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link: https://imgur.com/a/BybJ7DQ
[reposting for our new lib friends]
The album includes pictures from Hamhung, Chongjin, Sinuiju, Nampo, Wonsan, Kaesong, Sariwon, Pyongsong, Haeju, and Anju.
There are some descriptions along the way (mostly just city names + general info)
I also included rural photos, and some showing various housing/development projects
edit: i put together the album sometime last year. most pictures are pre-pandemic and sourced from various travel blogs and instagram accounts
Two things always stand out in pictures from NK
The buildings have colour and are pretty.
No advertising to be seen.
It makes you realize how depressing capitalist cities are.
also very few cars and no parking cars. the amount of urban space we surrender just to parking is incredible and we barely notice it. we could have really nice streets but there's 2 lines of cars parking on every one of them.
And in most of the US the areas with street parking are much better to walk around. In my area street parking means low speed limits and walkable space, no street parking means the speed limit is 45 and there’s 2-3 lanes each direction.