Where do you live?

[Boris Godunov]

My city is a little big, yes.

Pekka--and where's this? I want an address!

[molly bloom]

Come to sunny Melbourne, next the sea. Once voted world’s most livable city, it has parks galore and easy access to both Victoria’s Alpine country (small alps, I know, but they are old, so very old), the sea, the shining sea, temperate rainforests and deserts.

We boast a variety of cuisines, Japanese, Viet Namese, Lebanese, Italian, Greek (third largest ‘greek’ city in the world after Athens and Salonika) a variety of Chinese cuisines, some fusion ( Straits, Nonya, Singaporean, Pacific Rim Australian style, so you get flying fish roe with wasabi, or emu carpaccio) a vibrant cafe culture with coffee houses to die for, plenty of sports for those of you so inclined, and of course the all important breweries and vineyards for the seriously bibulous.

There’s a selection of rather good museums and art galleries, a great music scene catering to all tastes, and better theatre than you’ll find in Sydney. Unfortunately house prices are very silly at the moment, so don’t plan on buying unless you have income from abroad. Renting is a viable alternative until the housing bubble bursts.

It’s summer now, and on Saturday the weather was sunny, dry and hot, reaching 39 C.

Oh, and of course we have trams, so any continental European Apolytoners will feel quite at home....

http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/

Central Business District (CBD)
Area 2.52 km2
Estimated resident population 2001 8,252 people
Total resident units (30 August 2001 estimate) 5,065
New resident units (since August 1996) as at 30 August 2001 4,106
Total gross floor area (2000) 9,405,145 m2
Total employment (2000) 170,353
Largest building by floor area 101 Collins St (141 420 m2)
Tallest Building Rialto, 505-535 Collins St (66 levels / 251 metres)
Oldest Building Mitre Tavern, 5-9 Bank Place

City of Melbourne Area
Area 36.5 km2
Total estimated resident population 52,117
Total resident units (30 June 2001) 26,983
New residential units (since August 1996) as at 30 August 2001 8,721
Total length of roads 315 km
Total Area of parkland (adjusted May 2001) 507 Ha

Metropolitan Melbourne
Area 8 806 sq km2
Estimated resident population (August 2001) 3,488,750


Public Holidays

New Year's Day
1 January

Australia Day
26 January

Labour Day
first or second Monday in March

Easter
Good Friday to Easter Monday (from late March - early April)

ANZAC Day
25 April

Queen's Birthday
Second Monday in June

Melbourne Cup
first Tuesday in November

Christmas Day
25 December

Boxing Day
26 December


Climate

Melbourne has a temperate climate of mild temperatures with four distinct seasons free of extremes.

Summer (December to February) warm to hot.
Average maximum temp 25°C (77°F)
Average minimum temp 14°C (57°F)

Autumn (March to May) mild
Average maximum temp 20°C (68°F)
Average minimum temp 11°C (52°F)

Winter (June to August) cool to brisk
Average maximum temp 14°C (57°F)
Average minimum temp 7°C (45°F)

Spring (September to November) cool to mild
Average maximum temp 20°C (68°F)
Average minimum temp 10°C (50°F)

Average rainfall: 653 millimetres

Language

The official language is English, however more than 140 languages are spoken by the City's residents.

Location

Located at latitude 37 degrees 176 49' south longitude 144 degrees 176 58' east on the south-east edge of Australia, the city's 3.2 million residents enjoy a temperate climate influenced by its location at the apex of one of the world's largest bays, Port Phillip.

Focussed around a central business district (CBD), Melbourne's 7800 sq km of suburbs spread more than 40 km to the south, are hemmed in by the picturesque Dandenong ranges 30 km to the east, extend up to 20 km to the north and sprawl across vast, flat basalt plains to the west.

Time Zone

Australian Eastern Standard Time is GMT plus 10 hours.
Daylight Savings - last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March.

Daylight hours:
Winter - 9 hours, 32 minutes (June 21)
Summer - 14 hours, 47 minutes in summer (December 22)

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/index.cfm?categoryid=5&contentfile=topic.cfm

[mrmitchell]

This is the only one I could find on the Internet easily enough.

Dated 1920's.

[Odin]

Ulen is a small Minnesotan farm town in the Red River Valley of the North, which has the richest soil in North Americ; we are about 45 miles NW of Fargo, ND. The poulation of Ulen and the surrounding area that covers our school discrict is about 1000 people. The town is boring, but nearby Fargo is one of the nicest cities in the area.

[Soul Survivor]

where I used to live.....



where I live now.....

[Ming]

Nice night time shot of Chicago... now I don't have to post one

[Dis]

oh I see you guys want old pictures. here ya go

[Ben Kenobi]

Here's where I live, the best weather in all of Canada, excepting Victoria of course.

[Nubclear]

A pic of logan.



About the only thing memorable in this city. And thats only if your a Mormon.

[Pekka]

Gangerolf, Boris, thats the army of course!

[Joseph]

City of Napa in the Napa Valley. 40 miles north of San Francisco California.
Pop. 84K
Weather Summer low 80s F. most of the time, however it can go to the 100s.
Winter 50s to low 60s F.

Up valley something around 120 winery. In Calif. next to Disneyland we are number 2 in tourist.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Pekka
Gangerolf, Boris, thats the army of course!

It'll be sad to see such good men (boys?) fall to the might of the Russian military

[cinch]

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Home of big-blue-sky summers and blisteringly cold winters. It's not too bad at the moment, though... Hovering about -10C.



It's an oil city, so it's got a lot of ugly areas. But the river valley remains lush and beautiful, and the areas surrounding it (the University on the south side, Downtown on the north) are quite nice.


(part of the University)

We also have the largest mall in the world (actually, they may have built a bigger one now, I'm not quite sure): West Edmonton Mall! I'm not particularly proud of it, but it's an all right place, I suppose. Definitely enough shoppes.

And there's a pirate ship!



See?

There's also some dolphins, but the animal rights people don't like that too much, and there's only one left, so that won't be for long, I don't think.

And finally, Edmonton is the home of the best National Hockey League franchise of all time: the Oilers! Featuring such greats as Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Kevin Lowe, Paul Coffey, Glenn Anderson, Grant Fuhr, Andy Moog, Esa Tikannen, and the greatest player of all time, Wayne Gretzky!









Ahem.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by cinch

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Kenduskeag, ME
Town Population 2000: 1,171
16.79 sq. mi.
Metro area: Bangor
Latitude: 44.919N
Longitude: -68.932W

Named for the stream, which was named for an Indian term meaning "place where eels are caught

The Library...such as it is...


One of seven snowmobile bridges (we have two for cars, none for pedestrians):


A shot off one of the bridges looking up the river:


Takeoff at the canoe race (same river, different season...there's usually a few hundred entries):