The “most depressing” city on Earth is so remote it can’t be reached by road and life expectancy is ten years lower than the national average.
A grim city dubbed “the most depressing on Earth” is so remote it can’t be reached by road and so polluted life expectancy is ten years lower than the national average. mining town of Norilsk is dark for two months of the year and has a truly chilling past.
After a more than five-hour flight from Moscow, visitors are greeted by an apocalyptic hellscape built on the site of a Soviet prison camp. Not only does this cause acid rain that kills many of the surrounding trees, but it also takes a devastating toll on Norilsk’s inhabitants. On June 3, 2020, a river outside Norilsk again turned blood red following a massive diesel spill caused by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel.
On top of the toxic pollution, the mining city’s desolate location also gives it reasonable claims to be the world’s most depressing city.It may be baffling to some that anyone would want to work in “the world’s most northern city,” let alone live there, although there is a good reason why so many do.
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