i cant even tell what country that is. the pointy orange thing and two church steeples make me think europe somewhere but that bridge and some of those apartment buildings seem america? wait. is that an amusement park?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
god it looks horrible. bad shot maybe?
hmm, yeah that looks like some sort of fun fair doesn't it
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
is someone gonna tell the answer?
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
if in the US, Pittsburgh?
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think it's the US
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait, I do - all that low-rise construction/sprawl?
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
hint: heres the city from a slightly different angle!
http://i38.tinypic.com/28s6jhj.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
helpful clue
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ya none of that anywhere else in the world
looks eastern european to me. i'll say warsaw.
oh lol jho :D
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
minsk
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
actually we could do this much more easily by working out which eastern european country's dictator-controlled national media outlets have orange as their signature colour
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Some bored googling of "cantilever bridge" and "amusement park" has given me the answer, you are all way off.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
doubt it's in the midwest, since there's appears to be a hill off to the right.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, I think I'm wrong. Never mind.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
ah got it,
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
(by doing the ailsa thing)
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I googled "green cantilever bridge" and then got bored of this approach after one fruitless page
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
No, I was right after all. Hurrah! Shall let the rest of you guess away though. Am assuming Ste got the same result as me. Not Europe.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
is that the pole from one of those rotating observation "rides" there? Are those specific to Six Flags?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
birmingham, al?
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
google is for cheaters
canada?
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretty sure you are
#2 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/38531341_eeef3142ac.jpg?v=0
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ok montreal alisa wins next city
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
istanbul?
oh boooooring xp to lol canada
my error was to GIS rather than GS
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
ankara
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Vampire_laronde.jpg/350px-Vampire_laronde.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I like how I win by not actually saying "Montreal" at any point :-)
Baghdad?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
actually i found it with fewer google words "bridge amusement park" do i win even more than ailsa?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, is not cheating, is educational and enterprising and stuff. Honest.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Granny Dainger's is Montreal
― Jibe, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
haaaaaaaa
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Ed - Lahore, right?
― Matt DC, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
^win
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
#3. http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles18126.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
THATS MONTREAL???
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
many xps obv
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.staronetickets.com/images/Montreal.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
google search: trees i don't what kind + smallish river + rolling hills + bland low buildings
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, yeah, that's spoiled my research fun.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
#3 url gives it away though
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
#3 is not very easy for Europeans
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm guessing somewhere in the north east of the US - Massachussets or somesuch? Might be way off though. Any clues?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
This is based on trees and scenery looking like it would be somewhere geographically similar to Northern Europe, but that one building and the grid layout of the roads looking American. Am I on the right lines?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking upstate NY.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn I thought it was Legoland...
― snoball, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
If it had a highway cutting through it it would look like Concord, NH.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I had never even heard of it, and it seems pretty small for a city, hence me saying I would never have got it otherwise.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 18 March 2024 14:49 (two months ago) link
I had never heard of it either, it started when I saw a photo of this cat
https://i.ibb.co/thnFKhs/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-17-17-54.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:36 (two months ago) link
Interesting ShariVari was initially thinking Daugavpils, I thought maybe Smolensk or somewhere in that general region
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:47 (two months ago) link
After checking the Tver oblast, came across this Torzhok place, that looks like a film set and at one stage looked like it was going to be a UNESCO world heritage site
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link
and there he was, the very same cat, in a streetview
https://i.ibb.co/hd82XxV/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-17-45-36.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:52 (two months ago) link
I turned the above streetview around, and they they were, the couple on the stairs
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:55 (two months ago) link
Here they are again in some kind of resort area in the reverse streetview of the Lada 110 shown above, which they seem circumspect about
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 17:01 (two months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/sbd6jBb/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-17-57-46.png
Then there was a photo of their dinner
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 17:02 (two months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/g4pJhyn/Screenshot-2024-03-20-at-07-35-12.png
Spring is in the air
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 08:09 (two months ago) link
The roofs and chimneys look UK to me, and there's a BeeSafe security company with that logo in the UK. My guess is a northern or a Midlands town.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 08:32 (two months ago) link
I'm confused, is this the same place as the photos of the couple?
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:01 (two months ago) link
Definitely not.
Agree it's Britain, not sure Ive seen that form of cigarette bin anywhere else either.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:06 (two months ago) link
Beesafe cover Grimsby/Hull/Bridlington type areas so quite narrow.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:12 (two months ago) link
another clue?
― kinder, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 18:11 (one month ago) link
https://whentaken.com/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 11 April 2024 12:47 (one month ago) link
nice. You were SPOT ON WITH THE YEAR and 152 km away <<< my best from one play
― ledge, Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:10 (one month ago) link
I can't remember where it is, I'll have to do some guessing myself to find it and post another clue
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 30 May 2024 17:55 (three days ago) link
Can try this one in the meantime though
https://i.ibb.co/XLkrmf3/Screenshot-2024-05-30-at-19-50-07.png
Interesting depression.Looks pretty dry.Large vacation houses, not really affluent.Middle East maybe ?
― Nabozo, Thursday, 30 May 2024 19:53 (three days ago) link
Pretty sure it's New Zealand for no particular reason.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Thursday, 30 May 2024 21:06 (three days ago) link
Sausalito, CA
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8759249,-122.5163919,3a,75y,129.16h,89.28t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipO3ArhVjsMMJd-B9Vp2ruvzqanrwGh5RXyZiFYP!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO3ArhVjsMMJd-B9Vp2ruvzqanrwGh5RXyZiFYP%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi0.7181411620363036-ya56.23383006201965-ro0.2967529296875-fo90!7i8192!8i4096?coh=205410&entry=ttu
― tomorrow, Friday, 31 May 2024 01:16 (two days ago) link
Grew up around there : ) Knew instantly.
― tomorrow, Friday, 31 May 2024 01:17 (two days ago) link
Very good!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 31 May 2024 05:13 (two days ago) link
Google has it as Marin City rather than Sausalito, whats the difference (if there is one)?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 31 May 2024 05:16 (two days ago) link
Ha, clearly I never went past the Golden Gate Bridge, glad someone said NZ to save me from my lonely shame :)
― Nabozo, Friday, 31 May 2024 07:37 (two days ago) link
and I must say that Sausalito, Strawberry, and Tiburon is quite the trio of names
― Nabozo, Friday, 31 May 2024 07:42 (two days ago) link
(Strawberry being next to Manzanita too)
― Nabozo, Friday, 31 May 2024 07:43 (two days ago) link
Ouch sorry I missed this!
That apartment complex is technically Sausalito but adjacent to Marin City (a block away down the hill) and the view is of Strawberry (Harbor Point)/Belvedere and a little bit of Angel Island.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 11:41 (two days ago) link
Anyone who rides a bike from SF->Marin knows these roads/views intimately.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 11:42 (two days ago) link
not really affluent
https://www.zillow.com/belvedere-ca/
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 31 May 2024 11:50 (two days ago) link
ok, let's do a quickiehttps://i.postimg.cc/d1KjpB4n/Street.jpg
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 May 2024 12:29 (two days ago) link
First thought is Wales but nothing jumping out about yet about how to narrow it down
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 31 May 2024 12:49 (two days ago) link
There's one of those ship steering wheels on the red house, which suggest on the coast. I know inland people might do that too but lets say its less likely for now
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 31 May 2024 12:51 (two days ago) link
I think not Wales because they've moved to recycling bags for different types of material instead of all-in bins.
Other than that I don't see a way to narrow it down much further.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 31 May 2024 12:55 (two days ago) link
It's not a ship's wheel I don't think, could be a cart wheel maybe?
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 31 May 2024 12:57 (two days ago) link
Oh, hmm, I was about to say I found some semi-similar streets in Milford Haven but very easily a false positive as houses like this could be all over.
Is that recycling thing Wales-wide?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 31 May 2024 12:57 (two days ago) link
I think it depends on the council but I've just checked Pembrokeshire and they're bags and boxes so not Milford Haven.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 31 May 2024 13:00 (two days ago) link
are the TV aerials still a thing everywhere in the UK or does this mean we're looking at a smaller island maybe?
― StanM, Friday, 31 May 2024 13:17 (two days ago) link
Not every county has blue bins, looks like the houses are ex-council as people have painted them / attached random shit to them etc. I'm taking a punt at a post-war estate in somewhere like Oxford. Cutteslowe?
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Friday, 31 May 2024 13:18 (two days ago) link
The last time Camaraderie at Arms Length did one of these Britain ones it was in China so there might be a curveball in there
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 31 May 2024 13:28 (two days ago) link
dont think I'm giving anything away by saying no, it's not in Cutteslow or in China
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 May 2024 13:29 (two days ago) link
agree with the general wales/west of England vibe.
not the following places based on a bin check:torbayswanseaswindonbristolOxford
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 31 May 2024 16:16 (two days ago) link
Could be near me in Warwickshire but looks a bit too bright
― nxd, Friday, 31 May 2024 16:52 (two days ago) link
We have to be missing something, its too generic on the face of it. I felt Wales on a hunch but it could be somewhere like Retford just as easily
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 1 June 2024 05:09 (yesterday) link