The city I live in is split in two by a river that flows through multiple capitals, one side is hilly and the other is flat. Each side used to be a separate city whose names were combined when...
The city I live in is split in two by a river that flows through multiple capitals, one side is hilly and the other is flat. Each side used to be a separate city whose names were combined when they joined together.
Hello fellow Portlander. My wife and I were in an adult skiball league in the basement of a bar when that show came on, the episode about adult hide and seek, and we had to briefly re-evaluate our...
Hello fellow Portlander. My wife and I were in an adult skiball league in the basement of a bar when that show came on, the episode about adult hide and seek, and we had to briefly re-evaluate our life. No changes were made though so…
Vampires. Y'all nerd out about vampires as soon as you hear the name. Bonus points if you can figure out my birthplace - a hugely popular Netflix show was filmed there and tourists are flocking in...
Vampires. Y'all nerd out about vampires as soon as you hear the name.
Bonus points if you can figure out my birthplace - a hugely popular Netflix show was filmed there and tourists are flocking in to see the 'academy'. Which IRL is the most useless castle I've ever visited and it's also fucking expensive to visit - please don't go there, ever. You can take photos for your Instagram from the gates, and you pretty much saw 90% of the thing already.
According to some authors and TV shows, we do vampires, too, but with a weird French / Southern US accent. But in reality, our specialties are Voodoo, drinking, and gumbo.
According to some authors and TV shows, we do vampires, too, but with a weird French / Southern US accent. But in reality, our specialties are Voodoo, drinking, and gumbo.
Did you ever see Rob Beckett's "Things you wouldn't hear in a hospital" Mock the Week scenes we'd like to see? What's your blood type? About 50 words a minute init bruv.
Did you ever see Rob Beckett's "Things you wouldn't hear in a hospital" Mock the Week scenes we'd like to see?
What's your blood type? About 50 words a minute init bruv.
Don'tcha know, the lakes up north are perfect for fishing in the summer. Sure is a beautiful day for a walk around the lake, ya think? Gonna soak up that sunshine before the long winter sets in,...
Don'tcha know, the lakes up north are perfect for fishing in the summer.
Sure is a beautiful day for a walk around the lake, ya think? Gonna soak up that sunshine before the long winter sets in, you betcha.
Ope sorry, just gonna squeeze past yeah with this hotdish for the potluck!
I'm your neighbor. In Minneapolis, we don't have deepdish here in the traditional Chicago Style sense. (To be honest, I don't care for it all that much besides the novelty). I've had real Chicago...
I'm your neighbor. In Minneapolis, we don't have deepdish here in the traditional Chicago Style sense. (To be honest, I don't care for it all that much besides the novelty).
I've had real Chicago deepdish. My wife is from the east coast and when I introduced her to it... It's all she wants from her pizzas now.
Well, maybe it does not. I have no data to back that up, it's just that recently I watched a lot of YouTube videos made by strangers about Prague and they were all praising the public...
Well, maybe it does not. I have no data to back that up, it's just that recently I watched a lot of YouTube videos made by strangers about Prague and they were all praising the public transportation (which really is great, and trams and busses really are on time). Generally, I have pretty good experience with trains In Czechia as well... except on Prague - Brno route. Maybe I was just unlucky but I traveled on that route 6 times recently and 3 times it was like 45 min delayed. So I now travel by bus and the busses are on time.
And I am assuming that you are talking about trains on time - I am pretty sure there is no question about beer and old buildings when talking about Prague.
No, I'm talking about a stereotype of Germany - most Americans think the trains run on time, which isn't true. If I were in Prague, I'd refer to it as the city that created defenestration.
No, I'm talking about a stereotype of Germany - most Americans think the trains run on time, which isn't true.
If I were in Prague, I'd refer to it as the city that created defenestration.
I live in the state that shares the name with the most famous city in the United States, maybe the world (always fun telling people I am from my state not the city, like, it's a big state).
I live in the state that shares the name with the most famous city in the United States, maybe the world (always fun telling people I am from my state not the city, like, it's a big state).
New York (state), right? For some reason, Washington was the first one that popped into my mind. Maybe not the most famous city, but certainly the most famous president?
New York (state), right? For some reason, Washington was the first one that popped into my mind. Maybe not the most famous city, but certainly the most famous president?
Possibly the world's only remaining city-state [edit: ...that is not a microstate.]
Possibly the world's only remaining city-state [edit: ...that is not a microstate.]
(There are others, depending on how you define city-state but none of them have full control over all the functions of their governance and administration)
Yeah, that was nuts. We were there earlier that day, but back home by the time it happened. I didn't really understand the gravity of all of that until I grew older.
Yeah, that was nuts. We were there earlier that day, but back home by the time it happened. I didn't really understand the gravity of all of that until I grew older.
Also Mississippi, lol. We call it a mountain and stuck a plaque (and some cell towers) on top of it. I hear that it does make for a decent little hike though.
Also Mississippi, lol. We call it a mountain and stuck a plaque (and some cell towers) on top of it. I hear that it does make for a decent little hike though.
Actually I think I've seen said hill in a video by EmpLemon! Isn't yours just little hill in a park? Though it wins any contest by virtue of not being located in Mississippi :P
Actually I think I've seen said hill in a video by EmpLemon! Isn't yours just little hill in a park? Though it wins any contest by virtue of not being located in Mississippi :P
I know it's not, but this also applies to Kansas. The highest point in the state is called Mount Sunflower ringing in at a whopping 4039ft (1231m) above sea level, but it basically looks like flat...
I know it's not, but this also applies to Kansas. The highest point in the state is called Mount Sunflower ringing in at a whopping 4039ft (1231m) above sea level, but it basically looks like flat land as far as the eye can see from there.
It's also funny because the lowest point in Colorado, also on the state line with Kansas, is less than a thousand feet lower (it's about 3300 feet, IIRC). Higher than the lowest point of any other...
It's also funny because the lowest point in Colorado, also on the state line with Kansas, is less than a thousand feet lower (it's about 3300 feet, IIRC). Higher than the lowest point of any other state, and higher than the highest point of something like 11 states.
In fact, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma's high points are all on or within less than a mile of their respective borders with Colorado.
There are areas of saltmarsh, certainly, although they are all under pressure from coastal development and rising sea level. Coastal realignment - the moving of sea defences further inland and the...
There are areas of saltmarsh, certainly, although they are all under pressure from coastal development and rising sea level. Coastal realignment - the moving of sea defences further inland and the creation of new saltmarsh on the seaward side of them - is an ongoing process around here.
Otherwise, acid grassland and lowland heath on very light sandy soil used to dominate the area, but over 90% of the heath has gone. It is now heavily irrigated arable, pig farms and confer plantations dating from after WW1 - which are slowly being turned to broadleaf or occasionally reverted to acid grassland and heath again. Further inland you get into the boulder clay of 'high' Suffolk - which continues over to the west.
It is all post-glacial: the boulder clay was brought down by the glacier and the sandy soil was the alluvial outwash from it. Go down far enough under those and you hit chalk.
Thanks for going into detail; this is fascinating. I would love to actually see some of these areas someday, if any are left. Reading your description I suddenly realised parts of Michael...
Thanks for going into detail; this is fascinating. I would love to actually see some of these areas someday, if any are left. Reading your description I suddenly realised parts of Michael Ondaatje's book Warlight must be set there, before WW2.
The post glacial aspect is pretty cool, like a reminder of impermanence.
I have not read Warlight - but I understand that a section is based around 'The Saints' - a group of villages just into the boulder clay areas, but still East Suffolk - and nowadays with strong...
I have not read Warlight - but I understand that a section is based around 'The Saints' - a group of villages just into the boulder clay areas, but still East Suffolk - and nowadays with strong Green party presence. I used to assist with the Greenpeace festivals there in the '90s for example.
The 'standard' literary work set in the coastal area is Sebald's The Rings of Saturn. A number of M. R. James' ghost stories are also set on the coast here. The Essex Serpent is - clearly - set over the border in Essex, but includes very similar salt marsh.
There are certainly areas left - and others being restored and recreated - much of the surviving heath and saltmarsh is heavily protected now. The Suffolk Coasts and Heaths has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since the '70s with the aim of providing funding and resources to protect it - although the protection lacks serious teeth in many respects. The Sandlings (another name for the coastal heathland) Walk runs most of the length of the coast and includes some wonderful sites.
I thoroughly enjoy living here. It has both the cosy bucolic atmosphere that Detectorists captures well and the wilder, bleaker, more ragged coastal experience too to offset too much cosy complacency.
That sounds like a wonderful place to live! Thanks for describing it to me. I highly enjoyed Detectorists and am looking forward to the movie. The ecological aspect that emerged in the last season...
That sounds like a wonderful place to live! Thanks for describing it to me. I highly enjoyed Detectorists and am looking forward to the movie. The ecological aspect that emerged in the last season fascinated me. I think because most of Britain seems so inhabited, it can be hard to see it as an ecology, which is pretty silly of me because it so obviously is! It's really good that the coast/heaths has some protection. I hope the Greens can strengthen that.
I really must try Sebald again. I failed to get into his work in the past but that was when I was younger and less patient.
I live by a city designed and built due to an argument between two other cities. Both of the competing cities wanted to be the capital when we become one country rather than multiple states, and...
I live by a city designed and built due to an argument between two other cities. Both of the competing cities wanted to be the capital when we become one country rather than multiple states, and neither was prepared to not be the capital unless the other city didn't get to be it either.
My spouse assumed you were describing Washington DC in the US. When the answer was revealed as Canberra, they exclaimed “Goddamn, the British did it to them too?!” Ex-colony solidarity, I guess.
My spouse assumed you were describing Washington DC in the US. When the answer was revealed as Canberra, they exclaimed “Goddamn, the British did it to them too?!”
Oh it's hands down Kansas City. Every other city that claims that title are posers. It's the sauce that makes a good BBQ, and while Carolina bbq has some good sauces, I think KC takes the cake.
Oh it's hands down Kansas City. Every other city that claims that title are posers. It's the sauce that makes a good BBQ, and while Carolina bbq has some good sauces, I think KC takes the cake.
I've known some BBQ snobs who say that if the meat is cooked properly then it doesn't need any sauce, and the purpose of sauce is just to mask the flavor of poorly-cooked meat. (I'm not one of...
It's the sauce that makes a good BBQ
I've known some BBQ snobs who say that if the meat is cooked properly then it doesn't need any sauce, and the purpose of sauce is just to mask the flavor of poorly-cooked meat.
(I'm not one of them, but it goes to show how controversial BBQ opinions are)
I think of it like a cake, the sauce being the icing and the meat the sponge. You have a bad sponge, no amount of icing, no matter how good it is, can fix it. Yeah sure, you can definitely drown...
I think of it like a cake, the sauce being the icing and the meat the sponge.
You have a bad sponge, no amount of icing, no matter how good it is, can fix it. Yeah sure, you can definitely drown it out with the icing, but that still doesn't make it a good cake. Yes, there are cakes that absolutely do not need icing, and would frankly be ruined if iced, like pineapple upside down cake, but others, it's just not right without the icing.
That's kinda how I see and what I love about the different regional BBQ styles. They're all great at their own thing.
Maybe it's cause it's what I was raised on, but it's KC bbq all the way for me. I will ride my high horse straight to hell before I'm convinced otherwise. /j
Woah, careful saying that in front of a Portuguese northerner! There's some debate on where exactly it was created, and Porto being the 2nd biggest city in the country gives it plenty of cultural...
Woah, careful saying that in front of a Portuguese northerner! There's some debate on where exactly it was created, and Porto being the 2nd biggest city in the country gives it plenty of cultural power to proclaim itself as the creator of the dish. Having lived in the city I'm in for the past 4 years, I'll definitely support the movement that says the francesinha was stolen from us by Porto.
Hehe I'm from Lisbon (sort of) so pardon my ignorance, but where is it from originally? Braga? Viana do Castelo? This is a conspiracy I was unaware of!
Hehe I'm from Lisbon (sort of) so pardon my ignorance, but where is it from originally? Braga? Viana do Castelo? This is a conspiracy I was unaware of!
Ah, fuck it. May as well say where I'm talking about then. I live in Vila Real. I'm not really from here, I moved here about 4 years ago from the UAE so this is mostly knowledge I've picked up...
Ah, fuck it. May as well say where I'm talking about then. I live in Vila Real. I'm not really from here, I moved here about 4 years ago from the UAE so this is mostly knowledge I've picked up from my friends here. As far as I'm concerned, the Francesinha is vilarealense because this is where I first ate it, haha.
Aha, I didn't know this was a contentious issue, I always associated francesinha with Porto. Good to know the civil war will start over the worlds most caloric sandwich ;)
Aha, I didn't know this was a contentious issue, I always associated francesinha with Porto. Good to know the civil war will start over the worlds most caloric sandwich ;)
“A sunny place for shady people.” Walking around feels like moving through Jello-O Our two seasons are Summer and Summer-er My neighbor’s Pomeranian was eaten by an alligator
“A sunny place for shady people.”
Walking around feels like moving through Jello-O
Our two seasons are Summer and Summer-er
My neighbor’s Pomeranian was eaten by an alligator
'Fraid not! In retrospect, "incredibly drunk" is probably not very distinguishing, so perhaps "we have nearly three times as many bars as grocery stores, which is the highest ratio in the country"...
'Fraid not! In retrospect, "incredibly drunk" is probably not very distinguishing, so perhaps "we have nearly three times as many bars as grocery stores, which is the highest ratio in the country" would be better. That said, we're mostly recognized for the "cheese" part, at least as far as the rest of the nation's concerned.
Place 1: It is said that my birthplace speaks the highest form of our language, even though our state is a lower form of another. Place 2: Officially this state doesn't exist, but everyone living...
Place 1: It is said that my birthplace speaks the highest form of our language, even though our state is a lower form of another.
Place 2: Officially this state doesn't exist, but everyone living here swears that it does. One official state it belongs to is joked about being a foreign country.
Hint for the country
Many popular fairy tales were collected and published by two brothers from my country.
God damn it, I haven't seen the last season yet (waiting for the whole thing to finish, but finish for real so I don't have to endure another cliffhanger) and I feel I'm missing context. Unless...
God damn it, I haven't seen the last season yet (waiting for the whole thing to finish, but finish for real so I don't have to endure another cliffhanger) and I feel I'm missing context. Unless you're referring to something from the manga, which I haven't read...
The trains are going to shut down again for a few years to fix the things that went wrong the last time they fixed them. It hasn't stopped raining since January. Housing sucks.
The trains are going to shut down again for a few years to fix the things that went wrong the last time they fixed them. It hasn't stopped raining since January. Housing sucks.
I was wondering when I was going to spot the people from here. These things don't fit with anyone's idyllic image though. No one is going to guess this unless you throw in hobbits.
I was wondering when I was going to spot the people from here.
These things don't fit with anyone's idyllic image though. No one is going to guess this unless you throw in hobbits.
Ugh, ain't it the truth. Doesn't help that International Blow Smoke Up Your Ass Magazine keeps calling us one of the most liveable cities. I've clawed my way up from 35k a year the first year I...
Ugh, ain't it the truth. Doesn't help that International Blow Smoke Up Your Ass Magazine keeps calling us one of the most liveable cities. I've clawed my way up from 35k a year the first year I was we living here, yet it still feels harder and harder the longer I go.
I'm the only one crossing red pedestrian lights on a quiet 1-lane one-way road at 2am spoilerCountry is Germany, sticklers for rules no matter if sensible in the given situation, and one can...
I'm the only one crossing red pedestrian lights on a quiet 1-lane one-way road at 2am
spoilerCountry is Germany, sticklers for rules no matter if sensible in the given situation, and one can derive I'm not from here!
We grew hemp. Then it became illegal. We made famous vineyards and whiskey. Then they became illegal, and we kept them illegal longer than anywhere else. At least our tobacco will stay legal....
We grew hemp. Then it became illegal. We made famous vineyards and whiskey. Then they became illegal, and we kept them illegal longer than anywhere else. At least our tobacco will stay legal. Right?
Right??
ETA I am not advocating for tobacco, just noting my home's propensity for putting it's agricultural eggs into baskets that end up criminalized.
Lynchburg, TN? It's a dry county, but whiskey distilling is still legal. Last time I was there, the locals said the majority wanted to vote to go wet, but due to some weird law they did not have...
Lynchburg, TN?
It's a dry county, but whiskey distilling is still legal. Last time I was there, the locals said the majority wanted to vote to go wet, but due to some weird law they did not have enough residents/eligible voters to get it to pass. Recommendation for non-locals: If you're visiting Jack Daniels and have a few months to plan the trip, book a reservation at Mary Bobo's! Also, although it's a dry county, there's a loophole by putting it in food products; Mary Bobo's takes full advantage of this loophole, especially with their baked apple dessert.
Where all porn used to be mostly filmed (a lot of it still is). Also we have a famous liquor store with a giant clown as its mascot. Thinking about it now I love how this description could be one...
Where all porn used to be mostly filmed (a lot of it still is). Also we have a famous liquor store with a giant clown as its mascot.
Thinking about it now I love how this description could be one of two places within a four hour drive of each other.
My city received 89.7" of snowfall this past winter. I lost a couple of trees to the snow's weight. Had to dig myself out several times. My coworkers ask me why I live here.
My city received 89.7" of snowfall this past winter.
One of the BBQ capitals of the US (possibly the world). We're not the "Twin Cities," but there are two of us right next to each with the same name, though only one is the OG. Solidly Midwestern,...
One of the BBQ capitals of the US (possibly the world). We're not the "Twin Cities," but there are two of us right next to each with the same name, though only one is the OG.
Solidly Midwestern, though with a little southern and even a bit of western, frontier-esque flavoring.
Home of the fastest community-wide internet in the world. I just do the gig for $67/mo, but our ISP offers 10 gig for $300/mo and 25 gig for $1,500/mo. All symmetrical. Thankfully, I live in one...
Home of the fastest community-wide internet in the world. I just do the gig for $67/mo, but our ISP offers 10 gig for $300/mo and 25 gig for $1,500/mo. All symmetrical. Thankfully, I live in one of the few places in the US where the ISP is a local public utility instead of a for-profit company.
Looks like it was fastest average speeds. I would imagine Chat has a lot of people on old 100Mbps plans since y'all have had muni fiber for so long, while CFU has been doing fiber for less than a...
Looks like it was fastest average speeds. I would imagine Chat has a lot of people on old 100Mbps plans since y'all have had muni fiber for so long, while CFU has been doing fiber for less than a decade, so there's probably a higher take rate of higher speeds.
I think using a single idiom or fact to ascertain which city someone is from is too simple (and hard lol), so have 6 options sorted by difficulty and type to choose from instead: Easy General...
I think using a single idiom or fact to ascertain which city someone is from is too simple (and hard lol), so have 6 options sorted by difficulty and type to choose from instead:
EasyGeneral
Biggest Portugese-Speaking city in the world, maybe largest city in the New World. (Both by population)
Local
We're nicknamed for having drizzle/soft rain very often.
MediumGeneral
You can always tell when an anglo person writes our name incorrectly because they forget the tilde or swap the u for the o.
Local
"The drizzle rends your flesh, it's the Tower of Babel"
HardGeneral
In the early 20th century we were the second-largest Italian city on Earth, right after Rome itself.
Local
There is a road in our city called "The Big Worm".
Hmm.. well, it was my first day back at work in town. I got off the train at southern cross and slumped when I saw that the tram line at Colins Street and Spencer Street was being replaced. Had to...
Hmm.. well, it was my first day back at work in town. I got off the train at southern cross and slumped when I saw that the tram line at Colins Street and Spencer Street was being replaced. Had to walk past Crown and city road to get to work.
Melbourne, though as someone more familiar with Sydney the place names were ringing some bells until I figured that your route would make no geographical sense.
Melbourne, though as someone more familiar with Sydney the place names were ringing some bells until I figured that your route would make no geographical sense.
I'm painfully aware lol, been a resident for a little over 5 years now - I'm moving back to the Marquette area soon though. Should be my last year having to endure this craziness!
I'm painfully aware lol, been a resident for a little over 5 years now - I'm moving back to the Marquette area soon though. Should be my last year having to endure this craziness!
Following the trail, Irvine? I wouldn't know what the other geek outfit is unless like Obsidian or Sega did something shady. It can't be Santa Monica, and I doubt many would describe LA as boring.
Following the trail, Irvine?
I wouldn't know what the other geek outfit is unless like Obsidian or Sega did something shady. It can't be Santa Monica, and I doubt many would describe LA as boring.
Geek outfits, like game stores or game companies? I am struggling between Grapevine, TX and Santa Monica, CA. But I don't know either, so the unofficial moto is throwing me off.
Geek outfits, like game stores or game companies? I am struggling between Grapevine, TX and Santa Monica, CA. But I don't know either, so the unofficial moto is throwing me off.
Is Runza any good? My boyfriend and I kept noticing them when we went to Omaha earlier this year, but the menu looked like something I'd find delicious if my grandmother made it, but hard to trust...
Is Runza any good? My boyfriend and I kept noticing them when we went to Omaha earlier this year, but the menu looked like something I'd find delicious if my grandmother made it, but hard to trust a chain to make, especially in some of those small towns along I80.
I mean, there are a couple here in Colorado as well, so we could go to like Longmont and try it, but we're both still on the fence about it.
Runza isn't bad, burgers are pretty good, the "runza" sandwich can vary based on the location management but its a nostalgic staple. Runza corporate follows the "you must be within x many miles of...
Runza isn't bad, burgers are pretty good, the "runza" sandwich can vary based on the location management but its a nostalgic staple. Runza corporate follows the "you must be within x many miles of the supply depot to open a franchise" model so the quality is generally good. I'd say its somewhat similar to Culvers.
Would I drive an hour or more for Runza? No.
Would I stop in one on I80 vs any other fast food chain? Absolutely.
PS: Try the chili and cinnamon rolls, also a very nostalgic item on the menu. There is a constant debate as to how you should eat it, I am on team "its a side" but there are some sickos who like to put the cinnamon roll in the chili.
Yup. I have to stifle the urge to say that we're not just tornadoes and Oz anytime it comes up. My city is the air capital of the world! But hey, if it weren't for the Wizard of Oz, nobody outside...
Yup. I have to stifle the urge to say that we're not just tornadoes and Oz anytime it comes up. My city is the air capital of the world!
But hey, if it weren't for the Wizard of Oz, nobody outside the USA would know what the heck Kansas even is. At least we're not, like, Iowa or something
I think it's quite a nice city too! Not too big but it has everything you need I don't know when you visited but they recently built a new Hans Christian Andersen museum, I've not been inside but...
I think it's quite a nice city too! Not too big but it has everything you need
I don't know when you visited but they recently built a new Hans Christian Andersen museum, I've not been inside but it looks impressive from the outside.
I live in one of the most touristy place in America. At least it feels like it sometimes. Town quadruple their number of residents residing in the area. (one town goes from 2,000 in the winter to...
I live in one of the most touristy place in America. At least it feels like it sometimes. Town quadruple their number of residents residing in the area. (one town goes from 2,000 in the winter to over 15,000 in the summer.
As another comment said it definitely could apply to a ton of places. But I mean Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It's a huge destination spot for the north east. It's expensive. The people are either...
As another comment said it definitely could apply to a ton of places. But I mean Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It's a huge destination spot for the north east. It's expensive. The people are either miserable working class who gets worked to the bone every summer. Or they are insufferable because they are on vacation and you better cater to everything I say because I'm the one paying for you to work.
I mean yeah you are right. I didn't really think of that angle. So I agree it's not too descriptive. But I meant cape cod, MA. Moved here a few years ago and hate it. Everything is expensive as...
I mean yeah you are right. I didn't really think of that angle. So I agree it's not too descriptive. But I meant cape cod, MA. Moved here a few years ago and hate it. Everything is expensive as the summer crowd is mostly older rich white people. And they demand the world cater to them because it's their vacation. The housing for the working class is insanely expensive still. You have to work two jobs just to stay afloat.
That was the missing link! I was also thinking about within 10 hours you could be on a 100 mile long beach, visit a rainforest, and drive all the way up a mountain.
That was the missing link! I was also thinking about within 10 hours you could be on a 100 mile long beach, visit a rainforest, and drive all the way up a mountain.
To the north, hills. To the south our second largest city by population not importance. My town is famous for brewing beer and a certain pickled sandwich spread.
To the north, hills.
To the south our second largest city by population not importance.
My town is famous for brewing beer and a certain pickled sandwich spread.
I live in a capital that's smack in the middle of the two best amusement parks in the world. Possibly easier clue: Hint When referring to our sports team, the word "the" is oddly significant
I live in a capital that's smack in the middle of the two best amusement parks in the world.
Possibly easier clue:
Hint
When referring to our sports team, the word "the" is oddly significant
> be me, walking by the local cafe > see guy outside drinking a cappuccino talking to a couple of people at his table > "He's not a CFO! He's a VP of finance masquerading as a CFO!" > they all...
> be me, walking by the local cafe
> see guy outside drinking a cappuccino talking to a couple of people at his table
> "He's not a CFO! He's a VP of finance masquerading as a CFO!"
> they all laugh at how amateur this "CFO" must be
> another one chimes in
> "You want a CFO? Hell, I've got a *portfolio* of CFOs!"
I live among sand dunes and salty air, in one of the quaint little villages here (or there). While famous for our lobster stew served with a side of ocean view, that dish is actually quite rare here.
I live among sand dunes and salty air, in one of the quaint little villages here (or there). While famous for our lobster stew served with a side of ocean view, that dish is actually quite rare here.
Depending on the direction I drive from my state’s capital, I can either be in the mountains, at the ocean, sitting by a lake, or fishing in a river with only 1.5 hours of driving.
Depending on the direction I drive from my state’s capital, I can either be in the mountains, at the ocean, sitting by a lake, or fishing in a river with only 1.5 hours of driving.
Well, we had a democratic politician switch sides to being republican after being elected in for her democratic views, and then she voted against said views. Oh, and it was apparently because she...
Well, we had a democratic politician switch sides to being republican after being elected in for her democratic views, and then she voted against said views.
Oh, and it was apparently because she felt "bullied".
I already said it in a number of my previous comments, but... It's hot all year and humid for most of it. If it's not bright oppressive sunshine, it's heavy rain storms. And if you do decide to...
I already said it in a number of my previous comments, but...
It's hot all year and humid for most of it. If it's not bright oppressive sunshine, it's heavy rain storms. And if you do decide to venture outside in the evening when it's cool, you'll be eaten alive by insects.
I live near a beautiful castle. Close enough to hear the explosions that ring out over it every night.
It's a divisive, and divided place. Right now it has a global perception of being highly conservative, but I, and most of the people I know that live here are pretty liberal.
Everyone's home insurance prices are rising dramatically, often thousands of dollars a year. Our tourism is down at least 30% from its usual average largely because of cancelled and moved...
Everyone's home insurance prices are rising dramatically, often thousands of dollars a year. Our tourism is down at least 30% from its usual average largely because of cancelled and moved conventions in response to our state's leadership playing political games for cheap political points. Our housing prices are through the roof due to a combination of lack of supply, and nobody stopping foreign investors from buying these houses before actual citizens can get them, turning them into corporate-owned rentals. All of this has driven up the rental market to the point where the majority of renters are paying a greater portion of their paycheck simply for housing than most financial planners say is safe or wise. To answer this situation, our governor signed a bill allowing landlords to add literally unlimited fees. The same governor that is overseeing all this wants to be president.
Sorry to be the grumpy old person here, but I feel like this thread invites a lot of replies that don't really engage with each other and are on the low-effort side.
Sorry to be the grumpy old person here, but I feel like this thread invites a lot of replies that don't really engage with each other and are on the low-effort side.
Users policing the philosophy of this forum is probably my least favorite thing of this site. Particularly in this circumstance, where it is engaging, and it's whatever the users make of it. No...
Exemplary
Users policing the philosophy of this forum is probably my least favorite thing of this site. Particularly in this circumstance, where it is engaging, and it's whatever the users make of it. No big deal--be the difference, if that's what you want to see.
If there's a systemic issue, it'll be resolved by Deimos. If it's a bigger issue that he can't solve, there'll be a bigger solution, and it's not on the users to try to keep it from getting there.
I’ve said it a dozen times as well, it’s just obnoxious these users that try to control every discussion and say what does and doesn’t belong on Tildes. If it’s not out-right breaking some rule...
I’ve said it a dozen times as well, it’s just obnoxious these users that try to control every discussion and say what does and doesn’t belong on Tildes. If it’s not out-right breaking some rule then just don’t comment If it doesn’t interest you. Even better, go make your own topic that you feel is worthy of Tildes.
Couldn't agree more. Sometimes it feels like this site is overly paranoid about what is and isn't "faithful" to the "philosophy" of the site. If a post as innocuous as this is ever taken down...
Couldn't agree more. Sometimes it feels like this site is overly paranoid about what is and isn't "faithful" to the "philosophy" of the site. If a post as innocuous as this is ever taken down administratively I'm out of here.
That is actually a recent thing. Veterans are mostly chill, but new and returning users are coming from Reddit and going back to their old, elitist ways. It's alarming how many votes the comment...
That is actually a recent thing. Veterans are mostly chill, but new and returning users are coming from Reddit and going back to their old, elitist ways. It's alarming how many votes the comment above got. This overzealous attitude is not the culture I grew to love about Tildes, and I am very concerned about this. That is one of the reasons why I made this post.
Posts like this one are entirely adequate for ~talk.
Tildes may prioritize quality content, but it is also a community made for and by people. Emotions matter. We are not Stack Exchange.
Sorry to add to your grumpy old person personae here, but these kinds of threads smack of "Let's get your demographics so we can market to you." Tildes isn't using people as a commodity, yet, but...
Sorry to add to your grumpy old person personae here, but these kinds of threads smack of "Let's get your demographics so we can market to you."
Tildes isn't using people as a commodity, yet, but people like this are greasing the wheels so your information can be sold to the highest bidder so they can sell you soap.
Not everything is for marketing. In this thread it's just someone having a game of Guess The Location Through Non-Descript Description. Tildes can be fun, it doesn't have to be just long form...
Not everything is for marketing. In this thread it's just someone having a game of Guess The Location Through Non-Descript Description.
Tildes can be fun, it doesn't have to be just long form discussion text.
This sounds like most of the southwestern USA, I'll guess Vegas or Phoenix.
"Oh my god, it's like standing on the sun!"
Hey neighbor! Another description: I told my kids when we moved here, never touch a plant you don’t know.
But at least we don’t have to shovel sunshine…
Two mass shootings per week. Not fun!
Do you at least have good BBQ?
I had to pay a 900 dollarydoos for a collect call from the international drainage commission.
G'day!
The city I live in is split in two by a river that flows through multiple capitals, one side is hilly and the other is flat. Each side used to be a separate city whose names were combined when they joined together.
Budapest!
Such an awesome place. Went there on a school trip way back around ~2000. Was great fun and I would love to go again.
This place, and the comedy show about it, is weird.
I regularly put birds on things ;(
PDX. Howdy friend.
As they say, let's keep it this way!
Letterkenny
Portland
Philly? If so what's up neighbor
Hello fellow Portlander. My wife and I were in an adult skiball league in the basement of a bar when that show came on, the episode about adult hide and seek, and we had to briefly re-evaluate our life. No changes were made though so…
Hey neighbor to the north, your friendly local Beaver checking in.
Brewer's Fest is today! Hope to pass by y'all anonymously while I'm plastered!
The complaining capital of the world
Paris?
Yes!!
Saunas and lakes.
Either Finland or Minnesota 🤣.
Kyllä, aivan oikein.
Vampires. Y'all nerd out about vampires as soon as you hear the name.
Bonus points if you can figure out my birthplace - a hugely popular Netflix show was filmed there and tourists are flocking in to see the 'academy'. Which IRL is the most useless castle I've ever visited and it's also fucking expensive to visit - please don't go there, ever. You can take photos for your Instagram from the gates, and you pretty much saw 90% of the thing already.
Transylvania?
For bonus points: is it the castle from Wednesday? In which case Busteni?
Yup, got them both. All the bonus points to you.
Sweet! I promise to use them for good. Also I'll make a mental note not to visit the castle!
I hoped it wasn't Hunedoara since it's the only castle there I know and I planned to visit it sometime.
I haven't been there, but from what I've heard that one is actually worth visiting. Hunedoara overall is nice.
According to some authors and TV shows, we do vampires, too, but with a weird French / Southern US accent. But in reality, our specialties are Voodoo, drinking, and gumbo.
Is this related to Transylvania, Louisiana? I always thought that was an interesting name for a small town in the middle of nowhere, lol.
I grew up in Louisiana and had no idea this town existed.
You'll get stabbed on a chewsday init bruv
You got it right the first time.
Did you ever see Rob Beckett's "Things you wouldn't hear in a hospital" Mock the Week scenes we'd like to see?
What's your blood type? About 50 words a minute init bruv.
I live within walking distance of the pea plant garden where the science of genetics kind of started.
Brno?
Bingo!
Never had heard of Brno. Absolutely gorgeous looking city.
Don'tcha know, the lakes up north are perfect for fishing in the summer.
Sure is a beautiful day for a walk around the lake, ya think? Gonna soak up that sunshine before the long winter sets in, you betcha.
Ope sorry, just gonna squeeze past yeah with this hotdish for the potluck!
Minnesota.
Twin Cities?
Absolutely!
There are two of us!
Half of McDonalds.
St. Louis?
:)
Nalds?
Deep dish pizza.
You know about his podcast and show on AppleTv right?
Obviously Chicago, Illinois!
Just spent a week in Chicago for work. That's the most deep dish I've ever had. And I still wasn't tired of it!
Correct~ I was very surprised learning it's not more of a thing elsewhere in the US. Regardless, it's still fun to try everyone's version of it!
I'm your neighbor. In Minneapolis, we don't have deepdish here in the traditional Chicago Style sense. (To be honest, I don't care for it all that much besides the novelty).
I've had real Chicago deepdish. My wife is from the east coast and when I introduced her to it... It's all she wants from her pizzas now.
I can't get her to go back to regular pizza!
Whale's Vagina
I live on the east side of the clitoris of a whale’s vagina.
The greatest city in the history of mankind. San Diahhhgo
Have you ever seen Doraemon? It's basically that.
Do you mean like the present day Japan or the futuristic 22st century Japan?
“22st”
~ 'cause I'm a 22st century man :p
The place we all hope Putin is forced to go to
Hell?
Haha actually it's the Hague, the city that has the International Court
Hehe I was being silly. The Hague is a nice city, not hellish at all, and your croquettes are delicious :)
The best answer
The stars at night, are big and bright.
Also, our state government loves passing laws simply to, "Own the Libs"
The best part of those when they are at the same level of the highway are the texas off-ramps.
Pew pew, bullet bullet, gun gun.
We have lots of food in tubes and in "plastic sausages".
The International Space Station?
:)
Any food that can be tubed will be tubed. (but it is mostly cheese, pate, caviar and condiments)
https://i.imgur.com/OmxkVbU.jpg
Strange, do you have special storage racks in the kitchen or fridge to manage all the food tubes?
That sounds like a business opportunity. :) But no, people mostly put them in the fridge door shelves.
Sounds like Norway/Sweden/Denmark to me :D
Yup! :)
Philippines?
Seattle?
Nō Tāmaki Makaurau koe?
Toronto?
Trondheim or Berlin? :-D
This one is more common than people realise.
I’ll guess Vancouver, but there are a lot of revolving restaurants in the world. We used to have two up until a couple years ago.
Tampere?
Tammelantorille syämään mörkömakkaraa.
Sydney, with centrepoint tower.
The housing market is broken, we copy all of the US's mistakes with a delay of 10ish years, and all we really sell is beef and coal/gas.
That has to be Australia. Good lord the housing market is depressing..
You are sadly correct.
How bad is it? The housing market I mean.
Not OP but I just looked up some statistics to try and make a comparison, but I think this makes a better point:
Alberta? You guys have a housing problem too?
No, Australia. I did wonder if anyone would think "Canada" though.
We have a red football (soccer) team that is huge worldwide but has been overtaken on the field by the blue football team funded by oil money.
I come from the county where all the red and blue players live!
Not to mention the red team may be taken over soon too…
Madrid?
I'd have guessed Manchester
I totally missed the "red" in the original comment. But I probably would have still guessed wrong anyway as I know very little about football!
I live in a place where visitors stereotypically assume the trains run on time, but they actually don't.
There is also beer. And old buildings.
Berlin?
Close, but the same country, lol!
Munich?
Kein Liederhosen heir.
Sind Sie in Frankfurt?
Getting closer, lol
Koln? Friend is from there, introduced me to Kolsch
That's a pretty good guess...
Sounds like Prague to me.
I did not realize the Czech Republic had that reputation.
Well, maybe it does not. I have no data to back that up, it's just that recently I watched a lot of YouTube videos made by strangers about Prague and they were all praising the public transportation (which really is great, and trams and busses really are on time). Generally, I have pretty good experience with trains In Czechia as well... except on Prague - Brno route. Maybe I was just unlucky but I traveled on that route 6 times recently and 3 times it was like 45 min delayed. So I now travel by bus and the busses are on time.
And I am assuming that you are talking about trains on time - I am pretty sure there is no question about beer and old buildings when talking about Prague.
No, I'm talking about a stereotype of Germany - most Americans think the trains run on time, which isn't true.
If I were in Prague, I'd refer to it as the city that created defenestration.
Stampede, Eh?
A Calgarian!
Whole category/type of beer is named after this city.
Pilsen?
Perfect!
You got it!
I live in the state that shares the name with the most famous city in the United States, maybe the world (always fun telling people I am from my state not the city, like, it's a big state).
New York (state), right? For some reason, Washington was the first one that popped into my mind. Maybe not the most famous city, but certainly the most famous president?
Yeah, NYS, actually I grew up 8 hours north of the city (~300 miles), New York is big.
Eh, I’ll make this one easy for you:
Make sure you don’t pahk in the street, they’ll fahkin’ tow yah ass.
Boston!
Told ya it was easy hahaha.
I'll be heading over in a few weeks, it's a great city!
It’s a dry heat
Vegas?
Anywhere between Salt Lake City, Reno, Bakersfield, and Santa Fe.
The US isn't the only place in the world, could also be the Sahara.
Phoenix
Bingo
Possibly the world's only remaining city-state [edit: ...that is not a microstate.]
(There are others, depending on how you define city-state but none of them have full control over all the functions of their governance and administration)Singapore?
Ding-ding-ding! Well done!
That airport is FANCY!
Nope
No on both counts, alas.
Cheese rolling is the height of sporting competition
Gloucestershire, UK.
Someone hurts themselves nearly every year on Cooper's Hill.
I heard of that for somewhere in Uk.
Maybe Wisconsin?
Host of the 1996 Olympics. I was 6 years old, but I remember going to them!
I was 4, and didn't go, but I'm from the same area originally!
I like it well enough. It's a decent city, where the players play, while the rest of us sit in traffic.
I'm a little older and from there and my memory of that Olympics is unfortunately marred by the bombing.
Yeah, that was nuts. We were there earlier that day, but back home by the time it happened. I didn't really understand the gravity of all of that until I grew older.
Pork roll or Taylor ham?
Trenton?
Our tallest mountain is a hill
I'm thinking either somewhere in the Netherlands or Denmark. Am I close?
Denmark. I was specifically referring to Himmelbjerget, which translates to "✨The Mountain of Heaven✨", even though it's just a somewhat tall hill.
Not the americas
Also Mississippi, lol. We call it a mountain and stuck a plaque (and some cell towers) on top of it. I hear that it does make for a decent little hike though.
Actually I think I've seen said hill in a video by EmpLemon! Isn't yours just little hill in a park? Though it wins any contest by virtue of not being located in Mississippi :P
Urbana?
Nope
Holland?
Nope
Denmark, the Netherlands, or perhaps Bahrain.
I know it's not, but this also applies to Kansas. The highest point in the state is called Mount Sunflower ringing in at a whopping 4039ft (1231m) above sea level, but it basically looks like flat land as far as the eye can see from there.
It's also funny because the lowest point in Colorado, also on the state line with Kansas, is less than a thousand feet lower (it's about 3300 feet, IIRC). Higher than the lowest point of any other state, and higher than the highest point of something like 11 states.
In fact, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma's high points are all on or within less than a mile of their respective borders with Colorado.
Somewhere in the metacarpal of the thumb.
That's some Michigander talk if I ever heard it
✋👈
Green Bay Wisconsin?
It's Michigan, yeah.
India.
Palo Alto?
“We’re not a theocracy (any more), we promise (because swearing to gosh is bad)”
🤞
SLC
Black Shuck and Detectorists.
Norwich
Close-ish, but wrong '...folk'!
Somewhere in Essex.
Further north. Some of the Detectorists scenes were shot in Essex, but most locations were in the next county up - where I am.
West Suffolk? Is that where Sutton Hoo was?
East Suffolk - in answer to both parts of that question.
That makes more sense. I don't know why I thought west. You are closer to the coast. Are there marshes where you live?
There are areas of saltmarsh, certainly, although they are all under pressure from coastal development and rising sea level. Coastal realignment - the moving of sea defences further inland and the creation of new saltmarsh on the seaward side of them - is an ongoing process around here.
Otherwise, acid grassland and lowland heath on very light sandy soil used to dominate the area, but over 90% of the heath has gone. It is now heavily irrigated arable, pig farms and confer plantations dating from after WW1 - which are slowly being turned to broadleaf or occasionally reverted to acid grassland and heath again. Further inland you get into the boulder clay of 'high' Suffolk - which continues over to the west.
It is all post-glacial: the boulder clay was brought down by the glacier and the sandy soil was the alluvial outwash from it. Go down far enough under those and you hit chalk.
Thanks for going into detail; this is fascinating. I would love to actually see some of these areas someday, if any are left. Reading your description I suddenly realised parts of Michael Ondaatje's book Warlight must be set there, before WW2.
The post glacial aspect is pretty cool, like a reminder of impermanence.
Do you like living there?
I have not read Warlight - but I understand that a section is based around 'The Saints' - a group of villages just into the boulder clay areas, but still East Suffolk - and nowadays with strong Green party presence. I used to assist with the Greenpeace festivals there in the '90s for example.
The 'standard' literary work set in the coastal area is Sebald's The Rings of Saturn. A number of M. R. James' ghost stories are also set on the coast here. The Essex Serpent is - clearly - set over the border in Essex, but includes very similar salt marsh.
There are certainly areas left - and others being restored and recreated - much of the surviving heath and saltmarsh is heavily protected now. The Suffolk Coasts and Heaths has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since the '70s with the aim of providing funding and resources to protect it - although the protection lacks serious teeth in many respects. The Sandlings (another name for the coastal heathland) Walk runs most of the length of the coast and includes some wonderful sites.
I thoroughly enjoy living here. It has both the cosy bucolic atmosphere that Detectorists captures well and the wilder, bleaker, more ragged coastal experience too to offset too much cosy complacency.
That sounds like a wonderful place to live! Thanks for describing it to me. I highly enjoyed Detectorists and am looking forward to the movie. The ecological aspect that emerged in the last season fascinated me. I think because most of Britain seems so inhabited, it can be hard to see it as an ecology, which is pretty silly of me because it so obviously is! It's really good that the coast/heaths has some protection. I hope the Greens can strengthen that.
I really must try Sebald again. I failed to get into his work in the past but that was when I was younger and less patient.
I live by a city designed and built due to an argument between two other cities. Both of the competing cities wanted to be the capital when we become one country rather than multiple states, and neither was prepared to not be the capital unless the other city didn't get to be it either.
The windswept steppes of Canberra
Got it in one
My spouse assumed you were describing Washington DC in the US. When the answer was revealed as Canberra, they exclaimed “Goddamn, the British did it to them too?!”
Ex-colony solidarity, I guess.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Oda Nobunaga
BBQ capital of USA
Oh it's hands down Kansas City. Every other city that claims that title are posers. It's the sauce that makes a good BBQ, and while Carolina bbq has some good sauces, I think KC takes the cake.
I've known some BBQ snobs who say that if the meat is cooked properly then it doesn't need any sauce, and the purpose of sauce is just to mask the flavor of poorly-cooked meat.
(I'm not one of them, but it goes to show how controversial BBQ opinions are)
I think of it like a cake, the sauce being the icing and the meat the sponge.
You have a bad sponge, no amount of icing, no matter how good it is, can fix it. Yeah sure, you can definitely drown it out with the icing, but that still doesn't make it a good cake. Yes, there are cakes that absolutely do not need icing, and would frankly be ruined if iced, like pineapple upside down cake, but others, it's just not right without the icing.
That's kinda how I see and what I love about the different regional BBQ styles. They're all great at their own thing.
Maybe it's cause it's what I was raised on, but it's KC bbq all the way for me. I will ride my high horse straight to hell before I'm convinced otherwise. /j
NC bbq is better, but only just. Burnt Ends are the only non-nc bbq i can get excited about, and I’ve never had good ones outside of KC. L
The Francesinha was definitely first created here.
Was it not created in Porto? Though I'm sorry to say, the Fracesinha is a near culinary abomination.
Woah, careful saying that in front of a Portuguese northerner! There's some debate on where exactly it was created, and Porto being the 2nd biggest city in the country gives it plenty of cultural power to proclaim itself as the creator of the dish. Having lived in the city I'm in for the past 4 years, I'll definitely support the movement that says the francesinha was stolen from us by Porto.
Hehe I'm from Lisbon (sort of) so pardon my ignorance, but where is it from originally? Braga? Viana do Castelo? This is a conspiracy I was unaware of!
Ah, fuck it. May as well say where I'm talking about then. I live in Vila Real. I'm not really from here, I moved here about 4 years ago from the UAE so this is mostly knowledge I've picked up from my friends here. As far as I'm concerned, the Francesinha is vilarealense because this is where I first ate it, haha.
Aha, I didn't know this was a contentious issue, I always associated francesinha with Porto. Good to know the civil war will start over the worlds most caloric sandwich ;)
Liberal area that is also the Capitol of a famously Conservative government. Great BBQ, tacos, live music, and guns.
Austin?
Ding!
The Commonwealth.
Canada, eh?
Massachusetts?
It rains a lot and most Americans seem to think their great-grandparents emigrated from here.
Ireland?
Ding ding ding
Saunas, 200+ inches of snowfall, a giant lake, iron ore.
Ya, Yooper, eh? Marquette or Houghton, at a guess.
You betcha. A little of both, grew up in Marquette/Negaunee, college at Tech in Houghton.
Just drove through the UP.
I'm from Minneapolis and I go through the UP a lot. It's such a beautiful area. Spent some time near St. Ignace.
Great to hear you enjoy it. As our biggest local news station says, the UP is “Someplace Special” :)
Grand Canyon is a dead giveaway, but so is my username....so there's that...
..
Perth?
Nailed it.
Dang! What a lucky guess!
Florida? Or more specifically Miami?
Bob's your uncle!
Tampa or New Orleans
My area is:
Wisconsin without any doubt in my mind
You got it!
Wine drunk or beer drunk?
Definitely beer drunk.
Somerset?
'Fraid not! In retrospect, "incredibly drunk" is probably not very distinguishing, so perhaps "we have nearly three times as many bars as grocery stores, which is the highest ratio in the country" would be better. That said, we're mostly recognized for the "cheese" part, at least as far as the rest of the nation's concerned.
Place 1: It is said that my birthplace speaks the highest form of our language, even though our state is a lower form of another.
Place 2: Officially this state doesn't exist, but everyone living here swears that it does. One official state it belongs to is joked about being a foreign country.
Hint for the country
Many popular fairy tales were collected and published by two brothers from my country.Somewhat the Enemies of Eldians
God damn it, I haven't seen the last season yet (waiting for the whole thing to finish, but finish for real so I don't have to endure another cliffhanger) and I feel I'm missing context. Unless you're referring to something from the manga, which I haven't read...
I dunno, Germany?
Oopsies, sorry. But no not Germany, it's Morley in England.
Condos are $1,000/sqft in local currency. And it rains alot.
Vancouver?
London?
London Ontario, or London UK?
Don't flatter yourself London, Ontario, you don't get a disambiguation question.
It’s freezing this summer.
Australia? I'm assuming you mean a northern hemisphere summer, meaning it should be winter in the southern, right?
Good guess! It’s San Francisco though.
If it's not a trick question, perhaps parts of Alaska?
Good guess! Only slightly a trick, it’s San Francisco.
flat, below sea level.
Netherlands?
Yes :)
The Southeastern part is still relatively flat though. We call them mountains but they're really just hills :).
If a cow can hide behind it then it's a mountain.
The trains are going to shut down again for a few years to fix the things that went wrong the last time they fixed them. It hasn't stopped raining since January. Housing sucks.
And the main bridge was closed the other day because wind.
Again?! I'm a westie, so it completely escaped my notice.
I was wondering when I was going to spot the people from here.
These things don't fit with anyone's idyllic image though. No one is going to guess this unless you throw in hobbits.
Ugh, ain't it the truth. Doesn't help that International Blow Smoke Up Your Ass Magazine keeps calling us one of the most liveable cities. I've clawed my way up from 35k a year the first year I was we living here, yet it still feels harder and harder the longer I go.
A country full of tall people on bikes, fighting to keep the sea from flooding the tulip fields.
Is this way too obvious or is it just because I just know this place?
I did make it pretty obvious haha
Yup, you're correct! And yeah the Netherlands has an extensive bicycle network and culture!
I know we're not the most isolated city in the world, but we still claim to be.
Perth Australia? Or maybe Johannesburg?
Based on your screen name, Coober Pedy?
Not to brag, but: largest Paternoster lift in Europe
Sheffield
Winner!
Not Leicester?
Stuttgart!
I'm the only one crossing red pedestrian lights on a quiet 1-lane one-way road at 2am
spoiler
Country is Germany, sticklers for rules no matter if sensible in the given situation, and one can derive I'm not from here!Japan has this too.
People ignore those in Berlin.
Vienna would have been my guess, without the spoiler.
Rural “dirty hippie socialists” in a land where socialism is considered the dirtiest of dirty words. 
Asheville NC?!
Not rural enough, thank you. Also they have plenty of weird right wing and libertarian cults.
Nice town, but nope. I was thinking a bit broader on the "land where socialism is considered the dirtiest of dirty words" than the state level. :)
Population go brrr
Iceland?
Nope.
India?
Bingo.
brrr as in speed or total?
Both
You're goddamn right!
Iowa!
Indonesia!
Ibiza!
Iberia!
IKEA!
You missed it.
We grew hemp. Then it became illegal. We made famous vineyards and whiskey. Then they became illegal, and we kept them illegal longer than anywhere else. At least our tobacco will stay legal. Right?
Right??
ETA I am not advocating for tobacco, just noting my home's propensity for putting it's agricultural eggs into baskets that end up criminalized.
North Carolina?
West of there ..
You can’t live in nc with a username like that.
Lexington, KY.
Ding ding ding! That we still have dry counties around here baffles me.
Lynchburg, TN?
It's a dry county, but whiskey distilling is still legal. Last time I was there, the locals said the majority wanted to vote to go wet, but due to some weird law they did not have enough residents/eligible voters to get it to pass. Recommendation for non-locals: If you're visiting Jack Daniels and have a few months to plan the trip, book a reservation at Mary Bobo's! Also, although it's a dry county, there's a loophole by putting it in food products; Mary Bobo's takes full advantage of this loophole, especially with their baked apple dessert.
Close, but no cigar. Same dumb dry county rules in my state, though.
Everyone hates us due to things like conquering and crusades, and now the Queen has passed and no one wants our King.
Some weird country that eats beans on toast for breakfast? /Joke
Literally yesterday, with a poached egg, my friend!
Where all porn used to be mostly filmed (a lot of it still is). Also we have a famous liquor store with a giant clown as its mascot.
Thinking about it now I love how this description could be one of two places within a four hour drive of each other.
I know the US porn industry is always associated with the San Fernando Valley, which is around Los Angeles.
My city received 89.7" of snowfall this past winter.
I lost a couple of trees to the snow's weight.
Had to dig myself out several times.
My coworkers ask me why I live here.
Ahh, Minneapolis.
Correct!
Anchorage Alaska?
Not quite!
One of the BBQ capitals of the US (possibly the world). We're not the "Twin Cities," but there are two of us right next to each with the same name, though only one is the OG.
Solidly Midwestern, though with a little southern and even a bit of western, frontier-esque flavoring.
Correct!
Hello fellow KC resident
American made cars.
Detroit?
You are correct. A nice and easy one.
I was gonna say our pizza is having a resurgence across the US, but u made it easy
Hello, fellow Detroiter.
California ;)
When GM, Ford, and Chrysler move their headquarters there then yes.
Home of the fastest community-wide internet in the world. I just do the gig for $67/mo, but our ISP offers 10 gig for $300/mo and 25 gig for $1,500/mo. All symmetrical. Thankfully, I live in one of the few places in the US where the ISP is a local public utility instead of a for-profit company.
Chatt?
You got it! Also called the Scenic City because we're nestled in a valley of southern Appalachia.
Cedar Falls, IA?
Chattanooga, TN!
Huh, I guess Cedar Falls Utilities lost their fastest crown then, as they had it back in 2020 with their 10 gig plans.
I’m pretty sure we had 10 gig back in 2015, then they added 25 gig like a year ago.
Looks like it was fastest average speeds. I would imagine Chat has a lot of people on old 100Mbps plans since y'all have had muni fiber for so long, while CFU has been doing fiber for less than a decade, so there's probably a higher take rate of higher speeds.
That's probably it, and I know for sure that everyone on 100Mbps service got upgraded to 300Mbps automatically at no additional cost back in 2019.
Ello govner!
I think using a single idiom or fact to ascertain which city someone is from is too simple (and hard lol), so have 6 options sorted by difficulty and type to choose from instead:
Easy
General
Biggest Portugese-Speaking city in the world, maybe largest city in the New World. (Both by population)
Local
We're nicknamed for having drizzle/soft rain very often.
Medium
General
You can always tell when an anglo person writes our name incorrectly because they forget the tilde or swap the u for the o.
Local
"The drizzle rends your flesh, it's the Tower of Babel"
Hard
General
In the early 20th century we were the second-largest Italian city on Earth, right after Rome itself.
Local
There is a road in our city called "The Big Worm".
Your medium-level general clue worked for me:
Is it...
São Paulo?Answer
Yup!
Corn, corn, football, and some corn.
When I look outside my window, I see a flat mountain flanked by two peaks and a harbour in the foreground.
No idea what city, but that sounds like a perfect view to start the day with.
The thread is old now, but it's Cape Town.
We've got a building designed by a dead Austrian artist who visited a nearby town and built their public toilet.
Hmm.. well, it was my first day back at work in town. I got off the train at southern cross and slumped when I saw that the tram line at Colins Street and Spencer Street was being replaced. Had to walk past Crown and city road to get to work.
Melbourne, though as someone more familiar with Sydney the place names were ringing some bells until I figured that your route would make no geographical sense.
I don't live too far from a giant mouse's starter home.
San Jose, home of the first Chuck E Cheese?
The other giant California mouse.
Didn't know Chuck was from here though.
Anaheim
I can neither confirm nor deny the correctness of this answer.
Come for the seafood, stay for the city rats that will murder you.
New Orleans? I saw the biggest rat I've ever seen in front of the aquarium by the river.
Baltimore?
F'ing cherries and all who come to gawk at them.
Do these gawkers also crowd up nearby sand dunes and are a little too into fudge?
We have a winner! Yes, it's Traverse City, MI, and the streets are packed with Cherry Festival tourists this week.
I'm painfully aware lol, been a resident for a little over 5 years now - I'm moving back to the Marquette area soon though. Should be my last year having to endure this craziness!
We have a famous musician, a common food dish, and a car restraining device all named after it.
John ___, ___ omelette, and ____ boot?
You got it!
Unofficial motto: boring AF.
Following the trail, Irvine?
I wouldn't know what the other geek outfit is unless like Obsidian or Sega did something shady. It can't be Santa Monica, and I doubt many would describe LA as boring.
I’m proud i could stump these folks!
The companies are red hat and squanch studios.
Nebraska?
No, it’s a city. We’re headquarters for two once highly revered geek outfits, now (and fairly recently) suspect.
North Dakota?
No, it’s a city. We’re headquarters for two once highly revered geek outfits, now (and fairly recently) suspect.
Geek outfits, like game stores or game companies? I am struggling between Grapevine, TX and Santa Monica, CA. But I don't know either, so the unofficial moto is throwing me off.
Two Companies, one pretty big, that were once highly revered among geeks, and have quite recently fallen from grace.
I live 40 min north of one of the most lawless and insane cities in the U.S. There is a disturbing lack of real Cajun food but it can be found.
N'ola?
Very close. A little northward and you're bang on.
Baton Rouge or Lafayette?
You're getting cold. The place where someone died from an alligator for the first time again in 300 years.
Sparkly vampires keeping it weird
Home of Ogopogo and the name means grizzly bear in Salish.
Kelowna. Camped on the shore of the lake a lifetime ago. A tiny snake snoozing under the tent was the nearest encounter to a scaly monster.
It's probably changed quite a bit since you last saw it. It's growing super fast
Kelowna or the snake?
The snake, it's massive now. Really put on weight.
5280 and 420
Last week(ish) when it was "wet everywhere" there was an alligator in the barn. Not a big one, 2-3ft or so.
Naples, Florida
Schnitzel
Austria?
banjo noises
🎵Sweet Home Alabama🎵
I can see the purple mountain majesty from a famous poem turned song from my house.
Sounds like the Springs to me. (Colorado Springs, for those not from the area, it just feels weird to type it out in full.)
Yep! Figured that would be an easy one. I'm also partial to COS, but that's probably because of work more than anything.
I love Runza, but I'm not a fan of football.
Nebraska, mostly because of the runza (it's great by the way).
You know it!
Probably because my family used to lived there before I was born and they picked up the recipe for it there.
Is Runza any good? My boyfriend and I kept noticing them when we went to Omaha earlier this year, but the menu looked like something I'd find delicious if my grandmother made it, but hard to trust a chain to make, especially in some of those small towns along I80.
I mean, there are a couple here in Colorado as well, so we could go to like Longmont and try it, but we're both still on the fence about it.
Runza isn't bad, burgers are pretty good, the "runza" sandwich can vary based on the location management but its a nostalgic staple. Runza corporate follows the "you must be within x many miles of the supply depot to open a franchise" model so the quality is generally good. I'd say its somewhat similar to Culvers.
Would I drive an hour or more for Runza? No.
Would I stop in one on I80 vs any other fast food chain? Absolutely.
PS: Try the chili and cinnamon rolls, also a very nostalgic item on the menu. There is a constant debate as to how you should eat it, I am on team "its a side" but there are some sickos who like to put the cinnamon roll in the chili.
Garbage Plates
New York specially Rochester.
Football, beaches, seminude women.
Talking about my homeland when I'm outside the country, I have to say "yeah, like Wizard of Oz" to everyone
Kansas presumably?
Yup. I have to stifle the urge to say that we're not just tornadoes and Oz anytime it comes up. My city is the air capital of the world!
But hey, if it weren't for the Wizard of Oz, nobody outside the USA would know what the heck Kansas even is. At least we're not, like, Iowa or something
My job is designing LEGO sets.
That's a very cool job you have! I'm guessing you're in Denmark, but I don't know the city.
After a bit of searching....
Billund?the sprawl
Island City, Uk.
Ey up cocker, wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee?
Yorkshire?
Yep! I was tempted to do the traditional concert chant ("Yorkshire! Yorkshire! Yorkshire!") but it would have slightly given things away :D
Yeah maybe just a little.
Unduly proud of myself for guessing this one since I live on the other side of the world.:-)
In the town where Hans Christian Andersen was born.
The museum could have been a bit more exciting, but I guess I wasn't the target audience. Otherwise nice city!
I think it's quite a nice city too! Not too big but it has everything you need
I don't know when you visited but they recently built a new Hans Christian Andersen museum, I've not been inside but it looks impressive from the outside.
One of my favorite places in the world, Odense! ❤️
I live 3.3kms east of the Red Rooster line
I live in a relatively large state where telling you which town won’t matter. We also see the sun first in the United States.
Cider.
Does it come with crêpes?
Lollygaggers
Capital of where the large fruit is.
nope, sorry. "large fruit" is the key
The big apple! The city that never sleeps! Seinfeld! Friends! Spider-Man!
Tom Scott was recently in town apparently, and I had no idea.
Learned about it on here, ironically enough.
I live in one of the most touristy place in America. At least it feels like it sometimes. Town quadruple their number of residents residing in the area. (one town goes from 2,000 in the winter to over 15,000 in the summer.
It's hell and I hate it.
Estes Park, CO?
As another comment said it definitely could apply to a ton of places. But I mean Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It's a huge destination spot for the north east. It's expensive. The people are either miserable working class who gets worked to the bone every summer. Or they are insufferable because they are on vacation and you better cater to everything I say because I'm the one paying for you to work.
Skagway, Alaska?
That description could fit a lot of places.
I mean yeah you are right. I didn't really think of that angle. So I agree it's not too descriptive. But I meant cape cod, MA. Moved here a few years ago and hate it. Everything is expensive as the summer crowd is mostly older rich white people. And they demand the world cater to them because it's their vacation. The housing for the working class is insanely expensive still. You have to work two jobs just to stay afloat.
That certainly does sound miserable.
I am tucked between the ocean and the mountains. A short drive could take you to both in the same day. It's very green here.
Close! Western Washington.
Same. Could have narrowed it down by saying you could visit both and a foreign country in the same day 😄
That was the missing link! I was also thinking about within 10 hours you could be on a 100 mile long beach, visit a rainforest, and drive all the way up a mountain.
Inhabitants of an Ancient Greek city if dyslexia gets in the way.
Waffles, fries, and kids diddlers.
I am the man on the Omnibus
Brickyard
Luxury vehicles driven by Govt contractors who have “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper stickers.
I live in the birthplace of Doc Holliday.
Right now? I'm on the surface of the sun
If you judge me by the most average or typical engineer from my country, you'll be making a grave mistake!
Guess what country I'm from!
Fresh water.... everywhere!
There are so many cities this could be. London? Quebec City? Montreal? Ottawa? Winnipeg? Calgary? Edmonton? Red Deer? Some American city?
To the north, hills.
To the south our second largest city by population not importance.
My town is famous for brewing beer and a certain pickled sandwich spread.
Birmingham?
North of Birmingham
Derby?
Warmer, Between Birmingham and Derby
Burton? I'm down in Worcestershire myself.
Bingo!
And we are the home of Branston pickle!
A city full of colleges, one of which is the subject of the quote everyone uses to make fun of the stereotypical accent in the region.
Pahk the Cah in Hahvahd Yahd. Go Sahx.
A Dunkin on both sides of the road
Somewhere between the Atlantic and Pacific?
Across a river from the Kennedy space center!
I live in a capital that's smack in the middle of the two best amusement parks in the world.
Possibly easier clue:
Hint
When referring to our sports team, the word "the" is oddly significantThe hint gave it way away. Columbus.
It's not really the case anymore (though it's still there) but the biggest draw for my city for a long time was a historical train.
True story
Most populated country in the world.
China
India is the most populated country now
I feel ignorant now. I somehow did not notice that happen.
The birthplace of Audrey II. Probably.
Skid Row
Here, we warsh clothes.
Warsaw!
Anarchist Jurisdiction
I live among sand dunes and salty air, in one of the quaint little villages here (or there). While famous for our lobster stew served with a side of ocean view, that dish is actually quite rare here.
They call it the gate to the world. It’s also where the Beatles did their initial grind as a band.
"Heading down south to the land of the pines..."
Great city school system and an international airport, but there are definitely still mountain people in the rest of the county.
I used to live in the data center capital of the world, now I live in a place that's trying to take that crown
Near Peer to New Orleans in architecture and drinking but similarities stop there.
Our biggest festival is St. Patrick's Day and a bougie art school.
"The Chiefs"
Bourbon, thoroughbreds, and printers
Depending on the direction I drive from my state’s capital, I can either be in the mountains, at the ocean, sitting by a lake, or fishing in a river with only 1.5 hours of driving.
Well, we had a democratic politician switch sides to being republican after being elected in for her democratic views, and then she voted against said views.
Oh, and it was apparently because she felt "bullied".
I already said it in a number of my previous comments, but...
It's hot all year and humid for most of it. If it's not bright oppressive sunshine, it's heavy rain storms. And if you do decide to venture outside in the evening when it's cool, you'll be eaten alive by insects.
I live near a beautiful castle. Close enough to hear the explosions that ring out over it every night.
It's a divisive, and divided place. Right now it has a global perception of being highly conservative, but I, and most of the people I know that live here are pretty liberal.
People think we're the corn place, but in reality we're the pig place.
In one word, Oktoberfest :)
Everyone's home insurance prices are rising dramatically, often thousands of dollars a year. Our tourism is down at least 30% from its usual average largely because of cancelled and moved conventions in response to our state's leadership playing political games for cheap political points. Our housing prices are through the roof due to a combination of lack of supply, and nobody stopping foreign investors from buying these houses before actual citizens can get them, turning them into corporate-owned rentals. All of this has driven up the rental market to the point where the majority of renters are paying a greater portion of their paycheck simply for housing than most financial planners say is safe or wise. To answer this situation, our governor signed a bill allowing landlords to add literally unlimited fees. The same governor that is overseeing all this wants to be president.
Gotta be Florida.
Wiz with
To pronounce it, pretend your mouth is full of marbles or you've had one too many bourbons.
Well known for a tribute wall for old gum and an ancient tower from the World's Fair.
I can see the Rockies from my west facing window, but it's an hour north from the city that just came to mind.
Sorry to be the grumpy old person here, but I feel like this thread invites a lot of replies that don't really engage with each other and are on the low-effort side.
Users policing the philosophy of this forum is probably my least favorite thing of this site. Particularly in this circumstance, where it is engaging, and it's whatever the users make of it. No big deal--be the difference, if that's what you want to see.
If there's a systemic issue, it'll be resolved by Deimos. If it's a bigger issue that he can't solve, there'll be a bigger solution, and it's not on the users to try to keep it from getting there.
I’ve said it a dozen times as well, it’s just obnoxious these users that try to control every discussion and say what does and doesn’t belong on Tildes. If it’s not out-right breaking some rule then just don’t comment If it doesn’t interest you. Even better, go make your own topic that you feel is worthy of Tildes.
Couldn't agree more. Sometimes it feels like this site is overly paranoid about what is and isn't "faithful" to the "philosophy" of the site. If a post as innocuous as this is ever taken down administratively I'm out of here.
That is actually a recent thing. Veterans are mostly chill, but new and returning users are coming from Reddit and going back to their old, elitist ways. It's alarming how many votes the comment above got. This overzealous attitude is not the culture I grew to love about Tildes, and I am very concerned about this. That is one of the reasons why I made this post.
Posts like this one are entirely adequate for ~talk.
Tildes may prioritize quality content, but it is also a community made for and by people. Emotions matter. We are not Stack Exchange.
You can always filter out content like this by adding the
casualtag to your filtered topic tags in the sidebar.The thread is tagged as
casualin ~talk. You can filter out that tag if you'd like.Sorry to add to your grumpy old person personae here, but these kinds of threads smack of "Let's get your demographics so we can market to you."
Tildes isn't using people as a commodity, yet, but people like this are greasing the wheels so your information can be sold to the highest bidder so they can sell you soap.
Not everything is for marketing. In this thread it's just someone having a game of Guess The Location Through Non-Descript Description.
Tildes can be fun, it doesn't have to be just long form discussion text.
There is no marketing on this site and never will be. The site would be assassinated by its own creator before that would happen.
Daytona?
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It's not Denver (the Queen City of the Plains), so Charlotte?