xp thanks! but no, I have nothing there on my map
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/xTX7JdZN/126.jpg
Monday Morning Blues
― cherry blossom, Monday, 20 September 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
I can do no more than state the obvious and say that it's the UK and probably England.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 20 September 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
Nottingham
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 20 September 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
looks like some shithole in bucks or berks
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Lol that has a different meaning where I am, though I don't doubt yr right.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
(Bucks and Berks are two counties that form part of the ring around Philadelphia county, and both are full of both very nice area and absolute shitholes)
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
That feels like literally everywhere I've ever been in England.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
church and steep high St are the clues here I think
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
i'm pretty sure it's south of nottingham
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
little bit twee and tudor for the midlands and north
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Wouldn't rule out Ireland here
― nashwan, Monday, 20 September 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
Building on the left, behind the traffic light sign, does not look English at all
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
I'm still trying to figure out what that grassy area in the center is. At first it looked like some kind of traffic circle, but then I started to think that the apparent curvature of the wall was actually fish-eye lens distortion and the wall is actually fairly straight. Still not sure though. And I can't figure out what is the in the low-lying area behind those bushes. Perhaps a river or train tracks?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 01:20 (three years ago) link
Maybe non-English looking building on left in an otherwise English looking scene suggests more continental influence ?some place in Kent maybe
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 02:53 (three years ago) link
o.nate, yeah was thinking that too could even be another road down there
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:23 (three years ago) link
My guess is pedestrian underpass.
― ledge, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:50 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'd say it's a pedestrian underpass that goes through the roundabout.
Like caek, I don't think it's northern.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:03 (three years ago) link
Another vote for pedestrian underpass, I'm sure of it. And that's a roundabout, fish-eye or no fish-eye. The building on the left could easily be a hotel, don't think it looks that un-English if so
Is this defo a city? Getting distinct town vibes
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:29 (three years ago) link
I don't see a Salvation Army band playing nor children drinking lemonade, so yeah, northern town is out.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
looks a bit like some places near me(warwickshire)
― nxd, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
Bingo! It's St Botolph's roundabout in Colchester
B1025https://maps.app.goo.gl/hjhdo4WZdkiPHyrv6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
After dropping down onto a bunch of hunches I realised there maybe aren't as many roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses as I'd thought, so googled "traffic roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses" which quickly led me to a news story about renovation of St Bot's roundabout in Colchester
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
The strange building on the right is, rather inevitably, an NCP car park
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
nice work!
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
*strange building on the left even
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:12 (three years ago) link
bravo!
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
βShithole in bucks or berksβ deserves half a point imo
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
Yes! Tough one but thought it was gettable in one view. Or Something bossing it. Caek with a possible assist, but looking like this one was all handled in house at the end of the day
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 06:56 (two years ago) link
oooh, good thinking there - yay!
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 08:41 (two years ago) link
dumb american question--i know what an american shithole is: is colchester a shithole? With respect to anyone who lives there
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
Also just want to say ho much fun is it to tool around a town you've never been in, zipping down streets.
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
All I really know about Colchester is that parts of it are very old and Damon Albarn is from there
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
Two pics for the price of one as i liked the tiles too much not to include them but i'd be astonished if anyone worked it out from that.
https://i.postimg.cc/wxFpxW3W/RJJW.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/L5PQP82B/RJJW2.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
You say "tiles" I say "Portugal," but that doesn't look like Portugal.
― nickn, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
So the buildings are unfinished, there's enough precipitation that the sidewalks have some decent plant life, and plywood is popular.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Initial thought is somewhere in Turkey or adjacent but not super confident on that
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
second pic green roof looks like it might have a Russian Orthodox cross at its peak
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
Yes just about to say similar about more of a Russian feel in second
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
Couldn't tell on the cross but definitely on the green bit
Not sure on houses, more of a Bulgarian feel but nothing more than hunches
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
The buildings on the right in first picture all look like new residential construction for some reasonably prosperous clients.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Konya
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8715637,32.5055013,3a,75y,141.5h,80.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIg-UslIvFIR0o1yatTAnAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
how ?!
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Very good!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
wow
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
can't find the other view yet but have found building with similar if not same tiles so may be close
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8989078,32.4610693,3a,75y,37.1h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQSVlzuJ2602PCzwkeAieXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
oops
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8998229,32.4612848,3a,75y,298.49h,94.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2SmqlKYxehuGYrWWG-ZaUw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2SmqlKYxehuGYrWWG-ZaUw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D253.55316%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
I think it was around the north east of the city but I canβt find it myself either now.
The green dome in the other picture is part of the Sufi poet Rumiβs mausoleum.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link