Every WORST Designed City Explained in 9 Minutes

Have you ever walked through a city and thought, "Who on earth designed this mess?" Or wondered why some places seem perfectly engineered for traffic jams and misery? These aren't accidents. In this video, as a real urban planner, i'm explaining the disastrous planning decisions behind the world's worst designed cities. From desert cities that shouldn't exist to capitals that forgot about people, these are real world examples of what happens when urban planning goes terribly wrong..

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Dubai: The city with the world's tallest building but forgot to build sidewalks.

Houston: The city with no zoning, 26-lane highways, and and has become a concrete wasteland.

Perth: A giant parking lot with a beach, where suburban sprawl makes Phoenix jealous.

Brasília: The city of the future, shaped like an airplane, that forgot to include humans.

Brussels: The capital of Europe, run by 19 uncoordinated municipalities, resulting in permanent chaos.

Calgary: A city of office towers connected by hamster tubes, where everyone is assumed to drive a pickup truck.

Beijing: Home to the "concentric circles of traffic hell," with six ring roads all gridlocked at once.

Phoenix: The desert city that uses more water than Seattle where being a pedestrian is considered an extreme sport.

Which city do you think is the biggest planning disaster? Is there a city I missed that deserves a spot on this list? Let me know in the comments below!

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Dubai
01:08 Houston
02:15 Perth
03:25 Brasília
04:38 Brussels
05:46 Calgary
06:48 Beijing
07:58 Phoenix
09:06 The End

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I'm Umut, an urban planner currently pursuing my Master's degree. I'm passionate about decoding the complex world of cities, and I'm here to break down everything I've learned—from university lectures to my travels—into clear videos. My goal is to make the often technical subject of urban planning engaging and easy to understand for everyone.

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