The Streets of Where I'm From

by Ben Reilly Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:01 pm

I thought it would be cool if we shared any videos out there about where we live. Here's one for my hometown, and yes, it does play up our cowboy heritage a bit more than I'd prefer:

(Also, the music reminds me of a trailer for a GTA game!)

"The Streets of Where I'm From" is a song by Old 97's about Fort Worth:

by Lurker Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:01 pm

My Hometown, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA:

by Ben Reilly Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:17 pm

Very interesting, thanks Lurker! The salsa soundtrack of the first video was unexpected Smile

I'll check out the second video later.

Of course, being from Fort Worth really means being from the whole Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, which is bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island put together, has nearly 7 million people and includes a LOT of stuff not included in that first video. But I kind of hate Dallas ...

by Lurker Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:15 pm

You live in a pretty town. When I was in the Air Force (1964) I flew into Dallas on a small Delta jet from Atlanta and took a Braniff Airlines prop plane from Dallas to San Antonio for basic training at Lackland AFB. After basic they put us on a chartered bus from San Antonio to Biloxi, MS for tech school. I remember we stopped in Houston, TX for a meal on the way.

by Lurker Thu Jul 04, 2013 4:58 am

http://www.chattanoogafun.com/

by veya_victaous Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:18 am

OK couldn't find much for my city Blacktown which part of greater Sydney.
Only a storm we had a couple of years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Blacktown

Here is a vid of the train line in that runs through the area (and on to Sydney Proper) the later part is closer to my home.

Unrelated but Why is there so many videos of trains eyes views of cities? did realise it was a thing till now

by Ben Reilly Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:01 am

Very cool, thanks Veya. That hail is a very familiar site around my part of the world, too. We get so much weird weather here; last year we had a picture-perfect white Christmas (not common).

Here's what that looked like in nearby Arlington:

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Here's a photo of 7th Street in one of the big hotspots here (about 4 miles/5K from where I live), last year:

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Here are Fort Worth residents navigating 7th Street during the flood of 1949:

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by Guest Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:09 am

Oh do shut up you moany old fool! Laughing

...The footage is quite good!

.....That's where we live now!

by Guest Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:13 am

That's the bloody journey from Lewisham to Hither green! bounce

by Guest Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:32 am

He's gone way outside of Hither green there though!...He went past my road Hither green is the village bit before he started going down main roads! Laughing

by Guest Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:43 am

by Ben Reilly Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:43 pm

Ah, Hither Green is lovely! It reminds me a bit of Queens, NY:

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I have to say, though, it doesn't matter if I tell myself that everyone drives on the left in the U.K. -- it still freaks me out to watch it! Smile

by Lurker Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:09 pm

Narrow streets and roads and no divider line in the middle (except at intersections) AND driving on the wrong side of the road. That really freaks me out, too. LOL

My wife and I like the Brit TV series "Doc Martin" and those narrow roads in Cornwall drive us nuts. People drive them way too fast for conditions. Wink

Port Isaac is a beautiful place.

by Guest Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:34 pm

I moved to Brighton for a year and a half from 1991 i suppose i was mad to leave at the time but for some reason or other i just missed London too much and friends etc.

That's where my mum moved to when she retired and my brothers and i inherited her town house at the top of a mountain there that place is amazing and you can see the coast of Africa most days!

by eddie Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:41 pm

Lurker wrote:Narrow streets and roads and no divider line in the middle (except at intersections) AND driving on the wrong side of the road. That really freaks me out, too. LOL

My wife and I like the Brit TV series "Doc Martin" and those narrow roads in Cornwall drive us nuts. People drive them way too fast for conditions.

Port Isaac is a beautiful place.

Ah the winding country roads! Yep, we all drive those too fast but there are rarely collisions on them for some reason?

by Adrian Messenger Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:47 pm

Winston Churchill was our local MP, this is where I was born.

by Caution Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:48 am

My dad built two houses as I was growing up, both probably within five miles of each other as the crow flies, so I spent most of my childhood in the same general area. Very swampy, lots of lakes with no discernable shore, loooots of bugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELsLfiQaAzU

by Ben Reilly Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:59 am

Very interesting; thanks, guys! I want to go to there. To both theres.

by veya_victaous Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:00 am

driving on the wrong side of the road. That really freaks me out, too. LOL

We prefer think of it as Driving On the Correct side of the road.
You drive on the right side, we drive on the correct side Razz

by Caution Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:36 am

Now that I went back and read the comments on that video and where it was filmed, that's the *exact* area I was, our house was on right on that golf course. I just googled my hometown and that's the only scenic footage available. Neat.

I spent much of my teens on that golf course, usually in the woods with a tube sock hunting for balls to clean and sell back to shitty golfers, or jumping up and down on the creek with friends as it thawed in the spring to see who could break it first. Stealing balls from night golfers, running from park rangers in carts, erm... I better stop, they might be reading this... :-)

by Guest Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:02 pm

Caution wrote:Now that I went back and read the comments on that video and where it was filmed, that's the *exact* area I was, our house was on right on that golf course. I just googled my hometown and that's the only scenic footage available. Neat.

I spent much of my teens on that golf course, usually in the woods with a tube sock hunting for balls to clean and sell back to shitty golfers, or jumping up and down on the creek with friends as it thawed in the spring to see who could break it first. Stealing balls from night golfers, running from park rangers in carts, erm... I better stop, they might be reading this... :-)

I used to volunteer (price had to be right) to be a caddy at my local golf course when i was a kid the rest of the time it was a massive short cut from my school to where i lived if you were prepared to run the gauntlet Razz

by Guest Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:06 pm

Whoosh! Duck!.....They are aiming golf balls at us!....Health and safety would have something to say about that today! lol!

by Lurker Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:08 pm

http://projects.timesfreepress.com/2013/08/dayinchatta/video.html

by veya_victaous Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:27 am

http://vimeo.com/69514108

Attempting to get this up of Sydney. Good Photos of the rest of New South Wales (NSW) too

http://www.sydney.com/sydney-life/nature-parks/featured-photographer-pavel-trotsenko/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=Beautiful_timelapse_photography_of_Sydney

by Lurker Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:27 pm

Here are a bunch of photos from the Chattanooga, TN area:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyhennen/31-instagrams-that-prove-chattanooga-tenn-is-one-of-the-most

by Ben Reilly Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:26 pm

Thought I'd bump this since we have so many more members now. Bring on the photos and videos, new kids! Wink

by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:07 am

Bumped again!

Cool

by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:12 am

Just down the road from me:

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by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:17 am

My mother went for a loaf of bread - came back crying after getting caught up in this:

by Irn Bru Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:55 am

BigAndy9 wrote:My mother went for a loaf of bread - came back crying after getting caught up in this:

You still live with your mum Andy?

by Original Quill Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:33 am

The Streets of Where I'm From Berkeley-campus

Grew up in Berkeley. Went to Berkeley.

by Original Quill Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:44 am

Any excuse to take to the streets.

by Original Quill Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:57 am

And then I moved a short hop across the Bay to San Francisco.

by Original Quill Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:22 am

After graduate school at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and a year of teaching there, I moved on to teach at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in New York City. A vertical campus of an Urban University, John Jay is a part of the City University of New York.

Someday I'll give you the second half of my life.

by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:50 am

by Irn Bru Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:23 am

A walk around Edinburgh

by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:36 am

by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:07 pm

Where I used to work

Oh my
Cant believe this!
That is where I was born

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by Guest Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:16 pm

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thats where I would be every day lol

Town Centre

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by Irn Bru Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:51 pm

by Beekeeper Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:48 pm

https://www.youtube.com/lakemaccity

tongue

by veya_victaous Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:12 am

Beekeeper wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/lakemaccity

Added Vid - Bee lives in very pretty place. spent a few holidays/long weekends in the area :D

by Guest Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:23 pm

This is what my street used to look like in west London.

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This is what it looks like now....after we were enriched.

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by ALLAKAKA Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:32 pm

Shady wrote:This is what my street used to look like in west London.

This is what it looks like now....after we were enriched.

You cannot beat immigration for UPING an area. lol!

by Guest Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:39 pm

Shady wrote:This is what my street used to look like in west London.

This is what it looks like now....after we were enriched.

your second picture is the lagos slums

for a pirate your geography and navigation ability leaves a lot to be desired

by Guest Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:00 am

This is the street where I worked I actually remember when they filmed the original outside shots in the 70/80 s

by veya_victaous Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:12 am

Poor Shady pirat

Miserable Ugly Place to Miserable Ugly place with water tongue

by Guest Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:55 am

Korben Dallas wrote:
Shady wrote:This is what my street used to look like in west London.

This is what it looks like now....after we were enriched.

your second picture is the lagos slums

for a pirate your geography and navigation ability leaves a lot to be desired

Which proves my point about lefties taking everything literally and not understanding irony.

IT
WAS
A J.O.K.E.

by Guest Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:14 am

Tess. wrote:
Korben Dallas wrote:
your second picture is the lagos slums

for a pirate your geography and navigation ability leaves a lot to be desired
Which proves my point about lefties taking everything literally and not understanding irony.

IT
WAS
A J.O.K.E.

SO
WAS
MINE

by SEXY MAMA Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:16 am

Korben Dallas wrote:
Tess. wrote:
Which proves my point about lefties taking everything literally and not understanding irony.

IT
WAS
A J.O.K.E.
SO
WAS
MINE

I was just about to post that lol!!!!

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