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True, but the article stated she started off with bright pink. Still not a crime, though.
No one said it was a crime.
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
"Little Boxes", 1961 [1]
It refers to Daly City, incidentally. Multicolored tract houses were a 1950s California thing.
Only thing keeping the residents from killing themselves on account of living in Bristol
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They are called palms in that region but are Cordyline australis from New Zealand where they are called cabbage trees and are everywhere. They do quite well in colder New Zealand climate regions. If you are unlucky to live next door to a mature cabbage tree planted along the neighbours fence, you will spend your life picking up fallen leaves, which cannot be put in our green waste bins, on general refuse, because the…
Would they make good material for roofing?
Only thing keeping the residents from killing themselves on account of living in Bristol
I'd really have to disagree with you there! I've lived in Bristol for 4 years, having previously spent 8 years in London - people are I know are happy here and find it difficult to leave. I've never lived in such an uplifting, diverse, creative place as I do now (Easton, BS5). Also worth mentioning (response to a comment above) that there's a lot of colourful houses and murals all over the city, not just on the bits…
I still have very good friends (and memories) in Bristol.
Nothing but positive things to say from the city and from big hearted Bristolians. Like you say there really is a positive energy about the place. Truly gert lush!
Some of these photos are just around the corner from my house. Weird to see them in Hacker News. Some of the people who own houses in my area have started hacking off the painted cement and brought the houses back to plain brick. Even some of the ones who had murals painted on them for Upfest (mentioned in the article), it seems a more conservative feel has started taking over. I think it’s sad to see the colours dis…
For more Bristol, I highly recommend the BBC comedy-drama series The Outlaws.
In St. John's NFLD, many houses around the downtown are painted like that as well. I love the look. Apparently, they would use boat paint because: A) they had a lot of it and B) it holds up well to the elements.
Newfie here. Newfoundland dropped the NLFD abbreviation for just NL about 20 years or so ago. I’ve always heard that we painted the houses with whatever paint was on hand because the wind is strong that it strips away every couple of years. And we’re not a rich group of people, so whatever paint you have is the right paint! My grandfather used to remark on the houses “they were crap when the went up, but somehow last…
I really wish they'd do this everywhere. In the town I live in there are a lot of houses and shops that are just exceptionally grim to look at. Everything is dilapidated, rotting, grey and pebbledashed. I can't help but think that, even if it's not fixing the root causes of why everything is shit, it would at least make things a bit less miserable and maybe give people a bit of joy and pride again for a pretty low co…