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> It's really average suburbia from what i can see, it doesn't look like average suburbia in the US or china, which are basically just copies of the US suburbs
by beachstartup 10y ago
> It's really average suburbia
from what i can see, it doesn't look like average suburbia in the US or china, which are basically just copies of the US suburbs (large mcmansions, cul de sacs, sterile landscaping, etc)
it has a very specific english quaintness to it.
fwiw, german suburbs (i was in bavaria) also have a very german quaintness to them.
- Doctor_Fegg 10y agoIt's certainly English, but if you want quaint, this area is Quaint Central - pretty much everywhere apart from Kidlington. Here's Benmead Road in Kidlington, one of the places the tourists are reputed to be turning up: https://goo.gl/maps/urEVsQEmRqx https://goo.gl/maps/urEVsQEmRqx Here's historic Woodstock, which is just three or four miles away: https://goo.gl/maps/M2M9dzXv2e32 https://goo.gl/maps/M2M9dzXv2e32 Here's Charlbury, another five miles away, where I live: https://goo.gl/maps/EDgNtFERyLD2 https://goo.gl/maps/EDgNtFERyLD2 And literally 1.5mi from Kidlington, here's Thrupp, with its amazingly quaint canal and pubs: https://goo.gl/maps/Su1Y5uxAGB22 https://goo.gl/maps/Su1Y5uxAGB22 My only guess so far is that there's some slack in a tour schedule, and some jaded tour planner said "take them to a village, any village will do".
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- beachstartup 10y agobeyond a certain threshold, it's all the same to a tourist. what i see in your pictures: stone houses, thatched roofs (or whatever the modern equivalent is), cobblestone streets, roundabouts, little shops and pubs, old churches, gardens and trees, and of course english people milling about... pretty much exactly what pops into your head when you think 'english village'. looks like kidlington meets the criteria just fine: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8177024,-1.2723015,3a,75y,2.4h,80.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suqBvJjh_fyM9SygZNudHpw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8177024,-1.2723015,3a,75y,2.... this area would be very appealing to someone looking for a slice of english suburbia.
- xrange 10y agoAll of the brickwork in your first link reminds me of Detroit: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Detroit,+MI,+USA/@42.4280036,-83.2062379,3a,75y,11.98h,87.8t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGXYcCRvlck1wWeKT289dUw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DGXYcCRvlck1wWeKT289dUw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D277.5%26pitch%3D-7!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8824ca0110cb1d75:0x5776864e35b9c4d2!8m2!3d42.331427!4d-83.0457538!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Detroit,+MI,+USA/@42.428...
- teamonkey 10y agoNone of them have the big Sainsbury's though, which is pretty much the only reason I've ever visited Kidlington.
- xrange 10y ago>it doesn't look like average suburbia in the US I wonder if people would mind contributing examples of what they see as "average suburbia in the US". Here's a couple of examples to get us started. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Walla+Walla,+WA+99362/@46.0648867,-118.3222757,3a,75y,262.17h,87.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szMSmNSXgCRZr_I5prM0xcg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DzMSmNSXgCRZr_I5prM0xcg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D7.5%26pitch%3D-7!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x54a2154ba0d0f73b:0x12c4afcfe71db1d4!8m2!3d46.0645809!4d-118.3430209!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Walla+Walla,+WA+99362/@46.... https://www.google.com/maps/@46.4113052,-105.8455333,3a,75y,75.82h,69.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZjng58SfqDszoebKl9dmMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@46.4113052,-105.8455333,3a,75y,... https://www.google.com/maps/@46.810146,-100.7572514,3a,75y,184.57h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9NrDr0_N2XbQDgQyIhEQ7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/@46.810146,-100.7572514,3a,75y,1... https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6438991,-116.4085499,3a,75y,210.14h,92.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1ilTOf2DNXWIryUqmk5y4w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6438991,-116.4085499,3a,75y,...
- jsnider3 10y agoI'd go with this: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2167856,-77.5166197,3a,75y,227.89h,88.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb7JKlpX0cEfcOEr3GfsV2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2167856,-77.5166197,3a,75y,2.... Alternatively this: https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?v=2&rtp=adr.~adr.Carlyle%20Ct%2C%20Fredericksburg%2C%20VA%2022408 https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?v=2&rtp=adr.~adr.Carlyle%20...
- niftich 10y agoVirginia Beach: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8004428,-76.0873207,3a,75y,191.71h,78.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9DUVtRs3P4FqFE9CkrragA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8004428,-76.0873207,3a,75y,1... Las Vegas: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1712638,-115.2548314,3a,75y,56.65h,79.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sG5_XY5nmPuGep2JCj9uIxg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1712638,-115.2548314,3a,75y,... Bloomington, MN: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8543293,-93.314196,3a,75y,159.09h,84.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spWL6B0a5nId-YzGlephfqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8543293,-93.314196,3a,75y,15...