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For photos of beautiful, still-inhabited locales! It can be a quick snapshot of your local town, a breathtaking pro photo of a city, or a pic of some fascinating piece of modern life.

The only real rule is that it must be an actively inhabited/used location (ie not ruins or natural locales). Otherwise, go wild. Anything that you find beautiful or interesting!

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Around Guilin, China (media.piefed.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/inhabitedbeauty@piefed.social
 

Technically this scene is 'inhabited' because of the building at the bottom.

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[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh cool, I just visited Guilin in June. We did the river tour and really enjoyed it. I liked how it's a smaller city, by Chinese standards (pop. about 2 mil). More relaxed than say, Chengdu or Beijing and so beautiful.

A river in Guilin, China

[–] rimu@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh wow, they have big boats now... When I was there it was all 3 person bamboo rafts, haha

[–] Ininewcrow@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Amazing ... it must have been surreal to see it from this vantage point

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I fucking love Chinese (and most Asian) landscapes, they have so much varied terrain and such different geology than the places I've been to.

I'd love to visit some of the massive caves someday.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

The pathway is evidence of habitation too (at least in the ultra-broad sense it's used in this comm, lol)! Gorgeous shot!