When you live here is easy to forget what a great place it is. We rush from our house, to the freeway, to a building where we work all day. Visitors marvel at the beauty of our islands while we take it for granted.
This picture caught our eye. It has nothing to do with Hawaii politics but it’s always good to stand back occasionally and ponder our home.
This is Cherepovetz City, the center of the Russian North-West SeveroStal industrial zone.
The average life expectancy is 47 years.
Minus 14 F is considered warm weather.
The city is built on permafrost, so buildings deteriorate quickly and most are in crumbling conditions.
The city was originally built by prisoners – untold thousands died from the cold.
The industrial pollution is on par with the worst towns in China – it’s officially one of the ten most polluted cities in the world.
There are no homeless people because nobody can survive minus 69 F degree winter conditions.
The ecology around the city is so polluted that trees can spontaneously ignite from industrial chemicals in the ground – and only burned sticks are left.
Lucky we live Hawaii.
