i was looking at some info on manchester (uk) recently, and never realised it was so small - around 500,000 with greater manchester somewhere around 2.5 million... which surprised me, as i'd always thought it was bigger.... (melbourne has nearly 4 million people).
anyway... as we all live in various parts of the world, (that some of us may not get to see) i'd love to see what the place where you live is like!! so, feel free to go take some photos that kind of show what your particular city is like... which bits would you show to the world?
if the weather's good this weekend i'll get some piccies of melb together... you northern hemisphere-ers are nearly in summer so you have no excuse for some lovely photos....!!
;)
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(http://www.carlabraham.com/Wilkes-Barre%20Ariel2.jpg)
(http://home.epix.net/~captclint/flood.jpg)
8-)
(http://www.waterloo.il.us//Images/Misc/WaterlooSign.jpg)(http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/waterloo/images/rec_tour_pic.jpeg)
Well, I live in a little town south of St Louis, population about 8500. St Louis is a lot like Manchester. Greater area is 2-2.5 Million while actual St Louis I think is only a few hundred thousand now and continues to shrink.
here is the link to my little town. My house is actually the corner of Market, Columbia, and Main which you can kinda see underneath the 12 trees that surround my house.
http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband#mvt=s&q1=Waterloo,%20IL&trf=0&lon=-90.150735&lat=38.342376&mag=1
Wikipedia's Nagoya page (with a nice picture of Nagoya Castle): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoya%2C_Aichi
One of our biggest & most famous temples:
(http://www.ncvb.or.jp/photo_e/image/big/oosu.jpg)
Cherry Blossom alongside the river (a short walk from my house):
(http://www.ncvb.or.jp/photo_e/image/big/sakura.jpg)
& our big Buddha (20min bike ride from my house):
(http://www.smugmug.com/photos/32083916-S.jpg)
i actually live in mankato not north mankato. combine around 50,000 with students its around 65,000
(http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/mn/MN_21324.gif)
keepin' it real, while keepin' it safe!!
(http://www.greatermankato.com/100Best2005.jpg)
we have a couple of waterfalls, here's one of the smaller ones
(http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/images/splash/mn/vminneopafalls1.jpg)
the real mankato minnesota...
http://city-mankato.us/
Ali! Great thread. Laters! :D
QuoteAli! Great thread. Laters! :D
agreed!!
Madison, WI
population 220,000 with more suburbs
distance to....
milwaukee 1.5 hrs
chicago 2 hrs
minneapolis 4 hrs
st louis 5.5 hrs
louisville 8 hrs
this is where we play kickball. we are the green team!
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/bethabs/kickball/kick.jpg)
devil's lake state park about 45 minutes away. i took this last week.
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/bethabs/IMG_0227.jpg)
state street about 10 blocks from my house - taken in the end of march
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/bethabs/PineLake009.jpg)
a park by the lake very close to my house (that's me and my bro on the swings)
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/bethabs/flowersandsunsets103.jpg)
nice thread, ali!
The beautiful city of Antwerp
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000004.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000225.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000025.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000024.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000019.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000010.jpg)
That cathedral (church?) is amazing Mr. T!
QuoteThat cathedral (church?) is amazing Mr. T!
It's indeed a wonderful cathedral.
Here's a view from the market square:
(http://www.antwerpenblogt.be/blog/wp-content/fvdw7.jpg)
These pics remind me of my inter-railing trip through Europe 7 or so years ago before I came to live here. I went to Belgium but I can't remember where. I'll have to check my ticket, I've still got it somewhere...
It was Brugge! Here's a painting I did whilst I was there:
(http://www.puzzlehouse.com/images/webpage/brugge.jpg)
QuoteThe beautiful city of Antwerp
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000004.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000225.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000025.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000024.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000019.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f135/Tommer14/P1000010.jpg)
jeez I am seriously jealous.....
QuoteIt was Brugge! Here's a painting I did whilst I was there:
(http://www.puzzlehouse.com/images/webpage/brugge.jpg)
Nice one Dragonboy, when were you there, the 16th century :)
here are some pictures i took of my city: AUSTIN, TEXAS. to see more, you will have to come visit. it's the best city and i promise you will not be let down.
TOWN LAKE. well today it was kinda brown but normally it's pretty
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/timeisanocean/IMG_1003.jpg)
random thing that happened while driving on lamar
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/timeisanocean/IMG_1190.jpg)
one of the classic symbols of south congress avenue
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/timeisanocean/IMG_1244.jpg)
i live in bowling green, ky--home of the corvette and big red. here's biggie now, eating a football and relishing in the fact that he is the best college mascot in the history of man.
(http://www.wkusports.com/upload/BigRed-WesternKentucky.jpg)
one time i went to a basketball game and these people put their baby in pic red's mouth and took a picture. people are serious about big red.
umm... not much to the bgky, really.
(http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-bowling-green-small.gif)
but we do have lost river cave.
(http://www.kentuckycaves.org/lost_river_pic.jpg)
Greetings from Charleston, SC!
(http://www.leelefever.com/archives/Charleston%20Bridge.gif)
Our new Cooper River Bridge (longer than Golden Gate!)
(http://static.flickr.com/31/56293340_4647fc1dc1.jpg?v=0)
(http://www.visitortips.com/images/gallery/destinations/usa/south_carolina/charleston/fullsize/charleston3.jpg)
HOLY CRAP those are so great pics guys! Now I feel like traveling!!!
We all live in some cool ass places!
pictures i've taken around the town i live in, crystal lake illinois (about 40,000 people - far nw burb of chicago):
Pictures from Veterans Acres, a huge park/nature preserve in my town
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/kelkiwi3112/09walt0-R1-010-3A-1.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/kelkiwi3112/My%20Photography/09walt0-R1-052-24A.jpg)
Our lake, Crystal Lake (took these as well):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/kelkiwi311/My%20Photography/sunset.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/kelkiwi311/My%20Photography/beach.jpg)
And of course, the beautiful city of Chicago (I didn't take these):
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/kelkiwi3112/buckingham.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/kelkiwi3112/gamedayBW.jpg)
(http://www.richard-seaman.com/USA/Cities/Chicago/Landmarks/ChicagoAtNight1.jpg)
If you care to see more awesome pictures of Chicago, go here:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/USA/Cities/Chicago/Landmarks/index.html
I live in Oberursel am Taunus (15km from Frankfurt)
Population: 47.761
(didn´t take this pics)
(http://www.deutschland-im-web.de/include/maps/22024.png)
(http://www.oberursel.info/img/start/bild.jpg)
Frankfurt:
population: 400k-500k
(http://stadt.cityreview.de/images/fotos/c2/c20ad4.jpg)
(http://stadt.cityreview.de/images/fotos/c5/c51ce4.jpg)
I currently live in a small town 30 miles north of London called Berkhamsted. Population is about 20,000 or so. We have the oldest shop building in Britain (dated to between 1277 and 1297) which is currently being used as an Estate Agent (realtor). Given the ridiculous house prices here, that about sums up the town's approach to property!
Our house backs on to the Grand Union Canal:
Picture from January out of our bedroom window
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/mafwhite/2007_0124BerkoSnow0012.jpg)
and from last week (from, ahem, the pub):
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/mafwhite/2007_0430HenryChristening0038.jpg)
We've got an old castle (rebuilt in 1080, abandoned in 1495):
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Berkhamsted_castle_walls.JPG/800px-Berkhamsted_castle_walls.JPG)
and a really nice, restored Art Deco cinema:
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/mafwhite/rex02.jpg)
A pretty normal, if slightly older than average, Home Counties London commuter town.
QuoteHOLY CRAP those are so great pics guys! Now I feel like traveling!!!
We all live in some cool ass places!
We certainly do, Beth. What a great idea for a thread. Well done Ali!
I live in a small town in the north if England called Barnard Castle.
This is the old castle
(http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/img_400/ne_barnardcastle_01.jpg)
and this is the 'new' castle, where Lord Barnard lives now
(http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/raby/img/raby1t.jpg)
This is the town
(http://www.riverdale-cottage.co.uk/images/area/barnard_castle-2-teesdaledi.jpg)
and some of the countryside around it
(http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/teesdale-01.jpg)
These are our postmen who went to serve in the first world war. The ones with borders were killed. I feel moved whenever I see it.
(http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/images/BarnardCastlePostOfficeWW1.jpg)
QuoteI currently live in a small town 30 miles north of London called Berkhamsted.
Hey Mark, I used to deliver Berkhamsted babies when I worked in Hemel Hempstead. It's a small world!
Cool cinema, by the way.
QuoteQuoteI currently live in a small town 30 miles north of London called Berkhamsted.
Hey Mark, I used to deliver Berkhamsted babies when I worked in Hemel Hempstead. It's a small world!
Cool cinema, by the way.
I currently work in Hemel Hempstead, weird! Barnard Castle looks very nice, I might give it a look when I'm up that way in the next few weeks.
QuoteQuoteQuoteI currently live in a small town 30 miles north of London called Berkhamsted.
Hey Mark, I used to deliver Berkhamsted babies when I worked in Hemel Hempstead. It's a small world!
Cool cinema, by the way.
I currently work in Hemel Hempstead, weird! Barnard Castle looks very nice, I might give it a look when I'm up that way in the next few weeks.
It is nice, but I miss not being able to nip into London.
I want to visit
all these places.
QuoteI currently live in a small town 30 miles north of London called Berkhamsted. Population is about 20,000 or so. We have the oldest shop building in Britain (dated to between 1277 and 1297) which is currently being used as an Estate Agent (realtor). Given the ridiculous house prices here, that about sums up the town's approach to property!
Our house backs on to the Grand Union Canal:
Picture from January out of our bedroom window
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/mafwhite/2007_0124BerkoSnow0012.jpg)
and from last week (from, ahem, the pub):
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/mafwhite/2007_0430HenryChristening0038.jpg)
We've got an old castle (rebuilt in 1080, abandoned in 1495):
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Berkhamsted_castle_walls.JPG/800px-Berkhamsted_castle_walls.JPG)
and a really nice, restored Art Deco cinema:
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/mafwhite/rex02.jpg)
A pretty normal, if slightly older than average, Home Counties London commuter town.
These are so awesome looking.
QuoteHOLY CRAP those are so great pics guys!
We all live in some cool ass places!
That is really true. Great thread :)
North Huntingdon Township, PA. 45 minute drive (depending on traffic) from Pittsburgh.
(http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/pa/PA_58777.gif)
a map from 1904:
(http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/hahntown.gif)
Here's some pics of Pittsburgh, its beautiful at night:
(http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/d30-28/pittsburgh-downtown-skyline-night.jpg)
(http://z.about.com/d/pittsburgh/1/0/q/6/pittsburgh_2-640.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Pittsburgh_Panorama.jpg)
The cathedral Of Learning in Pittsburgh, tallest educational building in the western hemisphere:
(http://fat-old-artist.typepad.com/photos/pittsburgh_towers/april180133.jpg)
Otay, all these great pics make me realize I live in a little hick town just outside of a dumpy rusted out industrial town that is trying to comback. (St Louis)
I really need to see the world. And yes backbacking/rail through Europe if one of my life goals. Going to Japan is one of my goals. And because I'm a history nut, doing a tour of Eygpt is one of my goals. Where's my lottery ticket.....
QuoteOtay, all these great pics make me realize I live in a little hick town just outside of a dumpy rusted out industrial town that is trying to comback. (St Louis)
I really need to see the world. And yes backbacking/rail through Europe if one of my life goals. Going to Japan is one of my goals. And because I'm a history nut, doing a tour of Eygpt is one of my goals. Where's my lottery ticket.....
I have an ambition to visit America. One day I will. Little hick towns are just what I want to see. Waterloo, Illinois is definately on my list :)
Here's Boone!
I live WAYYYYY down there.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/primushead/boone1.jpg)
And here's downtown...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/primushead/boone.jpg)
QuoteQuoteOtay, all these great pics make me realize I live in a little hick town just outside of a dumpy rusted out industrial town that is trying to comback. (St Louis)
I really need to see the world. And yes backbacking/rail through Europe if one of my life goals. Going to Japan is one of my goals. And because I'm a history nut, doing a tour of Eygpt is one of my goals. Where's my lottery ticket.....
I have an ambition to visit America. One day I will. Little hick towns are just what I want to see. Waterloo, Illinois is definately on my list :)
Come to Wilkes-Barre!
QuoteHere's Boone!
I live WAYYYYY down there.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/primushead/boone1.jpg)
And here's downtown...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/primushead/boone.jpg)
This wouldn't be out of place in my area.
QuoteNorth Huntingdon Township, PA. 45 minute drive (depending on traffic) from Pittsburgh.
(http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/pa/PA_58777.gif)
a map from 1904:
(http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/hahntown.gif)
Here's some pics of Pittsburgh, its beautiful at night:
(http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/d30-28/pittsburgh-downtown-skyline-night.jpg)
(http://z.about.com/d/pittsburgh/1/0/q/6/pittsburgh_2-640.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Pittsburgh_Panorama.jpg)
The cathedral Of Learning in Pittsburgh, tallest educational building in the western hemisphere:
(http://fat-old-artist.typepad.com/photos/pittsburgh_towers/april180133.jpg)
Pittsburgh gets shit on a lot, but it really is a beautiful city.
QuoteQuoteNorth Huntingdon Township, PA. 45 minute drive (depending on traffic) from Pittsburgh.
(http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/pa/PA_58777.gif)
a map from 1904:
(http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.com/hahntown.gif)
Here's some pics of Pittsburgh, its beautiful at night:
(http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/d30-28/pittsburgh-downtown-skyline-night.jpg)
(http://z.about.com/d/pittsburgh/1/0/q/6/pittsburgh_2-640.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Pittsburgh_Panorama.jpg)
The cathedral Of Learning in Pittsburgh, tallest educational building in the western hemisphere:
(http://fat-old-artist.typepad.com/photos/pittsburgh_towers/april180133.jpg)
Pittsburgh gets shit on a lot, but it really is a beautiful city.
People seem to think its still a dirty steel town, which it was at one point.
I just live in the suburbs, I can't find any pics to show of my actual town and my camera is broke.
QuoteQuoteHere's Boone!
I live WAYYYYY down there.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/primushead/boone1.jpg)
And here's downtown...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/primushead/boone.jpg)
This wouldn't be out of place in my area.
yeah, same here. Maybe not quite as hilly but close.
Nashville (ya'll)
(http://www.airportcommuter.com/worldwide/images/nashville.jpg)
The Ryman
(http://www.ann.hi-ho.ne.jp/tana-takatsuki/tashuu/Doukututanken/ryman1.jpg)
Rotiers
(http://www.hollyeats.com/images/South/Rotiers-Bldg.jpg)
Music Row
(http://www.steppenwolf.com/studio/040700/music_row_signs.jpg)
Lower Broadway
(http://www.ronsaari.com/stockImages/tennessee/NashvilleBroadway1.jpg)
(http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/uploaded/1208polarbear.JPG)
Is that a bear Tracy? Excuse my ignorance but what's it's significance?
Reason I ask is there's one very similar on the Loudon Wainwright CD I just bought:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F3IXOuVFL._AA240_.jpg)
I live in the bay area in Livermore, CA. It used to be a small hick town (my highschool mascot was a cowboy) but it has grown quite a bit over the last decade. We are up to around 85,000 people now. There is still a lot of open space but it is getting quickly devoured by new homes and shopping centers. Livermore is known for it's quaint downtown, annual rodeo, wineries, altamont pass wind farm, two nuclear weapons labs, and as mentioned in another thread the longest burning lightbulb. Here are some pics from the web...
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5qiRJ1lGuB8ALiWjzbkF/SIG=125ejlako/EXP=1180334353/**http%3A//www.bayareaphotos.com/images/livermore.gif)
Livermore is about 45 minutes from San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland. Not too far from Santa Cruz Beach, Napa Valley, and the state capital of Sacramento. 3 hours from Yosemite National Park, and 6 hours from Disneyland.
(http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2003/08/27/ba_lightning.jpg)
(http://k43.pbase.com/v3/39/431639/2/45729595.TeslaRoadLivermore.jpg)
(http://www.pollutionissues.com/images/paz_01_img0079.jpg)
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5xZmLVlGqBMBXQ.jzbkF/SIG=120nsh3ua/EXP=1180335846/**http%3A//www.biske.com/Pictures/Livermore1.JPG)
(http://www.centennialbulb.org/images/cb6m.jpg)
(http://www.elivermore.com/photos/Sites/totempole.jpg)
one of my favorite landmarks is the totem pole
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LLNL_Aerial_View.jpg/800px-LLNL_Aerial_View.jpg)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, I live down the street from this...way down the street!
i live at the yellow X
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3783/gorinchemoa3.jpg)
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1/0001pd3.jpg)
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9262/0002be2.jpg)
Quote
Come to Wilkes-Barre![/quote]
I will! It's exacty what I want to see. I'm not interested in the tourist trail. I want to experience real America (not sure if that makes sense because it's all real I guess).
I want a road trip in an American car and to eat in roadside diners.
QuoteQuote
Come to Wilkes-Barre!
I will! It's exacty what I want to see. I'm not interested in the tourist trail. I want to experience real America (not sure if that makes sense because it's all real I guess).
I want a road trip in an American car and to eat in roadside diners.[/quote]
I completly understand what you mean. Stay aways for the typical, popular tourist traps. Hit the road ala Jack Kerouac..
Then you have to come to the St Louis area as we have 2 classics: Eat Rite and Ted Drewes. The only good thing about living in a small town, is we have all kinds of drinking fests.
I want to buy this house...
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m123/ScrantonWilkesBarre/Wilkes-Barre026.jpg)
Quote
I completly understand what you mean. Stay aways for the typical, popular tourist traps. Hit the road ala Jack Kerouac..
Then you have to come to the St Louis area as we have 2 classics: Eat Rite and Ted Drewes. The only good thing about living in a small town, is we have all kinds of drinking fests.
Im in!!! :D
QuoteIs that a bear Tracy? Excuse my ignorance but what's it's significance?
Reason I ask is there's one very similar on the Loudon Wainwright CD I just bought:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F3IXOuVFL._AA240_.jpg)
Here you go Andrew
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=31472
A few more reasons to come hang out in Austin, TX. Everyone IS coming to ACL this year, right!?!?
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damn. i gotta go to austin one of these days!
QuoteQuoteIs that a bear Tracy? Excuse my ignorance but what's it's significance?
Reason I ask is there's one very similar on the Loudon Wainwright CD I just bought:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F3IXOuVFL._AA240_.jpg)
Here you go Andrew
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=31472
Thanks very much for the info Tracy :)
Quotedamn. i gotta go to austin one of these days!
i went to austin once. we were driving to our hotel, and here were some kids beating the shit out of each other, and taping it for backyard wrestling. then i step one foot out of the car, and some meth head chick came up to me asking for money to go to the hospital. she had fake blood on her face, obviously faking it. other than, it was a pretty nice place i thought. but that's the only thing i remember about austin.
boston is fantastic
Quoteboston is fantastic
Rami Salami
(http://www.ramisalami.com/404newsuitb.jpg)
Here's a peak at Portland, Oregon:
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/MtHood.jpg)
This is a city where, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, some 5,000 residents commute to work each day by bicycle; where city planners ripped out a freeway and replaced it with a park; where parking meters are solar powered; and where the meticulous synchronization of traffic signals results in an annual savings of 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. Currently, Portland also boasts the most LEED-certified buildings per capita in the nation.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Mtn.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Schnitz.jpg)
The Schnitz - where I saw John Prine recently.
Ringed by natural beauty — Mount Hood, the Oregon Coast, the Columbia River Gorge, and the Oregon wine country — Portland is obsessed with keeping that beauty unspoiled. Portlanders recycle 54 percent of their waste, a percentage that exceeds that of any other U.S. city. And they and their fellow Oregonians introduced the nation's first bottle bill in 1971 to encourage recycling.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/RossIslandBridge.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/gresham12.jpg)
Portland's "green appeal" also extends to the monetary variety. Since Oregon has no sales tax, the city's hotels and convention space carry ultra-competitive prices.
Portland's scenic Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park was once a four-lane highway. Civic leaders removed the freeway in the 1970s, reconnecting downtown with the Willamette River.
Portland is home to the nation's largest urban wilderness — the 5,000-acre Forest Park.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/PDXOutdoors.jpg)
The Portland metro area boasts 37,000 acres of parkland.
Portland has 278 public parks and 150 miles of trails.
More than 5,000 Portlanders commute to work by bicycle. (2000 U.S. Census)
Portland boasts 226 miles of bike lanes.
Portland's Airport MAX light rail is the only train-to-plane option on the West Coast.
The Portland Streetcar is the only modern streetcar system in the nation.
Portland's traffic signals are synchronized at 225 intersections, resulting in an estimated annual savings of 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. (www.epa.gov)
Portland's "smart" parking meters are solar-powered, accept credit cards and stand one per block. A sticker is issued for each vehicle and is transferable to other spaces.
Portland is the birthplace of car-sharing in the United States. Today, Portland's Flexcar members enjoy access to a fleet of vehicles located throughout the metro area. Each Flexcar replaces an estimated six cars on the road.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Powells.jpg)
Powell's, the biggest new & used book store in the nation!!
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Neon.jpg)
The Willamette Week, Portland's alternative weekly newspaper, refers to Portland reverently as "Beervana." The Oregon Brewers Guild calls this city "Munich on the Willamette." Of the over fifty breweries and brewpubs in Oregon, more than one-third are located in the Portland Metro area.
mmmm, beer.
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These pics are
stunning!
Portland just became one of my 'places i want to visit in the US' due to this post :)
Portland is my favorite US city. I've always wanted to live there. Closest I got was Olympia, Washington where I lived for 5 years. Thanks for posting those pics. They warmed my heart but also made me resent where I currently reside (albany, NY) a little more. Oh well. DB- you should totally go to Portland. So much beauty and so much good beer indeed.
QuoteSo much beauty and so much good beer indeed.
Sounds good to me!
I had to check where in the US Oregon is. I was hoping it might me near Memphis so I could tie it in with my next trip to Graceland but no such luck ;)
I was just looking at some of the cycling trails here:
http://www.traveloregon.com/Experiences/Outdoor-Recreation/Bike-Oregon/Search.aspx
You've got me all excited Vespachick!
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These pics are stunning!
Portland just became one of my 'places i want to visit in the US' due to this post :)
Agreed! I need to visit Portland. I am hoping to travel to Austin, LA, Portland, Seattle, and San Fran next spring to see friends! I love this thread, although it is getting me impatient for my future travels!!!!
My couch remains available for any of you to crash on should you find yourselves here!! :)
The whole time since you made your first post Vespachick i was thinking I know a song Portland, Oregan. Only just figured it out...of course, It was Loretta Lynn's excellent duet with Jack White:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SHAX4z4sLg
Hey Vespachick, I just sent you a PM with some questions.
No need to worry, I'm not inviting myself to stay just yet ;)
I've always wanted to go to Portland myself.
We all love Portland, Vespachick!!
Went there a couple of times when I was at university in Northern California (Humboldt State) - loved it.
The Oregon coast is beautiful too. Never made it to Ashland or the Columbia River Gorge which I hear is pretty cool.
Back home in London now...
great photos people, its fantastic to see where you all are!!
i'll try and get some snaps over the weekend, but here's a few from the web in the meantime... we tied with vancouver & vienna for the world's most livable city in 2004!
(http://melbourneinphotos.com/Forum%20Theatre%20900px.jpg)
the forum, right in the middle of the city, a seriously great venue - every year this is one of the venues for the melbourne international comedy festival... very very similar to a theatre in louisville i think...
(http://www.travel-australia.biz/victoria/melbourne/melbourne.jpg)
federation square (which was supposed to open in 2001 to commemorate the centenary of australian federation, but didn't open til 2003...) which is probably the main open public space - there's always a festival or concert going on. there's a massive permanent tv screen on one wall of the buildings, which either shows short films, the footy, or other random things 24 hrs a day
(http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~josborn/images/balloon.gif)
sport is HUGE in melbourne... big in australia generally, but melbourne is particularly fanatical... we've got the grand prix, the australian open (tennis), the grand final (australian rules football), cricket, rugby, soccer.... you name it. the stadiums in the foreground are part of a large sporting precinct
(http://www.clickforaustralia.com/Graphics/MapVictoria.gif)
just so you know where it is... tasmania where i grew up is the island at the bottom
(http://places.mongabay.com/australia/twelve_apostles.jpg)
someone posted an image that reminded me of these - the twelve apostles, off the south coast of victoria, as you head west towards adelaide... they're quite amazing, although i think one or two fell down recently
QuotePortland is my favorite US city. I've always wanted to live there. Closest I got was Olympia, Washington where I lived for 5 years. Thanks for posting those pics. They warmed my heart but also made me resent where I currently reside (albany, NY) a little more. Oh well. DB- you should totally go to Portland. So much beauty and so much good beer indeed.
aw c'mon colleen, no love for the albany area?!?!
;) ;)
I was thinking about posting some pics. . .but nothing would even come close to touching the beautiful pictures in this thread.
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aw c'mon colleen, no love for the albany area?!?!
;) ;)
I was thinking about posting some pics. . .but nothing would even come close to touching the beautiful pictures in this thread.
Joey,
I do have some love for it. Just lately, I've been feeling the Empire State Government/Capital Distrophy/frumparific vibe kinda intensely if ya know what I mean. I will sing some praise for the region when I post some pics soon- one of which I think will make you laugh, being from the area.
Great pics, Ali. I want to go to Australia!
As a weird promotion of London as a green city, the authorities turfed trafalgar square. It looked awesome on the TV, but was only for a couple of days. People just sitting on it and eating lunch / lazing around.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1180004402/img/1.jpg)
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1180006276/img/1.jpg)
Those pictures are so strange. Grass? There?!!
Cheers 4 posting Mark :)
QuoteHere's a peak at Portland, Oregon:
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/MtHood.jpg)
This is a city where, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, some 5,000 residents commute to work each day by bicycle; where city planners ripped out a freeway and replaced it with a park; where parking meters are solar powered; and where the meticulous synchronization of traffic signals results in an annual savings of 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. Currently, Portland also boasts the most LEED-certified buildings per capita in the nation.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Mtn.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Schnitz.jpg)
The Schnitz - where I saw John Prine recently.
Ringed by natural beauty — Mount Hood, the Oregon Coast, the Columbia River Gorge, and the Oregon wine country — Portland is obsessed with keeping that beauty unspoiled. Portlanders recycle 54 percent of their waste, a percentage that exceeds that of any other U.S. city. And they and their fellow Oregonians introduced the nation's first bottle bill in 1971 to encourage recycling.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/RossIslandBridge.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/gresham12.jpg)
Portland's "green appeal" also extends to the monetary variety. Since Oregon has no sales tax, the city's hotels and convention space carry ultra-competitive prices.
Portland's scenic Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park was once a four-lane highway. Civic leaders removed the freeway in the 1970s, reconnecting downtown with the Willamette River.
Portland is home to the nation's largest urban wilderness — the 5,000-acre Forest Park.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/PDXOutdoors.jpg)
The Portland metro area boasts 37,000 acres of parkland.
Portland has 278 public parks and 150 miles of trails.
More than 5,000 Portlanders commute to work by bicycle. (2000 U.S. Census)
Portland boasts 226 miles of bike lanes.
Portland's Airport MAX light rail is the only train-to-plane option on the West Coast.
The Portland Streetcar is the only modern streetcar system in the nation.
Portland's traffic signals are synchronized at 225 intersections, resulting in an estimated annual savings of 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. (www.epa.gov)
Portland's "smart" parking meters are solar-powered, accept credit cards and stand one per block. A sticker is issued for each vehicle and is transferable to other spaces.
Portland is the birthplace of car-sharing in the United States. Today, Portland's Flexcar members enjoy access to a fleet of vehicles located throughout the metro area. Each Flexcar replaces an estimated six cars on the road.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Powells.jpg)
Powell's, the biggest new & used book store in the nation!!
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/Neon.jpg)
The Willamette Week, Portland's alternative weekly newspaper, refers to Portland reverently as "Beervana." The Oregon Brewers Guild calls this city "Munich on the Willamette." Of the over fifty breweries and brewpubs in Oregon, more than one-third are located in the Portland Metro area.
mmmm, beer.
Vespachick...aren't you just stoked with our lovely city? I've been here since "98 after leaving Oly, Wa and I will never leave. One other beautiful thing about PDX is our awesome mass transit system....BIODIESEL BABY!
(http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/1213_biodiesel.jpg)
And this sums it up for me...I cannot go one day without seeing one of these
(http://z.about.com/d/portlandor/1/0/H/0/-/-/smallWeird.jpg)
Maybe I need to look at moving to Portland.
QuoteMaybe I need to look at moving to Portland.
Yes, yes you should!(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o291/okonokos/end-of-oregon.jpg)
QuoteThose pictures are so strange. Grass? There?!!
It is very strange - you just don't expect to see grass in Trafalgar Square.
QuoteQuoteThose pictures are so strange. Grass? There?!!
It is very strange - you just don't expect to see grass in Trafalgar Square.
Having a degree in history...this just seems wrong. What next red shag carpet in Red Square? :o
My town is abuzz today.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/01062007/3/canada-regina-yorkton-saltcoats-roll-red-carpet-princess-anne.html
Saltcoats is me. The town hall is right behind my house and all these streets are blocked off. I have no idea how I'm going to get my car out from the alley. Ugh.
I'll post some pictures one day...
cool photos mark!! i was a bit pissed off when i was in london last year & nelson's column was all scaffolded up, so you couldn't see it.... looks quite cool with the turf though!!!
here are some more photos of Chicago that a friend took over the weekend. Yes, I'm overloading on the pictures.
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/kelkiwi3112/June/Wrigleypanorama.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/kelkiwi3112/June/Chicago013.jpg)
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