▲ 161 ▼ cursed suburb with artificial lakes so everyone can say they have waterfront property in the middle of a desert (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by segfault11@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments mcmansion final boss arrowhead """lakes""" in phoenix, az
[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago* (3 children) One of my favourite Boonta Vista bits is them getting angry at American street naming conventions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago (2 children) West Mohawk Lane, which is to the east of Mohawk Lane West, is not connected to Mohawk Lane West. In fact, West Mohawk Lane isn't even connected to West Mohawk Lane. Similarly, North 52nd Drive is unrelated to North 52nd Avenue. North 52nd Drive and North 53 Drive, you would assume, are running parallel. They are not. North 53 Drive isn't even oriented north-south, it's diagonal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago* (1 child) It's like the topography from some China Mieville novel where earth has been torn and sewn back together through non-Euclidian space permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago It's like that scene in the pillow fight episode of Community: "The North Cafeteria, named after Admiral William North, is located in the western portion of East Hall, gateway to the western half of North Hall, which is named, not after William North, but for its position above the South Wall. It is the most contested and confusing battlefield on Greendale’s campus, next to the English Memorial Spanish Center, named after English Memorial, a Portuguese sailor that discovered Greendale while looking for a fountain that cured syphilis." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago (2 children) West Mohawk Lane, which is to the east of Mohawk Lane West, is not connected to Mohawk Lane West. In fact, West Mohawk Lane isn't even connected to West Mohawk Lane. Similarly, North 52nd Drive is unrelated to North 52nd Avenue. North 52nd Drive and North 53 Drive, you would assume, are running parallel. They are not. North 53 Drive isn't even oriented north-south, it's diagonal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago* (1 child) It's like the topography from some China Mieville novel where earth has been torn and sewn back together through non-Euclidian space permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago It's like that scene in the pillow fight episode of Community: "The North Cafeteria, named after Admiral William North, is located in the western portion of East Hall, gateway to the western half of North Hall, which is named, not after William North, but for its position above the South Wall. It is the most contested and confusing battlefield on Greendale’s campus, next to the English Memorial Spanish Center, named after English Memorial, a Portuguese sailor that discovered Greendale while looking for a fountain that cured syphilis." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago* (1 child) It's like the topography from some China Mieville novel where earth has been torn and sewn back together through non-Euclidian space permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago It's like that scene in the pillow fight episode of Community: "The North Cafeteria, named after Admiral William North, is located in the western portion of East Hall, gateway to the western half of North Hall, which is named, not after William North, but for its position above the South Wall. It is the most contested and confusing battlefield on Greendale’s campus, next to the English Memorial Spanish Center, named after English Memorial, a Portuguese sailor that discovered Greendale while looking for a fountain that cured syphilis." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago It's like that scene in the pillow fight episode of Community: "The North Cafeteria, named after Admiral William North, is located in the western portion of East Hall, gateway to the western half of North Hall, which is named, not after William North, but for its position above the South Wall. It is the most contested and confusing battlefield on Greendale’s campus, next to the English Memorial Spanish Center, named after English Memorial, a Portuguese sailor that discovered Greendale while looking for a fountain that cured syphilis." permalink fedilink source parent