Documentary Urban Unquiet - Modern Dystopia

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Saigon, city limits. Fuji X-H1 - XF 2/18.

 

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Saigon, Binh Thanh, Golden River. These apartments sold out before they were finished. Live in a glass-encased box at a premium. Epson R-D1x - Zeiss Biogon T* 2/35 ZM.

 

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It took me a while to make sense of this (I had all sorts of weird ideas, to be honest), but then it dawned on me: This is a drop-off zone near a local high school ... It's meant to mean "don't linger", I think.

M.

 

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It took me a while to make sense of this (I had all sorts of weird ideas, to be honest), but then it dawned on me: This is a drop-off zone near a local high school ... It's meant to mean "don't linger", I think.

M.

Very common expression here in The Netherlands, to be found at stations, schools, hospitals etc. Indeed it's meant for spaces where you can drop off or pick up people, but no parking, not even waiting too long for someone. Come to think of it, would be a nice theme actually.

 

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Very common expression here in The Netherlands, to be found at stations, schools, hospitals etc. Indeed it's meant for spaces where you can drop off or pick up people, but no parking, not even waiting too long for someone. Come to think of it, would be a nice theme actually.

That's actually a delightfully humorous bit of unintelligible regional expressionism.

 

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[John King]

That's actually a delightfully humorous bit of unintelligible regional expressionism.

It took me literally months to work out what "K&R" meant when painted on the road surface here.

At first, I thought it was parking reserved for a construction company ...

{Edit} For those who haven't worked it out, it stands for "Kiss and Run", i.e. no stopping for long periods, no standing, no parking, no leaving your vehicle (as driver). {End edit}

 

[Irene McC]

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It took me a while to make sense of this (I had all sorts of weird ideas, to be honest), but then it dawned on me: This is a drop-off zone near a local high school ... It's meant to mean "don't linger", I think.

M.

What does it say? I can only read "Kiss and ... ?" can't make out the last word, which would be quite important, I'm sure

 

[John King]

What does it say? I can only read "Kiss and ... ?" can't make out the last word, which would be quite important, I'm sure

"Kiss and Run", mate.

 

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Here in the Netherlands it’s Kids & Ride!

 

[Irene McC]

Here in the Netherlands it’s Kids & Ride!

Aaah, that makes more sense than run

 

[MoonMind]

"kiss | and | ride" it was. Just for the record ...

M.

 

[John King]

Aaah, that makes more sense than run

What gives the game away here is the actual street signs (on posts) outside schools that actually state "Kiss and Run" on them. When painted on the road surface parking lots, they are just "K&R".

The meaning, of course, is don't dawdle, just kiss your kids goodbye, then leave.

 

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People live here ...

M.