighbor lives in a tiny house I should take a photo of and post as well. It looks like a mudwall barn, and has no windows. The woman there is a single mother with 6 (six!) children, who are also always friendly and cheerful. A Spanish-speaking friend of mine visited there once, and reported that inside it was [I]immaculate.
As promised, here's a photo. Not a very good one, but you get the idea. No windows, 6 children. Not only immaculately tidy (apparently!), but also super-warm and cozy. :heart:

http://projectavalon.net/Blanca's_house.jpg

[pueblo]

Private floating island anyone? I wonder are they tsunami proof??

Kokomo Island
From the same company that is making and selling private submarine yachts, Switzerland’s “Migaloo” designers are now offering the biggest privately owned sea vessels ever conceived.

https://thechive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kokomo-floating-island-yacht-600-0.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=400

https://thechive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kokomo-floating-island-yacht-600-15.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600

https://thechive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kokomo-floating-island-yacht-600-5.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600

[Ewan]

https://www.holtinternational.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Hut-1024x687.jpg
Africa

https://www.zicasso.com/sites/default/files/styles/original_scaled_down/public/photos/tour/peru_lake_titicaca_tour_straw_houses_-12.jpg
Peru

http://peopleandcountries.com/data/attachment/album/201306/27/154040apqlqk6zbbbkzll4.jpg
Unknown

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/ee/53/54ee537102eae5401dc0686a13c53795.jpg
Portugal

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/61/3b/8a/613b8a50c989dd3a106538b4bbf92412--new-taipei-city-abandoned-buildings.jpg
Abandoned project, New Taipei City

https://www.kirknielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cob-House-Exterior.jpg
Cob House, England

Link to Green Building Types, (https://www.kirknielsen.com/green-building-types/) homes that are in harmony with nature.

[Bill Ryan]

The "unknwon" house above (beautiful!) is in Bulgaria. :thumbsup:


https://mapio.net/pic/p-90799303/

[Ewan]

The "unknwon" house above (beautiful!) is in Bulgaria. :thumbsup:


https://mapio.net/pic/p-90799303/


Thank you :sherlock:, me being lazy again and not performing a reverse image search.

Did you see what was in the background of the photograph you found?


https://mapio.net/images-p/41436388.jpg

[rgray222]

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8b/5b/f8/8b5bf8022f5d082fa00000b56920f7e4.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5b/7c/be/5b7cbea95d410a1c7c9afa9ac7ce059b.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3d/a3/c4/3da3c4bf0ae5ca889c0aa23f277c3813.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/23/5c/cc/235cccd3d35c137640fcad3e167f8dfa.jpg

[Ewan]

https://images.robertharding.com/preview/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/770-62.jpg

Sth Uist, Orkneys

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/15/f3/79/15f379f39db03bfae93148f1383cf6cc.jpg

Vals, Switzerland

https://s2.best-wallpaper.net/wallpaper/1280x1024/1704/Iceland-hut-grass-coast-sea-sun-rays_1280x1024.jpg

Iceland

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1d/13/27/1d13270ca22a6d9005ab144f88fad08a.jpg

A-Frame, Michigan, USA

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/2c/0c/232c0cffce927e3f5ed9129279c7ab10.jpg

Bosnia & Herzegovina

https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-zen_doc/118017/pub_5d1af40405e33d00ac21a270_5d1af53bbd2e7e00ad726776/scale_1200

Nr. Santiago, Chile

[Ewan]

Aerial images of cities.
(I was almost tempted to make this a quiz. :) I'll leave names at the end of post.)

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-05/18/20/asset/9b57b097ab00/sub-buzz-305-1589832976-20.jpg

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-05/18/20/asset/49d2b8f12ab8/sub-buzz-268-1589832432-14.jpg

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-05/18/20/asset/49d2b8f12ab8/sub-buzz-293-1589832597-2.jpg

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-05/18/17/asset/2892629fc2c1/sub-buzz-110-1589824612-6.jpg

More at link (https://www.buzzfeed.com/sydrobinson1/aerial-views-cities-of-the-world)



Milan, Paris, Barcelona, New Dehli