it's a junkyard full of no-gos haha
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 16:52 (five years ago)
It feels a fairly high latitude
The cars seem to have a more matte type look rather than glossy. I'm not good at that but if so does that say they've been there a long time? not sure how that helps tho
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:02 (five years ago)
aircraft hangars in the distance?
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:31 (five years ago)
single line power, reasonably well maintained but narrow sidewalk, small cars = not the US.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:00 (five years ago)
I think most of the junkyards like that in US have been emptied out as old junked cars have been shipped to China for the steel. You used to see them a lot more driving cross country in the '80s.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:25 (five years ago)
you have never driven through the western us i take it. anyway ok it's not the us sheesh.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:41 (five years ago)
I'm sure they still exist. Just that I remember as a kid driving past seemingly cars stacked alongside the side of a highway for miles. I think the prices of scrap steel have changed the economics of that. To me it does look like something that could be in the US, though the cars don't look quite right. I'm wondering about the line of trees in the distance. It reminds me of how trees grow alongside the sides of irrigation canals.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:25 (five years ago)
map is rightβ there are still plenty of spots like this in rural parts of the western US. tbh it looks a lot like far Northern California, but it isn't, as has been established.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:38 (five years ago)
i think it might be asia somewhere. maybe even japan (the sidewalk is weirdly good to me).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:43 (five years ago)
looks like Japanese cars too
Fukushima?
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:58 (five years ago)
I wondered about Hokkaido initially but the light didn't seem right, but then thats pretty flimsy either way
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 06:46 (five years ago)
ha i def spent a while looking up 80s japanese minivans to see if anything matched that grey van on the right side of the lot, with little to no success
― Jibe, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 07:28 (five years ago)
that minivan is part of the reason i think japan. not 100% but it looks like one of these. seems like those sold pretty well in australia too.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:05 (five years ago)
The fences are too low for the U.S., tweakers would be all over that place.
The van at the right looks like a Mitsubishi Delica which would be fairly rare in the U.S.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:55 (five years ago)
Somewhere in Australia?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:00 (five years ago)
Pic 2
https://i.postimg.cc/9Q6m40ZZ/Screenshot-20210421-231840-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:20 (five years ago)
thinking new zealand now
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:28 (five years ago)
NZ or Tasmania
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:35 (five years ago)
obviously a racecourse. for horses, probably.
a picture search for racecourses near junkyards brings up some odd results.
― koogs, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:37 (five years ago)
On the first picture, how usual is it to have a blue line in the road? I feel like I don't see that.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:50 (five years ago)
Its a red herring, we've had this before. Or Something's phone adds this blue line to every image!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:54 (five years ago)
(every image from Streetview, that is)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:55 (five years ago)
Oh! Weird.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:58 (five years ago)
It's literally in their screen name ha ha. Sorry, late to this game.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:00 (five years ago)
Nothing to suggest that the racecourse and junkyard are near each other though
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:02 (five years ago)
Not the racecourse in Hobart or Launceston as far as I can tell, but they both have the same type of railings, so this could be Aus/NZ.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 22 April 2021 06:03 (five years ago)
i was getting results for londonw33d.net in my picture search.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=racecourses+near+junkyards&t=ffsb&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
― koogs, Thursday, 22 April 2021 09:01 (five years ago)
lots of junkyards, some racecourses, no weed: https://yandex.com/images/search?text=racecourse%20near%20junkyard
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Thursday, 22 April 2021 12:45 (five years ago)
Is the sheep grazing on the racecourse a factor?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 11:45 (five years ago)
You could say it's a bit of a clue. I honestly thought the racecourse would make this quite getable. Do people want another pic?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 26 April 2021 12:02 (five years ago)
The racecourse does feel like a pretty big clue, especially with the sheep. Lets go a bit longer before next pic, feels like we should be able to get it from here
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:20 (five years ago)
I don't know a ton about racecourses but I feel like they don't usually allow sheep on them. And the grass looks a little worn too
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:31 (five years ago)
The racecourse does feel like a pretty big clue, especially with the sheep
Chepstow is the only racecourse I know of in Wales.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Monday, 26 April 2021 12:34 (five years ago)
A list of New Zealand racecourses:
https://www.progroupracing.com.au/new-zealand-racecourses
― Alba, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:54 (five years ago)
(all with Google Earth photos)
― Alba, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:55 (five years ago)
no sheep anywhere though
― koogs, Monday, 26 April 2021 13:41 (five years ago)
the sheep may be red herrings then
― StanM, Monday, 26 April 2021 14:26 (five years ago)
No they're definitely sheep
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:30 (five years ago)
I'm not adding any help to identifying it but I have a question about the two small brown (fur?) things that seem to be attached the the fence in the foreground. They look identical to each other.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:58 (five years ago)
(almost anyway)
tbh it's not a question either. Just weird.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:59 (five years ago)
I have a question about the two small brown (fur?) things
I think your monitor resolution must be playing up, those looks like red herrings to me
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 15:06 (five years ago)
btw i'm referring to these two, not the larger grey things
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HSCtbm77K4/YIbYAwcKnTI/AAAAAAAAA7U/AKeaYNTtrIYtuFYaZGf4UlJMKhN_pRqqACLcBGAsYHQ/s157/Screenshot%2B2021-04-26%2B155806.png
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 15:11 (five years ago)
I think I need a walk outside
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 15:12 (five years ago)
I think someone used the clone tool
― StanM, Monday, 26 April 2021 18:08 (five years ago)
I just thought 'fuck it I'll go through that list alba posted but actually search the names in google maps for hi-res pics', luckily it was the second one on the list or i might have died. So, Invercargill!
https://goo.gl/maps/6FF6xn9TFopBmpvf6
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:41 (five years ago)
Woo!!
― Alba, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:49 (five years ago)
Finally!
I thought somebody would get it fairly quickly after Alba's link especially when the introductory paragraph starts "There are 52 racecourses in New Zealand, from Ascot Park at Invercargill in the South..."
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:51 (five years ago)
ha. I thought Dunedin and there was one that looked a bit close but didnt check Invercargill
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:54 (five years ago)
https://www.google.com/maps/@-46.3863389,168.3496917,3a,75y,164.15h,84.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP1BxIZSMlVOn7XLGRvZx7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
the scrapyard
does Google Streetview automatically clone tool stuff? those two identical things on the fence are there in several angleshttps://www.google.com/maps/@-46.3947882,168.3941559,3a,75y,152.89h,78.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCH-4FpA0Y7lkhvKmfpSxNQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:01 (five years ago)