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Auckland suburbanite and former urbanite. got an old school blog thing. https://wrongsideofmycar.blogspot.com/
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Neighbourhood of Smales Farm station. Google Maps, and Auckland Council GeoMaps. Notice anything missing on the latter?

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

The lane next to Nelson Street, with the Sugartree apartment complex on the left. Google Streetview, 2019 and 2022. Spot the difference.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A few more random vistas from the area around Birkenhead. (1) spot the top of the Sky Tower, from Verran Road.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

A commute in Auckland, in pictures. I noticed the rollback of the speed limit changes in Auckland is now underway. The street to our local school has been reverted to 50km/h.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Look at this motorway gantry sign: you can now answer two questions about our traffic rules: - left hand traffic or right hand traffic? - keep [left/right] unless passing, or pick any lane?

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

New blog post, wherein we wonder if you can be both an urbanist and a parent. Is that possible, or do you have to choose? (and yes, we’re stretching the definition of ‘suitable for kids’ quite a bit here) wrongsideofmycar.blogspot.com/2025/04/city...

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment