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Old 12-26-2012, 03:21 PM
 
Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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American car priorities, I guess?
No argument there !
Even I have become *lazy*.
When I go somewhere, by car, and then when I get there, I wonder why I did not walk there ?

I remember this advert, where the Mom stuffs all her kids in her van, then drives out the driveway, and immediately into the driveway next door, and unloads the kids. Yes, silly, but ...
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Old 01-12-2013, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Sweden
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I have simply taken the place of the small mill town of Hallstavik which is by the coast in the northernest part of Stockholm county.
I have made it a city of about 50000 citizens.

Midtown shopping area, turn the picture to the left to see the old town hall and the town hall square:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=G%C3%A...12,241.02,,0,0

Older part of midtown area:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=G%C3%B...12,293.49,,0,0

Main square:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=G%C3%B...12,128.38,,0,0

Old town around church:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=Eksj%C...12,184.96,,0,0

Marina:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=Sigtun...12,294.39,,0,0

Apartments near midtown:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=G%C3%A...12,238.77,,0,0

Newer apartments:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=Farsta...12,143.73,,0,0

Older single homes:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=Ensked...bp=12,270,,0,0

Newer single homes:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=S%C3%A...cbp=12,45,,0,0

Industrial area:
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=G%C3%A...12,238.77,,0,0

Railway station:
http://maps.google.se/maps?q=Mariest...12,104.99,,0,0

Every city also need an old palace turned into a museum:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t%C3%A4lje.png

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