# Would You Like To See My Neighbourhood From Yesterday? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349 "2014-05-27T03:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/21 "2014-05-28T00:51:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Here it is!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JLcm1VfDU) Just for your curiosity, if you were wondering what my native environment looks like on a pleasant May Sunday afternoon. šŸ™‚ > > Anyone want to share their local environs? Very nice. Sure, the shopping cart gets all the press, but my favourite part was the crows. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/22 "2014-05-28T01:20:51Z")
> [@cardinal\_fang](#): > > Very nice. Sure, the shopping cart gets all the press, but my favourite part was the crows. What, you got something against robins?!? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/23 "2014-05-28T01:35:41Z")
Are there no cats in Calgary? ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/24 "2014-05-28T01:40:13Z")
My favourite was the crabapple trees. ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/25 "2014-05-28T01:40:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > What, you got something against robins?!? The robin was pretty good, but it seemed a bit aloof. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/26 "2014-05-28T01:47:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > And now for something completely different. > > [Panama City, Panama.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcpwzL9g2c) > > [A few blocks from my house.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo90oo7881U) Wow. Panama City looks like Hong Kong. I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/27 "2014-05-28T01:51:11Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Are there no cats in Calgary? I see more off-leash dogs in my neighbourhood than cats, funnily enough. Not off-leash cats, I mean, although I guess free-range cats _are_ technically off-leashā€¦what was I talking about again? > [@cardinal\_fang](#): > > The robin was pretty good, but it seemed a bit aloof. Yeah, robins can be that way. Theyā€™re very intense and focused on listening for worms, you know. Especially when theyā€™re on concrete. Not the smartest birds, Iā€™d have to say. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/28 "2014-05-28T03:31:51Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever seen a double-decker shopping cart. You live in a strange foreign land. We have them here in northern NJ as well. We also have shopping carts that have a little car underneath where small children can sit and pretend to drive, allowing a toddler to actually enjoy shopping with mommy. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/29 "2014-05-28T03:33:08Z")
The second dog is not only off-leash, but he seems to be stalking that elderly gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/30 "2014-05-28T03:43:04Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Wow. Panama City looks like Hong Kong. I had no idea. Itā€™s not nearly as big or as dense, but thereā€™s been a major boom in building skyscrapers in the last 5 years or so. [Nine of the 10 tallest buildings in Latin America](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfodHFTyyrE)are currently in Panama City. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/31 "2014-05-28T04:03:40Z")
We should note that the robin, crows, and even the crabapple trees were also off leash. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/32 "2014-05-28T04:18:34Z")
[Stone Mountain, Georgia.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOo57G62olc) [Itā€™s a town.](http://www.stonemountaincity.org/) [Itā€™s a rock.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/---fUc1LW7v0/T_nV_5R20VI/AAAAAAAABXQ/uPSRNbA_Wtk/s1600/stone+mountain+georgia.jpg) [Itā€™s a park.](http://www.stonemountainpark.com/) Itā€™s the only mildly interesting thing to see in the Atlanta area. They shoot lasers at it every night, but itā€™s still thereā€¦ [I can ride there in 10 minutes.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/Picture-0030_zpsff3d4e3a.jpg) They used to have [paddle wheelers roaming the lake](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/Picture-17482_zpsa8ba1f1e.jpg), but this was itā€™s actual last ride before storing it forever. Even though itā€™s wilderness, [you still canā€™t get away with anything!](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/Picture11512_zps70ecc778.jpg) Observant Atlantans will notice the King & Queen just right of the truckā€¦ You can ride or walk to the top of the mountain, but[the best view](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/skyview_zpsf0617439.jpg)is from the 450 foot tower on top of the mountain. Iā€™m one of the lucky ones who gets to work on the amateur radio antennas on occasion. Itā€™s cool I guess, but itā€™s no double-decker shopping cart. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/33 "2014-05-28T07:33:11Z")
[Hereā€™s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1CS-ArtUI)a clip I found featuring Tel Aviv. Most of it seems to have been filmed in or near my neighborhood - the plaza featured in most of the second half of the clip is two blocks from my house. No shopping carts, though. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/34 "2014-05-28T14:03:38Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Weā€™re a little behind for _us_ even - it was cold for a long time this spring. It was a long winter here in Alberta. Nice video, Cat. And thanks for reminding me, by showing those nice yardsā€“Iā€™ve got to cut the grass. Once the snow clears, of course. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/35 "2014-05-28T14:09:35Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > We have double-decker shopping carts here (Washington State) as well - but theyā€™re smaller carts, for the ā€˜singleā€™ shopper. Ditto for many supermarkets in the Boston area, but I like these Calgary ones better. The bottom basket sticks out further which seems more convenient. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/36 "2014-05-28T14:54:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Here it is!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JLcm1VfDU) Just for your curiosity, if you were wondering what my native environment looks like on a pleasant May Sunday afternoon. šŸ™‚ > > Anyone want to share their local environs? Thereā€™s a dog who deserves to be off-leash! > [@Colibri](#): > > And now for something completely different. > > [Panama City, Panama.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcpwzL9g2c) > > [A few blocks from my house.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo90oo7881U) I visited there in 1969, stayed at the El Panama downtown (is that still there? Do they still have El Bombarde?) I remember being amazed at how you could go from building to building and never be quite sure whether you were inside or out (my first time in the tropics, but I donā€™t think Iā€™ve seen it so successfully done ever since.) No doubt itā€™s all different now, but I bet itā€™s still lovely and lively. The other thing I remember (other than the heat, and sunburns on the tops of my feet) is the incredibly loud synchronized sounds coming from all the trees ā€“ frogs, I now believe. That, and the rows of people living by the side of the highways in shacks, one leaning on the next, in mile-long rows. The taxi driver explained that it had to do with landowners making squatters leave temporarily to avoid losing title, and happened periodically, but wasnā€™t the normal way people lived. The other odd bit was unexpectedly bumping into a best family friend, who lived just down the street from us in Saginaw MI. Small world! ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/37 "2014-05-28T15:37:22Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Slick tunes. Iā€™m assuming that music is just always playing in the background everywhere in Canada. Out east, in places like Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, it is played on fiddles, though. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/38 "2014-05-28T16:41:50Z")
I live in [Logan Square](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naiPD3FyMOg) in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/39 "2014-05-28T17:13:12Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > TI visited there in 1969, stayed at the El Panama downtown (is that still there? Do they still have El Bombarde?) The [El Panama](http://www.elpanama.com/default-en.html)is still there, and I imagine looks much the same, at least on the outside. I live about four blocks from there. According to [this,](http://www.hotpipes.eu/Restaurant-Organ-List.html) the El Bombarde organ closed in 1975 and was apparently moved to the [Hotel El Continental Wurlitz Lounge](http://panamageisha.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/%E2%98%86%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%81%A7%E9%AD%85%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AA%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%81%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91/) in 1979, where I have seen it (scroll down the page). > [@](#): > > I remember being amazed at how you could go from building to building and never be quite sure whether you were inside or out (my first time in the tropics, but I donā€™t think Iā€™ve seen it so successfully done ever since.) A lot of places are connected by covered walkways or have overhangs so you can walk between them without getting wet during the rainy season. > [@](#): > > No doubt itā€™s all different now, but I bet itā€™s still lovely and lively. Itā€™s changed enormously since I first came here in 1977. Iā€™ve recently seen it compared to a ā€œmini-Dubai on the Pacific.ā€ Highrises, new highways, modern buses - theyā€™ve even just opened a subway. > [@](#): > > The other thing I remember (other than the heat, and sunburns on the tops of my feet) is the incredibly loud synchronized sounds coming from all the trees ā€“ frogs, I now believe. Probably the [Red-eyed Coqui,](http://www.arkive.org/red-eyed-coqui/eleutherodactylus-antillensis/) which was introduced to Panama from Puerto Rico about that time. They are still common (and noisy) in my neighborhood. > [@](#): > > That, and the rows of people living by the side of the highways in shacks, one leaning on the next, in mile-long rows. The taxi driver explained that it had to do with landowners making squatters leave temporarily to avoid losing title, and happened periodically, but wasnā€™t the normal way people lived. There are still [squatter communities,](http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/10182010/imagenes/cie03.jpg)but they are much less visible these days. The government has been building [new housing for some.](http://www.panamaeconomyinsight.com.pa/curundu.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349/40 "2014-05-28T18:33:53Z")
Great videos - I love seeing where other people live. Israel looks very tropical, which shouldnā€™t surprise me as much as it did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-my-neighbourhood-from-yesterday/689349.md?page=3)