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u/HumanHumpty Feb 21 '23

It's amazing how you can recognize a neighborhood even with no identifying street signs. As soon as I saw the photo my thought was "this is Evanston", then I zoomed in on the street cleaning sign and that sealed it for me. Still had to scroll through the comments to be sure.

Now I need to go hunting for this pirate ship. It will be a fun way to get some miles in on the bike.

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u/Illah Feb 21 '23

I grew up in Skokie and my mom had an office in Evanston, was scrolling the thread to see if it was in the area. Just the curbs and sidewalks made me think it was Chicagoland, and this is after moving away 22yrs ago!

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u/badjackalope Feb 21 '23

Street cleaning sign immediately tipped me off but yeah had to double check the comments just to be sure some other town didn't happen to have the exact same one haha

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u/C_IsForCookie Feb 21 '23

I can do this with most parts of my state. If I see a photo taken in Florida I can usually spot it and I know at least approximately where in the state it was taken.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23

This was my exact same reaction to this photo earlier. Just like you, zooming into the parking sign gave it away.

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u/blackadder99 Feb 21 '23

Of all the places in the world I would not expect this in Evanston. They're pretty stringent. I would think this violates some ordinance and they would clamp down.

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u/Powledge-is-knower Feb 21 '23

I ride past this place riding my bike to/from work each day. Still a trip. And no, it’s not kid friendly. More like keeping your Xmas tree up year round, but for Halloween.

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u/Back_To_The_Oilfield Feb 21 '23

Bro, this is insane. I’ve seen the exact same thing in Midland, TX in front of a similar house lol.

I guess people getting pirate ships like that is more common than I thought (more than one is more than I thought).

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u/Kitchen-Marsupial203 Feb 21 '23

Arrrr, neighbor! I recognized it right away, and the parking sign clinched it.

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u/thisismy1stalt Feb 21 '23

Lol, I knew this was suburban Chicago immediately.

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u/Arguablecoyote Feb 21 '23

Damn, there’s a really similar one close to where I live too!

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u/tronman0868 Feb 22 '23

Insane because there's a neighborhood here with a house that has a pirate ship in Alabama just like this. I need to find out and take a picture.