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Centropolis

Mar 21, 2012 12:54 AM

Transect SXSW: Austin, Dallas, OKC, Tulsa, Ouachita Mtns, Springfield MO

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SPRINGFIELD, MO

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ifeeldope9779

Mar 21, 2012 1:21 AM

Nice to see some tulsa on this site. I dig'n these city compilations you've been posting.

arkitekte

Mar 21, 2012 2:30 AM

Legit road trip right there!

ColDayMan

Mar 21, 2012 2:59 AM

Hell of a road trip.

ardecila

Mar 21, 2012 4:46 AM

There are places in Oklahoma that look like this?

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JoninATX

Mar 21, 2012 6:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ardecila (Post 5635566)

There are places in Oklahoma that look like this?

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Yep, eastern Oklahoma. Btw SXSW was awesome.

diskojoe

Mar 21, 2012 3:18 PM

SXSW ftw!

The ATX

Mar 21, 2012 11:51 PM

I love the gritty mood to your entire road trip. SXSW is a very unique experience that is hard to explain to anyone who hasn't been there.

I also see that you got a picture of me on the way to work:

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BevoLJ

Mar 22, 2012 3:59 AM

Looks like a killer road trip! Hope you had fun. =)

giovanni sasso

Mar 22, 2012 3:00 PM

ha ha, planet québec. fun set.

this doesn't look like much of a bike lane.

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llamaorama

Mar 22, 2012 3:17 PM

awesome

Downtown Tulsa looks like some pictures I have seen of Houston/Dallas/Atlanta/etc from the 1970s. In other words, a strange time warp.

Austin being awesome as usual, and I see OKC is perpetually under construction...

Centropolis

Mar 22, 2012 3:18 PM

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Originally Posted by giovanni sasso (Post 5637211)

ha ha, planet québec. fun set.

this doesn't look like much of a bike lane.

naw son those are turbo-arrows!

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Originally Posted by llamaorama (Post 5637233)

Austin being awesome as usual, and I see OKC is perpetually under construction...

OKC was gettin' it done, what I don't know, but it was gettin' it done and there was dust and shit everywhere.

Centropolis

Mar 22, 2012 6:06 PM

I paid my flickr bill, STUPID PICTURES NOT WORKING

le calmar

Mar 22, 2012 11:19 PM

Nice tour, I really gotta go down there, maybe next summer.

Centropolis

Mar 22, 2012 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by le calmar (Post 5637964)

Nice tour, I really gotta go down there, maybe next summer.

thanks, personally I'd recommend you go winter, spring or fall unless you like it sizzlin...

The ATX

Mar 22, 2012 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by le calmar (Post 5637964)

Nice tour, I really gotta go down there, maybe next summer.

Yeah, skip the summer (May-September) unless you like relentless heat.

le calmar

Mar 23, 2012 1:54 AM

I don't mind the heat, really. I've experienced 120F in Egypt and it didn't bother me too much. Same for Miami in the summer (and I think it was worse than Egypt with the humidity)

Centropolis

Mar 23, 2012 3:27 AM

The lower

Centropolis

Mar 23, 2012 3:30 AM

The lower central of North America gets a little spicy in it's own way...New Orleans in July is a pretty good test. Miami isn't so bad...

ATXboom

Mar 23, 2012 6:39 PM

Killer road trip! Did you camp the entrire way?

SXSW is one of the most unique events ever at such a big scale. Great time of year to be in Austin as well.

stepper77

Mar 23, 2012 8:41 PM

I love the new tower in OKC. Nice tour and glad you had a fun trip.

Thundertubs

Mar 23, 2012 11:59 PM

Cool tour. I'm a fan of that general part of the country. Eastern Oklahoma is pretty.

AviationGuy

Mar 24, 2012 3:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ardecila (Post 5635566)

There are places in Oklahoma that look like this?

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Much of eastern Oklahoma is forested and wet, and mountainous in the southeastern part (sort of like the mountains in Arkansas and Missouri). Much of eastern Texas is largely pine forest, very wet, and somewhat hilly and very pretty, but not mountainous. The Big Thicket National Preserve northeast of Houston is a nearly inpenetrable wilderness of pine/hardwood forest, alligators, swamps, etc. Eastern Texas and Oklahoma surprise visitors. Those who just come into these two states on interstates skirt much of the eastern/southern landscapes (although I think I-20 and I-30 in northeast Texas hit some of the northern extent of the piney woods in some spots.)

Edit: In looking at Google Earth, it looks like I-40 and I-44 in Oklahoma catch some of the eastern landscapes as well.

Centropolis

Mar 24, 2012 4:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ATXboom (Post 5638996)

Killer road trip! Did you camp the entrire way?

I camped at a point halfway between Austin and St. Louis in the Ouachitas, although I was flushed out like a bird early one morning due to some killer storms on the drive back north, and had to stand on the gas to push back through the front into the clear.

Thanks everyone.

Centropolis

Mar 24, 2012 4:53 AM

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy (Post 5639622)

Edit: In looking at Google Earth, it looks like I-40 and I-44 in Oklahoma catch some of the eastern landscapes as well.

There is that one hill, I guess called the Arbuckle Mtns just north of the Texas state line, on I-35 that I photographed from the top of as well. That area is much more dry and plains like, though, than further east towards Arkansas. It's a cool stop, though.

AviationGuy

Mar 24, 2012 5:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Centropolis (Post 5639696)

The Arbuckles are way west of where I was talking about, though. What I meant was southeastern OK, which is mountainous and forested, more like parts of Arkansas. Probably not really mountains, but big hills. I've seen photos in the past and it looks very nice.

I haven't actually been through the Arbuckles on I-35, but on Google Earth it appears to be pretty cool like you mentioned.

Did you have time to get out to Lake Travis in the hilly part of the Austin area and go to Hippie Hollow (the nude beach)? With the warm weather it was probably pretty crowded, at least during the weekend.

mobyhead

Mar 24, 2012 2:45 PM

Nice tour. I like all the unique things found in each photo.

KevinFromTexas

Mar 27, 2012 9:48 PM

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Originally Posted by giovanni sasso (Post 5637211)

ha ha, planet québec. fun set.

this doesn't look like much of a bike lane.

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Yeah, there is a really good bike lane along there, but it narrows along that stretch as the parking takes over a bit. People do give room to bikes though. I ride that stretch frequently. During SXSW bicycles basically took over the streets and cars had to wait their turn.

ShadowMaster

Mar 28, 2012 1:07 AM

Covered a lot of land! I personally would like to see more of Tulsa and OKC here at SSP. Well done.

STLgasm

Mar 28, 2012 3:23 AM

Neat little road trip. Austin looks hopping for SXSW.
Centropolis-- I fully expect you to have your camera in tow for April 14th on Cherokee Street (the Rust Belt to Artist Belt conference closing party!)...

Chef	Mar 29, 2012 6:14 AM

Your tours always have a gonzo quality. I dig.

Centropolis

Apr 7, 2012 2:45 AM

I didn't give old Dallas a fair shake.

Syndic

Apr 7, 2012 6:35 AM

I love how perfectly grimy Austin is.

Buckeye Native 001

Apr 7, 2012 7:32 PM

Damn you get around :tup:

Centropolis

Apr 9, 2012 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Syndic (Post 5657686)

I love how perfectly grimy Austin is.

I really didn't expect the dirt sidewalks and weird old west vibe of (small) areas of town, I really liked that.

AviationGuy

Apr 9, 2012 2:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Centropolis (Post 5659101)

I really didn't expect the dirt sidewalks and weird old west vibe of (small) areas of town, I really liked that.

Interesting. I've lived here 40 years and have never seen any of that, but I guess it never occurred to me to look for anything like that.

Centropolis

Apr 9, 2012 2:51 AM

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy (Post 5659233)

Interesting. I've lived here 40 years and have never seen any of that.

The tree lawn, rather, of parts of downtown(ish) area. :haha: Not the actual sidewalk. It was across the street from some interesting western-esque one story structures documented in this here thread. I appreciated that. I'll be back to Austin (and Houston and Dallas).

AviationGuy

Apr 9, 2012 2:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Syndic (Post 5657686)

I love how perfectly grimy Austin is.

Yeah, you can find a block or two in the 6th St. area that are grimy (I call it filthy, which seems to be what attracts a certain crowd to 6th St.), but to generalize is very inaccurate. Austin is overall very green, clean, and beautiful, not grimy.

Centropolis

Apr 9, 2012 2:55 AM

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy (Post 5659246)

I agree with this.

Centropolis

Apr 9, 2012 3:01 AM

I wish it was grimier. :D

AviationGuy

Apr 9, 2012 3:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Centropolis (Post 5659244)

I'll have to check it out next time downtown. From my recollection of the 6th St. district, what I recall is an architectural style common to many areas of the country, including the Midwest, from a very historic era. But I'll keep an open mind and look next time down there (not that I go to that part of downtown much; I hate it...drugs, crime, stench, etc.). In fairness, I should mention that I read the other day that there's a task force that will try to clean up 6th street. They don't need to take away the fun and the bars, just the bad aspects. Of course, the fun and bars would have to remain, since it's such a tourist draw and revenue generator.

Centropolis

Apr 9, 2012 4:32 AM

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy (Post 5659259)

Yeah I don't know I would probably be part of the crime and drugs.

:jester:

Shit I don't know everything though. I say I've seen it all but I sure haven't.

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