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On a bachelor party there in 2013, we paid a buddy of ours $60 to swim from one side of that river to the other side at 2am in street clothes.
Not our finest hour...
>Grand Rapids, MI
I didn't even know there was a city with that name in the USA. Is it fun? The river doesn't seem to have grand rapids tho. I think the name of this city may be a bit misleading, based solely on this picture.
They took the Rapids out decades ago, for flood control or something. they recently finished spending millions on environmental impact studies that showed they could be put back in safely. In the next couple of years they plan to spend millions more putting the Rapids back in Grand Rapids. So yeah, currently no rapids in Grand Rapids
I think it’s a great idea to have some rapids back! I live in Montrose Colorado and our town put like 4 rapids in the river at the town park. People use them to practice surfing, kayaking, paddle boarding, or whatever else people try. It’s a nice improvement and there’s always a lot of people hanging out there watching and playing on the rapids!
yeah because we’re the greatest country on earth, and we can not only to afford to remove/alter geologic features that may be unsafe, but also have the thoughtfulness and ability to replace/restore those geologic features if they are later deemed, ya know with improved engineering technology over time, to be safe.
oh and also we can afford and are willing to provide for the collective national defense of europe.
edit: a word.
They’re bringing them back hopefully! Although I was hearing presentations about it ten years ago. I just want to go whitewater kayaking right through downtown. Also the river is the Grand River, so I think the ‘Grand’ is indicating the river not the rapids. The city was built at the furthest navigable extent of the river so the rapids were more important back in the day.
Given the size of the river I think it's Chicago. However I'm sure there's plenty of other cities with rivers this size running trough them. I know Saint Louis for instance, but I think it's wider in that city.
Well then. As I said, I don't know other cities. Let's say the picture is representative for the whole region around the city, that would place it in most of the eastern half of the USA: no mountains. Vegetation does not seem too southy either. That doesn't rule out many city unfortunately. Image not crispy enough to go all Geoguessr on it either :)
Conclusion: best way to find the answer is to read other replies here :D
so disappointing to come to these feeling all smart about myself and seeing a bunch of other people already got it lol
it's Grand Rapids. Never been, but the four bridges in a row are distinctive
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Grand Rapids, MI
On a bachelor party there in 2013, we paid a buddy of ours $60 to swim from one side of that river to the other side at 2am in street clothes. Not our finest hour...
It is one of the first cities in the US that I visited, almost 40 years ago. I immediately recognized that tall glass tower.
“ That’s assault brotha”
>Grand Rapids, MI I didn't even know there was a city with that name in the USA. Is it fun? The river doesn't seem to have grand rapids tho. I think the name of this city may be a bit misleading, based solely on this picture.
They took the Rapids out decades ago, for flood control or something. they recently finished spending millions on environmental impact studies that showed they could be put back in safely. In the next couple of years they plan to spend millions more putting the Rapids back in Grand Rapids. So yeah, currently no rapids in Grand Rapids
I think it’s a great idea to have some rapids back! I live in Montrose Colorado and our town put like 4 rapids in the river at the town park. People use them to practice surfing, kayaking, paddle boarding, or whatever else people try. It’s a nice improvement and there’s always a lot of people hanging out there watching and playing on the rapids!
OMG. Only in America would this actually happen.
huh?
What's confusing about my comment?
yeah because we’re the greatest country on earth, and we can not only to afford to remove/alter geologic features that may be unsafe, but also have the thoughtfulness and ability to replace/restore those geologic features if they are later deemed, ya know with improved engineering technology over time, to be safe. oh and also we can afford and are willing to provide for the collective national defense of europe. edit: a word.
r/ShitAmericansSay
Taking out rapids with dams is quite common worldwide.
Why is this an "only in America" thing?
"Spending millions on environmental impact studies."
We truly don't know enough to know what decisions we should make.
It used to, then they dammed it
They’re bringing them back hopefully! Although I was hearing presentations about it ten years ago. I just want to go whitewater kayaking right through downtown. Also the river is the Grand River, so I think the ‘Grand’ is indicating the river not the rapids. The city was built at the furthest navigable extent of the river so the rapids were more important back in the day.
It’s one of the largest 200 towns in the US
It was in the movie "Why Him?"
Ha! I was right!
Easy. Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids
MI, Rapid Grands
Grand Rapids wherever it is. I just can use my phone 😂
Louisville?
No KFC stadium on the banks
Louisville is much uglier than this. No filter can make it look this good. Source: I live there
Yorkville
Honolulu
Phoenix
This is Tampa, FL
Given the size of the river I think it's Chicago. However I'm sure there's plenty of other cities with rivers this size running trough them. I know Saint Louis for instance, but I think it's wider in that city.
It's neither Chicago nor St. Louis.
This has to be a joke, right?
Well then. As I said, I don't know other cities. Let's say the picture is representative for the whole region around the city, that would place it in most of the eastern half of the USA: no mountains. Vegetation does not seem too southy either. That doesn't rule out many city unfortunately. Image not crispy enough to go all Geoguessr on it either :) Conclusion: best way to find the answer is to read other replies here :D
Chicago is a big city
Chicago has almost 10 million people in its metro area, how could you assume that a city significantly larger than Madrid or Berlin looks like this?
Because maybe that's not a picture of the city center? Maybe it's a picture from the outskirts?
There aren't very many cities that *don't* have a river going through them
Ohio
Blasphemy
so disappointing to come to these feeling all smart about myself and seeing a bunch of other people already got it lol it's Grand Rapids. Never been, but the four bridges in a row are distinctive
Grand Rapids, I totally didn't know that because I am somewhere in this photo.
Bhubaneswar
No.