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''And he ain't put back nothing in''|'''''Zager & Evans''''', ''In The Year 2525''}}
On a futuristic Earth, or similar location, plants, animals, and naturally clean water are things of the past. Something terrible has happened -- [[Humans Are Bastards|civilization's negligence]] of the environment, a strange natural disaster, or even a combination of ''both'' -- to turn the world into a wasteland. This isn't (usually) the [[Earth That Was]], as the planet is still populated (usually ''overpopulated''), but its on its way there.
[[Only Electric Sheep Are Cheap|Real food]] is a luxury for only the rich while the general populace lives off of [[Future Food Is Artificial|synthetic food]], [[Food Pills]], or a [[Human Resources|new kind of meat]]. Forests are gone, replaced by concrete and steel jungles, more commonly known as cities, which are [[City Noir|dark]] and [[Used Future|dirty]]. If there is any undeveloped land still left, it's a desert wasteland, spoiled beyond recovery. What was once coastline is now underwater. If the story takes place/has a scene in a coastal city, expect to see the tops of skyscrapers sticking out of the water. Sometimes this is ''reversed'': seas become salt deserts, with the remains of beached ships scattered about. The problem of overpopulation may be solved with the legalization of suicide, or [[We Will Have Euthanasia in The Future|special clinics.]]
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A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Dystopia]] and [[Crapsack World]]. [[Sister Trope]] to [[Just Before the End]], [[Earth That Used to Be Better]], and [[Green Aesop]]. "Cousin" Trope to [[After the End]], as society is usually still hanging on, if barely, although it can go with it, (usually, this trope is either the reason why the world ended or whatever ended the world causes this trope). Frequently seen in [[Cyberpunk]] settings.
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