Guess the City

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Looking pretty chilly out there

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:21 (three years ago) link

Jibe is correct!

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link

xp maybe. In my limited experience, Indians will dress like that as soon as the temperature drops below 10

rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link

Ooooh I like this pace :) more more more

flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/V5QSCZV9/GTC4-LI.jpg

Another relatively easy one, though i have artlessly obscured two of the most Googleable clues.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link

Almost certainly a college campus with the football stadium the structure in front. Looks like Stanford to me, it certainly has those tall palms along the side of roads bordering big lawns.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link

The red color is right for Stanford too.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link

I don't think Stanford Stadium is that dumpy, although I don't think I've ever walked next to the stadium.

It looks more like Brazil to me, but I have no feeling for where (I have traveled rather little there).

All cars are bad (Euler), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link

Not Stanford (only one BMW amid subcompact economy hatchbacks). Looks more tropical.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link

What an interesting thing on the left. Looks like a pavilion of some sort, reminds me of Venice Biennale (but isn't that)

flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link

Not Stanford (only one BMW amid subcompact economy hatchbacks)

those might be the humanities professors' cars

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link

Whats the tall thing to the left of the two trees on the left? Sort of looks like a floodlight?

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link

Ah, looks like thats already covered

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link

Do stadiums in the US have seating go right up like that? Cars don't feel right for US, South America feels a better bet

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link

small colleges sometimes have stadiums like that

treeship., Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link

Yeah that totally looks like a US college football stadium to me

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link

It's hard to shake the idea it's California, but it's also p modest looking for a US campus venue for nearly any sport. Plus I'm struggling to think of an English word ending in -cial that would make sense as the last word of the name of that building on the left, whereas in, say, Spanish "ciencia social" would be logical

rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link

yeah I suppose a small liberal arts college could have a dinky entrance like that

rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link

btw "brutalist football stadium" is kind of a fun gis

rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link

I thought i had this for a second in Rio.

Its not Rio

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link

Flamengo made sense for a moment but no

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link

Next guess was Curitiba but absolutely no on that one

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Marcelo_Bielsa_OM_2015.jpg

Got it, I think

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link

damn

Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link

Thuogh blurred, I can tell the license plates shapes/colors are definitely not USA.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link

always quite fancied going to rosario

Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link

Marcelo Biela stadium

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link

Bielsa

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link

Was thinking Flamengo all along and forgot Newell's Old Boys play in red and black too

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link

That is an absolute unit of a city

flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link

impressive as always. is there an easy level for this thread where CB is barred from playing? :)

rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link

I knew you were going to get it when you said Rio. xp

Rosario’s very nice.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link

small cars, stadium, red and black, it narrowed down pretty quick

cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/9Q5ch11G/GTC5.png

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 19 February 2021 13:28 (three years ago) link

Central Asian feel about the gold guys on the left. Lego building interesting, holding something pretty tall but not that long. Looks almost like a military fair to show off rockets is being set up

cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link

Gaborone, Botswana

https://goo.gl/maps/Kjffcn6jZZ4LHrgP7

ledge, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link

Good work!

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 19 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link

damn, nowhere near

cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link

with all due respect to the many good players in this thread, i would like to read an extensive interview with cherry blossom about their approach to the Guess the City game

― alpine static,

Still want that interview?

cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link

I got lucky, 'large bronze statues in africa' led nowhere but i thought maybe the low building was an airport - it isn't, but 'large bronze statues outside airport in africa' still delivered. built by north korea! https://theculturetrip.com/africa/articles/spectacular-african-monuments-built-by-north-korea/

ledge, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link

Is that building just an apartment block with a cafe in it?

cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link

report of another failed attempt:

the small building with the thatched roof on the left suggested Africa to me, but I just couldn’t bring up that white cube building through Google. (it still doesn’t come up when you add Botswana - weird, you’d think it was pretty distinctive). saw the statues, but it seemed too vague a clue.

thanx for reading and commiserating

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 19 February 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link

Yes that thatched roof building was a red flag for central asia (though it could have been the Botswana stand at the military fair in Uzbekistan)

cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link

That is an absolute unit of a city

― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:20 (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

How much do i love it when i love footy phrasings travel like this

scampsite (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/QdrnnK0v/Screenshot-2021-02-22-at-14-21-09.png

Here we go

cherry blossom, Monday, 22 February 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link

Those look like river cruise boats rather than ocean boats. Guessing Turkey or elsewhere in Central Asia.

All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 22 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link

Yep, one of the Russian cruise ports like Rostov-na-Donu would make sense.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link

I actually think it looks like somewhere on the US west coast, Vancouver even, but I'm definitely wrong.

it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link

The people look Russian.

I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link


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