Guess the City

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The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament shows his handiwork.

The thermometer is in Farenheit and it's a pretty mild day, around 70 degrees.

Looks like some decent forest cover in the window reflection.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 March 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link

if we only knew where cherry blossom resides…

let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link

I guess the thermometer shows the temperature inside?

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link

the reflection outside the window could be anywhere green that has tower blocks but the cubicle setup alone made me think USA too tbh

StanM, Thursday, 2 March 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link

otoh, IS this a cubicle? do they generally/ever have those wide windows (are they windows?)

StanM, Thursday, 2 March 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link

I think it's a mirror?

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 March 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link

I think it's "The Heavens Declare The G(lory of God)", not dictate. Psalm 19

There appears to be a body of water in the reflection behind the photographer, and the light in the photos (and the manner of dress) looks decisively Carolinian, Georgian, Floridian

lurching toward (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 2 March 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link

Oh, didn't realise Eyeball Kicks had already made that conclusion regarding Psalm 19, my apologies

lurching toward (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 2 March 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link

a round mirror on the right too?

StanM, Friday, 3 March 2023 00:30 (one year ago) link

I'm intrigued by the flip phone - who still has those? Google tells me they're still commonly used in Japan, but this obviously isn't Japan. I wonder if there are any regions in the US where they're more common?

Zelda Zonk, Friday, 3 March 2023 00:49 (one year ago) link

My guess is a small city somewhere in the Bible Belt. I'm guessing screensaver Bible quotes aren't so common on the East/West Coasts, and the family pics that suggest a warm climate

Zelda Zonk, Friday, 3 March 2023 00:56 (one year ago) link

just to the right of the big vertical tear (where the panoramic thing did its job) at the bottom, there's like a rectangular semi transparant thing with a black flap/cover - what IS that? A tablet case without the tablet? Or something related to this person's job that I just don't recognize?

StanM, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:03 (one year ago) link

oh - maybe it's the case for the tablet that's being used to make this picture, nevermind

StanM, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:07 (one year ago) link

https://i.ibb.co/vLjBcf7/asda2.jpg

The heavens upload

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Sunday, 5 March 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link

Looking wintry and not so bible belt. Olde Worlde street lamps are quite distinctive, could be a clue. Grass is not very green, so somewhere that doesn't necessarily get a lot of rain. Another clue might be the strange way the double yellow lines start in one end in one line and start in another, that doesn't seem very typical

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 5 March 2023 22:17 (one year ago) link

looks like the us plains to me, somewhere churchy.

ꙮ (map), Sunday, 5 March 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link

Have gone a street lamp rabbit hole and learned that the type featured here is known as a teardrop street lamp. But I can't find an exact match for it. Buildings all look administrative rather than commercial.

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 5 March 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link

The double yellow looks like it's for a left turn lane (people driving right to left can only enter the lane when it goes single line, and likewise for people driving left to right). So maybe a short block but not unusual.

Looks too cold to be US South/Southwest (I think the grass is dead because it's winter, not low rainfall), and the main building in view looks more like a gov't or college facility than a business.

nickn, Monday, 6 March 2023 01:24 (one year ago) link

Looks like the Court of Appeals in Atlanta.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 6 March 2023 13:26 (one year ago) link

federal government vibes from the building

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 6 March 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link

yep. i don't think it's atlanta either

a (waterface), Monday, 6 March 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link

These look like the right lampposts--Grand Rapids MI, but the one federal building there, the Gerald Ford Courthouse, doesn't look right

https://goo.gl/maps/bNPcB3UHdX5PXBxe6

a (waterface), Monday, 6 March 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link

Lampposts are different, though stylistically in the same ballpark.

nickn, Monday, 6 March 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link

Columbus Ohio has streetlights like that, but - this one also has a light on the sidewalk side, and what looks like two cameras?

Look closely, that is all. (doo dah), Monday, 6 March 2023 23:00 (one year ago) link

Yes, I couldn't find any pics of streetlights like that with a light on the sidewalk side as well. If we can find that, we may be on to something.

Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 00:52 (one year ago) link

Jefferson County Revenue Department in Birmingham, AL! The mulch landscaping looked like pine straw, which is common in the southeast U.S. I tried Atlanta and a few other places before spotting that skyscraper in Birmingham.

secret ride, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 02:44 (one year ago) link

Well done!

Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link

https://randrealty.com/files/2017/08/Nyack-Still-015.jpg

treeship., Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:14 (one year ago) link

I was telling myself that could be somewhere on the Hudson, and then I saw where the picture is hosted.

o. nate, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:40 (one year ago) link

are we supposed to disguise the url?

treeship., Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link

Also, I'd check nothing obvious comes up on Google Lens

Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:50 (one year ago) link

Jefferson County Revenue Department in Birmingham, AL it is!

I was going to do a photo of the desk pointing the other way but it wasn't different enough from the first one. With pics like that I always wonder will someone see something I didn't even notice (afterwards I did wonder if the big A for Alabama on the right of the pic might lead someone there)

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 04:44 (one year ago) link

nice one! saw that A but didn't think it was a clue (you can put anything on a license plate)

StanM, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 06:46 (one year ago) link

Everything is a clue!

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 07:34 (one year ago) link

Even the things that aren't clues are clues, especially those

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 07:35 (one year ago) link

Jefferson County Revenue Department in Birmingham, AL! The mulch landscaping looked like pine straw, which is common in the southeast U.S. I tried Atlanta and a few other places before spotting that skyscraper in Birmingham.


very good!

here’s the exact location, for those who crave that kind of information (like me)

when the Atlanta Court of Appeals was proposed, I went straight looking for the exact location and, not finding it, widened my search to further inside downtown Atlanta. so many buildings sort of looked like it, it just had to be there somewhere, right? but then when Grand Rapids came up, the buildings looked pretty similar as well. so I guess it was just a US look in general (I’ve never been there).

let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 08:28 (one year ago) link

The heavens locate

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 09:01 (one year ago) link

He certainly likes his dogs!

Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 09:16 (one year ago) link

he sure does. his home location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZQcrZx5ZGg

(you can even find the man himself there, if you're so inclined)

let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:09 (one year ago) link

Brasher's Chapel Church
Church

a week ago
Not worth my time. The wolves and Jezebels are causing problems in the church, and the leadership is too weak to stop it. If you like to be talked about negatively and lies spread about you then this is the place you, else stay away. -10!!!

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:26 (one year ago) link

lol I was about to post a Guess The Church for it, but here it is for free

...although I thought it was this similarly-named one at first

let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:49 (one year ago) link

meanwhile, we have treeship’s city to guess

yeah I'm afraid I saw the URL on my phone when not on wifi - but go ahead

StanM, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link

Yeah I can't partake either as I as saw the URL first too

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link

Its also a pretty obvious one even without the URL!

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link

Hmm maybe I shouldn't say that, everything is obvious after the fact, can't really say without unseeing

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link

I have no idea tbh, which would be explainable if it is indeed a North American town (sorry, city) as was suggested above. hope someone else who hasn’t seen the url can get this one moving

It looks very familiar to me. Which means it is one place, or it is unfamiliar.

horizontal, Thursday, 9 March 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link


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