Is it something like Sion in Switzerland? (missing the mid-city double hill though)
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
136 looks Russian or ex-USSR
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
there is no way that city is 1) below 5,000 feet elevation 2) south of the 40th parallel, or 3) populated by more than 100,000 inhabitants
― del griffith, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
north of 40th parallel but yr wrong with the other two
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
this is how it used to look
http://i.imgur.com/MrhKr.jpg
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i really need to live somewhere surrounded by mountains at some point
― I saw him in convulsive throws I said "I'll have one of those" (sunny successor), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i've always thought the same....or proximity to mountains at least, since having huge mountains surrounding you could be dismal in winter light / snowdrifts
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
can you tell us whether this city is located in the caucasus, and if not, where it is in relation to them?
― del griffith, Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
nowhere near the caucasus
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
define "near"
― del griffith, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
'that kind of sloping roof you see on the ones in the foreground'
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
They look sort of Scandinavian, as does the fact that some of the buildings are gaily coloured. Black soil = volcanic, but it's not Rekjavik and nowhere else in Iceland is big enough. Used to look different usually = destroyed in the war, so that'd be Norway. Bergen? But there's no sea in sight, which is confusing.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Somewhere Alpine/Tyrolean? Innsbruck?
― ailsa, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
For some reason, it makes me think of Eastern Europe...like maybe Romania?
― Falkor Johnson (askance johnson), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ailsa near enough i guess
surprised ppl didn't suss it was alpine pretty quickly
― the decline of the altbro-hongarian empire (nakhchivan), Friday, 24 September 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
137
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/krakow81/005.jpg
I expect this one to go quickly, but I like the photo.
― krakow, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, I was on the wrong side of the Alps with Sion, then (xpost)
― StanM, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
xp lol erm any more clues?
― F-Unit (Ste), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
That tall building with the clock looks a little like that one in Liverpool, but that's on the waterfront, I believe
― StanM, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost, yeah
Is that the Liver building being built? (Insert obligatory "can't tell if those cars have hubcaps" joke here.)
― Tim, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://shop.manchestergalleries.org/images/72Ub5gmh601Spx69HRqHjAGtGtMf/Oxford-Road-Adolphe-Valette.jpg
― FORTIFIED STEAMED VEGETABLE BOWL (schlump), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Liverpool indeed, it's my hometown. I liked that it was the Liver Building without the Liver Birds in place.
― krakow, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:27 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Manchester? Looks a bit like Oxford Rd to me...
― Neil S, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i was shooting for mcr, and the refuge building
― FORTIFIED STEAMED VEGETABLE BOWL (schlump), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:33 (thirteen years ago) link
That view hasn't changed much since the painting was done.
― Neil S, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
139?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1370/5157777467_53d3afdf33_z.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
frisco?
― F-Unit (Ste), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ thought that
feel like the car is a red herring
― whiney trollins vs. hipsters (dayo), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like San Francisco, maybe the Marina district.
― Oh do come to the mod illuminati conclave chez (Michael White), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
how would you even begin with that photo? lampposts? the off-turquoise colour of the building suggests a lowish latitude perhaps
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the man is wearing a hat, which indicates this city is located in a place where people wear hats
― whiney trollins vs. hipsters (dayo), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
fire escapes, light, oldish, tallish buildings, driving on the right. looks like sf to me.
― caek, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
non-threatening cartoon on kiddies' window blind suggests maybe some liberal influences
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
building looks 30s.....so yeah would rule out a lot of places
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
it is SF yes. martin luther king square
original pic here by rob koziura
http://www.flickr.com/photos/probablekoz/4928733580/in/set-72157614085709800/
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
(i guessed before i saw where it was too - which can make a good "guess the city" candidate to see if others do the same
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i would have guessed california cuz kinda 'chill', and sf cuz it's old
but it's interesting how efficient these vague associations can be compared to the more deductive methods that failed to unearth my last city upthread
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
how would you even begin with that photo?
criminally i admit i got this all because of gta san andreas san fierro graphics.
― F-Unit (Ste), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qkRe8.jpg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
stoke-on-trent?
― Romford Spring (DG), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
nakhchivan to thread
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2839869032_9f3086eaa4_b.jpg
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Harbin
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i have never heard of harbin but holy shit 10M ppl live there???
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
harbin is almost in siberia, not sure if the vegetation fits
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Goalkeeper's Mostar?
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
No
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
it's nakhchivan
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Changsha
― corey, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link