Guess the City

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semi well-known Benelux drag queen Dusty

lol cherry blossom

i very much appreciate that photo

Might as well keep the ball rolling:

https://i.imgur.com/1Ma9WRj.jpg

Anaheim!

i have very little confidence that is correct, i just wanted to guess one ... never seen a pic w/o a guess before. after this, i will go back to observing. :)

actually, i did figure out Missoula way upthread w/o any hints or research, etc.

this one is odd because it looks just like this one place in Berlin, but there are several signs that it cannot be Berlin, and my mind simply cannot move on

Every time I post a new pic I feel like a dungeon master.

That a' flag seems significant

sort of reminds me of the kind of square that you find in spain or its former colonies but doesn't really scream either spain or latin america to me

Yeah i though seville tbh

it kinda reminds me of some towns in northern CA actually but i don't think i could actually say why

looks like ca to me too but the red-white dashes on the curb seem weird and maybe not u.s. also, what is that, a bus shelter? also looks non u.s. to me but what do i know.

and i think that's an accented a.

It's coastal. That weird green Dr Who type shed and the even sandier than Benelux terrain are screaming it's coastal

Even sandier than Not-Benelux I should say

just realized the red-white dashes are scooter / motorcycle parking? us usually does it with lines in the street afaict.

Don't think it's Seville or Southern Europe because people seem to be well wrapped up, despite the fact that there are leaves on most of the trees therefore it's not winter. So it's somewhere with a colder climate I'd say. Plus the little green shelter says cold to me. The 'a' flags should make this easy, but are proving resistant to my google searches. My first impressions are a well to do northern European city - but the "taxi" sign is a bit lo-fi. Trees look quite distinctive too.

There is a palm tree (queen/king palm common name) on the left, so not too far north.

Bahia Blanca?

Can see a couple other palms, looking closer.

Yes you're right - this one is confusing! But those trees lining the street are strange - I guess they're like plane trees and have a bit of a latin city feel to me...

Reminds me a bit of some parts of Mexico City.

I have been to that city
I've seen the banners and I remember thinking "that A is irrelevant to the city name"
The only places I've been to that look like that are in Iberia
There is a busker playing guitar
It is Spain, I think it's Madrid

*waits patiently for the DM to resolve the turn*

Madrid makes sense - palm trees, and yet could still be coldish in spring

That shelter looks a little dus

I'm not sure the shelter feels right for Madrid but I've never been to Madrid

I’ve been to paradise...

My first thought was Zurich but also, weirdly, has the feel of Ciutadella on Menorca.

If only we had a list of all the places FGTI had ever gone, this would be much easier.

God, idk. In the deep background there is a storefront that looks very Latin America, or like, El Paso.

Coming to this game after playing Geoguesser every day feels like putting on a straitjacket and sitting in a waiting room (I'm not complaining, just describing)

@ Tim I have been to all 48 states except Arkansas

marseille?

The green shelter kind of looks like something you'd find in a French park. Only I don't think this France, so I'm extrapolating to Latin countries - but I don't think Italy or Portugal so I reckon northern half of Spain is a good guess. Unless it's some wealthy southern bit of South America, aaaargh!

That streetlight looks very short

Almost stunted, so the air could be a little on the dusty side

I think it's Zaragoza

I think there's a clue in the trees lining the road (plane trees I think). They've been treated in a particular way - central trunk cut out and branches growing up around the stump. I'm sure I've seen that but not sure where. Not France, again I think Spain.

Or Portugal?

Maybe! But the scene all looks a bit tidy for Portugal. Tons of park benches, a council with money.

Also very flat: if it was Portugal it would have to be in the north, and it's hilly up there

I do feel like I saw a few trees like that in Seville - likewise the red and white blocks

I ruled out Portugal because the sidewalk paving is too disconsolate. The place might be "untidy" but the sidewalks are spectacular

"the sidewalk paving is too disconsolate" is too beautiful a line *not* to have been in Robert Ashley's Private Parts.

"The poster has made the thread look stupid."

(ref to my fave line in "Perfect Lives", "the sculptor has made the horse look stupid", not a commentary.)

I'm really invested in knowing where the hell this is now! I'm sticking with northern Spanish city

Will post another view anon. This is hard mode, admittedly.

Going completely against the crowd and trying Cairns