surely we do not need a 'guess the hamlet' thread
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
half of the assumptions in your post were correct, aye
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
makarska?
― ogmor, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Positano?
― I_Got_Loaded, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
^
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
city in the old world is an ecclesiastical term so some places with mediaeval or earlier significance are cities even if they are smallish today, in contrast to that place which seems to derive its importance from being written about 50 yrs ago
― Lama Bloody SwagYurt (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
no cathedral no credibility as pope urban iv used to say
― Lama Bloody SwagYurt (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
except cambridge ofc
not obscure but a pleasing picture:
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1390/1132698255_43cc76b538_o.jpg
― ogmor, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
no need to be a city rockist! xp
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
she said it's your birthday, are you feeling alright?
― markers, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Not really valid for a guess-the-city game, but I figured this would be as good a place to talk about this as any:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Hluttaw-Naypyidaw.jpg
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
a friend of mine just got back from there and says all online information is incorrect and it is an empty, ghost city where nobody lives
What does all online information say about it? That it is bustling and vibrant?
― Stevie D(eux), Monday, 7 October 2013 13:27 (ten years ago) link
That the roofs are color-coded?
No, that it has a population of almost 1m. That it's the third largest city in the country in which it exists. That it was built-from-scratch as the new political capital a la Brasilia but (despite online reports) (according to my friend) there is an occupancy rate of 10% or something equally incredulous.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Uppatasanti_Pagoda-02.jpg
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
Where is everyone!
― Stevie D(eux), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
Maybe they're inside?
Xxxxxx is a unique city in the region. It is a fully constructed large city but with very few inhabitants compared to its size, so you can experience the amazing and unprecedented experience of never ever being stuck in traffic. It is between two mountain ranges so has little to offer in the way of day trips or activities. The city was constructed to be the capital by the military and lacks the dissarray and wonder found throughout the rest of Xxxxx.
Xxxxxx was constructed in secret by the Xxxxx Junta in the early 2000s. In November 2005 it was officially announced as the country's new capital. Government workers were given two months notice that they would have to move from Yangon, as all government offices and ministries were relocated. Embassies and international organisations like the UN have not yet relocated but are expected to at some point. The international retail chains found throughout all other capital cities are not present in Xxxxxx.
The city has wide boulevards/highways (still almost empty) and extravagant roundabouts. It has housing for government workers, but many still maintain residences for their families in Xxxxx as education and health infrastructure is not yet in place.
― Stevie D(eux), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
Is it in Bhutan?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
oh come now. I thought "junta" and this country were basically synonymous
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
or even "yangon"
― dylannn, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Haha yeah, and Yangon. I'm actually planning on going to this country after xmas.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Xxxxxx was constructed in secret by the Xxxxx Junta in the early 2000s.
No government could do something like this in secret without having an iron grip on the media. I'll say it's in Myanmar. The gov there is self-aggrandizing enough and despotic enough, plus it fits the geographic profile for erecting a stupa-like monstrosity, but hell if I know the name of the city.
― Aimless, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
Apparently it is actually quite beautiful! But crazily empty.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2008/10/naypyidaw.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alPN3KAIcZs/TGNoLlL4EQI/AAAAAAAABio/2eQq59ijLRg/s400/senate_in_naypyidaw1ss.jpg
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
The name of the city shows up in the jpg names of those pics. Even while seeing the name I cannot pronounce it.
― Aimless, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yaG6CUM.jpg
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
yerevan?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
yesevan
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:50 (ten years ago) link
the church in the middle looks like one of those old armenian monasteries
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:52 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yapJ8PS.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
You ppl are cray what w all yr knowledge of obscure cities
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
i was going to post one but no one's got this yet !
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
amman?
― eretz afl (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 November 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
not far off. this is a bigger capital
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Damascus?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 11 November 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
not as old as damascus
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
shanghai
― moneyma$e, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Riyadh?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 11 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
totally riyadh
― clouds, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's Riyadh, I'm pretty sure.
― ailsa, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
100% riyadh
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
We all agreed it's Riyadh then?
― ailsa, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
The building with the eyelet is the Four Seasons
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Monday, 11 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
a harder one
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5341/10103040795_022e17d6e7_c.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Colombo?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
suva
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
my first guess would have been india or sri lanka cos of the rickshaw but it doesn't feel right. somewhere in africa would be my guess, so i've only got like a million cities to go through.
― Jibe, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
closer to colombo than suva but a long way from both
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3800/10802607453_4daf6b7186_z.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
port louis
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
addis adeba
― Jibe, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link