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- Cities/suburbs should replan street networks for low-speed electric vehicles
- Celebrity bridges of the United States in pop culture
- Cricket grounds with the largest capacity in South Asia
- Cities most often destroyed in movies – both real and imagined
- Skyscrapers of 100 stories or more above ground
- Three superb and fresh reads about Los Angeles
- Finding “Los Angeles” amid the aura of “LA”
- Humorous nicknames for complicated freeway interchanges
- Confessions of a recovering freeway nerd
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Category Archives: satire
Classic cartoon and comic strip rivals/adversaries
Archie vs. Reggie Batman vs. Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and other villains Buck Rogers vs. Killer Kane Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny vs. Yosemite Sam Dagwood vs. Mr. Dithers Dexter vs. Susan “Mandark” … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, film, fun, historic preservation, history, movies, pictures, satire, Television, writing
Tagged art, cartoons, characters, comic strips, drawing, fun, funny, TV
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Cities/towns with rude and crude names – NSFW
Below is a list of just some of the rudest, crudest, and socially unacceptable town names around the world, particularly when they are pronounced in English or translated. It’s hard to believe that these are just the tip of the … Continue reading
If pigs ruled the world…
A little fun, satire, and sarcasm on a cold, winter Thursday. Enjoy! If pigs ruled the world… …they would go “hog wild” in celebration. …every government and privately funded project would be a “pork project.” …there would be no cities, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, cartoons, cities, fun, infrastructure, nature, politics, satire, Wildlife
Tagged fun, hogs, humor, Looney Tunes, Miss Piggy, Piggly Wiggly, Piglet, pigs, pork, Porky Pig, Porky's, sarcasm, satire, swine
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You know you live in a starter castle when…/Sabes due vives en un castillo inicial cuando …
Note: – first try at a completely bilingual post. Sincerest apologies if Google Translate and/or autocorrect mess up the translations. Nota: – primero prueba en una publicación completamente bilingüe. Sinceras disculpas si Google Translate y/o autocorrección estropean las traducciones. —— … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, Housing, land use, Language, satire
Tagged bilingual, fun, language, Mcmansions, rich, sarcasm, satire, starter castles, wealthy
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Proposed City Theme Songs
The following are my choices for the song(s) that should be used as the theme song or anthem for the selected cities listed below. Some are familiar, some historic, some new, some inspirational, some witty, and some are even … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, Canada, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, government, history, marketing, music, place names, placemaking, satire, songs, Travel, Welcome, writing
Tagged advertising, anthems, branding, marketing, promotion, songs, theme songs, tunes
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Fictional cartoon cities and towns
Here’s my list of cities and towns from well-known, popular, and classic cartoons and animated films. If there are any I am missing, please feel free to send suggestions along. The date of the most recent additions are shown in … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Cities, Communications, culture, demographics, diversity, family, fun, geography, history, land use, Maps, movies, pictures, place names, satire, skylines, spatial design, technology, Television, Transportation, Uncategorized, video
Tagged cartoons, comics, fun, Saturday morning TV, toons
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Candidate cities for orange clown’s future lie-brary
Here’s a list of candidate cities for the new president’s future lie-brary or alternate fact-ory. Given that he doesn’t like to read, one assumes it will be filled with decrees, rants, tweet-storms, and love letters between him and Vladimir Putin. … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, Communications, fun, futurism, geography, government, history, humanity, land use, place names, politics, racism, satire, Travel, visual pollution
Tagged cities, fun, geography, libraries, politics, sarcasm, satire
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Fun, clever, vain, and odd boat names
Below are some of the best and worst boat names observed during our week along the Lake Michigan coastline. Of those listed, the most common themes appear to be relaxation/getting away from it all (9), partying (5), and the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, branding, Communications, consumerism, culture, fun, Language, North America, sailing, satire, signs, tourism, Travel
Tagged boats, language, names, sailboats, yachts
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A witty map of hipster urban habitats in the Lower 48
Below is an edgy map of the Lower 48 that I stumbled upon while creating the post last week on hip(ster)hoods of the Rust Belt. While certainly not comprehensive (Chicago and LA are not even included), it does include some … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, cities, culture, diversity, fun, geography, Maps, North America, satire, social equity, urban planning
Tagged branding, cities, culture, geography, hipster, humor, lifestyles, maps, planning, urban, wit
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Street tree trimming gone berserk!
Needless to say, the cartoon below about street tree trimming in Alameda, California certainly depicts some of the worst examples that could be seen across the country. Here in the Midwest, the top-left image is more often referred to as “goal post” or “touchdown” … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, art, cartoons, cities, civics, civility, environment, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, satire, sustainability, transportation, urban planning, visual pollution, Wildlife
Tagged Alameda, cities, Dan Burden, infrastructure, land use, landscapes, nature, street trees, transportation, tree trimming, trees, utilities
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