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Pretty City

Kachina624 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:22:10 GMT

Nothing exciting but I was struck by the beautiful paint colors of the homes in this pretty scene, as well as how neat and clean it looks. I wondered if the colors are assigned as the match so well in value and intensity.

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catter70 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:31:34 GMT

I like it.

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Janey2 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:35:06 GMT

Parts of Italy also have these colorful buildings

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PA Mom-mom — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:42:12 GMT

@Kachina624 That looks too perfect. I wonder if it's AI.

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on the bay — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:59:59 GMT

Cinque Terre in Italy

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Kachina624 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:22:31 GMT

@PA Mom-mom. It looks like a housing development as the styles seem to repeat and they all appear to be newish. I don't know about the AI as the place has a name.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:26:59 GMT

Here's what Google says about the place. Sounds nice.

Why is Groningen famous?

Groningen is bursting with creativity. It's the heart of the vibrant cultural scene of the northern part of the Netherlands and home to numerous museums, theatres and festivals. Take the Groninger Museum. The exterior alone is a work of art, and then there are its unique exhibitions

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bmorechick — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 21:05:28 GMT

@Kachina624 So beautiful. This picture is from my hometown of Baltimore, MD. The street is dubbed pastel row for all the beautifully painted row homes. A close friend of mine lives in one. They are beautiful and probably over 100 years old.

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ciao_bella — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 22:05:26 GMT

Several years ago, we visited friends who lived in Bermuda. He worked for the government as an electrician at the US Naval Base there, at the time. I remember how pretty the houses there were all brightly colored also. Here is a picture.

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DottieBlue — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 02:52:05 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
Cinque Terre in Italy

Beautiful. It amazes me how close they build to such a high, steep cliff. I wonder if many people fall off it.

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rockygems123 — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:10:30 GMT

@Kachina624

That is beautiful, love the Netherlands.

We also have some colorful rows of Victorian houses in my hometown of San Francisco in Alamo Square known as the "Painted Ladies".

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on the bay — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 03:31:22 GMT

Speaking of Baltimore, you can't get greater than 34th st-The Miracle of 34th St every Christmas!

My sister took me to see it one year and also I read that to move there you have to agree to decorate your house. Isn't that so wonderful?!

Thank you 34th st! and thanks Sis!

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wagirl — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:35:21 GMT

Very pretty--I also like San Francisco's row of painted ladies too---

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DREAMON — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:45:23 GMT

Beautiful houses that put a smile on your face.

My cousins just came back from a Mediterranean Cruise and they sent me pictures of the colored houses in Italy and Croatia...all so happy looking.

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spiderw — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:07:56 GMT

There is beauty all over the world. I love the different color homes, so bright and cheerful.

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Enufstuff — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 23:07:13 GMT

@ciao_bella Did you love Bermuda? It is so beautiful and is one of my favorite places. I have vacationed there 15 times.

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ciao_bella — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 11:54:12 GMT

@Enufstuff I loved Bermuda! It's my favorite of all the islands I've been to.

Since we were staying with a friend who lived on the island, he brought us to a lot of local places that tourists don't generally get to see and experience. He had a house on the top of a very high hill/cliff that overlooked a beautiful area of the bay. Had my first Rum Swizzle at the island's famous Swizzle Inn, which is the oldest Pub on the island and located in Hamilton. Our friend was a close friend of the owners. In your travels to Bermuda, did you ever get to stop at the Swizzle Inn?

We also rented motor scooters to get around on our own when he was working at the Naval base. I was so taken by the beautiful landscape; lovely lily ponds and the tiny wild roses growing all along the roadways. Getting used to driving on the opposite side of the road was a little tricky at first.

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Nonametoday — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 03:42:37 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@PA Mom-mom. It looks like a housing development as the styles seem to repeat and they all appear to be newish. I don't know about the AI as the place has a name.

@Kachina624

I think it is fairly new. My son, the architect, says that is the way homes will be built in the future in America, because we are taking up too much land with McMansion homes and as the population increases there is need for more houses, closer together, instead of so many **** cheaply built apartments that bring about crime. (I omitted the 4-letter word he used).

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Nonametoday — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 03:44:02 GMT

@rockygems123

I was going to post them but you beat me to it "The painted ladies."

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Nonametoday — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 03:45:21 GMT

Rainbow Row, Charleston, SoCar. These were where ammunition was placed by the North during the Civil War. Prior to that, they were owned by middle-class homeowners. Now they are priced exorbitantly.