Inhabited Beauty

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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.

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Houses in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by PugJesus to c/inhabitedbeauty

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[–] friend_of_satan 4 points 5 days ago

Looks magical

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

“Ou” in Ouagadougou is pronounced “W” (/w/) afaik, since it’s a french romanisation and french doesn’t use “W” in general.

[–] PugJesus 2 points 5 days ago

Wagadougou is cool as a pronunciation, but not as cool as Ouagadougou 😔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is this where the rich people live, or does everyone get a place like this?

[–] PugJesus 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

By the layout and visible amenities, I'd guess this to be middle-class? I doubt it'd be quite rich. The rich in every country tend to be somewhat more... ostentatious.

It's very common for houses in this region to be painted like this though.