Unless this photo is from the 90s, I'm very confused by these cars. I did a bunch of street drops across Latin/South America and Bolivia was the only one that remotely matched
I swear to god I've seen those banners before, I thought maybe they were a cellphone provider name I'd seen elsewhere or something but it doesn't seem to be the case
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
the "accent mark" does look like a text bubble
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
yeah, what about that banner? on this one more letters are visible
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTEL
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
I thought the red telephone box was key but now I'm not so sure
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
Breakthrough! xp
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
FUCK
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
lol xp
I figured out the banners. It's for ANTEL, the state telecom company of Uruguay.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
xp fuck!
& lol
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
looool
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
fuck & loleven when I was 17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe,_Canelones
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.5245801,-56.282197,3a,75y,112.79h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_H7Fb2gxrnHQZ3bn0_QOGQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
I knew it was Madrid
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
If you can guess a pop. 20,000 town in Uruguay within less than 24h based on two adjacent photos, then perhaps the true hard mode is a random nondescript highway in the middle of nowhere.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
last few times I tried geoguesser it was always like that: some random dirt road in rural Brazil or Australia or Russia, zero text anywhere, often no buildings
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
The first photo was impossible though, even if we'd been able to figure out the logo
The church was first on the list of "cathedrals in Uruguay"
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
I am less impressed with movie spies now I have to say
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
Respect to the owner of the green car. Maybe it belongs to the parish.
― nashwan, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Looking at street view now that little green shed has moved
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
True. I should have posted the Museo Spikerman second and the Catedral last.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
First photo was at least enough to lean towards Spanish/Spanish heritage I think
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
perhaps the true hard mode is a random nondescript highway in the middle of nowhere.
Insofar as "random highways" I think this might actually be somewhat easy
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50886930893_294d6ee71b_k.jpg
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:24 (three years ago) link
Reykjavik
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
Yep
Hafnarfjörður to be exact
Figured somebody'd immediately be like "that is a smelting plant"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
Was there a few years ago. That's on the way from the airport to the city, it's huge
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
That pipe mounted to the side of it is like half-a-kilometer long and it gets smaller and smaller and it's pretty transfixing to see as you drive past it
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
Okay, hope this works.
https://i.imgur.com/1gxVPuL.jpg
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
The last few have burned up almost all my remaining brain cells and this already looks another tough nut to crack
Another one with distinctive streetlights. I got nothing so far other than 'looks like somewhere in Russia'.
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
I was thinking somewhere in Eastern Germany but this is a totally unscientific hunch on my part.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
Plenty in that pic that could be dublin 12 tbh so im not seeing much to grasp at
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
I was going to semi-seriously say Detroit
― rob, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
I'll post another later today.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
Do they have cars like that in Motor City? Looks European to me, but I don't even have a driver's licence, so don't mind me.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
That streetlamp is like a beautiful graceful heron
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Xp no, the cars generally argue against North America
― rob, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Currently, around 300 trolleybus systems are in operation, in cities and towns in 43 countries.
― circles, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
The visible electrical wires also look vaguely Eastern European to me. Maybe more Central European since this place doesn't look too run down.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
The banner on the lightpost looks, to me, a lot like the banners you see on college campuses promoting the college?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
Its a little dusty to be a college banner, I think thats a politician
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
the street lights look like Concorde or some kind of jet plane?
― StanM, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
I think so too. Not to mention that such banners are more of a North American thing, no?
xp
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
the people look too white for it to be Kourou (French Guyana, ESA launch site) imho - nor would I expect to see a Renault or Peugeot in Baikonur
― StanM, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
I've seen those kinds of banners in Europe.
Not that I know where this is. The number of people walking around points me toward Europe rather than North America though.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
The college ones? A political ad seems way likelier imo.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
yes at the newly dumbly named Université de Paris for example
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
though I agree that these are not likely college banners
Fair enough. I guess this photo doesn't strike me as very campus-y, although it's not impossible.
Also, are we certain that those suspended wires indicate the presence of a trolleybus system?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link