Prettiest and Worst Places You've Seen on Google Maps Street View? (live, best)

[Rialta]

Just wondering: when deciding on a place to live or visit, how many of you use the Street View with Google Maps? For myself, I find it indispensable because you can explore the town almost like a local does. As far as small towns/cities go, the prettiest I've seen would have to be Morro Bay, CA. The worst? Lordsburg, NM.

[sparksharp]

I used it a bunch when I was looking for a house in Kansas when I still lived in Tennessee! It's great at giving you an idea about a neighborhood before you actually see it in person.

[JBM]

Stayed at a motel in Lordsburg once... Not the nicest looking town, but the people were nice and we ate at a pretty good little restaurant. But i love google street view. I have used it to find businesses, or plan trips even (knowing which lanes to be in and what to look for, etc..). It's a great resource, and i'm glad to see that it is constantly expanding and being updated.

[mike0421]

Originally Posted by Rialta

Just wondering: when deciding on a place to live or visit, how many of you use the Street View with Google Maps? For myself, I find it indispensable because you can explore the town almost like a local does. As far as small towns/cities go, the prettiest I've seen would have to be Morro Bay, CA. The worst? Lordsburg, NM.

Yep.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...36.81,,0,10.05

[tallydude02]

I like Google Maps Street View and spend hours sometimes just looking at places I've never been.

I even look at former places I used to live. However, sometimes the address Google assigns to a location is way off.

[Nivalis]

Street View is wonderful; it's one of my favorite websites. It's very convenient to know your way around a place without even setting foot there. It will be very useful once I get into the planning stage of moving next year.

[T. Damon]

Originally Posted by mike0421

Yep.
lordsburg nm - Google Maps

Yikes!

Its amazing that the Google camera van makes it out to these obscure places- That'll be as close as I ever need to see Lordsburg thank you very much!

I concur, it is invaluable- I explore all over just to get a feel for an area, especially if I may visit.

[Westerner92]

I love street view; it's one of my primary procrastination tools! However, I hate when it takes images of places in the winter. It did that to Lubbock, and everything is dead and brown.

[AlGreen]

google street view doesn't really do most places in justice, in my opinion. it looks so grainy

[Rialta]

It would be nice if Google to could go back and redo some places with no snow and with the high-res cameras. There's just no comparison in the quality between the old and the new.
And of course just because a town "looks bad" on Google doesn't make it a bad place.
I wish Street View would make it to the Big Island of Hawaii.
TallyDude, I agree - since I can't travel right now, this is the next best thing! And it's free