Oh and for extra fun, that part of detroit actually looks more or less fine today. idk when that pic is from (early 2000s?) but street view from 2013 to 2022 tells a different story

or 2011 on:

like that probably represents some significant gentrification as well and I have my problems with american city planning but detroit isn’t really like it used to be and its not unique either, urban decay happened lots of places

The point being made about pyongyang is real though. despite incredible struggles its quite the glow up