church and steep high St are the clues here I think
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
i'm pretty sure it's south of nottingham
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
little bit twee and tudor for the midlands and north
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Wouldn't rule out Ireland here
― nashwan, Monday, 20 September 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Building on the left, behind the traffic light sign, does not look English at all
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
I'm still trying to figure out what that grassy area in the center is. At first it looked like some kind of traffic circle, but then I started to think that the apparent curvature of the wall was actually fish-eye lens distortion and the wall is actually fairly straight. Still not sure though. And I can't figure out what is the in the low-lying area behind those bushes. Perhaps a river or train tracks?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Maybe non-English looking building on left in an otherwise English looking scene suggests more continental influence ?some place in Kent maybe
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
o.nate, yeah was thinking that too could even be another road down there
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:23 (two years ago) link
My guess is pedestrian underpass.
― ledge, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'd say it's a pedestrian underpass that goes through the roundabout.
Like caek, I don't think it's northern.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link
Another vote for pedestrian underpass, I'm sure of it. And that's a roundabout, fish-eye or no fish-eye. The building on the left could easily be a hotel, don't think it looks that un-English if so
Is this defo a city? Getting distinct town vibes
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
I don't see a Salvation Army band playing nor children drinking lemonade, so yeah, northern town is out.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
looks a bit like some places near me(warwickshire)
― nxd, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
Bingo! It's St Botolph's roundabout in Colchester
B1025https://maps.app.goo.gl/hjhdo4WZdkiPHyrv6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
After dropping down onto a bunch of hunches I realised there maybe aren't as many roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses as I'd thought, so googled "traffic roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses" which quickly led me to a news story about renovation of St Bot's roundabout in Colchester
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
The strange building on the right is, rather inevitably, an NCP car park
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
nice work!
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
*strange building on the left even
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
bravo!
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
“Shithole in bucks or berks” deserves half a point imo
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
Yes! Tough one but thought it was gettable in one view. Or Something bossing it. Caek with a possible assist, but looking like this one was all handled in house at the end of the day
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 06:56 (two years ago) link
oooh, good thinking there - yay!
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 08:41 (two years ago) link
dumb american question--i know what an american shithole is: is colchester a shithole? With respect to anyone who lives there
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
Also just want to say ho much fun is it to tool around a town you've never been in, zipping down streets.
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
All I really know about Colchester is that parts of it are very old and Damon Albarn is from there
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
Two pics for the price of one as i liked the tiles too much not to include them but i'd be astonished if anyone worked it out from that.
https://i.postimg.cc/wxFpxW3W/RJJW.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/L5PQP82B/RJJW2.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
You say "tiles" I say "Portugal," but that doesn't look like Portugal.
― nickn, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
So the buildings are unfinished, there's enough precipitation that the sidewalks have some decent plant life, and plywood is popular.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Initial thought is somewhere in Turkey or adjacent but not super confident on that
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
second pic green roof looks like it might have a Russian Orthodox cross at its peak
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
Yes just about to say similar about more of a Russian feel in second
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
Couldn't tell on the cross but definitely on the green bit
Not sure on houses, more of a Bulgarian feel but nothing more than hunches
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
The buildings on the right in first picture all look like new residential construction for some reasonably prosperous clients.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Konya
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8715637,32.5055013,3a,75y,141.5h,80.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIg-UslIvFIR0o1yatTAnAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
how ?!
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Very good!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
wow
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
can't find the other view yet but have found building with similar if not same tiles so may be close
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8989078,32.4610693,3a,75y,37.1h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQSVlzuJ2602PCzwkeAieXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
oops
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8998229,32.4612848,3a,75y,298.49h,94.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2SmqlKYxehuGYrWWG-ZaUw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2SmqlKYxehuGYrWWG-ZaUw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D253.55316%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
I think it was around the north east of the city but I can’t find it myself either now.
The green dome in the other picture is part of the Sufi poet Rumi’s mausoleum.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
― a (waterface),
Someone more familiar with Colchester will answer better than me, but I don't think its somewhere that would spring to mind if you were thinking "most shithole places". Its a satellite town of London, might not be in the top bracket of satellite towns but probably relatively high. I guess kind of above average but with neutral-is reputation? I'm going non-shithole but hedging my bets
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19118281.colchester-named-one-top-places-live-uk/
172nd best out of 1372 places in the UK according to this piece. Its enough for me to unhedge my bets, non-shithole it is!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
― that's not my post
I felt it was Turkey (though more from the first pic which I still can't find than the second. I though Antalya or Adana at first, then I looked at Konya, that green dome thing pops up pretty quickly once you look at photos of Konya - though initially I thought the angle of the dome was wrong I thought there might be other similar ones. Dropped in on centre of Konya and the feel was like the second pic, and headed close to where the dome thing is and I knew was in right place just needed to moved around a bit to find the exact view
The other view, I searched property sites for Konya thinking it looks super new / not finished yet and would probably be a listing in one of the two buildings. Found one with similar tiling I linked above, but wasn't able to find the right building
Scooted around the city a bit. Colchester might not be a shithole, but Konya looks to be one. The whole city appears to be composed of buildings going up, buildings falling down, or both
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
Bravo and thanks for the explanation. Key insight was it looked like Turkey and then narrow down to large regional cities to find the green dome.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah I was kind of joking with the shithole comment. I was generally thinking of “pleasant” market towns outside London. Conventional wisdom is these places are not shitholes. Couldn’t pay me to live in one though.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
pretty much everywhere that isn't a major city in the u.s. is a shithole imo, i imagine it's the same for the uk.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
turkey sounds like a bit of a nightmare to be sure
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
so many shitholes i'm having a trypophobia
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link