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  • #31
    Originally posted by Airbus_A320
    Well I went to a different place tonight that had nobody around and I took these: It's basically 2 pics, but each one had 2 different exposures. Taken with my new 24-70 F/2.8 lens

    Hartford Skyline:






    Great photos Hartford is a great city I went there for a concert at the outdoor theatre, and flew out of BDL
    You've got to try to find what's right before your eyes-Finger Eleven


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    • #32
      Originally posted by Airbus_A320
      Originally posted by matt1168
      Those are some awesome photos, Paul! I never knew Hartford was that big a city.
      Thanks

      Hartford is about mid-sized, not too big. However there is a major problem with crime. It was #7 I think on the most dangerous cities thing published a few weeks ago. There was a shooting this week where 2 kids go shot as a school bus stop and one who got shot actually got on the bus and went to school then went to the nurses office. They are trying to "revitalize" it and they improved the waterfront area but a greater part of the city (the parts that aren't down town) is in need help and nothing much is being done it seems. And then there was yesterday when I went to go take pics of the holiday lights and I was told I couldn't take pictures as I was setting up my stuff, totally rediculus. I wish they would take as much interest in helping the communities that need it as they do in making sure that people don't take photos in certain places.

      These pics were actually taken in a park in the town across the river, nobody was around then so i had no problems.
      It's good they are revitalizing the city. The downtown area looks really nice from your pictures.

      There is a similar crime problem in Atlantic City. Atlantic Av. (the last street before the casinos, boardwalk, and beach) is okay, but wandering even a block west of Atlantic Av. into the "real Atlantic City" will lead you to extremely undesireable areas, where some of NJ's highest crime rates exsist. Only Trenton, Camden, and Asbury Park have worse crime ratings! Even downtown has come into a state of extreme disrepair, and it really is disappointing, seeing that the state of NJ is letting the downtown commercial district of one of the world's most popular tourist cities decline like this.

      Here are some scenes from Downtown Atlantic City:



      www.acairport.com

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      • #33
        Originally posted by matt1168
        Originally posted by Airbus_A320
        Originally posted by matt1168
        Those are some awesome photos, Paul! I never knew Hartford was that big a city.
        Thanks

        Hartford is about mid-sized, not too big. However there is a major problem with crime. It was #7 I think on the most dangerous cities thing published a few weeks ago. There was a shooting this week where 2 kids go shot as a school bus stop and one who got shot actually got on the bus and went to school then went to the nurses office. They are trying to "revitalize" it and they improved the waterfront area but a greater part of the city (the parts that aren't down town) is in need help and nothing much is being done it seems. And then there was yesterday when I went to go take pics of the holiday lights and I was told I couldn't take pictures as I was setting up my stuff, totally rediculus. I wish they would take as much interest in helping the communities that need it as they do in making sure that people don't take photos in certain places.

        These pics were actually taken in a park in the town across the river, nobody was around then so i had no problems.
        It's good they are revitalizing the city. The downtown area looks really nice from your pictures.

        There is a similar crime problem in Atlantic City. Atlantic Av. (the last street before the casinos, boardwalk, and beach) is okay, but wandering even a block west of Atlantic Av. into the "real Atlantic City" will lead you to extremely undesireable areas, where some of NJ's highest crime rates exsist. Only Trenton, Camden, and Asbury Park have worse crime ratings! Even downtown has come into a state of extreme disrepair, and it really is disappointing, seeing that the state of NJ is letting the downtown commercial district of one of the world's most popular tourist cities decline like this.

        Here are some scenes from Downtown Atlantic City:



        Yea, some parts of Hartford look about the same way near/in the downtown area.

        btw... in my pics the building you see closest to the river is part of the new complex that they are building as part of the waterfront revitalization. There is supposed to be a convetion center, hotel and some other stuff, not sure exactly what though.

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        • #34
          I can't find any of the pictures I took (which are much better IMO). None of these really can capture the true beauty and historicity of Charleston!!!!! At all!!!


          An overview of Broad Street:



          King Street is the touristy shopping section. It's kinda the main drag:




          This is the "old market" to the right. It isn't really authentic--just a tourist trap:


          The historic College of Charleston campus:


          Waterfront Park:



          The Battery/White Point Gardens:




          And to top it off:


          Maybe later I can post some I took...

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          • #35
            Charleston looks like a nice city, I should drop by for a visit sometime :P
            You've got to try to find what's right before your eyes-Finger Eleven


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            • #36
              Montreal, Canada:


              Old Montreal:



              And my other home town, Hong Kong, China:






              Both very unique and beautiful places.
              (Edit: None are my pictures)

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              • #37
                Man, HK looks amazing, I really want to go there sometime. Since taking pictures of downtown GFK isn't worth the power that it would take from my battery, I will instead post a few pictures from Tokyo where my parents actually live.





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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Alaska Air Rules
                  Charleston looks like a nice city, I should drop by for a visit sometime :P
                  The pictures don't do it justice. At all.

                  Anyone who has been here can tell you.

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                  • #39
                    nice photos!!!!!! lets see more!!!!!!!!

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                    • #40
                      Looking at these pictures, it makes me wonder about the populations of these cities (and towns). Anyone care to post the population of their area? Watertown has about 40,000 people in the city and about 100,000 in the metro area, when you include Fort Drum. Syracuse, in 2000, had a metro population of 732,114. How about CHS, Grand Forks, Hartford, ACY, MEM, Erie, etc...?
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                      • #41
                        CHS has about 90,000 within the city limits, but about 600,000 in the metro area. It will hit 1,000,000 in 2015, as the rate of growth is very fast.

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                        • #42
                          Wow watertown, 40k. Seems a little high!!!

                          Well Ithaca it self has about 35-40k. With Cornell and IC it has about 70k. The whole of Tompkins County has about 150k. (Including Students)You can see that Cornell and Ithaca College nearly double our city size in the winter

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                          • #43
                            Atlantic City is as densley populated as any other major American city, but covers a very small land area.

                            City Population: 41,000
                            Immediate metro area population: 365,255 (2003 est.)
                            Expanded metro area population: 6,188,463

                            And for my town (Pomona, a suburb of Atlantic City, where ACY is located):

                            Population: 4100
                            Part of Atlantic City Metropolitan Area

                            Another interesting fact: Atlantic City employs more people on a daily basis than any whole county in NJ does (basically saying that Atlantic County employs the most).
                            www.acairport.com

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                            • #44
                              Erie, PA

                              Pop: 103,717 (300,000 Metro)

                              Daytona Beach, FL

                              Pop: 64,112 (530,869 Metro)

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                              Pete Ganabathi
                              Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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                              • #45
                                Buenos Aires, Argentina

                                Population: 2,700,000 hab.
                                Including Metro Area: 12,000,000 hab.

                                Downtown Area, aka "Catalinas"


                                9 de Julio Avenue and The Obelisc, Buenos Aires' landmark


                                Plaza de Mayo square and the Casa Rosada, seat of the National Government


                                Might post some other pics later.

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