Derico From Argentina, joined Dec 1999, 4233 posts, RR: 13 Posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1193 times:
With plenty of picture threads about big cities or important landmarks of cities and countries, it's time for one about the nameless small town, and quite simply the middle of nowhere places! I'll start.
There are four main 'styles' of small towns in Argentina: heartland or pampean towns (central and northeast), patagonian towns (south), pueblos (northwest), and balneario towns (coasts):
Heartland small towns:
San Francisco, CB
Rafaela, SF
heartland style homes- Campana, BA
General Pico, LP (one gets the idea)
Patagonian small towns:
Chalten, SA)">CH
El Bolson, RN
El Calafate, SC
Northwestern towns:
typical entrance of a northwestern pueblo
Cafayate, SA
northwestern style homes- Tilcara, JY
Coastal towns:
Pinamar, BA
Orense, BA
What do small towns look in your area or country? Only towns under 100,000 count.
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KFLLCFII From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 3262 posts, RR: 33 Reply 1, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1180 times:
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JetsGo From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2964 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1167 times:
Speedbird747BA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1157 times:
WOW, Argentina looks beautiful. Ill have to come down there sometime to see it. BTW, your pic of El Bolson, that mountain looks like its just waiting to be climbed......
Texan From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 4204 posts, RR: 53 Reply 4, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1150 times:
The business area of South Royalton, Vermont, population 500, where the law school is:
Starting from the far right, that's the nice restaurant, the laundromat, Chelsea Station (restaurant/flea market), apartment entrance, SoRo's Pizza, and then I never really walk further than SoRo's. Up at the top of the screen is Interstate 89.
A view of the entire town
The business area from the first picture is to the left of the town green. The law school is just up the street on the left (can't see it well).
The town where I live apparently has 1,400 people, but they are spread out over 40 square miles. To put that in comparison, Sharon has twice as much land as Manhattan but with 1,591,800 less people living in the area
I don't have any pictures of the town on my computer right now and can't find any on the internets either. The series of tubes don't work too fast up here
But I love it here. Places like this just feel right and comfortable. Of course that's jut my opinion. I could be wrong.
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MaidensGator From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 945 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1134 times:
Quoting Texan (Reply 4): But I love it here. Places like this just feel right and comfortable. Of course that's jut my opinion. I could be wrong.
No you couldn't, that's what's so great about opinions! Looks like a nice place.
BTW, my law school had as many students as your town!
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Quote: The City of Chico, with recent annexations, has grown to over a 30.52 square mile Charter city of 79,091 with an urbanized, unincorporated area immediately adjacent to it making the total population of the Chico urban area 103,625.
While Red Bluff is nice, you want the middle of nowhere, try Corning, CA
RichPhitzwell From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1118 times:
Quoting Halls120 (Reply 7): Chico doesn't qualify for this thread.
The city of Chico does qualify as the population is under 100,000 and is 90 miles away from the next sizable city. The Urban area is all the farms, and small villages that are serviced by Chico....I actually think Corning may fall into this category, but im not sure.
I have hung out in Corning, left Corning ASAP. Just kidding
Actually she lived in Dairyville, population 109...not Red Bluff, but close enough.
[Edited 2007-01-29 03:43:18]
ORDRyan28 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 988 posts, RR: 17 Reply 13, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1068 times:
Derico From Argentina, joined Dec 1999, 4233 posts, RR: 13 Reply 14, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1050 times:
Those are trully middle of nowhere places. Chalten is such a place from the ones I posted.
But how does a small comunity in Alaskia look like? NOT iglus, like an actual place. I guess that's what I was aiming at, but certainly the pictures so far qualify!
Quoting Garri767 (Reply 9): O AMA doesnt qualify for a middle of nowhere thread?
What's AMA? Well, go ahead ant post anyway, I just wrote that to keep a lid on things, but I'm not going to bend out of shape if it's violated. Post away. Just big cities with panoramic pictures are not allowed!
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Derico From Argentina, joined Dec 1999, 4233 posts, RR: 13 Reply 15, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1047 times:
Quoting Speedbird747BA (Reply 3): WOW, Argentina looks beautiful. Ill have to come down there sometime to see it. BTW, your pic of El Bolson, that mountain looks like its just waiting to be climbed......
It's actually one of the major paragliding spots in South America, I believe.
El Bolson is VERY bohemian. You will find tons of argentine hippies and many transplants from your country and Europe, making organic jellies, and painting, and making organic jellies, and being green... and making organic jellies.
The town is 'nuclear free', so no power generated from Argentina's nuclear power plants can be used in the city, supposedly!
Edit: the only 'touristy' towns from above would be El Calafate, Tilcara, and to a lesser degree El Bolson, and Pinamar (for locals). The other ones really are just plain towns I chose, not saying you can't visit, but they are not tourist oriented at all. However, they are touristy if you want to see what a small town in the country is like.
[Edited 2007-01-29 06:22:25]
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Anyplace mentioned on a regular basis in Playboy magazine should not qualify!
Those are some great shots Derico! I am trying to think of the town where my good friend is from....it is General.......... but I can't remember the name, only that it is Irish sounding..
Derico From Argentina, joined Dec 1999, 4233 posts, RR: 13 Reply 17, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1030 times:
Quoting Stirling (Reply 16): am trying to think of the town where my good friend is from....it is General.......... but I can't remember the name, only that it is Irish sounding..
Hehe, nice hint. Except there are way to many towns with General or Coronel in their names, specially around the so-called '1827 fort line'.
At that time Argentina was at war with Brazil and most troops were in the southern part of that country, and in in the 1830s and 1840s fighting internal provincial rebellions, and in the 1860s fighting the expansionary war against Paraguay, so that line was set up to keep the indians off because no offensive action could be taken, no spare men.
So many 'generals' and 'coronels' lived in the military forts that would eventually become modern towns, and many carrying their names, when the Cavalry finaly pressed south and west in the 1870s to exterminate the indians and the hordes of Europeans settled the former military forts...
But if it's Irish sounding, it could be Coronel Pringles, Coronel Brandsen, Sarfield, Almirante Brown, etc.
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HangarRat From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 626 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1030 times:
My fiancee and I actually ate there. We were starving on the way from Burlington to Boston and got off at a bad exit. Drove about 20 miles from the Interstate to S. Royalton.
My vote is for Centralia, Pa. where the ground is on fire and the government bought everyone out. Literally a ghost town in the middle of Pennsylvania.
WestJetForLife From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 814 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1014 times:
Try anything 70 minutes outside of Calgary. We are the closest thing to civilization goes south of Edmonton. You'll find cities like Lethbridge, Red Deer and Medicine Hat, but in between them? You got yourself a bonafide Canadian version of Texas.
If you want a REAL rural setting, I suggest you go to our eastern neighbour Saskatchewan. Except for Saskatoon and Regina, you got yourselves nothing resembling cities until you either head west towards Calgary or east towards Winnipeg.
DSMflyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 401 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1002 times:
Melpax From Australia, joined Apr 2005, 1418 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 973 times:
Toora, about 200 kilometres from Melbourne, on the South Gippsland coast, looking over Bass Strait. I was there on Saturday visiting family. Very small town, proably not even 1000 people live there. Nice part of Victoria.
And of course, the obligatory pub, in this case, The Royal Standard.
A very nice drive, if you want to drive from Melbourne to Sydney & you want to take your time, it's well worth it!
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 24, posted (6 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 957 times:
Wow, I must say Argentina has some beautiful towns, I traveled around Argentina a lot when I was younger and even then the country was beautiful, but wow these photos are really nice!
I hope to go back there some time soon.
Soren
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26 Dougloid: Nice photos Derico....I now understand why you like the place so much.
27 Braybuddy: Nice pics, Derico, but where's Mendoza? I can't pass a pic thread without posting: Kilkenny Enniskerry Inistiogue Galway Ferns Dalkey . . . and finall
28 Derico: It's a city of 1 million people, so it doesn't exactly qualify for the thread. I could post some pics of little towns around the province, but since
29 SmithAir747: You want middle of nowhere? My home planet! (Sorry, no photos!) SmithAir747
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