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In Simiane-la-Rotonde, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

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[–] AlternatePersonMan 55 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not sure if this is a map from Counter Strike or Uncharted...

[–] Potatisen 23 points 2 months ago

It's a VERY iconic map from CS.

[–] KrapKake 3 points 2 months ago

Definitely the counter terrorist spawn point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It’s obviously a map from Overwatch 2

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] noobface 9 points 2 months ago

"plucky guitar riff*

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Walkable, dense, green, no cars, built from locally sourced materials...

Are urbanists just trying to create French villages?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most French villages are very car centred.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not the ones developed before cars were invented, which is likely the case of this one.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those are very rare as most villages have been adapted to be accessible for cars. I’m just saying that stating that French villages are carfree is not true, and the average French village definitely shouldn’t be the model for bike and pedestrian friendly urban design.

[–] AchtungDrempels 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah sure, it's not like anyone uses their car to get from a to b inside that village, but for everything else people will use a car.

I was passing through another village where I spent holidays as a kid, cabrière d'aigues, all I remembered was the big pétanque square. Seeing it now three quarters of the space is a parking area. I don't know if I just remembered that wrong, but pretty sure there was no parking back then.

[–] joostjakob 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the centre. But many places like this are half dead at the core, with car centered suburbs around it and shops in big malls along the roads. The difference with Spain is stark, where the old centres are usually still the actual heart of the village.

[–] RBWells 1 points 2 months ago

Green?

It's gorgeous but I wouldn't say green. All stone, with some potted plants.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This picture is so French I can smell the baguettes and hear the accordion when looking at it.

[–] rtxn 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They even have a white flag so German tourists feel welcome.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

TFW you will never get to live in the magical fairyland called Europe.

I'm pretty sure Europe doesn't actually exist guys. Sorry... 😔

[–] AchtungDrempels 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can send you a picture from where I live when I'm back home, I'm sure it'll make you feel better about your situation :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Oh no that sounds terrible please don't do something like that I beg you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You are unhappy that you can't visit Europe but you also get unhappy when Europe visited you. You just can't win with some people. /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can buy a house in that village for like 50k. I'm not kidding. If it's very pretty and touristy, make it 100k.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd still need a visa though.

[–] Valmond 2 points 2 months ago

Go there, work without visa, marry local person, profit!

I'd do it. I actually did but I only was an illegal alien the first year because french bureaucracy is worse than hell. Also had money for around 1 year. France is wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Me, I won't, lol. But, yes, our fellow lemmings from the default country will. And, for that they'll probably need to make a bigger purchase. If France even hands out golden visas at all.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

* accordion music intensifies *

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I looked at contour lines at mapy.cz and that village has like 80 meters of elevation difference between it's lowest and highest point. Incomprehensible for a flatlander.

[–] AchtungDrempels 9 points 2 months ago

Yeah that little ring road around the village was a pretty tough climb on the bike, haha.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Woah, mapy.cz...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Basic Neanderthal hut