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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: thenetwork on February 15, 2014, 11:30:49 PM

Title: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: thenetwork on February 15, 2014, 11:30:49 PM
Show us where you are from:

1) Must be a photo showing the name of the city or town you currently live in.
2) City sign should be as close to a highway-standard city-limit sign if possible.
3) If your town does not use city limit signs (shame on them), then a fancy-schmancy wooden or stone sign amidst lots of landscaping "welcoming" drivers into your town is acceptable. 

Let's see how many of these photos we can create and how long this thread can go.

Starting off in Colorado:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7392%2F12554775045_d7412b068d.jpg&hash=3c0333e4a60af621edbd62245a8271c39a5a226f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_freeway_tours/12554775045/)
GJ SIGN (http://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_freeway_tours/12554775045/) by Freeway Fan 2007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/virtual_freeway_tours/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Zeffy on February 16, 2014, 12:20:38 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fstreetview%3Fsize%3D450x450%26amp%3Blocation%3D40.470757%2C-74.658697%26amp%3Bheading%3D75%26amp%3Bsensor%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bfov%3D15&hash=dcabec37836794e78b0f3eed54c2bd92e7741891)

or,

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fstreetview%3Fsize%3D450x450%26amp%3Blocation%3D40.469127%2C-74.691157%26amp%3Bheading%3D10%26amp%3Bsensor%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bfov%3D20&hash=ca4fbe640ea09372b16a0e534a24ad5b6baadb4e)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: NE2 on February 16, 2014, 12:27:50 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northescambia.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Fprickscott12.jpg&hash=629f99c6d9c900c119a3f049b2565bd134f1bb73)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Sanctimoniously on February 16, 2014, 12:51:13 AM
(https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1798880_10153814458280554_339674063_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: theline on February 16, 2014, 01:14:43 AM
Quote from: NE2 on February 16, 2014, 12:27:50 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northescambia.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Fprickscott12.jpg&hash=629f99c6d9c900c119a3f049b2565bd134f1bb73)
Please, please, please, tell me you didn't add the P in Photoshop.  :bigass:
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: empirestate on February 16, 2014, 11:36:40 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3801%2F12566993103_5c485810bf.jpg&hash=c9ed856a090f76e76e1d01fc292cba10e3da2a50) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44780657@N02/12566993103/)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: sammi on February 16, 2014, 12:03:33 PM
Honestly, I wish I could say I live in Toronto, but I live 1 km north of the border. :P
Standard welcome sign:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2399%2F2697576726_5f71f0da1d_o.jpg&hash=d4f19d7015605b92b8cc171ccafe6348bceaedc6)
The one near my place looks like this:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torontotransforms.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2FTorontoWelcomeSignweb.jpg&hash=c1da899fffb2d5e01f6c9e139eceb17a329dce8b)

But, this is where I actually live.
Standard welcome sign:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.procenko.com%2Fuploads%2Ffiles%2Fmiddlefield%25201.jpg&hash=039b8ceba0b2b20448028257ce63a8b2c2acd3fb)
but this photo is outdated, so replace TOWN with CITY.

This is what I have near my place:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTGQc52c.png&hash=d19c553cfda00bddc8495fc614a1ed7d806fbd63)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fhu9EL8L.png&hash=7951e40078043331c7683e76ecced9e3a6ddee6a)

Bonus:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9faUKW6.png&hash=79a497af7f8a652730d557b39f0a5d559e2c6189)

(None of these photos are mine.)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: oscar on February 16, 2014, 12:42:17 PM
For an oldie-but-goodie, a 2001 county line sign from where I now live.  This one was on Carlin Springs Rd. northbound, north of Columbia Pike (VA 244).   I always liked the retro look, with the A like in the posters for "A Clockwork Orange".  Alas, the county now has a drab logo, and even drabber county line signs on freeways, not worth photographing.

(//www.alaskaroads.com/arlington-sign-2001.jpg)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Alps on February 16, 2014, 03:57:17 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnj%2Fi-80%2Fe42c.jpg&hash=95f3a0260e148066e6fbf203e4c10c45e0fc7b01)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2014, 04:08:00 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5243%2F5200523490_7a7819865c_z.jpg&hash=b4a5389db35aae8830237f2f7f4f8f0722063cc8) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5200523490/)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on February 16, 2014, 04:27:04 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_30-39_images%2F35_sign_7A_west_PtP_nb.jpg&hash=1ce4ae42d0337786624a469e3e7c9c85b7456441)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Brandon on February 16, 2014, 04:33:12 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2610.jpg&hash=3092ee08d6606aea98537621123640453a95628a) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_2610.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_1876.jpg&hash=f06d5b00c600b9d78276e83286813588348b9bb9) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_1876.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2582.jpg&hash=8d2a0e6a5d9a366e769888562d3b43d942423091) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_2582.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: vdeane on February 16, 2014, 04:38:09 PM
If you want to be boring, there's this: http://goo.gl/maps/vk2Rx

More Interesting:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny365%2F100_8791-s.JPG&hash=4857a3f82a7fb7d3e4541a5240be3e023c052818)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny49%2F100_8361-s.JPG&hash=6bf8b08f713913220edc2380ec4fe6e939180a76)

From the Thruway:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fi90%2F100_7650-s.JPG&hash=1dd420d18472eaf1317ca01b62bbe85f0acaf6f5)

From NY 365 (technically not downtown, but certainly several miles from the technical city limits):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny365%2F100_8790-s.JPG&hash=914a5d038f89d3631a3d4d7b648d832ce1eecc40)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: SSOWorld on February 16, 2014, 10:08:50 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4035%2F4511194033_794b8c8605_z.jpg&hash=54677437355e294c93820bf0bb2daf23739ebddd) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/4511194033/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3714%2F12579901604_eff140467d_c.jpg&hash=24a8fb407074b24967572d7b0f5a44a2bf8e3f1e) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/12579901604/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8362%2F8308769538_155ed78c24_c.jpg&hash=d2eed88ff139a9a25d5b80c6621e19d74b97ac1f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/8308769538/)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: ET21 on February 17, 2014, 10:35:15 PM
Home
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsomag.com%2Fimages%2Fuploads%2Fgallery%2F18747%2Foak_lawn__large.jpg&hash=dc7208058d409f536eecc97a4b1f78a522a2a2d2)

School home
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.troop33dekalb.net%2Fdekalb-water-tower.jpg&hash=81c36eb6caed26dd0ec74b3cbe0c5ca24baca59e)

For you farmers, this logo may look quite familiar for DeKalb
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg1.etsystatic.com%2F000%2F0%2F6823266%2Fil_570xN.330933181.jpg&hash=656a523fc412f388f94d966acdba8f7b81f8ef4a)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: KEK Inc. on February 18, 2014, 07:00:57 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/igpWv

http://goo.gl/maps/Bg0HG
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: hotdogPi on February 18, 2014, 07:29:48 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fstreetview%3Fsize%3D200x200%26amp%3Blocation%3D42.714314%2C-71.137615%26amp%3Bheading%3D285%26amp%3Bsensor%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bfov%3D30&hash=d11f65ffb4d278403ccec608ff0363745e0d40c4)

OF

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fstreetview%3Fsize%3D200x200%26amp%3Blocation%3D42.347568%2C-73.411718%26amp%3Bheading%3D175%26amp%3Bsensor%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bfov%3D30&hash=495a3bd2fadf208f1a2b6064b7e7fcfed94b1355)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: on_wisconsin on February 19, 2014, 06:06:54 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpYKWAiB.jpg%3F1&hash=acea2e8cda36423ce44375a7f9e1e651fbf6461f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbyWZ0ID.jpg%3F1&hash=5b108b1e55647febc50bada74e4e63cad458301c)
(I did not take these.)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Laura on February 20, 2014, 11:09:13 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fo2.aolcdn.com%2Fdims-shared%2Fdims3%2FPATCH%2Fformat%2Fjpg%2Fquality%2F82%2Fresize%2F393x295%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fhss-prod.hss.aol.com%2Fhss%2Fstorage%2Fpatch%2F3857daa396ae78f86495f56c90a37504&hash=faf5d745ed1512899ac3e500e8b5437013cfe734)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: 1995hoo on February 21, 2014, 09:29:14 AM
Since we live in a planned development in Fairfax County, here's the sign at the entrance to the area:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fkingstowne.org%2Fhoa%2Fassn16500%2Fimages%2FGEDC0437.JPG%3Frand%3D0.18572109817015891&hash=797c345b7906cc2a65cda50741027c3bd3f4589a)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: tchafe1978 on February 21, 2014, 02:22:26 PM
Her is my home for the past 14 years or so:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.742366,-90.334898,3a,37.5y,184.96h,81.53t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7eFohv1bn3IQSDiHRK-hyQ!2e0
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Mapmikey on February 21, 2014, 03:26:30 PM
As far as I know this is the only standalone Fredericksburg "city limits" sign that isn't an entering/leaving sign that is common throughout Virginia...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fplacenames%2Fcity%2Ffredericksburg-3.jpg&hash=129626d13971ac812b761ff51969d343853b1d68)

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: KEVIN_224 on February 21, 2014, 04:21:42 PM
New Britain, CT...home of The Stanley Works (the tool people) and this place:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FY061B44.jpg&hash=9d7b2b38e97bd878d1442aca57e823fe2e86ab03)

From Labor Day 2013...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLAD05Cz.jpg&hash=5ef73c8b41ddc52b7d5fb247595597a92384f356)
Title: Re: Where Are You (Photographically) From???
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on March 13, 2014, 04:51:53 PM
Partially-obscured provincial welcome sign.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6191%2F6107801264_7dd924d34e_z.jpg&hash=ffca9d4facfc7def9cb3bf3c0566b805a9ea1f50) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13137334@N06/6107801264/)
IMG_5817 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13137334@N06/6107801264/) par Dr Frankenstein (http://www.flickr.com/people/13137334@N06/), sur Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8500%2F8312888321_60f0ff4e08_z.jpg&hash=ea3ad06cf4e5116e2b47ad90b2b0e391126b9ccc) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13137334@N06/8312888321/)
IMG_2035 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13137334@N06/8312888321/) par Dr Frankenstein (http://www.flickr.com/people/13137334@N06/), sur Flickr
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