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merci et chapeau, cb!

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link

how about this one then?

https://i.imgur.com/Tx42CO5.jpeg

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link

it's Thames Town in Shanghai

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link

ha, really thought I was being sneaky with that one

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link

You were. I did suspect an ersatz but my google-fu was foiled nonetheless.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link

ha, I immediately thought it had to be some faux-European project in China (with Japan as a second option, but there it's more in the form of amusement parks, I think). (well, the first thing I googled was of course the Elephant House/Euro (or Buro?) Fashion combo, turns out EH is a Harry Potter thing, I had no idea)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Town

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link

this paper has a photo that's very similar to the one CaAL posted: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3544032
(see Figure 9)

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link

it was an odd place and surprisingly hard to find (nobody in Shanghai had heard of it) - here is my alternate view photo.

https://i.imgur.com/tgVmDaw.jpg

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link

I’m reasonably familiar with Shanghai, but I haven’t heard of it either. Not that that means anything, it’s... quite a big place.

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link

Wait... does "Thames Town" really qualify as a city?

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link

Shanghai certainly does

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link

lol, i've been to thames town and would never have made the connection from either posted photo, nice job.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link

what gives it away for me are the air conditioners.

٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link

now that you mention it, they may have subconsciously tipped me off

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link

Is the "Elephant House" supposed to an olde time English pub?

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link

The Elephant House, one of the cafés in Edinburgh in which Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel

https://elephanthouse.biz/

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link

also the plastic lettering of "Euro Fashion" is very Chinese to me

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link

Wee Britain

Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link

haha shanghai?! my guess was going to be one of those bullshit villages in westchester county!

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link

One more:

https://i.imgur.com/j3geVIe.png

pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 01:33 (three years ago) link

looks like Northern France or Benelux perhaps?

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:37 (three years ago) link

was gonna guess winningen

nxd, Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link

completely different viaduct there - not Brussels/Vilvoorde in Belgium either, that one is much wider

StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:44 (three years ago) link

It looks a little dusty for benelux?

The optical illusion of the woman in a sari that is in fact some kind of waterslide is distracting

cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link

"It looks a little dusty for benelux?"

this thread blows my mind. i need to travel more.

alpine static, Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link

Tbh, it also blows my mind, but then I remember that I've seen some of the wildest and most remote places in the US, and I smile knowing that I could play "guess that National Forest" and beat the pants off some of you.

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link

Tbf it can also be down to 'watched a lot of foreign films' or 'watched a lot of travel TV' or 'is addicted to Street View'. I've been to a grand total of eleven countries in my life (this includes those I've lived in), which is more or less the international average (ten, apparently).

pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link

True enough! I've watched a fair number of foreign films, though, and some of the correct guesses here still blow my mind. (I've been to eleven foreign countries)

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link

I don't know, I'm not basing it on much it just feels further east to me

Also do they need to build viaducts right up there in benelux? Maybe they do!

cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link

Tisnt ghent?

Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link

If It's Dusty, This Must Not Be Belgium

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link

I'll post another view tonight if need be. Don't know what the exact rules are (if any) but I figure a 24h interval is fair.

pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link

one of the reasons why i like this thread is because it's a nice way to engage with different places and cultures without having to travel.

satanist of size (map), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link

is there a church behind the trees? (still, not enough to go on)

StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link

(the left row of trees)

StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link

One tree is usually enough by itself to go under, what exactly are u packin dude

Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link

This thread blows my mind too. I've been to 28 countries and I don't think I've guessed a single city on here from sight!

Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link

How about Stavanger?

or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link

Correct.

Here, have your bragging rights.

pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link

How'd you guess?

pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link

Norway is one of the 11 countries I've visited and it reminded me of there. Fortunately there are only what... 4 cities in Norway?

or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link

Stavanger is the first city in this thread I've been in (still didn't recognize it).

nickn, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link

I think it would have taken me a year at least to guess that. I'd got it into my head that it was Riga but just couldn't make it fit

cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link

I was trying to link to that street view but couldn't figure out how in time

or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link

(been to 12 countries on counting, still a poor effort)

or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link

It looks a little dusty for benelux?

But not for Scandinavia.

Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link

Thats what tripped me up and sent me in the wrong direction!

cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link

ive only been to 11 countries and that's both counting england and scotland as separate countries and counting driving through france and staying a night at a travelodge (or similar) in the reims area

Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link

Lol display name

or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link


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