The first thing I do when I am researching an un familiar place? Google earth street veiw. Sounds weird right? Only. It actually puts you on the street. After that: research, research, research.. You can extrapolate a lot just from having background data that never makes it into a story. And? when in doubt make some shit up and put upa disclaimer (although I am not a big fan of that onemyself).
The beauty of being a writer in this day and age is that you kind find as mmuch detail as you want about a place. To the point where I know so much about west Texas, because of a story I wrote two years ago, that I can spot a wrong detail in a movie. I might have over done the research a bit on that one ;)
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The beauty of being a writer in this day and age is that you kind find as mmuch detail as you want about a place. To the point where I know so much about west Texas, because of a story I wrote two years ago, that I can spot a wrong detail in a movie. I might have over done the research a bit on that one ;)