We have asked this question before and there is currently a thread about how many people are from Australia but it's been a while since the question has been asked.
So how about it? Where are you from?
I'm originally from the Ann Arbor, MI area:
downtown Ann Arbor (Liberty and State)
But currently live in Durham, NC: Duke Gardens
Post photos of your home town or where you live now. The world is an awesome place!
I come from a small village in Provence, in southeastern France. It has to be my favourite part of the world. Sunshines all year round on the quietly growing fields. Wheat and vineyards, colourful wild flowers, an everlasting blue skies... This is my garden of Eden, where I go back as often as I can. But I am now living with my boyfriend and our cat in a lovely city named Valence, south of Lyons. It still has the distinct, laid-back southern vibe, but I do miss the countryside.
Road into the countryside. Own shot, March 2012.
View along the way, vineyards and villas. Own shot, March 2012.
Field, flower and tree, right before my parents' gate. Own shot, March 2013.
View from my window in the morning. Own shot, date unknown.
Two sunsets taken with a potato. Own shot, September 2013.
General view of the main street. Copyright DefiImmobilier, date unknown.
St John Baptist's Church - I live almost in front of it. It's lovely and you can't say no to the plead of the organ in the evening. Copyright Wikipedia, date unknown.
The cathedral. Copyright Wikipedia, date unknown.
The heart of the city, the Champs de Mars. Where music is played and balls are held in the summer nights. Copyright Wikipedia, date unknown.
Right after the Champs, the park. It's delightful, fresh and overcrowded when the weather's right. Copyright FranceThisWay, date unknown. At the very back of the picture, on the mountain, one can try and distinguish...
Crussol castle! My favourite place here. A medieval castle, occupied from the XIth to the XVth century, deserted but never taken. It silently keeps watch on the city and is the "mothercastle" of my renactment's troup. Own shot, June 2013.
Redondo Beach, CA. It's a beach town about 20 minutes south of LAX in LA County. I spend as much time on the beach..... Down at the marina.... Enjoying sunsets.... Or in Emerald Bay Catalina... Where sometimes we get to be all alone.... Regardless I'm always lovin' hubski (and skateboarding) Edit: We also have gorgeous coast and snorkeling. I found a secret spot 20 minutes from my house today:
Originally from Heesch in the Netherlands. A little village in the south. It is near Oss, the first place in the world where margarine (fake butter) was produced industrially.
Some pictures (google images) Large Church Old house of the one taking margarine into production I then moved to Eindhoven for my studies, where I have lived for nearly 4 years now. University - Vertigo Building Evoluon
The modern building in your first photo of Eindhoven is amazing. It looks like a fin above water and makes you wonder what else is lurking beneath. I also really like the University -Vertigo Building, beautiful stuff.
At the risk of being pedantic tng, that building you've pointed out isn't 'Modern', because Modern in the architectural sense is a particular movement and style that occurred at a particular time. The word you want to use here is contemporary. That's my lesson for the day :)
It's funny that you say that, when I wrote it I was almost certain that I was using the wrong terminology and that someone would point out the correct. I was also almost certain that it would be you :-)
At the risk of being even more pedantic, thenewgreen's use of modern to signify contemporary in this instance is perfectly fine, sounds_sound . Had he intended to refer to the movement itself he could have said 'modernist' or capitalised it to 'Modern'.
It is called "De Blob", for obvious reasons. They recently built the smaller brother called "De Bubble" on the other side of the square. Bubble at night 18 Septemberplein at night. The Blob is in the left corner As for the university, Vertigo is the Faculty of Architecture and Building Environment. :P Nice little nugget of useless knowledge: Philips was founded in Eindhoven..jpg)
I grew up basically in the middle of nowhere. In the movaje desert. Not much to look at other than dirt and more dirt :(. But the sunset is nice. And the particular part I live is a little bit nicer (hey, we have a golf course!). Here's some pics my mom took: And here's the golf course :P I now live in Irvine (where I'm going to Uni). I don't have any interesting pics, but the most interesting thing to look at is the campus, so here it is: Yea, that's a park in the middle of the campus. And it's a giant circle, so it's impossible to get lost. It's really cool if you check it out on google maps, because there's a lot of easter eggs and such hidden in it. I don't live in that interesting of places :(. Hopefully I'll live somewhere cooler soon.
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When I moved out west, I packed all my shit in a U-haul and towed it with a 4-door bucket of a Bonneville. A real Detroit boat. My dad, in Ohio, helped me rig a hitch to the chassis that was mostly of questionable design and assembly. One leg of my trip which I'll never forget was the 40 - from Atlanta to L.A. All was well till I ran out of gas in the Mojave. Driving over that last desert ridge, I could feel my car huffing. As inevitability approached, I rolled off on the median and started walking my way further west. I could see the station ahead of me, but with the expanse of the desert before me and little for reference of scale, I didn't know if it was 1 or 5 miles away. To my bewilderment, a semi picked me up off the road. No thumb was necessary as it was clear that no one would be walking this path on purpose. I had purchased one of those red, yellow nozzled, 5 gallon gas cans (marked up 300%), topped it off and headed back to the car. Finally, I was on my way again and feeling optimistic enough only to have the fuel pump disintegrate 10 miles down the road. As a result, I spent a weekend in Tehachapi while parts were on order. I didn't see much considering my air conditioned hotel and the heat outside, but I wish I had. Something weird about road trips is that all the cities between the start and the destination seem unreal. Like they don't really exist. Through all of it though, the thing that sticks with me the most is the drive in the tow truck. I sat with the driver while the Bonnie sailed behind me strapped to the back of the flat bed. It was the first time I was a passenger for a good while and I was afforded an inattentive gaze of the desert landscape. I remember that the driver was a bleached blonde skater with a flat brimmed hat, working a worse than good job, and playing Sublime on his tape deck stereo. We listened in mono because of the blown speaker. That band never sounded so good. I felt that I had everything in common with him, but regarded him as a stranger from a different land. Parisians move 3000 miles away and end up in Turkey. Americans move 3000 miles away and find themselves in terra bizarro. So close but so far. I wanted to know more and was excited to begin a life west of the Sierras. Mani-motha-fuckin-fest-destiny. Now when I tell people that I'm from Ohio - a place I've described as 'the middle of nowhere' many a time, they say it sounds exotic. No joke. We live in our own shoes and sometimes forget that they belong to no one else. Where you're from and where you be, Kafke, is anything but uninteresting.
I'm from the German Rhineland, the only place over here where wine is maybe even more popular than beer. The scenery is gorgeous too (shamelessly copied from Google image search): Also lived in Tokyo for almost half a year and I made some awesome pictures from there too, but that's not where I'm from, so sticking to the Rhineland for now ;)
I'm from Chicago. The suburbs though, so I don't have any exciting pictures of that. So here's a picture I took in the city instead: Then I lived for a few years in Montreal: Then I lived and travelled for a bit in Spain: I'm planning on living in South Korea next.
I'm from Mumbai/Bombay, India. I live close to the sea, in Bandra, a fairly 'happening' suburb of Mumbai. Pictures (courtesy Google Image Search, not mine): There's bustling markets, the sea, and this. The last picture is a view of South Bombay from Bandra. South Bombay is what was originally 'Bombay', now Greater Mumbai minus the suburbs.
Not where I'm from but where I am at the moment, a slice of alluvial plain between the coast... ... and the mountains (that's the view out the back of the house) ... ... into which I like to hike and camp when time permits. Girona, province of Catalonia. Historical mountain towns, interesting coastlines, ancient dolmens, 9th century churches, hot springs. ... Wait, we should do a Hubski meet up here, right? (All my shots.)
Beautiful photos, it's good to be you. What is the temperature like there right now? Are you able to go swimming? The water looks wonderful in that last shot.
25C and sunny. I try to swim daily but I do so in winter too, barring storms. That last shot is a mountain stream though, so much colder than the sea. Those are for summer only.
I attended the University of Montana and the Blackfoot River (pictured below) was close to our house. Sometimes when we had had too rough of a night drinking, the next morning we would go jump in the river. It's basically comprised of mountain run-off and like you said, it's REALLY cold. It did a good job of relegating our hangovers
They say cold water bathing is part of a regime for immortality. But who are they? The wizards? It certainly cures hangovers. Montana looks like it has some amazing landscape.
Ravin' in the 'haven Interesting, to read my community's wikipedia page.
Pretty small community, my guess is that you see a lot of people you know when you are out and about. How is that little french cafe? When my wife is finished with her residency we have vowed to spend a month (at least) in NZ. I'll have to hit-you-up prior for some advince/suggestions.
The French cafe is pretty good - it's called Au Bon Coin ("The Good Corner"), and my wife reckons someone should open a nightclub across the street, and call it "The Naughty Corner".
You ever eat at Noma? Absolutely beautiful photos. Stunning.
I'm from Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4541074391108133&pid=1.7 It's an alright city, I plan on moving when I graduate since I've lived here almost my whole life. The city is the VERY definition of suburbia.. Want to go to a decent bar? 30 minute drive. Basketball game? 40 minute drive. Chill with a friend? 10-40 minute drive. I was shocked when I visited other cities and found it wasn't this way, it really really makes me appreciate the chances I get to walk places and ride my bike. Memphis is somewhat known for Elvis, he is probably the main attraction for people who aren't from the city. Here is his house "Graceland." http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4958399146626071&pid=1.7
I've always lived in Montreal, great city! (I took the second photo but the first one is from google.. I should get out and take pictures while it's all pretty outside with the leaves changing colour) edit: I took my camera to school the other day and took this picture.
Well, I was born in Folsom, CA. http://i.imgur.com/bNV4MYDh.gif And lived there until I was 6. Then I moved to Fresno, CA, right in the middle of California's Central Valley. And after I graduated high school I moved to San Luis Obispo, CA to go to college. The picture below is from the top of Bishop's Peak. It really does look like that in real life and on sunnier days, it's even more breathtaking. And then this next picture is of the beach just over the hill, Avila Beach. Again, it really does look like this. And after all this, I am currently living in Fresno again.
The happenin' city of Austin, Texas! EDIT: added some photos that I didn't take because I was at the top and felt ashamed compared to all the posts below me.
Easily one of the most kick-ass cities in the US. I love it there. It would be a great place for a Hubski gathering someday.
Do they need to be photos I've taken myself?
Nah, I just posted photos I thought encapsulated where I lived.
I live in Cambridge, England. It's a small city (about the same population as Surprise, AZ, apparently!) with a lot of history in the middle, and some housing round the outside. There are a lot of students, due to the University of Cambridge, plus Anglia Ruskin University, plus hundreds of English language colleges trading off the city's name. There are also a lot of bikes - the city is completely flat, so loads of people cycle. That video you may have seen in the news last week of an over-confident and under-equipped cyclist almost being hit by a train? Cambridge. Cyclists rule the roads here, and there's cycle lanes on most main roads, and even special traffic lights that give cyclists a head start on motor traffic. http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr03/2/5... Because of the University, there are a lot of interesting organisations based here, such as ARM (the processor people), WorldPay, the International Whaling Commission, and Microsoft Research has a big branch here. We also have a US national war cemetery: It's generally a very safe and quiet city (for England) but also extremely expensive to live in, because housing is limited and because it's within commuting distance of London (50 minutes on the train).
I'm from Seattle.
But i'm living in Watertown, NY right now.
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I live in a small town in western kentucky. Not too exciting sorry :(
Im from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I would post pictures but it's a pretty non-descript city. Our claim to fame used to be having a booming auto market (we're across the river from Detroit and were Canada's automotive capital until the collapse of the auto market), but now all we really have to our name is the highest unemployment, hermaphrodite births per capita, and I'm pretty sure we still have the highest pollution in Canada too (although me might have lost that title recently.) All in all I can't really complain, but it's not exactly the most interesting place.
Saint Paul, Minnesota. The better half of the Twin Cities. But rivalry aside, Minneapolis and Saint Paul are the same metro area, so they are both kind of wear I'm from, but was born, raised, and went to school in Saint Paul, and lived there until I was 30. I lived in the city of STP proper for most of my life, just recently moved to a suburb nearby.