Im mad but its hardly as obvious as seattle
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
Oslo?
― calzino, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
I think Oslo is flatter than that
― StanM, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
First thought is it looks like a lake somewhere in the mountains, possibly in Asia or South America.
― o. nate, Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
sorry about "Bosom Manor" folks!
― map ca. 1890 (map), Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
I support the bosom manor meme strongly in all its forms
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
I also took absolutely minus zero offence from it.
― calzino, Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
Bosom Manor was coined by silby, iirc, to make fun of the endless churn of tv & film born out of nostalgia for the British aristocracy (your Downton Abbeys etc.), not to mock British-isms.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
for a second I wanted to say Vancouver, but no.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
Also, taking offense at "Bosom Manor" is absurd, it has nothing to do with "lol foreigners," it has to do with Brits on this board being like "oh this person played the hilarious maid in a show that was on for one year in the 70s for which I'm nostalgic" and USAmericans being like "y'all crazy"
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
it's incredibly funny, too, makes me smile every time i read it.
I fell way behind on this thread but the latest pic reminds me of KL. Where is our Malaysian contingent?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
(or Singapore?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
xxp the Bosom Manor stuff isn't offensive at all (to me at least), just lame and unfunny, but then I might just be a humourless Brit so carry on!
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:34 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
tbf i did actually mean it as a sort of dig at how many photos of samey british flats we've been seeing lately itt but the same criticism could be leveled at any country's cities for the most part.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
Lol funny foreigners ban not a great fit for brits tbh imo
Happens a lot on ILX does it?
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
Bosom Manor is quite amusing but not really fitting for a row of 2 up 2 downs in Stoke I'd have thought.
Anyway, first thought here was somewhere mountainous like maybe Switzerland but I've checked the Lake Geneva cities and it doesn't appear to be any of them
― or something, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
it looks pacific to me, id guess asia
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 11 March 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I thought that too.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
Looks like Japan maybe? Nagasaki?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 March 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vMjctkopsCqeAAoW6
Sokcho, South Korea. After scouring almost every coastal city on the Asian Pacific. First guess was way off, kudos to the above for pointing in right direction
― or something, Friday, 12 March 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
I thought it was a lake so I spent some time looking at cities on lakes in Asia. For a little while I thought it might be Lake Suwa in Japan.
― o. nate, Friday, 12 March 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
Sokcho it is, or 가슴 매너 as it is known locally
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli)
Presence was missed, the sleuthing on Cheboksary was exemplary
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/fLsBkhNY/aaa.jpg
Friday
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link
Tough one. I have nothing except Asia
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 12 March 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
The park and the girl make me think US
― or something, Friday, 12 March 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
Indianapolis?
― Bruno Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 March 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
It does look like a Midwestern river town.
― o. nate, Friday, 12 March 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
Perth?
― calzino, Friday, 12 March 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
Not the Scottish one that's for sure.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Friday, 12 March 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
I think I see an evergreen back there? reminds me of denver, but the terraced skyscraper in the bg isn't denver, i'm pretty sure. woman looks american to me. looks a little on the dry side as well. i would guess upper plains to start with but who knows, not much to go by.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
...Calgary?
― Bruno Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
Ahhhhh, I know this one! Gimme a second and I'll find the google pin.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
Having some trouble but I'm 90% sure it's the River Walk district of "The Biggest Little City In The World".
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/ye9GEuQ3QwpuYc738
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
(thx to Cherry Blossom for the gimme lol)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
my pin was not exact (it was one park entrance over), this is the correct one:
https://goo.gl/maps/Ag67dKuBegVdimdW9
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I was gonna say Reno NV.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
The Silver Legacy* is pretty distinctive. I think it's the tallest building in Nevada?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
*map: "the terraced skyscraper in the bg"
Supposedly Peter Jackson used it for inspo for Minas Morgul:
https://i.imgur.com/uCM7pmZ.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
The Biggest Little Bosom In The Manor
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
those tall buildings with setbacks in a low density city were the giveaway that it was north america
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Friday, March 12, 2021 5:47 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
reno sucks ass ftr
i would rather go to stoke on trent than reno
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
That's easy to say for someone who's never been to stoke-on-trent
― or something, Friday, 12 March 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
I was in Reno a year or so ago.. the gaming scene is definitely dying, killed off by California Indian casinos I imagine. There are empty ghost hotels, but you can still get the prime rib dinner (with beverage) for $8.99 at CalNeva.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 March 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Reno still has charm if you are uninterested in gaming:
Lots of access to the backside of the Sierras (although a friend lost his leg a couple years back after an extremely terrible climbing fall), pretty amazing hot springs that are off the internet grid, uh... that's all I got.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link