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As of February 8, 2024
r/HostileArchitecture
Hostile Architecture
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**Hostile architecture** is the deliberate design or alteration of spaces generally considered public, so that it is less useful or comfortable in some way or for some people, generally the homeless or youth. Also known as defensive architecture, hostile design, unpleasant design, exclusionary design, or defensive urban design.
Hostile architecture is the deliberate design or alteration of spaces generally considered public, so that it is less useful or comfortable in some way or for some people.
The classic example is a bench with armrests added to it later, to stop homeless people from sleeping on it. Another is obs...
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Total Submissions
3,370
Total Comments
74,061
Earliest Submission
May 16, 2016
Earliest Comment
May 5, 2017
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 218 | 144,748 | 1555.2 | 1.2 | 1288.47 | |
| #2 | 976 | 1,029,758 | 6962.6 | 8.6 | 810.86 | |
| #3 | 32 | 40,697 | 228.3 | 0.3 | 672.69 | |
| #4 | 570 | 816,796 | 4066.3 | 6.8 | 597.02 | |
| #5 | 33 | 120,331 | 235.4 | 1.0 | 234.62 | |
| #6 | 537 | 1,979,102 | 3830.8 | 16.5 | 232.13 | |
| #7 | 513 | 2,497,280 | 3659.6 | 20.8 | 175.74 | |
| #8 | 114 | 587,592 | 813.3 | 4.9 | 165.98 | |
| #9 | 62 | 430,631 | 442.3 | 3.6 | 123.17 | |
| #10 | 60 | 442,111 | 428.0 | 3.7 | 116.10 | |
| #11 | 37 | 304,336 | 264.0 | 2.5 | 104.01 | |
| #12 | 42 | 419,219 | 299.6 | 3.5 | 85.71 | |
| #13 | 45 | 532,053 | 321.0 | 4.4 | 72.36 | |
| #14 | 47 | 564,348 | 335.3 | 4.7 | 71.25 | |
| #15 | 36 | 440,466 | 256.8 | 3.7 | 69.92 | |
| #16 | 30 | 586,927 | 214.0 | 4.9 | 43.73 | |
| #17 | 34 | 717,874 | 242.5 | 6.0 | 40.52 | |
| #18 | 35 | 805,591 | 249.7 | 6.7 | 37.17 | |
| #19 | 150 | 4,055,462 | 1070.1 | 33.8 | 31.64 | |
| #20 | 152 | 4,128,036 | 1084.3 | 34.4 | 31.50 | |
| #21 | 65 | 1,824,620 | 463.7 | 15.2 | 30.48 | |
| #22 | 56 | 1,622,153 | 399.5 | 13.5 | 29.53 | |
| #23 | 45 | 1,516,125 | 321.0 | 12.6 | 25.39 | |
| #24 | 48 | 1,676,531 | 342.4 | 14.0 | 24.49 | |
| #25 | 69 | 2,526,507 | 492.2 | 21.1 | 23.36 | |
| #26 | 65 | 2,392,655 | 463.7 | 20.0 | 23.24 | |
| #27 | 73 | 2,939,965 | 520.8 | 24.5 | 21.24 | |
| #28 | 261 | 10,580,373 | 1861.9 | 88.2 | 21.10 | |
| #29 | 41 | 1,818,122 | 292.5 | 15.2 | 19.29 | |
| #30 | 97 | 4,605,375 | 692.0 | 38.4 | 18.02 | |
| #31 | 40 | 1,899,230 | 285.4 | 15.8 | 18.02 | |
| #32 | 59 | 2,810,552 | 420.9 | 23.4 | 17.96 | |
| #33 | 61 | 3,020,245 | 435.2 | 25.2 | 17.28 | |
| #34 | 47 | 2,400,898 | 335.3 | 20.0 | 16.75 | |
| #35 | 201 | 10,408,215 | 1433.9 | 86.8 | 16.52 | |
| #36 | 142 | 7,369,849 | 1013.0 | 61.5 | 16.48 | |
| #37 | 128 | 6,997,325 | 913.1 | 58.3 | 15.65 | |
| #38 | 46 | 2,556,042 | 328.2 | 21.3 | 15.40 | |
| #39 | 62 | 3,453,411 | 442.3 | 28.8 | 15.36 | |
| #40 | 66 | 3,996,478 | 470.8 | 33.3 | 14.13 | |
| #41 | 33 | 1,999,061 | 235.4 | 16.7 | 14.12 | |
| #42 | 37 | 2,286,329 | 264.0 | 19.1 | 13.84 | |
| #43 | 37 | 2,373,462 | 264.0 | 19.8 | 13.34 | |
| #44 | 62 | 4,089,621 | 442.3 | 34.1 | 12.97 | |
| #45 | 37 | 2,581,202 | 264.0 | 21.5 | 12.26 | |
| #46 | 240 | 17,420,217 | 1712.1 | 145.3 | 11.79 | |
| #47 | 125 | 9,346,539 | 891.7 | 77.9 | 11.44 | |
| #48 | 55 | 4,198,092 | 392.4 | 35.0 | 11.21 | |
| #49 | 61 | 4,679,961 | 435.2 | 39.0 | 11.15 | |
| #50 | 37 | 2,867,475 | 264.0 | 23.9 | 11.04 |