[martynr]

I’m pretty familiar with the area- one of the more unique parts of the city is the “red zone”, a recovered area which became uninsurable due to the changes in the assessment of land risks post quake.

It’s a weird place as the roads are still there and the trees are still along the edges of the former gardens but all the houses are gone and the sites reverted to grass. Many of the fruit trees on this map are from those gardens.

You can get a good idea from google maps: Avonside Red Zone https://maps.app.goo.gl/bXcnExMeur9oNovp6?g_st=ic

You have to be quick to get the fruit there though ;)

[shakedown1]

Love that there's a "munted" medway footbridge: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+'munted'+Medway+footbr...

[Nursie]

As a Brit that's moved to Australia, having a quick zoom around the street-view for that area was weirdly nostalgic. The greenery, some of the building styles plus the puddles on the road and the cloudy grey skies ... heck even the potholes ... reminds me of some places in Hampshire. There are more wooden houses though.

I also find the concept of the red zone fascinating. Is the streetview outdated? It still shows houses there.

I like the idea of this too, as someone who likes fruit trees and is looking forward to planting some on his own property in the coming years.

[postingawayonhn]

Christchurch has always been considered to be New Zealand's most English city.

[dzhiurgis]

Are feijoa's in season yet? Where we lived around Auckland there were these pathways with fruits just rotting - massive feijoas and best plums I ever had in my life. Unsure why, but owners chopped off the plum tree.

[lostlogin]

Thanks for this. It’s really odd seeing the empty sections.

I’m alarmed at the state of the roads - what is going on? I thought ours were bad up in Auckland but those ones I just looked at in Christchurch are are terrible.

[EdwardDiego]

Those roads in the linked Streetview are from 2013, btw. As they were a) low traffic and b) prone to liquefaction in aftershocks, they were low priority for repairs.

They're a lot better today.

[martynr]

Interesting to note that the street view is pre demolition so all the buildings you see are now gone - street view ghosts.

[lostlogin]

I switched to the latest and they didn’t seem very good.

Maybe I’m too critical.

[martynr]

No, you’re right - as an earlier comment said, the red zone roads are not maintained anymore since the area was demoed and they are currently pretty munted.

I can’t say that the rest of the city is pristine but it is a good bit better.

[Thorrez]

If every building has been demolished, I don't think neighborhood road condition is very important.

[ghewgill]

The roads in the red zone are no longer maintained. It's surprising how quickly road condition deteriorates.

[Fatnino]

Eh. I've been down a road that hadn't been maintained in over 40 years. I thought it would be worse. You can't relax while driving it because the bad sections are BAD, but between them are stretches of just fine, clearly old road.

[Fatnino]

You get these roads with no houses left near airports too. Jets became a thing, the houses near the runways became unlivable.

Check out the area west of LAX or the one south of SJC