9/6/2005: Low-income housing in Ixtapaluca, Mexico

Undertoad · 09-06-2005, 09:29 AM

Thanks to Marcel, who maybe doesn't have a Cellar username?

When I first clicked on the gent's submission, I thought, no. It can't possibly be. This is a fake. These are rendered. They're just too uniform to be real. Didn't I build neighborhoods like this in SimCity? Isn't this a SimCity screenshot?

No, it ISN'T. So the photographer claims!

These are shots from a helicopter pilot on Mexico City. He points out that, in these shots, you are seeing only about 300 houses in a complex of 10,000 of them.

You know, I can't think about this for too long. It's practically unimaginable. But however this came to be, it IS a far better outcome than some of the other shots in the guy's gallery...

stellamerteuil · 09-06-2005, 09:38 AM

You know, I don't think it's that bad. I mean the uniformity is certainly weird, but look at how nicely kept they are. I would definitely rather stay in one of those than a larger house that was falling to peices.
Weird, but better than the alternative.

Undertoad · 09-06-2005, 09:40 AM

Searching on Ixtapaluca, Mexico in Google Earth confirms large areas of dense planned neighborhoods like this, with similar rows of tiny housing, but none in the bright colors. Could be these homes are new and not yet in the Google Earth imagery.

Cyclefrance · 09-06-2005, 09:46 AM

Might have just a little trouble locating your place of residence after a few beers....

xoxoxoBruce · 09-06-2005, 09:55 AM

No wonder they're coming north.

Trilby · 09-06-2005, 10:01 AM

Sorta Brave, New World-ish. Sorta creepy. Makes me want to run out and consume mass quantities. It also gives me an eyeache.

plthijinx · 09-06-2005, 11:18 AM

they could use a few of those in N.O.

wolf · 09-06-2005, 11:47 AM

Even with the color changes it must be very difficult to find your house ... particularly if you live in the pink with dark rose section which is near pink with medium rose ... or is that just the lighting?

barefoot serpent · 09-06-2005, 12:36 PM

ummm... bienvenidos a Palucaville

Elspode · 09-06-2005, 05:00 PM

Man, that is verging on being disorienting.

Talk about a Pleasant Valley Sunday...

Leah · 09-06-2005, 06:14 PM

They are all so ugly, but I suppose people have to live somewhere.

Wombat · 09-06-2005, 07:19 PM

Lego!

Stonan · 09-06-2005, 08:59 PM

Plus is that this could promote the idea that you have exactly what your neighbor has so there is no real point in competing with him (the 'do better than your personal best' idea to work/play/life)

Minus is that this could very easily turn into an Orson Wells reality show ('1984')

richlevy · 09-06-2005, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stonan

Minus is that this could very easily turn into an Orson Wells reality show ('1984')

I think you meant "Orwellian", as in George Orwell

Kagen4o4 · 09-06-2005, 11:32 PM

"....yep then make a left at the orange house..."

you'd get all defensive about what colour you lived in
"i hate blue people, they think they are so much better than us pink people. the grey people dont like them either"

09-06-2005, 09:29 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/6/2005: Low-income housing in Ixtapaluca, Mexico Thanks to Marcel, who maybe doesn't have a Cellar username? When I first clicked on the gent's submission, I thought, no. It can't possibly be. This is a fake. These are rendered. They're just too uniform to be real. Didn't I build neighborhoods like this in SimCity? Isn't this a SimCity screenshot? No, it ISN'T. So the photographer claims! These are shots from a helicopter pilot on Mexico City. He points out that, in these shots, you are seeing only about 300 houses in a complex of 10,000 of them. You know, I can't think about this for too long. It's practically unimaginable. But however this came to be, it IS a far better outcome than some of the other shots in the guy's gallery...

09-06-2005, 09:46 AM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Might have just a little trouble locating your place of residence after a few beers.... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

09-06-2005, 09:55 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No wonder they're coming north. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-06-2005, 10:01 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Sorta Brave, New World-ish. Sorta creepy. Makes me want to run out and consume mass quantities. It also gives me an eyeache. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-06-2005, 11:18 AM	#7
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	they could use a few of those in N.O. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

09-06-2005, 09:38 AM	#2
stellamerteuil Recruit or Something Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 4	You know, I don't think it's that bad. I mean the uniformity is certainly weird, but look at how nicely kept they are. I would definitely rather stay in one of those than a larger house that was falling to peices. Weird, but better than the alternative.

09-06-2005, 09:40 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Searching on Ixtapaluca, Mexico in Google Earth confirms large areas of dense planned neighborhoods like this, with similar rows of tiny housing, but none in the bright colors. Could be these homes are new and not yet in the Google Earth imagery.

09-06-2005, 11:47 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Even with the color changes it must be very difficult to find your house ... particularly if you live in the pink with dark rose section which is near pink with medium rose ... or is that just the lighting? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-06-2005, 12:36 PM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	ummm... bienvenidos a Palucaville

09-06-2005, 05:00 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Man, that is verging on being disorienting. Talk about a Pleasant Valley Sunday... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-06-2005, 06:14 PM	#11
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	They are all so ugly, but I suppose people have to live somewhere.

09-06-2005, 07:19 PM	#12
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Lego! __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

09-06-2005, 08:59 PM	#13
Stonan Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada, Earth, Universe #42 Posts: 41	There's a plus and a minus to this... Plus is that this could promote the idea that you have exactly what your neighbor has so there is no real point in competing with him (the 'do better than your personal best' idea to work/play/life) Minus is that this could very easily turn into an Orson Wells reality show ('1984') __________________ Jesus got it wrong by one letter: The Geek shall inherit the earth...

09-06-2005, 11:32 PM	#15
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	"....yep then make a left at the orange house..." you'd get all defensive about what colour you lived in "i hate blue people, they think they are so much better than us pink people. the grey people dont like them either"

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