Official "Where You Live And Surroundings" Thread

[nfocus design]

The first picture is a view of downntown Dallas from Reunion Tower. The second is Reunion Tower. At the top of Reunion Tower is an observation deck, cocktail lounge and restaurant. The cocktail lounge and restaurant have a revolving floor that makes a complete revolution every 55 minutes.

 

[wrc fan]

is that near simi valley in southern cal, or a peak near oakland (bay area)? because if it was 90 degrees, that's hot for the bay area near oakland

It is in Southern CA. I no longer live in the bay area, and probably won't be moving back for a long time. I'll hopefully be moving to Boston next year. so think of me less as oaklandbum and more as displacedbum. heh.

 

[nfocus design]

This is a picture of the marina a few cities north of me that I took a few years ago with an old (about 100 years 1900-1915 model) Eastman No. 3A folding pocket camera. The second picture is the camera I took the first picture with.

 

[abc123]

sunny queensland
the view out my window was put together quickly so you'll have to excuse the poor quality, i took the photo though a flyscreen.

 

[homerjward]

man, yall live in awesome places! i live in the middle of the suburbs, 30 min from what passes as our downtown and 45min from anything remotely beautiful in the countryside. i might post a pic of my house or maybe canyon lake later...

 

[cluthz]

I'm living in Norway 2nd largest city,
and i built this when i was younger (its a 5 minutes walk from my house )

 

[armandocerna]

How do you get up there?

 

[brap]

I'd post pictures of where I live... but it's a dump.

Sure, it's a World Heritage site, but that doesn't determine the kind of scummy s**ts who live here... and the fact that I can't even get any nice sunny shots to offset the general scabbiness of the place!

 

[PickledSquirrel]

I'm living in Norway 2nd largest city,
and i built this when i was younger

Thats the best treehouse i've ever seen! Bart simpson would envy you

-Squirrel

 

[abc123]

How do you get up there?

thats what i was thinking along with how did he build it up there?. the only conclusion that i have come up with was that the tree has gown a lot since it was built.

 

[criana]

Here are some pics from around my area.

Kayaking on Lake Waramaug

Goodwin Hill in Roxbury

Bulls Bridge

Housatonic River

Storm clouds and the place i live before the renovations

Last winter - nicer gas prices

Quiet ride into work

 

[criana]

I forgot to ad. Wow! The photos everyone is posting are absolutely amazing.

My "must see" before I die travel list is growing.

I'm so envious of all those who live around mountains. I love being in the mountains in northern new england.

 

[BakedBeans]

I just want to thank you guys for making this thread a success, when i started it i had no idea it would take of.... its really nice to see where you all live... and i am also envious... and like the above poster my list is growing also..lake geneva is most deffo on there

 

[PickledSquirrel]

thats what i was thinking along with how did he build it up there?. the only conclusion that i have come up with was that the tree has gown a lot since it was built.

Hehe
Trees dont grow that way. Its sorta the thin bits at the top that grow longer and thicker, not the stem that "elevates" out of the ground. If you build a treehouse at 8 feet, it will stay at 8 feet.

-squirrel

 

[abc123]

Hehe
Trees dont grow that way. Its sorta the thin bits at the top that grow longer and thicker, not the stem that "elevates" out of the ground. If you build a treehouse at 8 feet, it will stay at 8 feet.

-squirrel

i should know know that and i do, i'm studying biology. boy do i feel like an idiot.

this thread really makes me want to go out and see the rest of the world.

 

[me_94501]

Greetings from the East Bay!

A photo of the Oakland, CA skyline from my bedroom window:

A view of the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance (look closely in the center of the photo) from the UC Berkeley campus (beautiful on a clear day):

Sather Tower, UC Berkeley:

 

[me_94501]

More Berkeley campus photos, if you care:
http://homepage.mac.com/me_94501/PhotoAlbum7.html

http://homepage.mac.com/me_94501/PhotoAlbum8.html

 

[cluthz]

How do you get up there?

I climb

When we built it,we used ladders and climbing accessories.
Especcially the painting part was hard..

More pix of it here...

 

[cb911]

that is one sweet tree-house!

nice to see that you're still using it as well.

i hope it is safe though... has anyone ever fallen trying to climb up there?

 

[cluthz]

that is one sweet tree-house!

nice to see that you're still using it as well.

i hope it is safe though... has anyone ever fallen trying to climb up there?

Not yet...
We are all decent climber and once you are inside you're safe.
We have ofcouse some climing acessories inside to ensure our guests comes safe up.

We had a party up there a year ago, never again
(nothing happened, but it was a bit stupid..)

Anyway, its nice place to have a date..

 

[Giaguara]

Around.

And more pics of teh area.

 

[stubeeef]

 

[faedera]

I live in Turku, the oldest and most beautiful city in Finland.

 

[takao]

update: i jsut foudn out that our university has a quicktime 360 panorama view of innsbruck from their biggest building
can be seen here:
http://www2.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/panorama.html
not much exactly to see because it's mostly rooftops and some rather ugly grey buildings made in the '60

i will update this post if i find additional pictures

 

[PickledSquirrel]

Here's my little paradise. Pic taken last summer of the local wooden-boat-geek marina. -And YES! the little white sweetheart in the front is my other marriage

-squirrel