Western PA is also the US Midwest by many people's lights, but I think we already have a thread for that...
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
It's worth noting that there are TWO bridges in that photo, the suspension one in the foreground and a tied arch bridge behind it. Tied arch bridge suggests a railway. It looks like Ontario, and even vaguely familiar, but I can't place it at all.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 18 January 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
There's a symbol on the bike path. Also looks like it's a historical park with a some sort of sign in the foreground. Not that I have any intuitions about the city....
― that's not my post, Monday, 18 January 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
Really looks like an Ohio River town. I noticed the two bridges, but the couple of places that had two bridges weren't those types.
― tots & pears (doo dah), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
That's a city?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
I said the same thing to myself, Tom
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 18 January 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
I was thinking Ohio River too. Looks like some places near Cincinnati maybe.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
Ok its not Chicago or Chengdu but there have been at least two places many multiples smaller than this one that got guessed!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
I don't know exactly how US cities are defined but seems like they can be almost any size.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 13:11 (three years ago) link
Perth is a city, Tom. people in glass hooses...
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
Where's the second view?? I'm intrigued by this one now.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
same!
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
(xxp) Yes, but, for instance, there are 69 cities in New York State alone (there's 62 in the entire UK) ranging in size from 8,175,133 to 3,071! Admittedly one of the UK cities only has a population of 1,841 but that's only through some daft religious designation of a city in medieval Wales.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
I'm basically playing "guess the river", trying to see what rivers are of this width in which cities. I think I've ruled out Michigan
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
I've been googling green suspension bridge/next to green tied arch bridge/green truss bridge/sculpture of bridge/sculpture of tied arch bridge/public park/by river and every combo thereof but nothing
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
Like everybody else I'm convinced it's US
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
xxxp but there are also very large towns, for example 337,000 people in Reading / surrounding built-up area, and that's not a city, has this come up as a point of contention on this thread before?
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
Of course, I just don't know how so many miniscule towns in the US are designated as cities.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
Wondering how unusual it is that the river is quite narrow (narrower than much of the Ohio river from what I've seen) yet there are two bridges quite close together for a river that narrow. Not noticing anything that fits whizzing between Pittsburgh and St Louis on GMaps and as far south as Memphis and Charlotte.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
Things like the words “city”, “town”, “village” etc often have specific legal definitions in different states. In Michigan for example everything is in a “township” by default, some of those are “charter” townships, some municipalities are “villages” and others are “cities” depending on how much autonomy they have from the surrounding townships. Then multiply all that by 50 states
― joygoat, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
No one complained when we had Seascale! (population 1,754)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Ok let me get that second view
https://i.postimg.cc/dQgfnjTm/Screenshot-2021-01-19-at-17-24-58.png
Another Look
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
That looks so much like Ontario. Is it London?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
It's a very US-looking street sign, but maybe they're the same in English-speaking Canada?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
It feels like Dubuque, IA but the river is just too small.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 10:40 AM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
those street signs could be in canada.
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
i would guess ontario somewhere but i have only been to toronto, belleville and bancroft and it isn't one of those
The "window open on a miserable day" is kinda the cue for me
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
I don't think it's Ontario any more... it just doesn't fit any town/city I can think of
It's not Quebec ("STOP")
The distant "historical-looking" house on the hill suggests this is an older town
The pathetic bandshell in the park suggests ~20-40k population
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
i don't think it's concord nh (not hilly enough), youngstown oh (idk looks different). feels like maybe somewhere in penn. the river looks like it cuts through some limestone maybe.
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
On closer look, I think the street sign (the one with the name of the street) above the One Way sign on the left is dark red, which is rare though not unknown in the US; does Canada do this?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
Then again, the giant silver SUV is a signal of Americanness
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
All this North American fine-tuning is gonna seem dumb when we find out it's Trondheim
lol
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
i say this about every city posted itt but it looks like a cool place, would visit. i like raininess, rivers, humidity and brick buildings, lol.
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:30 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
we have these here too. some of them are even built here.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:28 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otoh i don't think that we have these
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
can imagine that sign in the first picture being all "this is where charlton titherswain, bricklayer, offloaded the material that built city hall" or w/e
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
On the definition of “city”
Mobile City, TX, the city with the highest population density in the state of Texas, consists of about 60 mobile homes, a butcher shop, and a liquor store. It was incorporated in 1990 so as to permit the liquor store, per Wikipedia. pic.twitter.com/a8xbquvyYn— Dan Keshet (@DanKeshet) January 17, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
having a google now, the butcher shop is also a taqueria
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Those older brick buildings could be from Virginia or North Carolina.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
Easton, Pennsylvania?
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
That seems correct, from Delaware Canal State Park. Looks like PA tbh, I've just never spent any time in Easton.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Shucks I had a feeling it was PA but kept centering my search on the Susquehanna and Allegheny
― KPH, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
susquehanna too big imo
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
oh wait nm lol
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
double nm, i was looking at "eaton", not "easton", which is on the susquehanna. so confused. and posting about it.
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
The Delaware gets very very small in those parts--
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
it looked really close to allentown but i couldn't find the bridge
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Easton's pop is 27,000, give or take, btw.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link