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I absolutely love this. As the creator of Dream Catalogue once wrote: "I spent a lot of 2013 listening to spacey drum & bass mixes while watching Hong Kong an

I absolutely love this. As the creator of Dream Catalogue once wrote: "I spent a lot of 2013 listening to spacey drum & bass mixes while watching Hong Kong and Tokyo night driving videos on YouTube and drinking beer, just because the combination of it all created such a weird feeling I have never experienced before." I love these kinds of videos. Pairing it with a local radio station gives me the kind of feeling that you get whenever you first arrive in a new city. You're gawking out of the window of the taxi/bus/train as the city and landscape goes whizzing past. Just drinking it allll in In those moments you feel there is a whole world of opportunity that awaits you. You don't know what you'll find there. You get lost going over the possibilities that await. Will you find friendship? Opportunities? Love? Enlightenment? Anything could happen. But in that moment, those are all just possibilities. So you sit. And you watch. And you think. And then you snap back to reality when you reach your destination. You step outside, are briefly assaulted by the heat and moisture - or lack of it - and sometimes you see or smell things you've never encountered before. You blink, breathe in, and take your first steps in this new place that you will be calling home.

Jetroid 6y ago
In case the author reads this, it would be nice to have a 'night mode' option.
- jaifraic 6y ago
  Yeah, this would be my feature request as well. If there are decent quality of night drives available for the city it would be nice to be able to switch to those.
- shostack 6y ago
  And night+rain mode.
  - FerretFred 6y ago
    Yep! Definitely that for London :)
    - te_chris 6y ago
      When I eventually leave London, I feel like some of my favourite memories are going to be sitting in the back of an Uber driving from Sth to Nth London at 5am.
  - retpirato 6y ago
    They're likely just pulling the video from youtube in which case they're limited to the videos available for that city that have been uploaded by other users, so that may not always be possible for all cities. They're might also be differences like the route taken.
- ejolto 6y ago
  Go to Oslo, seems like it's night and snowing there..
  - matsemann 6y ago
    "Google Street View is fantastic. You can go anywhere, anywhere in the world. Where shall I go? My house."
volkk 6y ago
TIL about Dream Catalogue. I've been browsing through so many albums I would have never otherwise have heard about. Thanks a ton. Love this site
dheera 6y ago
I had a related idea of hooking up an exercise bicycle to Google Street view and some VR goggles. Play street noise from destination city streamed from YouTube and local music, but you determine which way you go by actually riding the bicycle.
- fratlas 6y ago
  And a variable fan depending on your speed? :P
- rramadass 6y ago
  In case you need a final push, that is a great product idea; Do It! Combine it with street maps offered by city tourism and i have everything i need for a virtual city tour.
ushaia 6y ago
I couldn't agree more with you. This site actually made me cry and I don't know why!! LoL! It's brilliant. BIG ups to the developer. And I would GLADLY pay to not have ads and popups in this experience so do consider a paid or subscription model. Thanks!
JSavageOne 6y ago
Beautifully said. As someone who spent a couple years traveling the world, this resonates.
narengowda16 6y ago
I am one of the people who misses home country, this project made me escape to my country roads especially during pandemic and gave me a homely feeling. I am also equally embarrassed to see the worst roads and terrible drivers in India(compared to any other cities).
sizzle 6y ago
I sometimes reflect on this phenomenon, a fleeting feeling on a familiar commute will give me goosebumps and transport me back to when I first was interviewing in this new location and looking out the window in utter astonishment and anticipation of exactly what you mentioned, the wonderment of what direction my life may take if I land the job and live here. You have a great way with words.
retpirato 6y ago
If you like this check out https://pluto.tv/live-tv/slow-tv https://pluto.tv/live-tv/slow-tv. You don't get to choose the location or music, but it is similar. Pluto has a lot of other great channels too. There's over 100, all free.

Jetroid 6y ago

In case the author reads this, it would be nice to have a 'night mode' option.

jaifraic 6y ago
Yeah, this would be my feature request as well. If there are decent quality of night drives available for the city it would be nice to be able to switch to those.
shostack 6y ago
And night+rain mode.
- FerretFred 6y ago
  Yep! Definitely that for London :)
  - te_chris 6y ago
    When I eventually leave London, I feel like some of my favourite memories are going to be sitting in the back of an Uber driving from Sth to Nth London at 5am.
- retpirato 6y ago
  They're likely just pulling the video from youtube in which case they're limited to the videos available for that city that have been uploaded by other users, so that may not always be possible for all cities. They're might also be differences like the route taken.
ejolto 6y ago
Go to Oslo, seems like it's night and snowing there..
- matsemann 6y ago
  "Google Street View is fantastic. You can go anywhere, anywhere in the world. Where shall I go? My house."

volkk 6y ago

TIL about Dream Catalogue. I've been browsing through so many albums I would have never otherwise have heard about. Thanks a ton. Love this site

dheera 6y ago

I had a related idea of hooking up an exercise bicycle to Google Street view and some VR goggles. Play street noise from destination city streamed from YouTube and local music, but you determine which way you go by actually riding the bicycle.

fratlas 6y ago
And a variable fan depending on your speed? :P
rramadass 6y ago
In case you need a final push, that is a great product idea; Do It! Combine it with street maps offered by city tourism and i have everything i need for a virtual city tour.

ushaia 6y ago

I couldn't agree more with you. This site actually made me cry and I don't know why!! LoL! It's brilliant. BIG ups to the developer. And I would GLADLY pay to not have ads and popups in this experience so do consider a paid or subscription model. Thanks!

JSavageOne 6y ago

Beautifully said. As someone who spent a couple years traveling the world, this resonates.

narengowda16 6y ago

I am one of the people who misses home country, this project made me escape to my country roads especially during pandemic and gave me a homely feeling. I am also equally embarrassed to see the worst roads and terrible drivers in India(compared to any other cities).

sizzle 6y ago

I sometimes reflect on this phenomenon, a fleeting feeling on a familiar commute will give me goosebumps and transport me back to when I first was interviewing in this new location and looking out the window in utter astonishment and anticipation of exactly what you mentioned, the wonderment of what direction my life may take if I land the job and live here. You have a great way with words.

retpirato 6y ago

If you like this check out https://pluto.tv/live-tv/slow-tv https://pluto.tv/live-tv/slow-tv. You don't get to choose the location or music, but it is similar. Pluto has a lot of other great channels too. There's over 100, all free.