Guess the City

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, 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.

Lol funny foreigners ban not a great fit for brits tbh imo

Happens a lot on ILX does it?

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

it looks pacific to me, id guess asia

Yeah, I thought that too.

Looks like Japan maybe? Nagasaki?

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

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.

Sokcho it is, or 가슴 매너 as it is known locally

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)

Presence was missed, the sleuthing on Cheboksary was exemplary

https://i.postimg.cc/fLsBkhNY/aaa.jpg

Friday

Tough one. I have nothing except Asia

The park and the girl make me think US

Indianapolis?

It does look like a Midwestern river town.

Perth?

Not the Scottish one that's for sure.

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.

...Calgary?

Ahhhhh, I know this one! Gimme a second and I'll find the google pin.

Having some trouble but I'm 90% sure it's the River Walk district of "The Biggest Little City In The World".

https://goo.gl/maps/ye9GEuQ3QwpuYc738

(thx to Cherry Blossom for the gimme lol)

my pin was not exact (it was one park entrance over), this is the correct one:

https://goo.gl/maps/Ag67dKuBegVdimdW9

Yeah, I was gonna say Reno NV.

The Silver Legacy* is pretty distinctive. I think it's the tallest building in Nevada?

*map: "the terraced skyscraper in the bg"

Supposedly Peter Jackson used it for inspo for Minas Morgul:

https://i.imgur.com/uCM7pmZ.jpg

The Biggest Little Bosom In The Manor

those tall buildings with setbacks in a low density city were the giveaway that it was north america

The Biggest Little Bosom In The Manor

― cherry blossom, Friday, March 12, 2021 5:47 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

reno sucks ass ftr

i would rather go to stoke on trent than reno

That's easy to say for someone who's never been to stoke-on-trent

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.

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.

Oh, delicious (and CHEAP) Basque food within <1 hour drive.

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, March 12, 2021 6:42 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

not to be pedantic but these sound like they are all.... not in reno

and the less-than-an-hour-away basque food

i wouldn't die on the hill of reno sucking ass but i would take a scratch or two

My grandad died on the hill of reno, sucking ass

it's unbearably hot then quite cold. dry as a bone. no culture. car city. everyone's a libertarian. sky is darkened by wildfire smoke an increasing amount of days per year. it's true you can drive an hour or more to get somewhere nicer i guess.

Its a similar story with Stoke on Trent and its branches of Card Factory, most (but perhaps crucially not all!) appear to be in adjacent areas, though opinions are fairly divided on what counts as Stoke on Trent proper, and what is just another shade of gray

Ok, "easy one"

https://i.imgur.com/T1BldVa.jpg

Reno has great pawn shops, and a short drive to Virginia City which is pretty fun and has one of the best pioneer cemeteries anywhere.

i've been to stoke on trent and reno. neither is great tbh.

I have also been to both, Reno just shades it for me, but on the other hand Stoke on Trent is easier to leave

Johnny Cash never shot a man in Stoke on Trent just to watch him die

Tony Pulis was in charge at the time, Cash was rarely able to leave his own half, was never even in shooting range

he was too busy getting his ass sucked by darraghmac’s grandad