I found those meddling kids ...
maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&h...Posted Jul 25, 2009, 6:14 PM UTC
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At first I was thinking wtf? Why am I looking at this? Then I spun the view to the other side of the street and couldn't help but smile.
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Cripes! That's like 2 miles form my house! I'll have to rethink my plans for the old mill...
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Just sew the head part of your costume on really securely and it'll be okay. ;)
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Fucking hell, they have done one road in my entire region, and they can do a shitty back lane in the middle of nowhere?!
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Where are you? And that back lane is in Pittsburgh, and when the Google Van goes to a region, they're pretty thorough. I live in NE Atlanta (35 miles from downtown) in a fairly small neighborhood near the country, and they got my house. It's actually impressive how thorough they get a region once they decide to go there.
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I live here (the little bit sticking out):
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That link didn't work for me.
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What is it with Pittsburgh and reddit? I see pgh'ers on here all the fucking time. Yinzer jagoffs.
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Hmm, you sound like a native? (N'at)
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I was born in that hospital (West Penn.) 20 years ago, I lived a few blocks away: Here It's a big parking lot now, it burned to the ground not too long after I moved out... (I had nothing to do with it...)
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There was a mystery machine near where I live (magnolia,tx) I always thought it was cool till the guy driving it got arrested on like 4 counts of child molestering.
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Speaking of which, if you look to the right of the van....
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We've got a Mystery Machine in my town too. I see it out by the mall occasionally.
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This kind of technology scares me...waaaay too 1984 for me.
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Round here, the county maintains its real estate records online. Used to be you could look up someone by name and get their address, the value of their house, the date they purchased it, etc. You could then go to Google Maps and basically scan the perimeter, since a lot of Pittsburgh houses have alleyways in the back. It was like a stalker's heaven.
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No kidding. Frightening.
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so you're telling me you've directly experienced a stalker, robbery, or wrongdoing of any sort on google maps' account? Aaaaaaaaand then lets add up how many times you have used it for a legitimate purpose.
Feel free to give me a ratio of the two you would find acceptable.
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I think you misunderstood me. I just meant that technology that can track your neighborhood is invasive.
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Rood Run Raggy.
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Here, have a Scooby Snack.
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Now this... is what makes me surprised every time I view reddit.
How does someone stumble on something like this? Just randomly clicking through a town? I'm going to try it and see if they maybe caught someone having sex through their window without noticing.
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Yeah, I wondered what people would think I had been doing when I found this. I was actually looking for a restaurant that I thought was around the corner from there, and the street I was on led to this one, and oh what the hell let's see if there's anything interesting down here, and OH LOOK THE MYSTERY MACHINE! ROCK!
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I see this one every day when I drive up to the community college.
Just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
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I'm afraid I don't follow you.
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American needs proper roads and proper pavements.
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A guy across from me in Seattle has one as well, though I dont think it was captured by streetview. The lot is at 14th and Mercer.
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the real mystery for me is wtf is that orange glowing thing to the right?
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Forcefield.
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Ummm wasn't the original mystery machine a Volkswagen?
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That is the coolest neighborhood... even with the mystery machine. But I really like the trailer thing in that backyard. The house is tiny, so that must be like the guest house in the back.
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Good reveal
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I don't see any kids... Just a guy with a kid. However... if you double click on the white RV you end up teleported into the next street!
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Stupid google maps. Turn around to see what I mean.
Nothing there either, just the back of my computer room.
Well, there was a creepy specter sneaking up on you. You're lucky the Mystery Machine showed up when it did.
Zoinks!
golly!
i thought they were in the camper until i turned it around