What does your hood look like...?

[Cacteur]

Here is my wee corner of paradise....

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Auckland, New Zealand, City of Sails, and Queen's City of Polynesia.

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Pop 1.4 million. 62% Pakeha(White New Zealanders) and other Europeans, 32% Polynesian/Maori, 20% Chinese, 18% Indian, (Subcontinent & Fiji) 12% Other Asian, 14% Other, (African, Arab etc.) No... the figures don't add up to 100% 'cause we can't keep our hands off each other and we're all dirty race mixers...

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And a few thousand cows. We regard mountains as sacred and you can't build on them, so we let cows and sheep graze on them. Auckland is built on 64 volcanos, so there is plenty of room for de animals..


We are an isthmus between two oceans, the Pacific and the Tasman. It's like an island pinched North and South by land bridges to the rest of the North Island, both only about 400 metres wide. The City now spread way beyond those two land bridges. Auckland has the highest ratio of boat ownership of any city in the world.

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This is Mission Bay and is about 2 kilometres from Downtown. The island in the background is 'Rangitoto' (Sky of Blood), and is the last volcano to erupt in Auckland, about 400 years ago. It is also a symbol of Auckland and often appears on logos.. like the Auckland Blues Rugby team..

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Downtown waterfront.

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Our harbour bridge. Longer than Sydney's but only six lanes of road traffic. No trains or pedestrian access.

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My local Dairy, (ie local Store/ News agent)

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Sky Tower on Waitangi Day night. (Kind of like New Zealand Day. The day the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between Maori and the British)

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Not quite Sydney on New Years eve, but we've always been a bit more reserved than those noisy bastards across the Tasman.

Few more random pics..

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:afro:

Come on... let's see your's..

[Slashe50]

Mine? Well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Jefferson,_New_York

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Port Jefferson, NY. It's a nice little harbor place. This picture is most/all of downtown. It's a bit of a tourist attraction. Population 7837 as of 2000, 91.97% White, 1.67% African American, 0.04% Native American, 3.33% Asian, 1.70% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races.

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The docks are an important part of many of our lives, not as much in mine, but I do sail.

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This is our little theater around December. They put on "A Christmas Carol" every year, and, boy am I tired of seeing the exact same thing every year.

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One of the more memorable radio commercials that you hear around here is the Port Jeff Ferry commercial. It's a pretty major form of water transportation. (Don't ask where that car came from).

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Then there's one of my favorite places to be, the Village Center. Ice skating, parties, or just to hang out, all in this metal red building (except for the ice skating, you can see some of the rink next to the building).

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That's pretty much all there is to this place.

[xeno6919]

Nothing special about where I live, but here ya go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee


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[Tyler Durden]

hahaha. whats with the wiki?!

[xeno6919]

Wud'ya mean?

[Tyler Durden]

is the town actually 97 percent homosexual?

[mrstrange]

Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan and Washington Counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County. The population of the city is 97.9% homosexual.

Sorry xeno6919, but that shit is hilarious.

Peace

[xeno6919]

Haha, I knew it was pretty populated with the gays, but had no idea that the percentage was that high. Of course it is wiki, so someone could have just made up a number because that is a very very high percentage. That would mean that basically every person you meet here would be a homosexual, doubt it.

[Rudolf]

Having a lay in :)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3697/newyorkhomeless28f0e5.jpg

[Tyler Durden]

haha, i know thats what i was saying, like that is a astronomically high percentage.

[Rudolf]

Nothing special about where I live, but here ya go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee

Ignore the second sentence on the Wiki page, thanks



Your right, the figure is actually closer to 99.99999% :gay:

Will need to write to Wiki and get them to update their figures. :sparta:

[Kenshi]

hhahahah the only way that would be possible is if it was some gay paradise and all gays moved there to live in heaven hahaah.

i will post some of my city later, it is small so i must take pics my self! its only a mile radius i believe.

[xeno6919]

Someone took out that percentage sometime today from wiki, lol.

[Cacteur]

Rudi's place....

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:tumbleweed:
Apparently it's pissed with rain there for the last month so it might look a bit different now....

If you squint a little you might just make out shifted's tree.. about 3000 miles away.. :wave::D

[xeno6919]

If you squint a little you might just make out shifted's tree.. about 3000 miles away.. :wave::D

I think I see it.

[Cacteur]

.....
i will post some of my city later, it is small so i must take pics my self! its only a mile radius i believe.

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:thumbsup:

[Cacteur]

Nothing special about where I live, but here ya go.
Johnson_City,_Tennessee


Found a few more for ya...

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.. Wood Deer Park.
;)