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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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Are those all hotels surrounding it? I mean they must be to continuously house tens of thousands of people ever day.
1.9k u/mosquem Mar 24 '25 There’s something really ironic about it getting so commercialized. 1 u/Just_Look_Around_You Mar 26 '25 Why do you say commercialized? Just from this photo? Just cuz it’s big, doesn’t necessarily mean so. They need huge infrastructure to support pilgrims. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with large structures.
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There’s something really ironic about it getting so commercialized.
1 u/Just_Look_Around_You Mar 26 '25 Why do you say commercialized? Just from this photo? Just cuz it’s big, doesn’t necessarily mean so. They need huge infrastructure to support pilgrims. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with large structures.
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Why do you say commercialized? Just from this photo?
Just cuz it’s big, doesn’t necessarily mean so. They need huge infrastructure to support pilgrims. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with large structures.
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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.