Wow... I spent a long time dropping pins on every single Smith & Smith location in New Zealand to try and guess Invercargill.
Oddly enough, I found another place (in Invercargill!) that has a Market South adjacent to a Smith & Smith, on a roundabout:
https://goo.gl/maps/jBn4brjZV4bSikEM9
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
Thats the same one!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
Found the church!https://goo.gl/maps/gwBTDHiDJM6iDVk77
― bougie white woman (doo dah), Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
Great work doo dah! You are now promoted to the first team.
It was indeed Nesquehoning!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
I spent way too much time looking in Homestead & Braddock!
― bougie white woman (doo dah), Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
You get it from looking for orthodox churches?
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
xp omg YES I see it now, there's ANOTHER roundabout
My Googlemaps tour of NZ showed me a lot of aluminum siding, the entire country looks like suburban Quebec
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 12 April 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
XP - yes, though your hint about Biden helped, so I looked for orthodox churches around Scranton.
― bougie white woman (doo dah), Sunday, 12 April 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
that’s impressive doo dah
don't know where that street with blue/tan/white houses is but I like the image
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 April 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
the street is amazing and I'm surprised it's not super easy to find!
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 13 April 2020 09:13 (four years ago) link
Trujillo for #2? I can't find the streets but the lighting and some of the architecture look right?
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 13 April 2020 10:06 (four years ago) link
Trujillo is definitely close, but not it
No takers for #3 with the tower blocks?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link
XP - yes, though your hint about Biden helped,
Impressive, as the comment about Biden was actually a red herring. I was just imagining him hiding in that window, it wasn't a location hint!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
although maybe subconsciously it was!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:04 (four years ago) link
Some of the towers are similar in design to ones I saw in Lisbon
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 13 April 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
Though they had flat roofs
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 13 April 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
Its not Lisbon! Here's another angle
https://i.postimg.cc/Qjfdnchb/Screenshot-2020-04-13-at-12-31-31.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
Guessing Chimbote or (Nuevo Chimbote) for #2. I've googled pretty much every city in Peru and it seems the most likely
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
Its Chimbote!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-9.1307225,-78.5367944,3a,75y,320.09h,82.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVeofQI8KrjUHx4pIuu7CRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
I can't quite remember the location of the first Chimbote pic, but it was around here somewhere
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-9.0618,-78.5812719,3a,75y,295.33h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s82RJUKxvpwRpRvd4nqZ2wA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
is the game to post just pics you've taken yourself?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
Not at all Euler. The world is your oyster.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 13 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
Get one in there Euler!
And have a go at NotLisbon Tower Blocks too
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
GOD I'm so happy I figured out it was Chimbote
I was confusing which pics were of which city (to be honest). I wouldn't have got Chimbote without other people's guesses of Lima/Trujillo... I was literally googling "fastest growing cities in Peru" just to track down where such commie-looking suburbs might've popped up
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
Is #3 (not Lisbon) in Turkey?
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
The minaret suggests "Islamic", it looks too verdant to be Northern Africa, too dry to be India/Bangladesh/Indonesia, too modern to be Middle Eastern, both "new economy" and also "not rich", I actually don't think it's Turkey but think it's a former USSR -stan country
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
Turkey seems a good bet, Izmir/Smyrna?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
It isn't Izmir.
There's some decent coastline/mountain/terrain info in that last photo!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 09:52 (four years ago) link
No takers for NotLisbon (or Izmir)?
https://i.postimg.cc/QtMrCCmW/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-06-39-56.png
Here's a new one to go with it, ThursdaySkyline
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 30 April 2020 05:55 (four years ago) link
I've forgotten where ThurdaySkyline is! Going to have to try guess my own city!
DoubleHeader-1
https://i.postimg.cc/dqKXx7N1/Screenshot-2020-05-19-at-21-33-48.png
DoubleHeader-2
https://i.postimg.cc/1RKbGyrt/Screenshot-2020-05-19-at-21-23-31.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
first one is Dundee?
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
rusty tin roofs of the second one is making me think Russia but I'm out of my element
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
Chelyabinsk?
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
Dundee YES!Chelyabinsk NO!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 04:57 (four years ago) link
second one Norilsk?
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
Second one is Norilsk, too iconic to be anywhere else!
Shall I give the answer to NotLisbonOrIzmir? Or leave it to posterity?
I can't give the answer to ThursdaySkyline because I've forgotten where it is. I might try guess it myself later today
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 24 May 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8zvR70x2/gtc1407.jpg
guess the city 14/07
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
it's Batumi, right?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
bravo, right off the bat!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
this thread never fails
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
wow, never got even close to any of these, but the single Turkish-type minaret gave me something very concrete to work with: sea port city in a non-muslim country in the Eastern Mediterranean or Black Sea. actually checked and discarded Batumi at first (but of course you wouldn’t pick a photo that displayed the actual city centre) - but when I searched for the minaret-golden onion-shaped dome combination Batumi was the top result, and then that distinctive church tower sealed the deal.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
oh, it’s a clock tower turned boutique hotel apparently.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
"clock tower turned boutique hotel" I'm sold
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
very affordable prices!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
https://jennyrightside.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/is2009-1016-08.jpg
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
I want to say Kandahar, other than the colouring is maybe too light. The low rise layout points there though
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
Kandahar indeed!
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JEAfm6k.jpg
what a place eh?
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
I thought Kandahar straightaway, then had a quick look at first image that came up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kandahar#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_a_section_of_Kandahar_in_2013.jpg
but both of these look darker and not as sandy as yours so I wasn't 100 on it but thought it close to enough!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
27th July trees
https://i.postimg.cc/69d5WXXw/aa.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 27 July 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link