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Isn't this Seattle's downtown, not Vancouver's? DaleF 16:49, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Nope, I'll confirm that as our lovely neighbor-to-the-North. --Thomcat 19:16, 15 October 2008 (UTC), Seattle resident

I realize that you are a Seattle resident (Seattlite?), but I found this photo Seattle Downtown, which is obviously the same place from a different angle, and appears to have the Space Needle in the background. Am I mistaken? --Pardey 19:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

It's definitely not Vancouver's, ours is on a peninsula. Furthermore, those radio/TV towers in the foreground look to be in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Additionally, Columbia Center (the big black building on the left of the image) certainly isn't in Vancouver but Seattle. Same with WaMu Tower.

Definitely Seattle's downtown (unless I'm falling victim to some aggressive caching and am seeing a different picture). DaleF 19:33, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Note that the linked picture has the thick I-5 on the ground near city center but this Vancouver picture doesn't. I can understand the confusion, though! Vancouver 'plays' Seattle in a lot of movies. (For example, Sleepless in Seattle was filled in Vancouver.) -- Wmcduff 19:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Relevant XKCD. Note that the angle of the disputed picture could concievably hide the freeway, and that at least 6 major buildings appear in both images. We're not going with scenes from movies, here - I was born in Vancouver, and have driven that stretch of I-5 in Seattle many times. --Pardey 19:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, the truth is: Canada does not exist. It's an invention by some US geohashers to achieve more virgin graticules. Most scenes from Canadian expeditions were shot in film studios in Seattle. -- Relet 19:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll go with that last answer. Now that I stare at it in a different light, that is Seattle. If only a Geohash had landed somewhere nearby, I might know that by now (chagrin). --Thomcat 21:51, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow - Google Earth with the 3D buildings is most excellent, even if most of Seattle's buildings are still gray. I'd never had a reason to go in and try to match the view up to photos before, but it worked quite well. --Pardey 20:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm laughing right now pretty hard, because I TOOK this picture. I pulled it out of a folder called Downtown Scenic, and obviously didn't look too closely at it. I saw this discussion and was about to identify all the buildings for you, and then realized they weren't Vancouver buildings. If I look at the next pictures in my folder, I find one taken through the front window of an airplane landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. Now that is pretty funny how long it took anyone to notice. I'll look for a replacement photo! -Robyn 22:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thought I had one, but the best I can do is the Capilano Suspension Bridge - maybe you could use that for Surrey. --Thomcat 22:13, 15 October 2008 (UTC)