ha, really thought I was being sneaky with that one
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
You were. I did suspect an ersatz but my google-fu was foiled nonetheless.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
ha, I immediately thought it had to be some faux-European project in China (with Japan as a second option, but there it's more in the form of amusement parks, I think). (well, the first thing I googled was of course the Elephant House/Euro (or Buro?) Fashion combo, turns out EH is a Harry Potter thing, I had no idea)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Town
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
this paper has a photo that's very similar to the one CaAL posted: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3544032(see Figure 9)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
it was an odd place and surprisingly hard to find (nobody in Shanghai had heard of it) - here is my alternate view photo.
https://i.imgur.com/tgVmDaw.jpg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
I’m reasonably familiar with Shanghai, but I haven’t heard of it either. Not that that means anything, it’s... quite a big place.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Wait... does "Thames Town" really qualify as a city?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Shanghai certainly does
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
lol, i've been to thames town and would never have made the connection from either posted photo, nice job.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
what gives it away for me are the air conditioners.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
now that you mention it, they may have subconsciously tipped me off
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
Is the "Elephant House" supposed to an olde time English pub?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
The Elephant House, one of the cafés in Edinburgh in which Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel
https://elephanthouse.biz/
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
also the plastic lettering of "Euro Fashion" is very Chinese to me
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Wee Britain
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
haha shanghai?! my guess was going to be one of those bullshit villages in westchester county!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
One more:
https://i.imgur.com/j3geVIe.png
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 01:33 (three years ago) link
looks like Northern France or Benelux perhaps?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:37 (three years ago) link
was gonna guess winningen
― nxd, Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
completely different viaduct there - not Brussels/Vilvoorde in Belgium either, that one is much wider
― StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:44 (three years ago) link
It looks a little dusty for benelux?
The optical illusion of the woman in a sari that is in fact some kind of waterslide is distracting
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
"It looks a little dusty for benelux?"
this thread blows my mind. i need to travel more.
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Tbh, it also blows my mind, but then I remember that I've seen some of the wildest and most remote places in the US, and I smile knowing that I could play "guess that National Forest" and beat the pants off some of you.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Tbf it can also be down to 'watched a lot of foreign films' or 'watched a lot of travel TV' or 'is addicted to Street View'. I've been to a grand total of eleven countries in my life (this includes those I've lived in), which is more or less the international average (ten, apparently).
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
True enough! I've watched a fair number of foreign films, though, and some of the correct guesses here still blow my mind. (I've been to eleven foreign countries)
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
I don't know, I'm not basing it on much it just feels further east to me
Also do they need to build viaducts right up there in benelux? Maybe they do!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
Tisnt ghent?
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
If It's Dusty, This Must Not Be Belgium
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
I'll post another view tonight if need be. Don't know what the exact rules are (if any) but I figure a 24h interval is fair.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
one of the reasons why i like this thread is because it's a nice way to engage with different places and cultures without having to travel.
― satanist of size (map), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
is there a church behind the trees? (still, not enough to go on)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
(the left row of trees)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
One tree is usually enough by itself to go under, what exactly are u packin dude
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
This thread blows my mind too. I've been to 28 countries and I don't think I've guessed a single city on here from sight!
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
How about Stavanger?
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
Correct.
Here, have your bragging rights.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
How'd you guess?
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Norway is one of the 11 countries I've visited and it reminded me of there. Fortunately there are only what... 4 cities in Norway?
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
Stavanger is the first city in this thread I've been in (still didn't recognize it).
― nickn, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
I think it would have taken me a year at least to guess that. I'd got it into my head that it was Riga but just couldn't make it fit
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@58.9728828,5.7497169,3a,75y,220.22h,91.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s60hEyPabXlcCuxwm7owr2Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
and there it is, in all its dusty majesty
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
I was trying to link to that street view but couldn't figure out how in time
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
(been to 12 countries on counting, still a poor effort)
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
But not for Scandinavia.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
Thats what tripped me up and sent me in the wrong direction!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
ive only been to 11 countries and that's both counting england and scotland as separate countries and counting driving through france and staying a night at a travelodge (or similar) in the reims area
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Lol display name
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/naarden/19251688/dusty-benelux.html
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
(xxp) Never been to Wales and Norn Iron?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
yes, and i haven't been to the free state either
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link