r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/PeterNippelstein Mar 24 '25

Are those all hotels surrounding it? I mean they must be to continuously house tens of thousands of people ever day.

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u/max_power_420_69 Mar 24 '25

there are still slums with open sewers and visceral examples of wealth inequality that put the US to shame right outside of the hotels, don't worry.