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Re: Guess the North American city

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Post another one then.

Looks like all the most active players (you and I :D) are back so let's continue the game.
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Re: Guess the North American city

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FWIW, I think the previous one was supposed to be Albany, NY. Let's try this for size:
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Re: Guess the North American city

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The river reminds me of the one that runs through:

Wichita, KS
Without Trains America Stops

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Re: Guess the North American city

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It's closer than you might think on several levels :p
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Re: Guess the North American city

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Thanks for the hint :)
It's Kansas City

Here's another one:
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Re: Guess the North American city

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hmmm... Let's poke about randomly in the dark: is it Houston?
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Nope, but still pretty close for a random poke :)
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Re: Guess the North American city

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Man, that image has very little for me to work from >__<

Might it be Austin?
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Well it actually IS difficult :twisted:

Here's another photo of this place:
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Re: Guess the North American city

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You sure it respects the rules from the first post, i.e. minimum 100K+ inhabitants in metro area? o.ô
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Yes, it's population is over 100,000 and the metro area is over 200,000
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I'm gonna make it a little easier :)
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Okay, That's Waco, Texas, and the 'scraper is probably the Alico building.

If I'd been willing to use your demographic information, I could probably hace found it earlier. I was just sidetracked. If I forget to put something on tonight or tomorrow, please bitchslap me :p
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Re: Guess the North American city

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Ta-dam! Waco, TX is correct answer. Your turn :)
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Here's to make a different style of image :P
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Re: Guess the North American city

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Uhm, nice :)
I have no clue so far; it's sorta difficult to identify anything at this scale.
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Fine, here's a day view :p
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Spokane WA?
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Ayup! I'm curious, what put you on the track?
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Re: Guess the North American city

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Nothing in particular, just overall self-descriptiveness of the latter image.

Here's a tricky one (shouldn't be very difficult though):
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