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@erisfior.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:49 AM

That distinction matters to me.

If an informal settlement exists for decades, develops streets, shops, homes, routines, social networks and local economies, at what point does calling it an “encroachment” stop actually describing what it is?

#InformalUrbanism #UrbanLife #Architecture

Children playing together outside a modest neighbourhood church in Islamabad, whose facade is marked by large red crosses.Small church surrounded by dense residential buildings in an Islamabad low-income settlement, with a large red cross above its entrance.Family gathered around a woven charpoy in the enclosed courtyard of a modest brick home in Islamabad, with laundry and household belongings around them.Two views of narrow lanes in France Colony, Islamabad, where residents, children and a motorbike share intimate pedestrian-scale streets between closely built homes.
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